Patents by Inventor Felix D. Yuen
Felix D. Yuen 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).
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Publication number: 20240014546Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna unit includes a coupler, a phase-shifting modulator, and an antenna element. The coupler has first and second input-output ports, a coupled port, and an isolated port. The phase-shifting modulator includes a transmission medium coupled to the coupled port, a reflector, control nodes, and active devices each having a respective first device port coupled to a respective location of the transmission medium, a respective second device port coupled to the reflector, and a respective control port coupled to a respective one of the control nodes. And the antenna element is coupled to the phase-shifting modulator via the isolated port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Echodyne Corp.Inventors: Tom Driscoll, William F. Graves, JR., Jason E. Jerauld, Nathan Ingle Landy, Charles A. Renneberg, Benjamin Sikes, Yianni Tzanidis, Felix D. Yuen, Nicholas K. Brune
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Patent number: 11626659Abstract: An embodiment an antenna unit of an antenna array includes a signal coupler, a phase-shifting modulator, and an antenna element. The signal coupler has a first input-output port, a second input-output port, and a coupled port. The phase-shifting modulator is coupled to the coupled port of the signal coupler, and the antenna element is coupled to the phase-shifting modulator via a connection remote from the signal coupler, or via an isolated port of the signal coupler. The phase-shifting modulator is configured for both relatively low signal loss and relatively low power consumption such that the antenna array can have significantly lower C-SWAP metrics than a conventional phased array while retaining the higher performance metrics of a conventional phased array.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Echodyne Corp.Inventors: Tom Driscoll, William F. Graves, Jr., Jason E. Jerauld, Nathan Ingle Landy, Charles A. Renneberg, Benjamin Sikes, Yianni Tzanidis, Felix D. Yuen, Nicholas K. Brune
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Patent number: 11211716Abstract: An embodiment of an antenna includes first and second transmission lines, first antenna elements, and second antenna elements. The first transmission line is configured to guide a first signal such that the first signal has a characteristic of a first value, and the second transmission line is configured to guide a second signal such that the second signal has the same characteristic but of a second value that is different than the first value. The first antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the first transmission line and are each configured to radiate the first signal in response to a respective first control signal, and the second antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the second transmission line and are each configured to radiate the second signal in response to a respective second control signal. Such an antenna can have better main-beam and side-lobe characteristics, and a better SIR, than prior antennas.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Echodyne Corp.Inventors: Tom Driscoll, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Milton Perque, Charles A. Renneberg, Ioannis Tzanidis, Robert Tilman Worl, Felix D. Yuen
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Patent number: 11128035Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna unit for an antenna array allows shifting the phase of a radiated or received signal without the need for a phase shifter, and includes an antenna element, switching devices, and signal couplers. The antenna element includes at least one section and signal ports each electrically isolated from each other and from each of the at least one section. The switching devices are each configured to couple a respective one of the signal ports to one of the at least one section in response to a respective control signal, and the signal couplers are each configured to couple a respective one of the signal ports to a respective location of a respective transmission medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Echodyne Corp.Inventors: Tom Driscoll, Nathan Ingle Landy, Robert Tilman Worl, Felix D. Yuen, Charles A. Renneberg, Yianni Tzanidis
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Publication number: 20200350665Abstract: An embodiment an antenna unit of an antenna array includes a signal coupler, a phase-shifting modulator, and an antenna element. The signal coupler has a first input-output port, a second input-output port, and a coupled port. The phase-shifting modulator is coupled to the coupled port of the signal coupler, and the antenna element is coupled to the phase-shifting modulator via a connection remote from the signal coupler, or via an isolated port of the signal coupler. The phase-shifting modulator is configured for both relatively low signal loss and relatively low power consumption such that the antenna array can have significantly lower C-SWAP metrics than a conventional phased array while retaining the higher performance metrics of a conventional phased array.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Echodyne Corp.Inventors: Tom Driscoll, William F. Graves, JR., Jason E. Jerauld, Nathan Ingle Landy, Charles A. Renneberg, Benjamin Sikes, Yianni Tzanidis, Felix D. Yuen, Nicholas K. Brune
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Publication number: 20200335859Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna unit for an antenna array allows shifting the phase of a radiated or received signal without the need for a phase shifter, and includes an antenna element, switching devices, and signal couplers. The antenna element includes at least one section and signal ports each electrically isolated from each other and from each of the at least one section. The switching devices are each configured to couple a respective one of the signal ports to one of the at least one section in response to a respective control signal, and the signal couplers are each configured to couple a respective one of the signal ports to a respective location of a respective transmission medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Echodyne Corp.Inventors: Tom Driscoll, Nathan Ingle Landy, Robert Tilman Worl, Felix D. Yuen, Charles A. Renneberg, Yianni Tzanidis
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Patent number: 10768217Abstract: A device comprises a circuit board, a Rogowski coil on the circuit board, persistent data storage on the circuit board, and a control circuit on the circuit board for collecting values representing current sensed by the coil, and storing the values in the persistent memory.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Felix D. Yuen, Andrew M. Robb, Jason P. Bommer
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Publication number: 20190379133Abstract: An embodiment of an antenna includes first and second transmission lines, first antenna elements, and second antenna elements. The first transmission line is configured to guide a first signal such that the first signal has a characteristic of a first value, and the second transmission line is configured to guide a second signal such that the second signal has the same characteristic but of a second value that is different than the first value. The first antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the first transmission line and are each configured to radiate the first signal in response to a respective first control signal, and the second antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the second transmission line and are each configured to radiate the second signal in response to a respective second control signal. Such an antenna can have better main-beam and side-lobe characteristics, and a better SIR, than prior antennas.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Echodyne Corp.Inventors: Tom Driscoll, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Milton Perque, Charles A. Renneberg, Ioannis Tzanidis, Robert Tilman Worl, Felix D. Yuen
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Patent number: 10396468Abstract: An embodiment of an antenna includes first and second transmission lines, first antenna elements, and second antenna elements. The first transmission line is configured to guide a first signal such that the first signal has a characteristic of a first value, and the second transmission line is configured to guide a second signal such that the second signal has the same characteristic but of a second value that is different than the first value. The first antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the first transmission line and are each configured to radiate the first signal in response to a respective first control signal, and the second antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the second transmission line and are each configured to radiate the second signal in response to a respective second control signal. Such an antenna can have better main-beam and side-lobe characteristics, and a better SIR, than prior antennas.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Echodyne CorpInventors: Tom Driscoll, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Milton Perque, Charles A. Renneberg, Ioannis Tzanidis, Robert Tilman Worl, Felix D. Yuen
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Publication number: 20180054004Abstract: An embodiment of an antenna includes first and second transmission lines, first antenna elements, and second antenna elements. The first transmission line is configured to guide a first signal such that the first signal has a characteristic of a first value, and the second transmission line is configured to guide a second signal such that the second signal has the same characteristic but of a second value that is different than the first value. The first antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the first transmission line and are each configured to radiate the first signal in response to a respective first control signal, and the second antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the second transmission line and are each configured to radiate the second signal in response to a respective second control signal. Such an antenna can have better main-beam and side-lobe characteristics, and a better SIR, than prior antennas.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Tom Driscoll, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Milton Perque, Charles A. Renneberg, Ioannis Tzanidis, Robert Tilman Worl, Felix D. Yuen
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Publication number: 20170315166Abstract: A device comprises a circuit board, a Rogowski coil on the circuit board, persistent data storage on the circuit board, and a control circuit on the circuit board for collecting values representing current sensed by the coil, and storing the values in the persistent memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Felix D. Yuen, Andrew M. Robb, Jason P. Bommer
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Patent number: 9739818Abstract: A device comprises a circuit board, a Rogowski coil on the circuit board, persistent data storage on the circuit board, and a control circuit on the circuit board for collecting values representing current sensed by the coil, and storing the values in the persistent memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Felix D. Yuen, Andrew M. Robb, Jason P. Bommer
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Publication number: 20150260775Abstract: A device comprises a circuit board, a Rogowski coil on the circuit board, persistent data storage on the circuit board, and a control circuit on the circuit board for collecting values representing current sensed by the coil, and storing the values in the persistent memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Felix D. Yuen, Andrew M. Robb, Jason P. Bommer