Patents Assigned to VDW DESIGN, LLC
  • High-performance probe for near-field antenna measurement
    Patent number: 12457012
    Abstract: Provided herein are high-performance, compact probes for use in near-field antenna measurement, such as over-the-air antenna measurements. In particular, the probes herein simplify detection by mixing the near-field radio frequency (RF) signal with a local oscillator (LO) right at the probe plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: vdW Design, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel W. van der Weide, Mohammadreza Ranjbar Naeini
  • Phase detector with enhanced sensitivity
    Patent number: 10879911
    Abstract: A phase detector using nonlinearities to distort and compress waveforms of the reference and the unknown sources. This waveform distortion creates a region of phase in which the slew rate is greater than that of the input sinusoid, enabling a larger phase detector constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: vdW Design, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel W. van der Weide
  • Chipless RFID-based temperature threshold sensor
    Patent number: 10739211
    Abstract: Provided herein are chipless radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based sensors that exhibit an altered electromagnetic signature when sensor-specific temperature threshold is crossed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: vdW Design, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel W. van der Weide, Marcos Martinez
  • Radio-frequency identification tags
    Patent number: 10402604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that produce a unique radar signature by passive reflection of an electromagnetic signal. In particular, provided herein are frequency-, phase-, and/or amplitude-shift encoded RFID tags, and methods of use and manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: vdW Design, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel W. van der Weide, Marcos Martinez
  • Orthogonal field probes
    Patent number: 10401389
    Abstract: Provided herein are electric and magnetic field probes for measuring and mapping distributions of such fields on, for example, circuits, antennas and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: vdW Design, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Warren van der Weide
  • Radio-frequency identification tags
    Patent number: 9690962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that produce a unique radar signature by passive reflection of an electromagnetic signal. In particular, provided herein are frequency-, phase-, and/or amplitude-shift encoded RFID tags, and methods of use and manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: VDW DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel W. van der Weide, Marcos Martinez
  • Dual-polarized antenna
    Patent number: D1125133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: vdW Design, LLC
    Inventors: Ankit Sharma, Daniel W. van der Weide