Patents Examined by Jorge Salazar, Jr.
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Patent number: 9929719Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a connection line that interconnects a first SAW resonator and a second SAW resonator, and is connected to a second shunt connection terminal through a third SAW resonator. A connection line interconnecting a fourth SAW resonator and a second series connection terminal is connected to the second shunt connection terminal through a fifth SAW resonator. The second shunt connection terminal is connected to a ground through an inductor. A matching circuit is connected between a first series connection terminal and a first external connection terminal. The matching circuit is inductively or capacitively coupled to the inductor.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Morio Takeuchi, Hideki Muto, Masanori Kato
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Patent number: 9923257Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a balun circuit adapted to operate at a frequency of between about 5 GHz to about 110 GHz. The balun circuit includes first and second output striplines and an input stripline formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a slotline formed on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. The slotline has first and second ends, the first end overlapping the first output stripline and the second end overlapping the second output stripline, and the input stripline overlapping the slotline midway between the first end and the second end.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Synergy Microwave CorporationInventors: Ajay Kumar Poddar, Ulrich Rohde, Shiban K. Koul
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Patent number: 9917569Abstract: A high frequency module includes a first external connection terminal, a second external connection terminal, a filter unit, a first matching circuit, and a second matching circuit. The filter unit is connected between the first external connection terminal and the second external connection terminal. The first matching circuit is connected between the first external connection terminal and the filter unit. The second matching circuit is connected between the second external connection terminal and the filter unit. The first matching circuit and the second matching circuit are inductively or capacitively coupled to each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Morio Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9912317Abstract: A switching circuit is provided. The switching circuit includes at least one Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filter, a Single-Pole n Throw (SPnT) switch connected to an input port of each of the at least one SAW filter, and a Dual-Pole n Throw (DPnT) switch connected to an output port of each of the at least one SAW filter.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chang-Joon Park
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Patent number: 9905897Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsiao-Tsung Yen, Cheng-Wei Luo
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Patent number: 9893401Abstract: A multi-port active circulator where each of a plurality of FET transistors has (i) a gate connected to an associated port of the multi-port active circulator via a capacitor of an associated one of a plurality of first RF chokes, each of the first RF chokes being connected to a gate of an associated FET transistor of said plurality of transistors, the associated port of said associated FET transistor and to a power supply bias connection; (ii) a source connected to a common point; and (iii) a drain connected to the gate of the same FET transistor by a feedback circuit and connected to the gate of a neighboring FET transistor via a capacitor of one of a plurality of second RF chokes, each of which coupling gates and drains of neighboring FET transistors via capacitors thereof and being connected to another power supply bias connection.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLCInventors: Jongchan Kang, Hasan Sharifi, Eric M. Prophet
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Patent number: 9893713Abstract: A wide bandwidth multiplexer (MUX) is provided that performs carrier aggregation. The MUX combines at least a first LC filter that acts as a low band filter, at least a first composite filter that acts as a middle band filter, and at least one other LC or composite filter that acts as a high band filter. The wide bandwidth MUX has low insertion loss and provides sufficient attenuation at adjacent edges of adjacent pass bands to prevent overlap between adjacent pass bands.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Andriy Yatsenko, Hongya Xu, Paul Bradley
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Patent number: 9882547Abstract: A tunable filter using Love waves includes an inductance for band extension connected to each of piezoelectric resonators, variable capacitances are connected to the piezoelectric resonator, the piezoelectric resonators each include a LiNbO3 substrate and an IDT electrode, and a pass band and an attenuation region are positioned in a frequency region on a lower frequency side relative to a value obtained by a calculation in which an acoustic velocity of a low-velocity transversal wave propagating in the LiNbO3 substrate is divided by a wave length defined by a period of the IDT electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hajime Kando
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Patent number: 9882255Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Sho Ohashi
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Patent number: 9882542Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Teramoto
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Patent number: 9876262Abstract: A coupling is provided for coupling non-adjacent resonators of a radio frequency filter. The coupling joins together non-adjacent resonators with a metal strip. The metal strip is physically connected to but electrically isolated from resonators located between the connected non-adjacent resonators. The metal strips include tabs the length of which may be varied. The coupling works with different resonator configurations including horizontally aligned resonators. The coupling allows for the jumping of an even number of resonators can produce zeros at high and low bands. A single coupling of this configuration enables two negative couplings.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Purna C. Subedi, Ian Burke, Vien Van Tran
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Patent number: 9866192Abstract: Filter component having a windingless magnetic toroidal core with an opening, a toroidal core housing in which the toroidal core is fastened using a snap-on mechanism, wherein the filter component is designed such that a conductor can be run windinglessly through the opening of the toroidal core fastened in the toroidal core housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Schaffner Emv AGInventors: Samuel Meier, Christian Ackermann
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Patent number: 9853338Abstract: A high frequency signal feed through by which the ends of an input side coaxial cable and an output side coaxial cable, to be connected to each other, each comprising an interior conductor and an exterior conductor surrounding the interior conductor, are coupled to each other, showing a housing, a preferably pressure-resistant signal feed through arranged in the housing for the interior conductor, with the interior conductor being coupled at a conductive structure, arranged preferably centrally in the housing and capable of handling high frequencies, with at least one element for the galvanic separation being arranged between an input side and an output side, with the housing showing the structure for the galvanically separated coupling of the exterior conductor.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KGInventor: Roland Baur
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Patent number: 9843082Abstract: A microstrip line filter comprising a coupling mechanism arranged to couple a first resonator and a second resonator, wherein the coupling mechanism includes a shared metallic coupling member arranged to have a predetermined dimension associated with an operation characteristics of the first and second resonators.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: City University of Hong KongInventors: Quan Xue, Wei Qin
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Patent number: 9843299Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including one or more ceramic layers or magnetic layers; an inductor part including coil portions disposed in the body to be perpendicular to a lower surface of the body; a plurality of internal electrodes disposed in the body to be perpendicular to the lower surface of the body; and an input terminal, an output terminal, and a ground terminal disposed on the lower surface of the body, wherein the body includes a capacitor part comprising at least one among the plurality of internal electrodes and at least one among the coil portions with at least one of the ceramic layers or magnetic layers interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Ghyu Ahn, Byoung Hwa Lee, Min Cheol Park
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Patent number: 9837693Abstract: A coaxial polarizer is provided. The coaxial polarizer includes an outer-conductive tube, an inner-conductive tube positioned within and axially aligned with the outer-conductive tube, and two dielectric bars each having a flat-first surface. The inner-conductive tube has two shallow-cavities on opposing portions of an outer surface of the inner-conductive tube. The shallow-cavities each have at least one planar area having a cavity length parallel to a Z axis and a cavity width, including a minimum width, perpendicular to the Z axis and to a radial direction of the inner-conductive tube. The flat-first surface has a dielectric length and width that are parallel and perpendicular to the Z axis, respectively. The dielectric length and dielectric width are less than the cavity length and the minimum width, respectively. The two flat-first surfaces of the respective two dielectric bars contact at least a portion of the respective two planar areas of the two shallow-cavities.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Shawn D. Rogers, Craig A. Bunn, Gary L. Mitchum, John C. Hoover
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Patent number: 9837697Abstract: A radio frequency transmission arrangement comprises a ground plate having an aperture comprising a slot with an elongate cross-section and substantially parallel sides, and a first and second transmission line. The thickness of the ground plate is greater than a width of the slot. The first transmission line comprises a first elongate conductor on a first side of the ground plate and has an end terminated with a first termination stub. The second transmission line comprises a second elongate conductor on the opposite side of the ground plate and has an end terminated with a second termination stub. The first transmission line is arranged to cross the slot at a point adjacent to the first termination stub, and the second transmission line is arranged to cross the slot at a point adjacent to the second termination stub.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Cambium Networks LimitedInventors: Peter Strong, Adam Wilkins, Carl Morrell, Paul Clark, Nigel Jonathan Richard King
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Patent number: 9831849Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface acoustic wave element and a method of manufacturing the same, and more specifically, to a surface acoustic wave element and a method of manufacturing the same, the element including a piezoelectric substrate; a plurality of IDT electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate; a plurality of resonator electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate; a wiring metal layer formed as a wiring area to electrically connect the plurality of IDT electrodes and the plurality of resonator electrodes; and an insulation layer formed on the piezoelectric substrate, the plurality of IDT electrodes, the plurality of resonator electrodes and the wiring metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: WISOL CO., LTD.Inventor: Hunyong Lee
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Patent number: 9825609Abstract: A laterally coupled multi-mode monolithic filter includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film formed on the substrate; a ground electrode formed on a first surface of the piezoelectric film; and signal electrodes formed on a second surface of the piezoelectric film and arranged in parallel to each other, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, each of the signal electrodes including a first electrode finger and a second electrode finger, wherein the first electrode finger and the second electrode finger have different electric potentials; adjacent signal electrodes of the signal electrodes are at a distance from each other, the distance being greater than a pitch of the first electrode finger and the second electrode finger.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Masafumi Iwaki, Takashi Matsuda
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Patent number: 9819067Abstract: A planar-transmission-line-to-waveguide adapter is provided, to reduce limitations on bandwidth expansion. The planar-transmission-line-to-waveguide adapter includes a planar transmission line structure includes at least a planar transmission line, a dielectric substrate, and a metal ground having a coupling gap. a gradient waveguide structure includes m dielectric waveguides with gradient sizes, and any dielectric waveguide is surrounded by metal via holes in a dielectric substrate, where m is a positive integer not less than 2. a1st dielectric waveguide in the m dielectric waveguides with gradient sizes is coupled with the coupling gap in the planar transmission line structure. Adjacent dielectric waveguides are connected by using a metal ground, and a radiation patch is disposed between the adjacent dielectric waveguides. A metal ground and a radiation patch are disposed on a surface on which an mth dielectric waveguide comes into contact with a standard waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Yang, Hua Cai, Guolong Huang