Patents by Inventor Rhonda Rene Franklin

Rhonda Rene Franklin 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).

  • Coplaner waveguide transition
    Patent number: 9502382
    Abstract: A coplanar waveguide transition includes a substrate, a first coplanar waveguide on a first side of the substrate, and a second coplanar waveguide on a second side of the substrate. The coplanar waveguide transition includes a first, a second, and a third via through the substrate electrically coupling the first coplanar waveguide to the second coplanar waveguide. The coplanar waveguide transition includes voids through the substrate between the first, second, and third vias and edges of the first coplanar waveguide and edges of the second coplanar waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Young Seek Cho, Rhonda Rene Franklin
  • COPLANER WAVEGUIDE TRANSITION
    Publication number: 20130075904
    Abstract: A coplanar waveguide transition includes a substrate, a first coplanar waveguide on a first side of the substrate, and a second coplanar waveguide on a second side of the substrate. The coplanar waveguide transition includes a first, a second, and a third via through the substrate electrically coupling the first coplanar waveguide to the second coplanar waveguide. The coplanar waveguide transition includes voids through the substrate between the first, second, and third vias and edges of the first coplanar waveguide and edges of the second coplanar waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Young Seek Cho, Rhonda Rene Franklin