Granted Patent B2

US 12,388,691 · App. 18/348,628 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventors: Sheng-Yuan Tu (San Diego, CA); Roberto Rimini (San Diego, CA); Anant Gupta (San Diego, CA); Ahmad Bassil Zoubi (San Diego, CA); Neevan Ramalingam (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04L27/01H04L25/03343H04L2025/03426

Abstract

Claims (89)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a wireless transceiver configured to:

be connected to multiple feed ports;

transmit an electromagnetic signal using a first feed port of the multiple feed ports, a modulated spur generated based on the transmission of the electromagnetic signal;

receive two versions of a receive signal respectively via two feed ports of the multiple feed ports, the receive signal comprising the modulated spur and a mutual-coupling component associated with the transmission of the electromagnetic signal; and

generate a filtered signal by attenuating the mutual-coupling component and the modulated spur within one of the two versions of the receive signal using cross-channel equalization.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the receive signal comprises a clutter component; and

the wireless transceiver is configured to generate the filtered signal by attenuating the mutual-coupling component, the modulated spur, and the clutter component within the one of the two versions of the receive signal using the cross-channel equalization.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to:

generate two equalized receive signals by equalizing the mutual-coupling component within the two versions of the receive signal; and

combine the two equalized receive signals to generate the filtered signal.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein:

the two versions of the receive signal comprise a first receive signal and a second receive signal; and

the wireless transceiver is configured to:

extract a first mutual-coupling component from the first receive signal;

extract a second mutual-coupling component from the second receive signal;

generate a first equalized receive signal by multiplying the first receive signal by the second mutual-coupling component; and

generate a second equalized receive signal by multiplying the second receive signal by the first mutual-coupling component.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to:

generate a scaled equalized receive signal by applying a scale factor to the second equalized receive signal; and

generate the filtered signal by subtracting the scaled equalized receive signal from the first equalized receive signal.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mutual-coupling component has a magnitude or phase that varies across successive pulses of the electromagnetic signal but that remains relatively constant across an individual pulse of the electromagnetic signal.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the modulated spur has a magnitude or phase that varies across one pulse of the electromagnetic signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the two feed ports of the multiple feed ports are associated with a same antenna.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the two feed ports of the multiple feed ports are associated with different polarizations.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the two feed ports of the multiple feed ports are associated with different antennas.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to adjust a transmission parameter based on the filtered signal, the transmission parameter varying based on detection of an object.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless transceiver comprises a modem configured to generate the filtered signal.

13. An apparatus comprising:

means for transmitting an electromagnetic signal using a first feed port of multiple feed ports, a modulated spur generated based on the transmission of the electromagnetic signal;

means for receiving two versions of a receive signal respectively via two feed ports of the multiple feed ports, the receive signal comprising the modulated spur and a mutual-coupling component associated with the transmission of the electromagnetic signal; and

means for generating a filtered signal by attenuating the mutual-coupling component and the modulated spur within one of the two versions of the receive signal using cross-channel equalization.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:

the receive signal comprises a clutter component; and

the means for generating the filtered signal is configured to attenuate the mutual-coupling component, the modulated spur, and the clutter component within the one of the two versions of the receive signal using the cross-channel equalization.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the means for generating the filtered signal comprises:

means for generating two equalized receive signals by equalizing the mutual-coupling component within the two versions of the receive signal; and

means for combining the two equalized receive signals to generate the filtered signal.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein:

the two versions of the receive signal comprise a first receive signal and a second receive signal; and

the means for generating the two equalized receive signals comprises:

means for extracting a first mutual-coupling component from the first receive signal;

means for extracting a second mutual-coupling component from the second receive signal;

means for generating a first equalized receive signal by multiplying the first receive signal by the second mutual-coupling component; and

means for generating a second equalized receive signal by multiplying the second receive signal by the first mutual-coupling component.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the means for generating the filtered signal comprises:

means for generating a scaled equalized receive signal by applying a scale factor to the second equalized receive signal; and

means for subtracting the scaled equalized receive signal from the first equalized receive signal.

18. A method comprising:

transmitting an electromagnetic signal using a first feed port of multiple feed ports, a modulated spur generated based on the transmission of the electromagnetic signal;

receiving two versions of a receive signal respectively via two feed ports of the multiple feed ports, the receive signal comprising the modulated spur and a mutual-coupling component associated with the transmission of the electromagnetic signal; and

generating a filtered signal by attenuating the mutual-coupling component and the modulated spur within one of the two versions of the receive signal using cross-channel equalization.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein:

the receive signal comprises a clutter component; and

the generating of the filtered signal comprises attenuating the mutual-coupling component, the modulated spur, and the clutter component within the one of the two versions of the receive signal using the cross-channel equalization.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the generating of the filtered signal comprises:

generating two equalized receive signals by equalizing the mutual-coupling component within the two versions of the receive signal; and

combining the two equalized receive signals to generate the filtered signal.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein:

the two versions of the receive signal comprise a first receive signal and a second receive signal; and

the generating of the two equalized receive signals comprises:

extracting a first mutual-coupling component from the first receive signal;

extracting a second mutual-coupling component from the second receive signal;

generating a first equalized receive signal by multiplying the first receive signal by the second mutual-coupling component; and

generating a second equalized receive signal by multiplying the second receive signal by the first mutual-coupling component.

22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:

generating a scaled equalized receive signal by applying a scale factor to the second equalized receive signal,

wherein the generating of the filtered signal comprises generating the filtered signal by subtracting the scaled equalized receive signal from the first equalized receive signal.

23. An apparatus comprising:

a wireless transceiver configured to:

be connected to multiple feed ports;

transmit an electromagnetic signal using a first feed port of the multiple feed ports, a modulated spur generated based on the transmission of the electromagnetic signal, the modulated spur comprising a fast time-varying component having a magnitude or phase that varies substantially within a duration of a pulse of the electromagnetic signal;

receive two versions of a receive signal respectively via two feed ports of the multiple feed ports, the receive signal comprising the modulated spur; and

satisfy a target false-alarm rate in the presence of the modulated spur.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to:

generate an electromagnetic field within a near field based on the transmission of the electromagnetic signal; and

detect at least one object within the near field based on a perturbation in the electromagnetic field.

25. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to:

generate a radar transmit signal within a far field based on the transmission of the electromagnetic signal; and

detect at least one object within the far field based on a reflection version of the radar transmit signal.

26. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein:

the magnitude or phase of the fast time-varying component has a median value within the duration of the pulse of the electromagnetic signal; and

the magnitude or phase of the fast time-varying component varies by at least 5% from the median value within the duration of the pulse of the electromagnetic signal.

27. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to attenuate the fast time-varying component within one of the two versions of the receive signal by using cross-channel equalization.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein a magnitude of the attenuated fast time-varying component is less than a detection threshold.

29. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein: the receive signal comprises a slow time-varying component having a magnitude or phase that varies across multiple pulses associated with the electromagnetic signal but does not substantially vary across an individual pulse associated with the electromagnetic signal; and

the wireless transceiver is configured to attenuate the slow time-varying component within the one of the two versions of the receive signal based, at least in part, on using the cross-channel equalization.

30. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the slow time-varying component comprises a mutual-coupling component or a clutter component.

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