Communication apparatus for increasing communication speeds, spectral efficiency and enabling other benefits

• US 10,243,769 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2017
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Falcon Nano, Inc. (Avondale Resources Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Falcon Nano, Inc. (Avondale Resources Corp.)
• Inventors: Hastings, III, William A., Horn, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Torres, Juan A
• Application Number:
  US15/476,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20170207939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 725 Days
• Field of Search: 375327, 375257, 375130, 375260, 375295, 375350
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/62 for providing a predistortion of the signal in the transmitter and corresponding correction in the receiver, e.g. for improving the signal/noise ratio
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 13/02 Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the earth or a large mass of water thereon, e.g. earth telegraphy
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/10 by pilot signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2025/03356 Baseband transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2025/03382 Single of vestigal sideband
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03006 Arrangements for removing intersymbol interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03828 Arrangements for spectral shaping; Arrangements for providing signals with specified spectral properties partial response systems H04L25/497
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/08 Modifications for reducing interference; Modifications for reducing effects due to line faults ; Receiver end arrangements for detecting or overcoming line faults
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/18 Phase-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using phase-shift keying H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/22 Demodulator circuits; Receiver circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/34 Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/0331 with a digital phase-locked loop [PLL] processing binary samples, e.g. add/subtract logic for correction of receiver clock H04L7/0337 takes precedence

Abstract

A communication apparatus has a receiver that is capable of receiving an alternating phase signal and a tuned circuit whose input is adjusted to be capable of receiving the alternating phase signal. The communication apparatus can be used with both wireless and wired communication links and provide enable faster data rates, greater immunity to noise, increased bandwidth/spectrum efficiency and/or other benefits. Applications include but are not limited to: cell phones, smartphones (e.g., iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.), wireless Internet, local area networks (e.g., WiFi type applications), wide area networks (e.g., WiMAX type applications), personal digital assistants, computers, Internet service providers and communications satellites.

Claims

1. A communications apparatus, comprising:

a receiver that is capable of receiving an alternating phase signal;

a tuned circuit whose input is adjusted to be capable of receiving the alternating phase signal;

a switch having a switch control input signal, an input of the received alternating phase signal and an output that outputs an altered phase signal in response to the switch control input signal;

an alternating phase signal filter circuit that receives the received alternating phase signal from the switch and alternates a phase of the incoming alternating phase signal; and

a determining circuit that determines an altering of the phase of the incoming alternating phase signal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the determining circuit that determines an altering of the phase of the incoming alternating phase signal alters the phase of the incoming alternating phase signal such that the output signal altered phase is substantially not an alternating phase signal.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the determining circuit that determines an altering of the phase of the incoming alternating phase signal is substantially synchronized with the alternating phase of the incoming alternating phase signal.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tuned circuit is a resonant circuit.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tuned circuit is a bandpass filter.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a switch to adjust the input of the tuned circuit.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the alternating phase signal is a wireless signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the alternating phase signal has a frequency of between 990 MHz and 1.010 GHz.