Patents Examined by Benny Lee
  • Dielectric waveguide having a core and a cladding body, where ribs extend from the cladding body
    Patent number: 9912030
    Abstract: A dielectric waveguide for propagating electromagnetic signals includes a cladding and an electrically conductive shield. The cladding has a body composed of a first dielectric material. The body defines a core region therethrough that is filled with a second dielectric material different than the first dielectric material. The cladding further includes at least two ribs extending from an outer surface of the body to distal ends. The shield engages the distal ends of the ribs and peripherally surrounds the cladding such that air gaps are defined radially between the outer surface of the body and an interior surface of the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chad William Morgan, Liang Huang
  • Composite electronic component and board having the same
    Patent number: 9912315
    Abstract: A composite electronic component includes a composite body including a common mode filter and a resistor that are coupled to each other, the common mode filter including a common mode choke coil; and a plurality of input terminals disposed on a first side surface of the composite body, a plurality of output terminals, and a ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Sik Chong, Jong Young Kim
  • Resonator filter having a rotatable rod that presses a dielectric material into an elastic spring material
    Patent number: 9905903
    Abstract: A resonator filter according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a cover formed with a first coupling hole; a housing connected to the cover to form an inner space and having a second coupling hole formed at a bottom of the inner space; a dielectric material mounted around the second coupling hole in the bottom of the inner space of the housing; a first rod inserted to the first coupling hole to be connected to the cover and pressing the dielectric material; and a second rod inserted to the second coupling hole to be connected to the housing to be close to the dielectric material and tuning a resonance frequency by controlling a separation distance from the first rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Changsoo Kwak, Man Seok Uhm
  • Printed circuit board including differential transmission lines thereon and having a conductive structure which provides immunity to common-mode noise
    Patent number: 9907160
    Abstract: A design for printed circuit board with reduced susceptibility to common-mode noise includes a first substrate, a differential pair of signal lines with two differential transmission lines laid on the first substrate, a second substrate, a metal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a grounding layer The second substrate is located between the second substrate and the grounding layer, and a conductive structure is located in the second substrate and couples the metal layer to the grounding layer. A length of the metal layer is substantially equal to a length of each of the two differential transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Hao Lin
  • Device for blocking high frequency signal and passing low frequency signal
    Patent number: 9905897
    Abstract: A device includes a transmission plate, a conductive plate, a first capacitive unit, and electrodes. The transmission plate is configured to be electrically coupled between an input source and a load. The conductive plate includes a winding structure and is configured to be electrically coupled to ground. The first capacitive unit is electrically coupled between the conductive plate and the transmission plate. The electrodes are interdigitated with the winding structure of the conductive plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Tsung Yen, Cheng-Wei Luo
  • Tunable filter off-states for noise rejection
    Patent number: 9906204
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for tunable filters and/or front-ends. In one aspect there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus may a first band filter; a second tunable band filter; and a radio frequency switch coupled to at least the first band filter and the second tunable band filter, wherein the radio frequency switch is configured to switch between at least the first band filter and the second tunable band filter. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Toni H. Lähteensuo, Brecht Francois, Niels Bonne Larsen, Lingkai Kong
  • Power filter
    Patent number: 9906200
    Abstract: A power filter is provided, including a circuit board module, an insulating base, several connect terminals, and an inductor. The circuit board module includes a circuit board and several electronic components, wherein the circuit board forms several connect holes thereon and the electronic components are electrically connected to the circuit board. The connect terminals are fixed on the insulating base and each has a connecting part and a clamping part, wherein the connecting parts are joined with the connect holes of the circuit board. The inductor includes at least one wire with both terminals clamped by the clamping parts, and the wire is electrically connected to the circuit board module through the connecting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shin-Chih Hsieh, Po-Jen Tsai, Chia-Chi Hsieh
  • Dielectric waveguide comprised of a dielectric cladding member having a core member and surrounded by a jacket member
    Patent number: 9899721
    Abstract: A dielectric waveguide for propagating electromagnetic signals includes a cladding member and a jacket member. The cladding member extends a length between two ends. The cladding member is formed of an intermediate dielectric material. The cladding member defines a core region that extends through the cladding member along the length of the cladding member. The core region is filled with a central dielectric material having a dielectric constant value that is less than a dielectric constant value of the intermediate dielectric material of the cladding member. The jacket member engages and surrounds the cladding member along the length of the cladding member. The jacket member is formed of an outer dielectric material having a dielectric constant value that is less than the dielectric constant value of the intermediate dielectric material of the cladding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chad Morgan, Liang Huang
  • Dielectric waveguide comprised of a cladding of oblong cross-sectional shape surrounding a core of curved cross-sectional shape
    Patent number: 9899720
    Abstract: A dielectric waveguide for propagating electromagnetic signals includes a cladding member. The cladding member extends a length between two ends. The cladding member has an oblong cross sectional shape. The cladding member is formed of a first dielectric material. The cladding member defines a core region that extends through the cladding member the length of the cladding member. The core region has a circular cross sectional shape. The core region is filled with a second dielectric material having a dielectric constant value that differs from a dielectric constant value of the first dielectric material of the cladding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chad Morgan, Liang Huang
  • Method of forming a waveguide interface by providing a mold to form a support block of the interface
    Patent number: 9893406
    Abstract: A waveguide interface comprising a support block configured to support a printed circuit board assembly. An interface is coupled to an end portion of the support block and extends from the support block. The interface includes a slot positioned to receive at least a portion of the printed circuit board assembly and one or more holes positioned to receive attachment devices to secure the interface to a waveguide component. The support block and interface are molded as a monolithic device. A method of forming the waveguide interface, a waveguide assembly including the waveguide interface, and a method of making the waveguide assembly including the waveguide interface are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Vubiq Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Gregory Pettus
  • Local area network filtering circuit
    Patent number: 9893700
    Abstract: A LAN filtering circuit is discloses. The LAN filtering circuit includes an isolation transformer and a common-mode chock. The isolation transformer includes a first winding and a second winding coupling to each other. The first winding has a first tap, a second tap, and a center tap. A distance between the first tap and the second tap is not only larger than a distance between the first tap and the center tap but also larger than a distance between the second tap and the center tap. The common-mode chock includes a first input port, a second input port, and an input port arranged in a sequence order, the first tap is electrically connected to the first input port, the second tap is electrically connected to the second input port, and the center tap is electrically connected to the input port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Chi-Huan Teng
  • Method for performing frequency band splitting
    Patent number: 9893400
    Abstract: A frequency band splitter is disclosed. The frequency band splitter includes a first, a second, and a third waveguides. A first narrow rectangular waveguide is utilized to connect the first waveguide to second waveguide. The first narrow rectangular waveguide has a first width to allow signals of a frequency band centered around a first frequency to be transmitted from the first waveguide to the second waveguide. A second narrow rectangular waveguide is utilized to connect the first waveguide to the third waveguide. The second narrow rectangular waveguide has a second width, which is different from the first width, to allow signals of a frequency band centered around a second frequency to be transmitted from the first waveguide to the third waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jose A. Hejase, Rubina F. Ahmed, Daniel M. Dreps, James D. Jordan, Nam H. Pham, Lloyd A. Walls
  • Quick connect waveguide coupler using pertubations rotatably movable through slots between a locked position and an unlocked position
    Patent number: 9893398
    Abstract: A quick connect coupler assembly for connecting a first waveguide portion to a second waveguide portion is provided. The coupler assembly includes: a first coupler component affixed to the first waveguide portion and a second coupler component affixed to the second waveguide portion. The first coupler component has a plurality of perturbations, while the second coupler component has a plurality of slots and a radially disposed guide or channel. The perturbations align with and pass through the slots into the guide or channel such that the perturbations rotatably move about the guide or channel in a radial direction from an unlocked to a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: RF Elements S.R.O.
    Inventors: Juraj Tapti{hacek over (c)}, Martin Marcin{hacek over (c)}ák
  • Differential transmission line having quarter wavelength differential coupler to reduce common mode noise
    Patent number: 9888560
    Abstract: A differential transmission line includes a positive conductor on which a positive complementary component of a differential signal is transmitted, and a negative conductor parallel to the positive conductor on which a negative complementary component of the differential signal is transmitted. A quarter wavelength differential coupler is inserted along a length of the positive and negative conductors. The quarter wavelength differential coupler has a length corresponding to a frequency of common mode noise on the positive and negative conductors. The quarter wavelength differential coupler reduces the common mode noise at the frequency as the differential signal passes through the quarter wavelength differential coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Rong Eric Ao, Alexander Philip Campbell, Donald Richard Dignam, Stephen John Flint, Jian Meng
  • RF filter for adjusting coupling amount or transmission zero
    Patent number: 9887442
    Abstract: An RF filter, e.g. RF cavity filter for adjusting coupling amount or transmission zero is disclosed. The RF filter includes a housing member in which cavities are defined by walls, resonators located in the cavities, a cover combined with an upper surface of the housing member, a first tuning element inserted into a first cavity of the cavities through the cover, and a second tuning element inserted into a second cavity of the cavities through the cover. Here, the first tuning element and the second tuning element are connected electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong-Yeon Lim, Guy-Yoil Yi, Kyung-Min Ko, Bong-Hoon Kim
  • Substrate-free interconnected electronic mechanical structural systems
    Patent number: 9888600
    Abstract: Substrate-free mechanical structural systems comprised of interconnected subsystems of electronic and/or electromechanical components are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: NUVOTRONICS, INC
    Inventors: Ian Hovey, J. Robert Reid, David Sherrer, Will Stacy, Ken Vanhille
  • Multiple waveguides embedded around the periphery of a chip to provide simultaneous direct transitions between the chip and the multiple waveguides
    Patent number: 9882258
    Abstract: An apparatus providing a direct chip to waveguide transition, comprising: one or more waveguides, a chip partially embedding each of the waveguides at a transition area positioned at a narrow side of each waveguide, and a transmitting element disposed at each of the transition areas, thereby providing one or more simultaneous, direct transitions between the chip and the waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Roi Carmon, Danny Elad, Noam Kaminski, Ofer Markish, Thomas Morf, Evgeny Shumaker
  • Transmission line and transmission method
    Patent number: 9882255
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission line and transmission method that allow multi-mode transmission to be easily performed using electrical signals as a transmission target. A multi-mode waveguide is connected to a metal wire configured to transmit an electrical signal via a matching structure configured to perform impedance matching between the multi-mode waveguide and the metal wire. For example, the electrical signal can be a signal of a millimeter wave band. For example, the multi-mode waveguide, the metal wire, and the matching structure can be arranged to be aligned on a plane. The present technology can be applied to, for example, transmission for electrical signals such as millimeter waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Ohashi
  • Filter component
    Patent number: 9882542
    Abstract: In a filter component with improved attenuation characteristics for common mode noise, an LC series resonance circuit disposed in each of a plurality of shunt circuits is connected at a first end to a first line and is grounded at a second end. The LC series resonance circuit disposed in each of the shunt circuits is grounded at a first end and is connected at a second end to a second line. With this configuration, the LC series resonance circuits resonate reliably so as to define attenuation poles. Accordingly, the resonant frequency of each of the LC series resonance circuits is set to be a frequency that effectively attenuates common mode noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Teramoto
  • Multi-core differential signal cable including a gap for a movable insulation
    Patent number: 9883581
    Abstract: A differential signal cable includes a pair of signal line conductors for transmitting differential signals, an insulation collectively covering the pair of signal line conductors, a shielding tape wrapped around the insulation, and an insulating tape wound around the shielding tape. A gap is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the insulation and an inner surface of the shielding tape such that the insulation is movable relative to the shielding tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Sohei Kodama