Patents Examined by Anh Q. Tran
  • Patent number: 12199364
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surface-mountable antenna structure that is applicable to a broadband massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) unit (MMU) in a wireless communication system. An antenna structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a printed circuit board including a first ground port, a second ground port, and a first feeding port; a first antenna electrically connected to the first ground port; a second antenna electrically connected to the second ground port; and a first feeding plate including a first bending part electromagnetically coupled to the first antenna, a second bending part electromagnetically coupled to the second antenna, and a third bending part electrically connected to the first feeding port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junsig Kum, Hyunjin Kim, Youngjun Kim, Yoongeon Kim, Seungho Choi
  • Patent number: 12196401
    Abstract: An underwater light including a programmable controller and a replaceable light-emitting diode (LED) printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) is provided. The light includes a controller PCBA in communication with the LED PCBA, and a connector for connecting the controller PCBA to the LED PCBA. An optically-transparent potting compound encapsulates the LED PCBA, and the LED PCBA can be safely replaced by removing a rear housing of the underwater light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Raposo, James Carter, Steven Mitchell, Jeffrey Cho, Yevgeny Rapoport, Joseph A. Gundel
  • Patent number: 12191567
    Abstract: An antenna module includes radiating elements that radiate radio waves in a first polarization direction, and a feed conductor that supplies a common radio-frequency signal to the radiating elements. A first radiating element and a second radiating element are disposed adjacent to each other. The feed conductor includes a common conductor, and conductors branching off from the common conductor. The conductors are respectively coupled to the radiating elements. Frequency characteristics of an impedance of the radiating element are different from frequency characteristics of an impedance of the radiating element. Under another condition of a frequency band in which a return loss is less than or equal to a predetermined value is defined as an operable band width in each of the radiating elements, the operable band width of the radiating element partially overlaps the operable band width of the radiating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Hirotsugu Mori
  • Patent number: 12184283
    Abstract: Structures and methods for the co-optimization of core (logic) devices and SRAM devices include a semiconductor device having a logic portion and a memory portion. In some embodiments, a logic device is disposed within the logic portion. In some cases, the logic device includes a single fin N-type FinFET and a single fin P-type FinFET. In some examples, a static random-access memory (SRAM) device is disposed within the memory portion. The SRAM device includes an N-well region disposed between two P-well regions, where the two P-well regions include an N-type FinFET pass gate (PG) transistor and an N-type FinFET pull-down (PD) transistor, and where the N-well region includes a P-type FinFET pull-up (PU) transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jhon Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: 12184282
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has: a first chip having a substrate and a first wiring layer; and a second wiring layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. The second wiring layer has a first power supply line, and a second power supply line. The first chip has a first ground line, a third power supply line, a fourth power supply line, vias formed in the substrate and connecting the first power supply line and the third power supply line, a first area in which the first ground line and the fourth power supply line are arranged, and a first circuit connected between the first ground line and the third power supply line. A switch is connected between the first power supply line and the second power supply line. In a plan view, the third power supply line, the vias, and the first circuit are arranged in the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takeno, Atsushi Okamoto, Wenzhen Wang
  • Patent number: 12176158
    Abstract: An illumination system and method are disclosed for maintaining a consistent change in illumination value among a group of illumination devices whenever a change command is manually sent from a keypad to those illumination devices. The consistent change results from maintaining a common start illumination value among not only the group, but also the keypad which controls the group. From the start illumination value, the keypad can then compute an end illumination value depending upon the amount of time that an increase or decrease in illumination value button is depressed and held. Since the change command can arrive at different illumination devices within the group depending upon where each illumination device is geographically located, a masking time is reserved after the button is released so that enough time is allocated for each of the illumination devices within that group to arrive at a common end illumination value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Mark Quilling, Rebecca Frank, Kenneth Priester
  • Patent number: 12170405
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna element comprising a lower conducting plane, an upper conducting plane and an upper dielectric layer structure that is positioned between the conducting planes. The upper dielectric layer structure comprises a plurality of conducting vias that electrically connect the conducting planes to each other and circumvent an upper radiating patch formed in, below or above the upper conducting plane. The conducting vias circumvent at least one intermediate radiating patch that is formed in the upper dielectric layer structure, and a lowest intermediate radiating patch that is closest to the lower conducting plane is connected to a feed arrangement that comprises at least one feeding probe that extends via a corresponding aperture in the lower conducting plane and is electrically connected to the lowest intermediate radiating patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Stefan Johansson, Hawal Rashid
  • Patent number: 12160238
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a low-power single-phase logic gate latch for clock-gating are disclosed. A latch circuit includes shared clocked transistors without including clock inverters. The shared clocked transistors include a P-type clocked transistor and an N-type clocked transistor, with the clock input coupled to the gate of the P-type clocked transistor and to the gate of the N-type clocked transistor. The P-type clocked transistor is coupled between first and second transistor stacks of the latch. The N-type clocked transistor is coupled to a source gate of a first stack N-type transistor gated by a data input and to a source gate of a second stack N-type transistor gated by the inverted data input. The latch has a lower clock pin capacitance than a traditional logic gate latch while also avoiding having clock inverters which reduces dynamic power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Nur Mohammad Baksh, Deepesh John
  • Patent number: 12160938
    Abstract: A lamp including a light source including at least one string of light emitting diodes (LEDs) within a tube body; end caps having contacts on each end of the tube body; driver electronics within the tube body including a filament detector portion provided by a passive resistance capacitor (RC) circuit that simulates the filament load of a fluorescent lamp when installed into a ballast containing fixture; and a power level selector switch in communication with the driver electronics for selecting the power level for powering the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: LEDVANCE LLC
    Inventors: Soumya Kanta Ray, Anil Jeswani
  • Patent number: 12156307
    Abstract: A method of controlling a multicolor LED lighting device is discloses. The LED lighting device comprises at least two series-connected LED light sources with different color metric values and supplied with a current, each LED light source is controlled by a respective switch operating according to a duty cycle. The method adapts an operating current amplitude supplied to the multicolor LED lighting device based on a color point that is required by a user. The method comprises the steps of receiving a designated color metric value for the LED lighting device; determining an operating current amplitude for the LED lighting device based on a current profile over a range of color metric values and the designated color metric value, and setting the current supplied to the LED light sources to the determined operating current amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Vincent Arnoud Wouters, Berend Jan Willem Ter Weeme, Aldegonda Lucia Weijers
  • Patent number: 12148973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transmitting a signal between a waveguide and a printed circuit board, the device comprising a first access means and a second access means for the signal to be transmitted, a conductor track forming the first access means, a printed circuit board comprising a substrate, and a transition element. The element comprises an upper ground plane and a lower ground plane that is intended to be in direct contact with the waveguide, the lower ground plane comprising a slot forming the second access means of the transmission device, one of the upper ground plane and the lower ground plane being connected to the conductor track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: THALES, ELLIPTIKA, IMT ATLANTIQUE
    Inventors: Gwendal Cochet, Anne-Charlotte Amiaud, Jean-Philippe Coupez, Alexandre Manchec, Thomas Merlet, Christian Person
  • Patent number: 12149387
    Abstract: A differential communication driver circuit includes a drive unit that drives differential signal lines connected via capacitors by a source current and a sink current. When a noise detection unit detects that in-phase noise is applied to the differential signal lines, a drive assisting unit maintains an amplitude of a differential signal output to the differential signal lines by increasing a current drive capability of the sink current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takasuke Ito, Yoshikazu Furuta, Shigeki Otsuka, Tomohiro Nezuka
  • Patent number: 12144075
    Abstract: A lighting device connects to an external power supply and includes a light emitting load and a secondary load. A temperature measurement is obtained related to a temperature of the external power supply. The secondary load is activated, thereby allowing the secondary load to be powered by the external power supply, when the temperature measurement is below a threshold. Thus, in cold conditions, an increased load is presented to the external power supply to assist start up of the external power supply in cold conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Yuanqiang Liu, Meiping Mao, Yuan Xin Chen, Ru Yu Li
  • Patent number: 12139062
    Abstract: A variable light distribution light source includes an array-type light-emitting device. The array-type light-emitting device includes a power supply terminal and multiple pixel circuits electrically coupled and spatially arranged in a matrix. A power supply circuit includes a power supply unit that supplies electric power to the array-type light-emitting device. An output of a DC/DC converter is coupled to the power supply terminal VDD of the array-type light-emitting device via an output terminal. A voltage setting circuit generates a controllable correction voltage. A feedback circuit generates a feedback voltage based on the correction voltage and the control target voltage that corresponds to the output voltage of the DC/DC converter, and supplies the feedback voltage to a feedback pin of a converter controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Ota, Masashi Kato, Shohei Yanagizu, Satoshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 12143108
    Abstract: In an embodiment an integrated device includes a first physical unclonable function module configured to generate an initial data group and management module configured to generate an output data group from at least the initial data group, authorize only D successive deliveries of the output data group on a first output interface of the device, D being a non-zero positive integer, and prevent any new generation of the output data group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, STMicroelectronics International N.V.
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Marco Bildgen
  • Patent number: 12133309
    Abstract: A lighting device having replaceable intelligent sensor includes a filter, a first voltage converter, a DC-to-DC converter, an intelligent sensor, a control circuit, a load and a rectifier. The first voltage converter is connected to the filter. The DC-to-DC converter is connected to the first voltage converter. The intelligent sensor is detachably connected to the DC-to-DC converter. The control circuit is connected to the filter, and includes an optical coupler and a switch connected to each other. The load is connected to the control circuit. The rectifier is connected to the filter and an external power source in order to drive the intelligent sensor and the control circuit. The intelligent sensor generates a first control signal to control the optical coupler to turn on the switch, such that the control circuit generates a driving signal to drive the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Xiamen PVTECH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuxing Lu, Longyin Chen, Rongtu Liu
  • Patent number: 12132244
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a phase shifter and antenna. The phase shifter includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a first dielectric layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes: a first base substrate and a transmission line on a side of the first base substrate proximal to the first dielectric layer. The second substrate includes: a second base substrate and a reference electrode on a side of the second substrate proximal to the first dielectric layer. An orthographic projection of the reference electrode on the first base substrate at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the transmission line on the first base substrate. The reference electrode is provided with a first opening therein, and a length of the first opening along the first direction is not less than a line width of the transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiyuan Wang, Feng Qu
  • Patent number: 12129995
    Abstract: A decorative lighting system including a sensor device; a wiring harness comprising an insulated conductor and a plurality of lighting elements; a controller in communication with the wiring harness and the sensor device, the controller comprising a processor, a memory, and a wireless communication module; and wherein the controller is configured to control the plurality of lighting elements based at least in part on information received from the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: POLYGROUP MACAU LIMITED (BVI)
    Inventors: Chi Yin Alan Leung, Chi Kin Samuel Kwok, Eric Szweda
  • Patent number: 12127315
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a high-pressure white-red-green-blue (WRGB) string light, including a controller and a string light main body. The controller is connected with the string light main body; the string light main body is provided with a plurality of WRGB bulbs; the controller includes a first power supply module and a main control module; the first power supply module is adapted to be connected to a mains supply to supply power to the main control module; the WRGB bulbs include a second power supply module, an auxiliary control module and a lighting module; the second power supply module is adapted to be connected to the controller or the main supply to supply power to the auxiliary control module and the lighting module; and the main control module is adapted to send a control signal to the auxiliary control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG TWINSEL ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianping Yan, Xueren Zeng, Qian Xu, Wei Yi, Shiqing Xia
  • Patent number: 12127319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of resetting a lighting device control apparatus by using a wall switch, capable of resetting an AP setting of the lighting device control apparatus more conveniently in a smart residential lighting device network system including: a plurality of lighting devices provided in an indoor space; a plurality of lighting device control apparatuses for individually or collectively controlling the lighting devices; a plurality of APs configured to perform WiFi communication with the lighting device control apparatuses, respectively; a user terminal for remotely controlling the lighting devices; a lighting device server configured to transmit a lighting device control signal generated by the user terminal to a lighting device control apparatus of a lighting device corresponding to the lighting device control signal; and a home gateway configured to perform relay between the APs and the lighting device server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: K-Bell Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Hoon Kang, Young Jin Lim, Young Sik Jang