Patents Examined by Vibol Tan
  • Patent number: 11962298
    Abstract: A system and method for a logic device is disclosed. A first substrate, and a second substrate is provided, which are spaced apart from each other and manifests Spin orbit torque effect. A nanomagnet is disposed over the first substrate and the second substrate. A first charge current is passed through the first substrate and a second charge current is passed through the second substrate. A direction of flow of the first charge current and the second charge current defines an input value of either a first value or a second value. A spin in the nanomagnet is selectively oriented based on the direction of flow of the first charge current and the second charge current. The spin in the nanomagnet is selectively read to determine an output value as the first value or the second value. The logic device is configured as a XOR logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ceremorphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanghamitra Debroy, Akshaykumar Salimath, Venkat Mattela
  • Patent number: 11956935
    Abstract: The embodiments are directed to protecting objects having sensitive electronics from high power radio frequency (HPRF) interference signals. An object with the sensitive electronics has a thin film applied to the object's outer surface. The thin film conforms to the object's outer surface contours. The thin film has a substrate foundation, an array in intimate adjacent contact with the substrate foundation. The array has a plurality of radio frequency (RF) witness films overlain on the substrate foundation. Each RF witness film in the plurality of RF witness films is equally-spaced from adjacent RF witness films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Zachary A. Sechrist, Christopher G. Yelton
  • Patent number: 11955737
    Abstract: An antenna module includes: a radiating element and a filter device including a plurality of resonators. The plurality of resonators include a first resonator and a second resonator, the second resonator being disposed at a final stage. The first resonator and the second resonator are each electrically coupled to the radiating element. A degree of a coupling of the resonator and the radiating element is weaker than a degree of a coupling of the resonator and the radiating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITY, MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Ohira, Kaoru Sudo, Yoshinori Taguchi
  • Patent number: 11942672
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cavity high-Q triple-mode dielectric resonance structure and a filter with the resonance structure. The resonance structure includes a cavity and a cover plate, wherein an arrangement inside the cavity includes a cube-like dielectric resonance block and a dielectric support frame; the cube-like dielectric resonance block and the dielectric support frame form a triple-mode dielectric resonance rod; between the triple-mode dielectric resonance rod and an inner wall of the cavity is air; one or any end of the cube-like dielectric resonance block is connected with the dielectric support frame respectively; the dielectric support frame is connected with the inner wall of the cavity; and the cube-like dielectric resonance block forms a triple-mode resonance in three directions of axes X, Y and Z of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONGKONG FINGU DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Qingnan Meng
  • Patent number: 11929560
    Abstract: A dual-band antenna device allowed to perform communication at a first frequency in a predetermined frequency band and at a second frequency in a frequency band higher than the predetermined frequency band includes: a ground conductor; a folded antenna conductor including a first linear part and a second linear part that are caused to face each other at a distance by folding; an LC resonant circuit that is included in the folded antenna conductor, that lets the first frequency pass, and that lets the second frequency attenuate; and a feeding point between the ground conductor and the folded antenna conductor. A narrow gap part is provided between the first linear part and the second linear part of the folded antenna conductor, the narrow gap part measuring a distance shorter than a distance measured in a different portion between the first linear part and the second linear part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Komura
  • Patent number: 11927614
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, disclosed is an antenna chamber which includes a mounting part to receive an external electronic device including an antenna module including a plurality of radiators to radiate a millimeter wave signal, a lens spaced apart from the mounting part to refract the millimeter wave signal radiated from the antenna module, an antenna spaced apart from the lens in a direction opposite to a direction of the mounting part to receive the millimeter wave signal refracted from the lens, and a lens driving unit to move the lens based at least on a first direction, which is set, such that the millimeter wave signal set to be radiated in the first direction from an external electronic device is refracted toward the antenna. Moreover, various embodiments found through the disclosure are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Youngmin Lee, Jooseung Kim, Yongjun An
  • Patent number: 11930583
    Abstract: A system for heat conditioning an area of Earth includes an Earth-orbiting satellite. The satellite includes a power supply, a precursor gas supply, and one or more double helicon plasma beam generators coupled to the power supply and the gas supply and configured to generate a high-density plasma and further configured with a magnetic nozzle to maintain a shape of the beam; therefore, the top surface area of the beam is maximized. The generated high-density plasma provides enhanced electromagnetic waves absorption, reflection, and deflection of incoming solar light and electromagnetic radiation, thereby, reducing the heat striking the area of the Earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Ali Kaddoura
  • Patent number: 11916304
    Abstract: A system and a method for performing correction of systematic error for electronically steered antennas using on-chip programming. A plurality of channels includes a first channel. Each channel is coupled to a respective antenna element and includes a trim control circuit and a phase control circuit. The first channel is coupled to a first respective antenna element. An array calibration memory stores a plurality of phase offsets including a first phase offset. Each phase offset includes an array level calibration phase offset corresponding to a respective channel. The first phase offset corresponds to the first channel. At least one of the trim control circuit and the phase control circuit of the first channel are configured to modify phase of a first signal provided to and/or received from the first respective antenna element. The phase of the first signal is modified based at least in part on the first phase offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ANOKIWA VE, INC.
    Inventors: Lew Cohen, Jonathan Comeau, Vipul Jain
  • Patent number: 11916282
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a feeding antenna inside an electronic device and one or more antenna elements, such as a floating metal antenna, disposed on a rear cover of the electronic device. The floating metal antenna and a feeding antenna inside the electronic device may form a coupling antenna structure. The feeding antenna may be an antenna fastened on an antenna support (which may be referred to as a support antenna). The feeding antenna may alternatively be a slot antenna formed by slitting on a metal middle frame of the electronic device. The antenna apparatus may be implemented in limited design space, thereby effectively saving antenna design space inside the electronic device. The antenna apparatus may generate excitation of a plurality of resonance modes, so that antenna bandwidth and radiation characteristics can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Chien-Ming Lee, Dong Yu, Chih Yu Tsai, Chih-Hua Chang, Arun Sowpati
  • Patent number: 11909119
    Abstract: An antenna device is formed by arranging radiation elements each radiating a circularly polarized wave in a matrix of three rows and four columns. The radiation elements include three sets of radiation elements of four types having a positional relationship rotationally symmetric with each other. The radiation elements are arranged such that adjacent elements are of different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
  • Patent number: 11904765
    Abstract: A system includes a microcontroller that controls illumination of a plurality of vehicle lights that are operable in a flashing state wherein the plurality of lights operate as hazard flashers visible on a front and rear of a vehicle and a strobing state wherein the plurality of lights operate as strobing lights visible on the front and rear of the vehicle. The system includes a strobe activation switch that provides a signal to the microcontroller to operate the plurality of vehicle lights in the second strobing state. The microcontroller operates the plurality of vehicle lights in the first hazard flasher state in response activation of an existing hazard flasher switch. The strobing state has a flash rate that is perceptibly faster than a flash rate of the flashing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ESS-HELP, INC.
    Inventors: David M. Tucker, Mike Incorvaia, Stephen T. Powers, Austin Reece Tucker, Daniel Anthony Tucker
  • Patent number: 11909120
    Abstract: Provided herein are various magnetoelectric dipole antenna arrays and multi-array arrangements for handling radio frequency signals. In one example, an antenna array includes a baseplate conductively coupled to sets of plate elements by support members that position the plate elements at selected distances offset from a surface of the baseplate. Antenna probes are arranged in orthogonal pairs positioned within gaps between a corresponding set of plate elements, with each antenna probe comprising a conductive strip having a feed section coupled to a radio frequency connection through the baseplate, a transverse section generally parallel with the baseplate, and a terminal section directed back toward the baseplate. Dielectric structures for each pair of antenna probes comprise a dielectric material having channels that recess the conductive strips therein and a dielectric spacer positioned between overlapping transverse sections of the antenna probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Elie Germain Tianang, James F. Mulvey, Andrew Jason Kee, Erik Lier
  • Patent number: 11909128
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, plurality of electrodes disposed on the substrate, a plurality of metal elements disposed on the substrate, a plurality of first lines disposed on the substrate, and a radio frequency signal processor. One of the plurality of metal elements is overlapped one of the plurality of electrodes. The radio frequency signal processor provides a signal to the one of the plurality of electrodes through one of the plurality of first lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Liang Yun Chiu
  • Patent number: 11901625
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus and an electronic device are provided. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna module and an antenna radome. The antenna module is configured to receive and emit a radio frequency (RF) signal of a preset frequency band toward a preset direction range. The antenna radome is spaced apart from the antenna module, and located within the preset direction range. The antenna radome includes a substrate and a resonant structure carried on the substrate. The substrate is configured to allow a RF signal of a first preset frequency band to pass through, the resonant structure is configured to adjust a passband width of the substrate to the RF signal, to make the antenna radome allow a RF signal of a second frequency band to pass through. A bandwidth of the second frequency band is greater than that of the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuhu Jia
  • Patent number: 11894611
    Abstract: A dielectric lens device for shaping a radar beam includes a first and a second plano-convex cylindrical dielectric lens member and a plane-parallel dielectric substrate. The two plano-convex cylindrical dielectric lens members are arranged with their plane surfaces towards a same surface of the plane-parallel dielectric substrate. The plano-convex cylindrical dielectric lens members are interconnected to the plane-parallel dielectric substrate in a material fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
    Inventors: Una Karahasanovic, Andreas Fox, Claude Watgen, Franck Lemoine, Thomas Stifter, Dimitri Tatarinov
  • Patent number: 11888239
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus used in an electronic device having a flexible display that can be bent at a rotating shaft and that includes a primary screen and a secondary screen respectively configured on two sides of the rotating shaft. The antenna apparatus includes a first metal strip disposed on the primary screen frame close to one end of the rotating shaft, and a second metal strip disposed on the secondary screen frame close to the same end of the rotating shaft. The first metal strip is implemented as a plurality of antennas through dual-feed design. When the flexible display is in a folded state, the second metal strip is coupled to the first metal strip to generate radiation and is used as a parasitic antenna of the first metal strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hsu, Dong Yu, Hangfei Tang, Zhiyuan Xie
  • Patent number: 11881637
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an antenna arrangement including a magnetic antenna and a tuning element. The magnetic antenna includes a loop interrupted one or several times and a tuning element for tuning the magnetic antenna. The tuning element is configured to provide a tuning signal (e.g., control signal) for tuning the magnetic antenna, and to control the tuning element with the tuning signal to tune the magnetic antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Tobias Dräger, Christopher Laske, Ralph Oppelt, Michael Kamper, Felix Auer, Stefan Ereth, Gerald Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11882636
    Abstract: A load control system for controlling an electrical load may include a sensor, a remote control, and a load control device. The remote control may comprise a button and may be configured to wirelessly transmit a digital message in response to an actuation of the button. The load control device may be configured to control the electrical load, be responsive to the sensor, and/or be configured to be associated with the remote control. The load control device may be responsive to the digital message transmitted by the remote control if the remote control is associated with the load control device. The load control device may be configured to automatically operate in a first mode of operation if the remote control is not associated with the load control device, and automatically operate in a second mode of operation if the remote control is associated with the load control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: David T. Saveri, III, Andrew Peter Schmalz, Akshay Bhat
  • Patent number: 11881634
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus for drone identification and an operating method thereof are provided. The antenna apparatus includes: a plurality of horizontal directional antennas; a vertical directional antenna positioned at a center of an area surrounded by the plurality of horizontal directional antennas; a beamforming unit controlling beamforming of the vertical directional antenna and the plurality of horizontal antennas to transmit and receive signals in all directions; and a power supply unit for suppling power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyu-Min Kang, Jae Cheol Park, Jinhyung Oh, Dong Woo Lim, Su Na Choi, Sunghyun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11881619
    Abstract: [Problem] To prevent radiation waves from being reflected inside a casing when a plurality of antennas compatible with different frequencies are mounted. [Solution] According to the present disclosure, provided is an antenna apparatus including a first antenna that operates at a first frequency, and a second antenna that is arranged on an outer side of a casing relative to the first antenna, that operates at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and that includes an opening in a radiation direction of the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Hiraoka, Yuichiro Suzuki, Takayoshi Ito, Tomihiro Omuro, Toru Ozone, Jin Sato