ADJUSTMENT OF POWER AND FREQUENCY BASED ON THREE OR MORE STATES

    公开(公告)号:US20200243304A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16847492

    申请日:2020-04-13

    摘要: Systems and methods for adjusting power and frequency based on three or more states are described. One of the methods includes receiving a pulsed signal having multiple states. The pulsed signal is received by multiple radio frequency (RF) generators. When the pulsed signal having a first state is received, an RF signal having a pre-set power level is generated by a first RF generator and an RF signal having a pre-set power level is generated by a second RF generator. Moreover, when the pulsed signal having a second state is received, RF signals having pre-set power levels are generated by the first and second RF generators. Furthermore, when the pulsed signal having a third state is received, RF signals having pre-set power levels are generated by the first and second RF generators.

    Computing device for processing environmental sensed conditions

    公开(公告)号:US10715209B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US15217816

    申请日:2016-07-22

    申请人: RFMicron, Inc.

    发明人: Shahriar Rokhsaz

    摘要: A method includes a computing device transmitting a radio frequency (RF) signal to a passive wireless sensor. The RF signal includes a carrier frequency signal and a modulated sense request signal. The method further includes, in response to the modulated sense request signal, receiving, by the computing device, a response RF signal that includes the carrier frequency signal and a coded sense response signal from the passive wireless sensor. The coded sense response signal is representative of a sensed environmental condition by the passive wireless sensor. The method further includes generating, by the computing device, an environmental condition value based on the coded sense response signal and an environmental conversion information.

    Biasing circuit for capacitor switch transistor and method therefore

    公开(公告)号:US10666193B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US16322288

    申请日:2016-08-23

    发明人: Andreas Kämpe

    IPC分类号: H03B5/12 H03J5/24

    摘要: A biasing circuit for biasing a switching transistor, wherein the switching transistor is used for switching a respective capacitor cell into/out of a capacitor array, wherein the capacitor array comprises one or more such capacitor cells, and wherein the capacitor array is coupled in parallel with a primary inductor to form an inductive/capacitive tank. The biasing circuit comprises a secondary inductor which is inductively coupled to the primary inductor, the secondary inductor configured to provide a bias signal for biasing the switching transistor.

    SENSOR WITH TAIL OR TRANSMISSION LINE FOR VEHICLE LEAK TESTING

    公开(公告)号:US20200160007A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-21

    申请号:US16773595

    申请日:2020-01-27

    申请人: RFMicron, Inc.

    摘要: A method includes sending, by a reader, a radio frequency (RF) signal to a wireless sensor that includes an antenna having a tail section and a head section. The tail section is for placement in an RF limited area for sensing moisture in a first location of a vehicle under test and wherein the head section is for placement in a non-RF limited area. The method further includes receiving, by the reader, an RF response to the RF signal from the wireless sensor. The first RF response includes an indication of adjustment of one or more RF characteristics of the wireless sensor, which corresponds to a variance of the one or more RF characteristics from a desired value, which, in turn, corresponds to a level of moisture at the first location. The method further includes outputting, by the reader, a message regarding the level of moisture at the first location.

    TIME SYNCHRONIZED NETWORKS OF WIRELESS NODES AND THE WIRELESS NODES

    公开(公告)号:US20200083869A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16681675

    申请日:2019-11-12

    摘要: A wireless network includes a tunable RF transmitter in wireless communication with a master node to transmit at a first slave frequency; a tunable RF receiver in wireless communication with the master node to receive at a second slave frequency; and an RF oscillator to communicate with the RF receiver and the RF transmitter an RF oscillator frequency to determine and tune the first and second slave frequencies. The RF oscillator is configured to receive calibration information including time information or frequency information, or both, from a reference node. The RF oscillator frequency of the RF oscillator is tuned based on the calibration information from slave node and the master node at the tuned RF oscillator the reference node to enable communication between the frequency.

    Clocked frequency detector RF auto-tuning system

    公开(公告)号:US10581409B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US15855943

    申请日:2017-12-27

    申请人: pSemi Corporation

    发明人: David Kovac

    摘要: Devices and methods for auto-tuning a tunable circuit based on a frequency of operation of the tunable circuit using a clocked frequency detector circuit are described. The clocked frequency detector uses a readily available clock signal to drive a counter circuit to provide an indication of the frequency of operation of the tunable circuit. The tunable circuit, including the clocked frequency detector, can be integrated within a same chip that is autonomously configurable based on the frequency of operation and the readily available clock.

    Sensor with tail or transmission line for vehicle leak testing

    公开(公告)号:US10546166B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-28

    申请号:US16266376

    申请日:2019-02-04

    申请人: RFMicron, Inc.

    摘要: A method includes sending, by a reader, a radio frequency (RF) signal to a wireless sensor that includes an antenna having a tail section and a head section. The tail section is for placement in an RF limited area for sensing moisture in a first location of a vehicle under test and wherein the head section is for placement in a non-RF limited area. The method further includes receiving, by the reader, an RF response to the RF signal from the wireless sensor. The first RF response includes an indication of adjustment of one or more RF characteristics of the wireless sensor, which corresponds to a variance of the one or more RF characteristics from a desired value, which, in turn, corresponds to a level of moisture at the first location. The method further includes outputting, by the reader, a message regarding the level of moisture at the first location.

    Method and Apparatus for use in Digitally Tuning a Capacitor in an Integrated Circuit Device

    公开(公告)号:US20200014382A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-09

    申请号:US16524710

    申请日:2019-07-29

    申请人: pSemi Corporation

    发明人: Tero Tapio Ranta

    摘要: A method and apparatus for use in a digitally tuning a capacitor in an integrated circuit device is described. A Digitally Tuned Capacitor DTC is described which facilitates digitally controlling capacitance applied between a first and second terminal. In some embodiments, the first terminal comprises an RF+ terminal and the second terminal comprises an RF− terminal. In accordance with some embodiments, the DTCs comprise a plurality of sub-circuits ordered in significance from least significant bit (LSB) to most significant bit (MSB) sub-circuits, wherein the plurality of significant bit sub-circuits are coupled together in parallel, and wherein each sub-circuit has a first node coupled to the first RF terminal, and a second node coupled to the second RF terminal. The DTCs further include an input means for receiving a digital control word, wherein the digital control word comprises bits that are similarly ordered in significance from an LSB to an MSB.

    Less-impacting connected mode mobility measurement

    公开(公告)号:US10476485B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US15477196

    申请日:2017-04-03

    摘要: A method, apparatus, and system for lessening impact of connected mode mobility measurement is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) may reduce network management complexity by autonomously collecting signal quality measurements for neighboring cells. By autonomously tuning at opportune times for the UE, signal quality measurements may be obtained and reported to a serving cell. In another implementation, the UE examines the broadcast system information of both the serving base station against that of the neighboring base stations. Based on the included bandwidth information, the UE selects appropriate narrowband radio frequency subcarriers to perform signal quality measurement.