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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105168 | Method and System for Matching Networks Embedded in an Integrated Circuit Package Methods and systems for matching networks embedded in an integrated circuit package are disclosed and may include controlling impedance within an integrated circuit via one or more impedance matching networks. The impedance matching networks may be embedded within a mul... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION VIA SUBBANDS IN A 60 GHZ DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Methods and systems for communication via subbands in a 60 GHz distributed communication system are disclosed and may include enabling one or more antenna configurations in remote RF modules within a wireless communication device based on a measured signal characteristi... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083225 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A 60 GHZ COMMUNICATION DEVICE COMPRISING MULTI-LOCATION ANTENNAS FOR PSEUDO-BEAMFORMING Methods and systems for a 60 GHz communication device comprising multi-location antennas for pseudo-beamforming are disclosed and may include configuring antennas in RF modules for beamforming transmitted signals. Each of the RF modules may receive IF signals via coaxia... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083306 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTENNA SWITCHING FOR 60 GHZ DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION Methods and systems for antenna switching for 60 GHz distributed communication are disclosed and may include enabling antenna configurations in a plurality of remote RF modules within a computing device to receive RF signals. A signal characteristic may be measured for ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082069 | Method and System for Time Division Duplexing (TDD) in a 60 GHZ Distributed Communication System Methods and systems for antenna switching for time division duplexing (TDD) in a 60 GHz distributed communication system are disclosed and may include enabling one or more antenna configurations in one or more remote RF modules within a wireless communication device bas... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083207 | Method and System for 60 GHZ Distributed Communication Methods and systems for 60 GHz distributed communication are disclosed and may include generating IF signals from baseband signals in a computing device with wireless capability. The IF signals may be communicated to remote RF modules within the computing device via coa... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083215 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING LEAKAGE OF A 60 GHZ TRANSMITTED SIGNAL BACK INTO AN RF INPUT OF A 60 GHZ DEVICE Methods and systems for antenna switching for mitigating leakage of a 60 GHz transmitted signal back into an RF input of a 60 GHz device are disclosed and may include configuring one or more antennas in the plurality of remote RF modules based on a measured signal chara... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068782 | Method and System for Configurable Differential or Single-Ended Signaling in an Integrated Circuit Aspects of a method and system for configurable differential or single-ended signaling in an integrated circuit. In this regard, a balun comprising one or more loops fabricated in a plurality of metal layers in an integrated circuit may enable conversion between unbalan... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20110316677 | Method and System for Intra-Chip Waveguide Communication Methods and systems for configuring one or more electrical waveguides in an integrated circuit by adjusting a geometry of the one or more electrical waveguides, and communicating one or more electrical signals between components within the integrated circuit via the one... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110309852 | Simultaneously Tagging of Semiconductor Components on a Wafer Methods and apparatus are disclosed to simultaneously, wirelessly test semiconductor components formed on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor components transmit respective outcomes of a self-contained testing operation to wireless automatic test equipment via a co... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110309851 | Tagging of Functional Blocks of a Semiconductor Component on a Wafer Methods and apparatus are disclosed to simultaneously, wirelessly test semiconductor components formed on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor components transmit respective outcomes of a self-contained testing operation to wireless automatic test equipment via a co... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313711 | Identifying Defective Semiconductor Components on a Wafer Using Component Triangulation Methods and apparatus are disclosed to simultaneously, wirelessly test semiconductor components formed on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor components transmit respective outcomes of a self-contained testing operation to wireless automatic test equipment via a co... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313710 | Simultaneous Testing of Semiconductor Components on a Wafer Methods and apparatus are disclosed to simultaneously, wirelessly test semiconductor components formed on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor components transmit respective outcomes of a self-contained testing operation to wireless automatic test equipment via a co... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110309842 | Identifying Defective Semiconductor Components on a Wafer Using Thermal Imaging Methods and apparatus are disclosed to simultaneously, wirelessly test semiconductor components formed on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor components transmit respective outcomes of a self-contained testing operation to wireless automatic test equipment via a co... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110291911 | Method and System for Using a Transformer for FM Transmit and FM Receive Functionality Aspects of a method and system for using a transformer for FM transmit and FM receive functionality may include communicating data-bearing signals via primary windings of a transformer, wherein secondary windings of the transformer may be utilized for receiving and/or t... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110294419 | Method and System for Clocking FM Transmit, FM Receive, and Near Field Communication Functions Using DDFS Methods and systems for clocking FM transmit, FM receive and near field communication functions using DDFS are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include generating a Bluetooth signal that may comprise, for example, I and Q components, or Bluetooth local oscillator (L... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291756 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLAR MODULATION WITH DISCONTINUOUS PHASE FOR RF TRANSMITTERS WITH INTEGRATED AMPLITUDE SHAPING Aspects of a method and system for polar modulation with discontinuous phase for RF transmitters with integrated amplitude shaping may include amplifying a signal via a plurality of amplifiers such that a combined gain of the plurality of amplifiers comprises a coarse a... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293034 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method for processing signals in a communication system may include adjusting a supply voltage of a pre-driver of a power amplifier in proportion to an envelope of a baseband signal so that the pre-driver amplifies a delayed version of the baseband signal. The delayed... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285462 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AMPLITUDE CALIBRATION FOR POLAR MODULATION WITH DISCONTINUOUS PHASE Aspects of a method and system for amplitude calibration for polar modulation with discontinuous phase may include amplifying a signal via a plurality of amplifiers such that a combined gain of the plurality of amplifiers comprises a coarse amplitude gain, an amplitude ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110223967 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLUETOOTH AND FM RADIO COMMUNICATION Frequency conversion methods and systems for Bluetooth and FM radio communication are provided. FM data may be received and/or transmitted via the FM radio and Bluetooth data may be received and/or transmitted via the Bluetooth radio. With an integration of frequency co... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110215958 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE RESOLUTION DATA CONVERSION IN A RECEIVER A received plurality of signals may be filtered to select an in-band signal and/or an out-of-band. A signal strength of the selected signal(s) may be measured. A resolution of an analog-to-digital converter may be controlled based on the measured signal strength(s). The... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110217975 | System and Method Providing Concurrent Multimode Communication A system and method providing concurrent multimode communication through multimode signal multiplexing. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise, during a first time period, transmitting a first portion of a first communication in a first communication mode... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110207424 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY TUNING AND CALIBRATING AN ANTENNA USING ANTENNA HOPPING Methods and systems for dynamically tuning and calibrating an antenna using antenna hopping are disclosed. In this regard, in a wireless device comprising an antenna that is configurable into a plurality of configurations, determining a subset of the configurations, whe... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110206099 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLUETOOTH, NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION AND SIMULTANEOUS FM TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION FUNCTIONS A method for wireless communication may include, in an RF chip including transmit and receive functions, performing generating a first signal to enable transmission and/or reception of Bluetooth signals. The first signal may be input to a plurality of direct digital fre... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110206149 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF RF ENERGY IN MIMO SYSTEMS USING POLAR MODULATION AND DIRECT DIGITAL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS A first oscillating signal may be generated via a first direct digital frequency synthesizer of a communication device. One or more second oscillating signals may be generated via one or more second direct digital frequency synthesizers of the communication device. Sign... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110206152 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLOCKER ATTENUATION USING MULTIPLE RECEIVE ANTENNAS Methods and systems for blocker attenuation using multiple receive antennas are disclosed. In this regard, a plurality of signals may be received via a corresponding plurality of antennas and a corresponding plurality of interference-suppressed signals may be generated.... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110201294 | Method and System for LNA Adjustment to Compensate for Dynamic Impedance Matching Aspects of a method and system for LNA adjustment to compensate for dynamic impedance matching are provided. In this regard, an antenna matching network may be configured to maximize received signal strength for a determined frequency and an amplifier gain may be adjust... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110187473 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLAR MODULATING QAM SIGNALS WITH DISCONTINUOUS PHASE Aspects of a method and system for polar modulating QAM signals with discontinuous phase may include amplifying a signal via a plurality of amplifiers such that a combined gain of the plurality of amplifiers comprises a coarse amplitude gain and an amplitude offset gain... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110183631 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION OF FM SIGNALS UTILIZING A DDFS CLOCKED BY AN RFID PLL Aspects of a method and system for transmission or reception of signals utilizing a DDFS clocked are provided. A first oscillator signal utilized for transmission and/or reception of signals of a first wireless communication protocol may be generated, and a direct digit... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110169708 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURABLE ANTENNA IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE Aspects of a method and system for a configurable antenna in an integrated circuit package are provided. In a hybrid circuit comprising an integrated circuit bonded to a multi-layer package, one or more antenna parameters may be adjusted by configuring a plurality of an... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110171917 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING VARIABLE-FREQUENCY IF CONVERSION IN A MULTIMODE COMMUNICATION DEVICE A system and method providing variable-frequency IF conversion in a multimode communication device. Various aspects of the present invention provide a multimode communication device comprising at least one RF signal receiver adapted to receive at least a first RF signal... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110165838 | Method and System for Utilizing a Frequency Modulation (FM) Antenna for Near Field Communication (NFC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) A method for wireless communication is provided and may include configuring at least one capacitor array in an antenna system to control a frequency for receiving external signals. An antenna and at least one inductor in the antenna system may be configured for receivin... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110122037 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA EMBEDDED IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE Aspects of a method and system for configurable antenna in an integrated circuit package are provided. In this regard, a phased array antenna embedded in a multi-layer integrated circuit (IC) package may be utilized for transmitting and/or receiving signals. An IC enabl... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110102291 | Method and System for Software Defined Antenna Control Methods and systems for reducing AM/PM and AM/AM distortion are disclosed and may comprise selectively coupling and impedance matching one of a plurality of tunable antennas to a single programmable output stage comprising a single power amplifier in a transmitter. A pr... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110103512 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method for processing signals in a communication system includes delaying a baseband signal based on at least one calibration signal, and amplifying the delayed baseband signal. The at least one calibration signal may be generated based on an amount of intermodulation... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110095842 | Method and System for Processing Signals Via Directional Couplers Embedded in an Integrated Circuit Package Methods and systems for processing signals via directional couplers embedded in a package are disclosed and may include generating via a directional coupler, one or more output RF signals that may be proportional to a received RF signal. The directional coupler may be i... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110059708 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TUNING AN ANTENNA USING INJECTION A method for wireless communication includes adding a received DVB-H signal with a reference oscillator signal to generate an added DVB-H signal. The reference oscillator signal may be added at an input of a matching load. The matching load may be used to tune a wireles... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110053522 | ADAPTIVE RADIO TRANSCEIVER An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110045767 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 60 GHZ DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION UTILIZING A MESH NETWORK OF REPEATERS Methods and systems for 60 GHz distributed communication utilizing a mesh network of repeaters are disclosed and may include configuring antennas in remote RF modules in a wireless communication device, wherein each of the RF modules receive IF signals via coaxial lines... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045791 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EQUALIZING ANTENNA CIRCUIT MATCHING VARIATIONS A method for processing signals includes generating a frequency response adjusted signal of an antenna, and adjusting a gain of the antenna by varying a gain of a programmable amplifier that amplifies the frequency response adjusted signal. The generating of the frequen... | 02/24/2011 |
