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Granted Patent B2
US 12,659,214 · App. 18/792,426 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Spectrum mode determination for convergent digital radio

Inventors: Connor William Blasie (Austin, TX); Thomas Mario Cassaro (Austin, TX); Alexander Kleinerman (Austin, TX)
Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
H04L27/2666H04L27/2663
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Patent No.
US 12,659,214
App. No.
18/792,426
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of this disclosure relate to determining a spectrum mode of a Convergent Digital Radio signal. The Convergent Digital Radio signal can be filtered by a plurality of filters. Correlation coefficients can be generated from filtered signals, in which each correlation coefficient corresponds to a particular spectrum mode. The spectrum mode can be selected based on the correlation coefficients.

Claims (31)

1 . Digital signal processing circuitry comprising:

a plurality of filters each having a passband corresponding to at least one spectrum mode;

a plurality of correlators each configured to generate a correlation coefficient associated with a particular spectrum mode, each of the plurality of correlators being coupled to a filter of the plurality of filters; and

a selection circuit configured to generate a ratio based on a group of the correlation coefficients from the plurality of correlators associated with at least two spectrum modes, and to select a spectrum mode of a Convergent Digital Radio signal based on at least the ratio.

2 . The digital signal processing circuitry of claim 1 further comprising a demultiplexer configured to select a first subset of the plurality of filters or a second subset of the plurality of filters based on whether frequency modulation content is present in the Convergent Digital Radio signal.

3 . The digital signal processing circuitry of claim 2 further comprising a power spectral density block having an output coupled to an input of the demultiplexer.

4 . The digital signal processing circuitry of claim 1 wherein the plurality of filters and the plurality of correlators perform frequency domain processing.

5 . The digital signal processing circuitry of claim 1 wherein the ratio is a power spectral density ratio.

6 . The digital signal processing circuitry of claim 1 wherein the selection circuit is configured to generate a second ratio based on a second group of the correlation coefficients associated with at least two different spectrum modes, and the selection circuit is configured to select the spectrum mode based on the second ratio.

7 . The digital signal processing circuitry of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of smoothing blocks, each smoothing block of the plurality of smoothing blocks coupled between a filter of the plurality of filters and at least one correlator of the plurality of correlators.

8 . The digital signal processing circuitry of claim 1 wherein each filter of the plurality of filters is coupled to at least two correlators of the plurality of correlators that are associated with different spectrum modes.

9 . The digital signal processing circuitry of claim 1 wherein the plurality of correlators includes 12 or fewer correlators.

10 . A method of determining spectrum mode for Convergent Digital Radio, the method comprising:

providing, by a plurality of filters each having a passband corresponding to at least one spectrum mode, a plurality of filtered signals;

generating correlation coefficients based on the plurality of filtered signals, each of the correlation coefficients corresponding to a particular spectrum mode; and

selecting a spectrum mode of a Convergent Digital Radio signal based on at least two of the correlation coefficients, the selecting being based on a power spectral density ratio associated with a group of the correlation coefficients associated with at least two spectrum modes.

11 . The method of claim 10 wherein the selecting is based on a second power spectral density ratio associated with a second group of the correlation coefficients associated with at least two spectrum modes.

12 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating a power spectral density signal of the Convergent Digital Radio signal; and

demultiplexing, with a demultiplexer coupled to the plurality of filters, the power spectral density signal based on whether frequency modulation content is present in the Convergent Digital Radio signal.

13 . The method of claim 10 wherein the generating is frequency domain processing.

14 . The method of claim 10 further comprising determining a transmission mode of the Convergent Digital Radio signal, the selecting the spectrum mode being independent of the determining the transmission mode.

15 . The method of claim 14 wherein the determining the transmission mode involves time domain processing, and the generating involves frequency domain processing.

16 . A radio system comprising:

one or more antennas;

a receive signal path operatively connected to the one or more antennas; and

digital signal processing circuitry in communication with the receive signal path, the digital signal processing circuitry configured to implement a plurality of filters each having a passband corresponding to at least one spectrum mode; a plurality of correlators each configured to generate a correlation coefficient associated with a particular spectrum mode, each of the plurality of correlators being coupled to a filter of the plurality of filters; and a selection circuit configured to generate a ratio based on a group of the correlation coefficients associated with at least two spectrum modes and to select a spectrum mode of a Convergent Digital Radio signal received by the one or more antennas based on at least the ratio.

17 . The radio system of claim 16 wherein the digital signal processing circuitry is arranged to configure the radio system to receive the Convergent Digital Radio signal in the spectrum mode and a transmission mode based on selecting the spectrum mode.

18 . The radio system of claim 16 further comprising a speaker in communication with the digital signal processing circuitry.

19 . The radio system of claim 16 wherein the ratio is a power spectral density ratio.

20 . The radio system of claim 16 wherein the selection circuit is configured to generate a second ratio based on a second group of the correlation coefficients associated with different spectrum modes, and the selection circuit is configured to select the spectrum mode based on the second ratio.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2025
From: BLASIE, CONNOR WILLIAM; CASSARO, THOMAS MARIO; KLEINERMAN, ALEXANDER
To: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 18437112 · Feb 8, 2024
Provisional Application 63484695 · Feb 13, 2023
Provisional Application 63484682 · Feb 13, 2023
Related Publication 20240396785A1 · Nov 28, 2024
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