Patents by Inventor James H. Shaffner

James H. Shaffner 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).

  • Electro-optic modulation structures
    Patent number: 9664931
    Abstract: An electro-optic modulation structure comprises a first electrode and a second electrode and a first electro-optic strip; wherein the first electrode has a slab portion and a first ridge protruding from the slab portion of the first electrode, and the second electrode has a slab portion and a first ridge protruding from the slab portion of the second electrode, the first protruding ridge of the first electrode and the first protruding ridge of the second electrode being disposed on opposite sides of the first electro-optic strip and both protruding ridges abut the first electro-optic strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Yap, James H. Shaffner
  • RF MEMS switch with integrated impedance matching structure
    Publication number: 20040227583
    Abstract: An impedance matching structure for a RF MEMS switch having at least one closeable RF contact in an RF line, the impedance matching structure comprising a protuberance in the RF line immediately adjacent the RF contact that forms one element of a capacitor, the other element of which is formed by the switch's ground plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: James H. Shaffner, William B. Bridges