Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Amplitude and phase calibration at a transmitter chip in an antenna array
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Application No.: US15587149Application Date: 2017-05-04
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Publication No.: US10177828B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Kartik Sridharan , Ahmadreza Rofougaran , Michael Boers , Seunghwan Yoon , Sam Gharavi , Donghyup Shin , Farid Shirinfar , Stephen Wu , Maryam Rofougaran
- Applicant: MOVANDI CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Newport Beach
- Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Newport Beach
- Agency: CHIP
- Main IPC: H04B1/02
- IPC: H04B1/02 ; H04B7/06

Abstract:
A calibration system, in a transmitter chip, selects a first transmit path for a first transmit signal and a second transmit path for a second transmit signal. The plurality of transmit paths are associated with a plurality of antenna elements. A first signal parameter of the second transmit signal is adjusted relative to the first signal parameter of the first transmit signal to maximize a first signal strength value of an added signal or minimize a second signal strength value of a subtracted signal. An offset of the first signal parameter is calibrated based on the adjusted first signal parameter in the second transmit path. A value of a second signal parameter is calibrated based on a matching of the second signal parameter in the second transmit path relative to the second signal parameter in the first transmit path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180323853A1 AMPLITUDE AND PHASE CALIBRATION AT A TRANSMITTER CHIP IN AN ANTENNA ARRAY Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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