Patents Assigned to BLUE DANUBE SYSTEMS, INC.
  • Patent number: 10312581
    Abstract: An antenna system including: a metal base plate; an antenna element arranged on and extending away from the front side of the base plate; a circuit board including a ground plane, adjacent to, and in thermal contact with the base plate; a plurality of electrical components on the circuit board including a power amplifier and an I/O connector; a metal support plate separated from, parallel to, and facing the base plate, with the circuit board located between the base and support plates; a plurality of thermally conductive standoffs thermally connecting the base plate to the support plate; and a master board including an I/O connector mating with the I/O connector on the circuit board and electrically connecting the circuit board to the master board, the master board located between the circuit board and the support plate and including signal paths for routing signals to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BLUE DANUBE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: James Emerick, Robert M. Honeycutt, Josef Ocenasek
  • Patent number: 9893820
    Abstract: A method of testing a phased array antenna that includes a plurality of antenna element pairs, each antenna element pair of the plurality of antenna element pairs including a first antenna element and a second antenna element, the method including: for each antenna element pair of the plurality of antenna element pairs, performing a first cross element gain measurement from the first antenna element to the second antenna element of that antenna element pair; and determining whether there is a problem associated with the phased array antenna by examining the first cross element gain measurements for the plurality of antenna element pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: BLUE DANUBE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Gregg S. Nardozza
  • Patent number: 9485770
    Abstract: Techniques for achieving high average spectrum efficiency in a wireless system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method of communicating with a wireless station comprising defining a plurality of beams to be generated by a beam-forming device, defining a set of beam groups wherein each beam group is a different subset of beams of the plurality of beams; repeatedly cycling through the set of beam groups by sequentially generating each group of beams among the set of beam groups; identifying a beam group among the set of beam groups which yields a best communication link with a wireless station; and scheduling communications with the wireless station to occur via the identified beam group when the identified beam group is being generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: BLUE DANUBE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mihai Banu, Yiping Feng, David Poticny
  • Publication number: 20150351086
    Abstract: Techniques for achieving high average spectrum efficiency in a wireless system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method of communicating with a wireless station comprising defining a plurality of beams to be generated by a beam-forming device, defining a set of beam groups wherein each beam group is a different subset of beams of the plurality of beams; repeatedly cycling through the set of beam groups by sequentially generating each group of beams among the set of beam groups; identifying a beam group among the set of beam groups which yields a best communication link with a wireless station; and scheduling communications with the wireless station to occur via the identified beam group when the identified beam group is being generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: BLUE DANUBE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mihai BANU, Yiping FENG, David POTICNY
  • Patent number: 9161360
    Abstract: Techniques for achieving high average spectrum efficiency in a wireless system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method of communicating with a wireless station comprising defining a plurality of beams to be generated by a beam-forming device, defining a set of beam groups wherein each beam group is a different subset of beams of the plurality of beams; repeatedly cycling through the set of beam groups by sequentially generating each group of beams among the set of beam groups; identifying a beam group among the set of beam groups which yields a best communication link with a wireless station; and scheduling communications with the wireless station to occur via the identified beam group when the identified beam group is being generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: BLUE DANUBE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mihai Banu, Yiping Feng, David Poticny