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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8259820 | Method for low power communication encoding A low power communication encoding method is provided. A first piece of encoded information and a second piece of encoded information are generated based on a comparison of a current transmission record and a previous transmission record. Then transmission data is s... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8023571 | Impulse ultra-wideband radio communication system A method and apparatus are provided for implementing an impulse ultra-wideband communications system which combines the technique of transmitted reference (TR) with a code-sifted reference scheme that separates the reference and the data pulses with a sequence of co... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7764741 | Modulation-type discrimination in a wireless communication network A radio frequency receiver for discriminating a modulation type to decode a signal field of an encoded signal in a wireless communication system. The radio frequency (RF) receiver receives an encoded signal having a preamble training sequence associated with a frame... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7580464 | Method for detecting UWB pulse sequences and analog detection means suitable for this purpose The present invention relates to a method for transmitting data in the form of at least one sequence of Np pulses over Np time windows Tf, each pulse being enclosed within a time chip Tc whose position within its relevant time window is defined by a chip number. The... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7545865 | Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for wideband signal processing An apparatus for electromagnetic processing comprises a modulator for generating one or more elements representative of an input signal; a divider controlled by the one or more elements and receiving an electromagnetic wave to generate a modified signal; a comparato... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7519120 | Clock EMI reduction EMI emissions generated by clock signals in a multi-slot electronic system are reduced by providing out-of-phase clock signals to alternate slots, which cause EMI emissions at typical testing distances and farther to be reduced. An electronic equipment comprises a p... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7436908 | UWB transceiving apparatus and method for dynamically reducing interference A UWB receiver having at least one communication module with a limited working band whose on/off state can be controlled. The UWB receiver is adapted to detect power intensity of a received radio signal in the limited working band based on an on/off state of said at... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433383 | Techniques to detect radar in a communication signal Techniques to detect radar signals in a communication signal for a wireless system are described. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426233 | Method and system for fast acquisition of ultra-wideband signals A system and method are provided that can detect any part of a multipath impulse radio signal. More specifically, the method compares a template pulse train and the multipath impulse radio signal to obtain a comparison result. The system performs a threshold check o... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418029 | Method and system for fast acquisition of ultra-wideband signals A system and method are provided that can detect any part of a multipath impulse radio signal. More specifically, the method compares a template pulse train and the multipath impulse radio signal to obtain a comparison result. The system performs a threshold check o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415072 | Drive control for an electric drive with a secure electrical separation of power element and control element The invention relates to a drive control for an electric drive with a secure electrical separation of power element and control element. The aim of the invention is to reduce the number of components such as optic couplers and buffer amplifiers between the power ele... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7394875 | Beaulieu series approach to optimal UMTS RACH preamble detection estimation A method for preamble detection in mobile unit to base unit wireless telephony sets a preamble detection threshold based upon a Beaulieu series computation dependent upon preamble correlation data. This preamble detection threshold adjusts for noise by assuming the ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379016 | Carrier phase detection system for radar sensors A pulse detection system for expanded time radar, laser and TDR sensors detects specific cycles within bursts of cycles. A sensor transmits and receives short bursts of RF cycles. A transmit pulse detector triggers on a selected cycle of the detected transmit burst ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376208 | Reception method for packetized information with automatic repeat request A decoding method is carried out in a receiver configured to accept format information relating to sequences of input data, to use format information in the decoding of each input sequence, and to issue an acknowledgement signal in the event that an input sequence i... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7359812 | Automation device The invention relates to an automation device (100, 100′), in which a multiplicity of physically distributed functional units communicate with each other by means of a common transmission protocol. The device has a microcontroller (110), which is ass... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353008 | Method and system for optimizing decibel data conversion A Method and System for Optimizing Decibel Data Conversion. This invention provides an ability to convert linear signals into decibel units via digital logic circuitry. The resultant system can present information to users in real-time. This is made possible by perf... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352793 | System and method for ultra wideband communications using multiple code words A method is provided for operating a wireless device. In this method, a first operation is performed on a wireless signal using a first group of wavelets arranged according to a first analog code word format (720). A second operation is then performed on the ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7324496 | Highly integrated radio-frequency apparatus and associated methods A method of operating a radio-frequency (RF) circuitry and a signal-processing circuitry in a mobile telephone apparatus includes operating the RF circuitry during a first time period. During the first period, the RF circuitry generates a set of data from an RF sign... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315585 | Clock-less serial data interface using a single pin A data communication method for receiving digital data on a data terminal includes receiving data pulses having a first pulse separation to represent a first logical data value and a second pulse separation to represent a second logical data value, generating a volt... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312739 | Communication driver An Ethernet controller includes a decoder, and T sets of transmit circuits. Each set of transmit circuits receives one of T decoded signals from the decoder, and includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that provides a transmit output signal, and a replica circu... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308039 | Method and system for a reduced emissions direct drive transmitter for unshielded twisted pair (UTP) applications A reduced emission transmitter may comprise an encoder partitioned into at least a group of odd encoder processing cells and a group of even encoder processing cells. A DAC may be partitioned into at least: a group of odd DAC processing cells for processing outputs ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7295638 | Communication device A direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) receiver (100) consistent with certain embodiments has a frequency generator (112) that generates a local oscillator signal without use of a piezoelectric crystal. A frequency converter (108) receives the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295594 | Device for low-interfernce signal transmission Digital signal transmitter devices mostly present a distinct wide-band interference spectrum which renders compliance with the presently applicable EMC standards substantially more difficult. Available provisions for improving the EMC characteristics take an ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292830 | Receiver gain management Noise floor searching is performed for a cellular base station to increase accuracy of receiver gain estimates. This allows adjustment of gain in a radio module to account for gain in front-end devices, and achieve a desired overall receiver target gain. The gain of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280601 | Method for operating multiple overlapping wireless networks A method is provided for sending ultrawide bandwidth signals from first and second wireless networks across an available wireless bandwidth. This method can provide a gap in the available bandwidth to reduce interference with other devices that might use the frequen... | 10/09/2007 |
| RE39759 | Time domain radio transmission system A time domain communications system wherein a broadband of time-spaced signals, essentially monocycle-like signals, are derived from applying stepped-in-amplitude signals to a broadband antenna, in this case, a reverse bicone antenna. When received, the thus transmi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254183 | Dual link DVI transmitter serviced by single phase locked loop A dual link transmitter constructed according to the present invention employs a single Phase Locked Loop (PLL) to service both a primary link and a secondary link during dual link mode operations. The structure of the dual link transmitter includes both a primary l... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248634 | Integrated circuit for transceiver device with means for suppressing superimposed noise and for generating a more accurate output signal A serial communication transceiver includes a trapezoidal wave signal generation circuit for producing a trapezoidal wave signal responsive to a control signal. The trapezoidal wave signal generation circuit decreases harmonic components in the trapezoidal wave sign... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7230997 | Semiconductor integrated circuit for communication, radio-communications apparatus, and transmission starting method In a polar loop based radio-communications apparatus having a phase control loop for controlling the phase of a carrier outputted from an oscillator for transmission, and an amplitude control loop for controlling the amplitude of a transmission output signal outputt... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7197062 | Method and apparatus to detect and decode information Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus to detect and decode information is provided, wherein the method includes sampling a radio frequency (RF) impulse signal to generate a sample signal and storing the sample signal for ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194601 | Low-power decode circuitry and method for a processor having multiple decoders A processor includes first decoder logic capable of decoding a plurality of encoded instructions comprising a first instruction set, the first decoder logic having an input to receive an encoded instruction output from the fetch logic. The processor also includes se... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180949 | High-speed chip-to-chip communication interface A high-speed parallel interface for communicating data between integrated circuits is disclosed. The interface is implemented by a transmitter and receiver pair and a single-ended parallel interconnect bus coupling to the transmitter and receiver pair. As opposed to... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177361 | Modulator for electromagnetic signals transmitted by a contactless transmission/reception system A data transmission device using electromagnetic wave radiation in a contactless transceiver system toward a contactless object, the data bits transmitted corresponding to the half cycle of an initial time interval during which electromagnetic waves are emitted at a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170930 | Receiver A method of equalizer adaptation involves comparing equalizer output values with a center threshold, and with at least one of a pair of outer thresholds, and adapting the equalizer in order to increase the degree of eye opening. The values of the outer thresh... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164720 | Method and system for acquiring ultra-wide-bandwidth communications signals using average block searches A method and system acquire a received impulse radio signal by correlating a region, including a plurality of cells, of the received impulse radio signal using multiple time-shifted template signals, each template signal having a different delay to obtain a correlat... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7130274 | Method for detecting connection polarity of network transmission lines and associated detection circuit A method and associated detecting circuitss for detecting and correcting a connection polarity of a network transmission line include two network clients and a network transmission line. One network client utilizes a detecting circuit to count and compare the number... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120203 | Dual link DVI transmitter serviced by single Phase Locked Loop A dual link transmitter constructed according to the present invention employs a single Phase Locked Loop (PLL) to service both a primary link and a secondary link during dual link mode operations. The structure of the dual link transmitter includes both a primary l... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113547 | Data communication system, controller device and data communication method In a controller device, when a first transmitting signal is at a “L” level, a first operation voltage is high and the amplitude of signals CK and ICK is large, and on the contrary, the amplitude is small when the first transmitting signal is at a “H” level. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113121 | Communication driver An Ethernet controller includes a decoder, and T sets of transmit circuits. Each set of transmit circuits receives one of T decoded signals from the decoder, and includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that provides a transmit output signal, and a replica circu... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110461 | Technique to enlarge data eyes in wireline communication systems A method and apparatus for enlarging data eyes in a wireline communication system involves pre-coding a data signal before transmission to generate a constant frequency characteristic independent of a state of the pre-coded data signal. The receiving circuit include... | 09/19/2006 |
