Patents by Inventor Brian P. Gaucher

Brian P. Gaucher 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).

  • Publication number: 20120176281
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips with antennas having one or more radiating elements and tuning elements that are formed from package lead wires that are appropriated shaped and arranged to form antenna structures for millimeter wave applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Thomas M. Zwick
  • Patent number: 8212341
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips with antennas having one or more radiating elements and tuning elements that are formed from package lead wires that are appropriated shaped and arranged to form antenna structures for millimeter wave applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Thomas M. Zwick
  • Patent number: 8089006
    Abstract: A circuit includes an input signal line, a high performance resonant element connected to the input signal line, and an output signal line connected to the high performance resonant element. The high performance resonant element is a via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Young Hoon Kwark, Christian Schuster
  • Publication number: 20110178981
    Abstract: A Web based community feedback collection tool. The Web based community feedback collection tool is programmed to establish the linkage between the traditional document editing tools (e.g., MS Word, Powerpoint) and a Web based community feedback collection tool. A writer could get the summarized feedback generated from Reader/Web community directly when they open the document through the traditional document editing tool. The reader could provide feedback directly as well when they read the document through the document editing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Bowen, Brian P. Gaucher, Zhu Han, Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20090195464
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips with antennas having one or more radiating elements and tuning elements that are formed from package lead wires that are appropriated shaped and arranged to form antenna structures for millimeter wave applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Brian P Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Thomas M. Zwick
  • Patent number: 7518221
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips with antennas having one or more radiating elements and tuning elements that are formed from package lead wires that are appropriated shaped and arranged to form antenna structures for millimeter wave applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Thomas M. Zwick
  • Patent number: 7504721
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging antenna devices with semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips, wherein IC chips are packaged with dielectric resonators antennas that are integrally constructed as part of a package molding (encapsulation) process, for example, to form compact integrated radio/wireless communications systems for millimeter wave applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhi Ning Chen, Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Thomas M. Zwick
  • Patent number: 7479842
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for constructing waveguide-to-transmission line transitions that provide broadband, high performance coupling of power at microwave and millimeter wave frequencies. More specifically, exemplary embodiments of the invention include wideband, low-loss and compact coplanar waveguide-to-rectangular waveguide transition structures and asymmetric coplanar stripline (or coplanar stripline)-to-rectangular waveguide transition structures that are particularly suitable for microwave and millimeter wave applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Janusz Grzyb, Duixian Liu, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Thomas M. Zwick
  • Patent number: 7443350
    Abstract: Low-profile, compact embedded multi-mode antenna designs are provided for use with computing devices, such as laptop computers, which enable ease of integration within computing devices with limited space, while providing suitable antenna characteristics (e.g., impedance matching and radiation efficiency) over an operating bandwidth of about 0.8 GHz to about 11 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Thomas R. Hildner
  • Patent number: 7372408
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for packaging IC chips together with integrated antenna modules designed to provide a closed EM (electromagnetic) environment for antenna radiators, thereby allowing antennas to be designed independent from the packaging technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Janusz Grzyb, Duixian Liu, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 7342299
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging antennas with semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips to provide highly-integrated and high-performance radio/wireless communications systems for millimeter wave applications including, e.g., voice communication, data communication and radar applications. For example, wireless communication modules are constructed with IC chips having receiver/transmitter/transceiver integrated circuits and planar antennas that are integrally constructed from BEOL (back end of line) metallization structures of the IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Thomas M. Zwick
  • Publication number: 20080007465
    Abstract: Low-profile, compact embedded multi-mode antenna designs are provided for use with computing devices, such as laptop computers, which enable ease of integration within computing devices with limited space, while providing suitable antenna characteristics (e.g., impedance matching and radiation efficiency) over an operating bandwidth of about 0.8 GHz to about 11 GHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Thomas R. Hildner
  • Publication number: 20070286293
    Abstract: A circuit includes an input signal line, a high performance resonant element connected to the input signal line, and an output signal line connected to the high performance resonant element. The high performance resonant element is a via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Young Hoon Kwark, Christian Schuster
  • Patent number: 7230571
    Abstract: A compact sized integrated quadband antenna for portable devices used in wireless applications is provided to provide wireless wide area network quadband coverage for world wide applications. The antenna design includes a combination of F-shaped and variations of L-shaped metal pieces. The F-shaped and variations of L-shaped metal pieces are provided on a double-sided printed circuit board. The F-shaped metal piece covers 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands. Two variations of L-shaped metal pieces are provided, whereby the two variations produce two resonants in the 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz bands. The two variations of L-shaped metal pieces are provided inside the F-shaped metal piece. The laptop display frame or the metal display supporters are used as part of the antenna, the display frame or the metal display supporters providing the ground plane to the antenna design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Lenova (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu
  • Patent number: 7187331
    Abstract: A compact sized embedded, multiband, multi-standard, interoperable antenna for portable devices used in wireless applications is provided. The antenna design includes an asymmetrical structure provided on a double-sided printed circuit board. The asymmetrical structure covers both the ultra-wideband and the wireless local area network band. The asymmetrical structure provided on the front side of the printed circuit board is a primary radiator with a supplement strip radiator, whereby the bottom of the primary radiator is close to the vertical ground plane and fed by a probe extended from a coaxial line. The asymmetrical structure on the front side provides a well-matched bandwidth covering the ultra-wideband band of 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz. A second supplement strip is provided on the backside of the printed circuit board which provides the second resonance at the 2.4 GHz wireless local area network band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Lenovo(Singapore) Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Ning Chen, Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu
  • Patent number: 6853336
    Abstract: In a notebook type computer terminal, a plate type slot antenna is provided between a display panel and a surrounding wall of a display panel housing so that a radiator portion thereof is projecting from a frame of the display panel and a stay, which are made of conductive material by a length more than a predetermined dimension S. A ground portion of the antenna is connected not only to a ground of a radio transceiver unit but also to the display panel housing made of conductive material through the stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Ephraim B. Flint, Kazuo Fujii, Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Masaki Oie, Thomas W. Studwell, Hideyuki Usui
  • Patent number: 6686886
    Abstract: An antenna for integration into a portable processing device, comprises an electronic display metal support frame, a first and a second radiating element extending from the support frame and a conductor for conducting a signal comprising a first component for carrying a signal to the second radiating element and a second component for grounding the conductor to the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ephraim B. Flint, Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu
  • Publication number: 20030222823
    Abstract: Dual-band antennas that are embedded within portable devices such as laptop computers. In one aspect, a dual-band antenna for a portable device (e.g., laptop computer) includes a first element having a resonant frequency in a first frequency band and a second element having a resonant frequency in a second frequency band, wherein the first element is connected to a signal feed, wherein the second element is grounded, and wherein the first and second elements are integrated within a portable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ephraim B. Flint, Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu
  • Publication number: 20020190905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna for integration into a portable processing device. The antenna includes an electronic display metal support frame for grounding a conducting element, a pair of radiating elements extending from the display frame, and a means for conducting a dual-band signal comprising a first component for carrying a signal connected to the first and second radiating elements and a second component for grounding the conducting means connected to the display frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Ephraim B. Flint, Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu
  • Publication number: 20020021250
    Abstract: In a notebook type computer terminal, a plate type slot antenna is provided between a display panel and a surrounding wall of a display panel housing so that a radiator portion thereof is projecting from a frame of the display panel and a stay, which are made of conductive material by a length more than a predetermined dimension S. A ground portion of the antenna is connected not only to a ground of a radio transceiver unit but also to the display panel housing made of conductive material through the stay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Ephraim B. Flint, Kazuo Fujii, Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Masaki Oie, Thomas W. Studwell, Hideyuki Usui