Patents by Inventor Ada Poon

Ada Poon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11048990
    Abstract: One example is directed to a reader device having a first resonance circuit and being configured to interrogate one or more other remotely-located resonance circuits, each associated with a second resonance circuit which may be part of a passive sensor circuit. The first resonance circuit is operated to cause the inductively-coupled oscillating signal to be swept over a range of frequencies and therein cause a jump or sudden transition in a frequency of the oscillating signal while the first and second resonance circuits are in sufficient proximity for inductively-coupling via an oscillating signal via their respective resonance circuits. Sensing circuitry may be used to detect the jump or sudden transition in the frequency of the oscillating signal and, by way of or in response to an indication of timing and/or a set of inductively-related parameters, data is conveyed from the sensor to the reader device via the inductively-coupled oscillating signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Siavash Kananian, Ada Poon, Simiao Niu, Zhenan Bao, Naoji Matsuhisa, George Alexopoulos
  • Publication number: 20200257946
    Abstract: One example is directed to a reader device having a first resonance circuit and being configured to interrogate one or more other remotely-located resonance circuits, each associated with a second resonance circuit which may be part of a passive sensor circuit. The first resonance circuit is operated to cause the inductively-coupled oscillating signal to be swept over a range of frequencies and therein cause a jump or sudden transition in a frequency of the oscillating signal while the first and second resonance circuits are in sufficient proximity for inductively-coupling via an oscillating signal via their respective resonance circuits. Sensing circuitry may be used to detect the jump or sudden transition in the frequency of the oscillating signal and, by way of or in response to an indication of timing and/or a set of inductively-related parameters, data is conveyed from the sensor to the reader device via the inductively-coupled oscillating signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Siavash Kananian, Ada Poon, Simiao Niu, Zhenan Bao, Naoji Matsuhisa, George Alexopoulos
  • Publication number: 20140312834
    Abstract: Described herein is a wearable device for impact measurement with wireless power and communication capability. The wearable device includes a base member configured for placement on a human body, an electronic board affixed to the base member, and a rechargeable battery affixed to the base member. The device also includes a dual-band antenna printed on the electronic board for wireless power and data communication. Also provided are methods for charging the wearable device with different power sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yuji Tanabe, Ada Poon, David B. Camarillo, Lyndia Chun Wu, Alex Yeh
  • Publication number: 20060104379
    Abstract: Various techniques and embodiments are described to increase a code rate in a MIMO system using one or more virtual channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Qinghua Li, Ada Poon
  • Publication number: 20060067428
    Abstract: Spatial power allocation and bit loading are performed deterministically for a closed loop MIMO system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventor: Ada Poon
  • Publication number: 20060056335
    Abstract: Feedback bandwidth may be reduced in a closed loop MIMO system by factoring non essential information out of a beamforming matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Xintian Lin, Qinghua Li, Ada Poon
  • Publication number: 20050286663
    Abstract: Stations in a N×N multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless network search codewords in a codebook to determine which codeword is closest to a desired pre-coding matrix on a Grassmann manifold. An index or indices corresponding to codeword is transmitted from a receiver to a transmitter to identify a codeword to be used for transmit beamforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventor: Ada Poon
  • Publication number: 20050286404
    Abstract: Stations in a N×N multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless network always puncture the weakest spatial channel. N?1 spatial channels are always used regardless of the channel state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventor: Ada Poon