Patents Examined by David E Lotter
  • Patent number: 11996622
    Abstract: MIMO dual-polarised antenna assembly arranged in a nested arrangement. The antenna assembly comprises a ground plane and a dual-polarised lower band antenna elements mounted to the ground plane proximal to peripheral sides of the ground plane. The location of the lower band antenna elements defines a lower band peripheral boundary. The antenna assembly comprises (1) dual-polarised upper band antenna elements mounted to the ground plane, nested within the lower band peripheral boundary, (2) an upper feeding network configured to connect opposing pairs of lower band radiating elements of the dual polarised lower band antenna elements and feed the lower band antenna elements, the upper feeding network being located within the lower band peripheral boundary, and (3) a lower feeding network positioned below the upper feeding network, and is configured to feed the dual polarised lower band antenna elements via the upper feeding network using a pair of ultra-wideband duplexers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NetComm Wireless Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Wang, Michael Cornelius, Steven Collins
  • Patent number: 11996639
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for implementing and utilizing dual-polarized planar ultra-wideband antennas. A planar antenna may include a substrate, a monopole conductor, a first ground conductor, and a second ground conductor. The monopole conductor is connected to a first signal feeding line. The first ground conductor is connected to ground potential. The first ground conductor is further connected to a second signal feeding line. The second ground conductor is connected to ground potential. The second ground conductor is located on a side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SWISSCOM AG
    Inventor: Nima Jamaly
  • Patent number: 11984653
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed related to optically transparent antennas. One example provides a device, comprising an electrically insulating substrate that is at least partially optically transparent, one or more antennas disposed on the electrically insulating substrate, each antenna comprising a film of a conductive material that is at least partially optically transparent, the one or more antennas comprising a communication antenna, and processing circuitry electrically coupled to the communication antenna, the processing circuitry configured to one or more of send or receive signals via the communication antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jouya Jadidian, Erik Alan Holverson, Ruben Caballero
  • Patent number: 11984647
    Abstract: An electronic device including an antenna, according to one embodiment, is provided. The electronic device can comprise: a first radiator in which metal patterns having a predetermined width and length are stacked on different layers of a multi-layer substrate; and a second radiator in which metal patterns having a predetermined width and length are stacked on top of the first radiator. The electronic device can further comprise a transceiver circuit for connecting to any one metal pattern from among the first radiator and the second radiator through a feeding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seungmin Woo
  • Patent number: 11973276
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit including at least two conductive tracks extending along the length of the flexible printed circuit. The conductive tracks form at least two antenna loops. The at least two conductive tracks are substantially parallel to one another. A contact zone located at a first end of the flexible printed circuit is configured to contact a predetermined portion of the flexible printed circuit so that a first track of the flexible printed circuit is connected with a second track of the flexible printed circuit when the first end is placed in contact with the predetermined portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING
    Inventors: Vincent Hernandez, Jérôme Andre
  • Patent number: 11967777
    Abstract: An antenna that enables dense packing of radiators includes a plurality of first radiators configured to radiate in a first frequency band and a plurality of second radiators configured to radiate in a second frequency band, the second frequency band having higher frequencies than the first frequency band. each of the plurality of first radiators includes a plurality of dipole arms. Each of the plurality of dipole arms includes a periodic pattern of inductive choke segments, and each of the dipole arms has a broken peripheral current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Niranjan Sundararajan, Charles Buondelmonte, Jay Zhu, Wengang Chen
  • Patent number: 11967778
    Abstract: This application provides a packaging structure, including an antenna in package and a radio frequency chip that are packaged together, where the antenna in package is fastened on the radio frequency chip. The antenna in package includes a radiator and at least two feeding parts, the at least two feeding parts are electrically connected to the radio frequency chip, the radio frequency chip is configured to receive or transmit a radio frequency signal, and at least one of the at least two feeding parts provides differential feeding for the radiator. This application further provides a network device and a terminal device, to reduce an antenna size and make the antenna easier to mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heng Qu, Meijuan Fu, Liguo Zhang, Ying Kang
  • Patent number: 11962281
    Abstract: A slot antenna is disclosed. The slot antenna structure includes a dielectric substrate, a grounding plate and a resonator. The grounding plate is disposed over a first side of the dielectric substrate and defines a slot. The feeding strip is disposed over a second side of the dielectric substrate and opposite to the grounding plate. The resonator is coupled to the grounding plate and is disposed horizontally within the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ACHERNARTEK INC.
    Inventor: Colan Ryan
  • Patent number: 11942675
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a main substrate, a wireless communication substrate having an antenna configured to perform wireless communication, a sub-substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface opposite to the first substrate surface, a main connector provided on the main substrate, a communication connector provided on the wireless communication substrate, a first connector provided on the sub-substrate and being electrically connected to the main connector such that the sub-substrate is parallel to the main substrate, and a second connector provided on the sub-substrate and being electrically connected to the communication connector such that the sub-substrate is parallel to the main substrate, in which a position of the first connector and a position of the second connector are shifted, seen from a direction orthogonal to the first substrate surface of the sub-substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takato Mori
  • Patent number: 11936110
    Abstract: A reflector antenna heating system includes a dielectric radome that covers a first side of a reflector and a feed subsystem of an antenna. The system also includes a plurality of heater blower devices on a second side of the reflector, each of the plurality of heater blower devices having an inlet port and an outlet port. The system further includes a plurality of outlet duct assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of outlet duct assemblies is coupled to the outlet port of a respective heater blower device to direct heated air around a perimeter of the reflector and along an inside surface of the dielectric radome. One or more gaps proximal to a center of the reflector are included to recirculate cooled air toward a plurality of inlet ducts for the plurality of heater blower devices to feed the inlet port of each heater blower device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt A. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11929551
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing chip antenna and a structure of the chip antenna. The method includes the following steps: preparing a substrate, drilling a plurality of rows of external through holes and internal through holes arranged longitudinally, forming fishing grooves at the predetermined distance between every two of the internal through holes arranged longitudinally, electroplating a metal material on the external through holes and the internal through holes, to form a conductive layer. Afterward, a circuit layer is formed on the conductive layer by exposure, development, and etching techniques. An ink is printed on the substrate after the circuit layer finished, and the ink cover parts of the circuit layer and parts of the substrate exposed, to form a solder mask and a recognition pattern layer. Finally, a longitudinal cutting line and a horizontal cutting line are cut on the substrate, and to form a chip antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: POWER WAVE ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-Chan Tsai, Shi-Hong Yang
  • Patent number: 11929552
    Abstract: An antenna structure configured for simultaneous communication over multiple channels or with multiple locations. In certain examples the antenna system includes an antenna, such as a horn antenna, a lens, or a horn-lens combination, for example, and a focal plane array located near the focal point of the antenna. The focal plane array can be made up of a plurality of sub-wavelength elements, and is configured to simultaneously excite and/or receive a plurality of beams, each having an independent pointing angle to communicate with multiple fixed or non-fixed communication terminals in different locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ASTRONICS AEROSAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank J. Blanda, Eric W. Kratzenberg, Benjamin Geist McMahon
  • Patent number: 11923880
    Abstract: An electromagnetic (EM)-based diagnostics and monitoring system and method for the non-Invasive diagnosis and monitoring of in-vivo and ex-vivo Skin Anomalies Using Lesion-Optimized Sensor System Design and Topology is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: American University of Beirut
    Inventors: Nader Shafi, Joseph Costantine, Rouwaida Kanj, Youssef Tawk, Assaad Eid, Mazen Kurban, Jihane Abou Rahal, Ali H. Ramadan
  • Patent number: 11923620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compact ceramic chip antenna array based on ultra-wide band three-dimensional direction finding, comprising a dielectric substrate, a metal floor and a coplanar waveguide feeder, wherein the front face of the dielectric substrate is provided with three antenna units; three coplanar waveguide feeders are electrically connected to three antenna units, respectively; a plurality of impedance matching structures are further arranged on a front side and a back side of the dielectric substrate, respectively; the first and second impedance matching structures are respectively arranged on a right side of the first antenna unit and a left side of the third antenna unit; the first and second impedance matching structures are rectangular grooves etched on the metal floor; the third, fourth, fifth and sixth impedance matching structures are respectively arranged at both ends of the second coplanar waveguide feeder; and the fifth and sixth impedance matching structures are rectangular metal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGSHA CHIXIN SEMICONDUCTOR TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianjun Liu, Yu Li
  • Patent number: 11916312
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate having a multilayer structure, a radiating element, a feed wiring, a filter device, and a ground electrode. The dielectric substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface. The radiating element is formed on the first main surface of the dielectric substrate or in an inner layer than the first main surface. The feed wiring transmits a radio frequency signal to the radiating element. The filter device is arranged on the feed wiring. The ground electrode faces the radiating element and is arranged in a layer between the radiating element and the filter device. A recess is formed in the second main surface of the dielectric substrate. The filter device is arranged at a position that does not overlap with the recess when viewed in a plan view from a normal direction of the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kota Arai
  • Patent number: 11916291
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, systems and methods for spatial sampling in proximity to the Nyquist limit in traveling-wave antenna systems are disclosed. An apparatus can include a traveling-wave antenna array comprising a plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas that each include a plurality of tunable elements that are spaced at, near, or above a Nyquist limit spacing to form an array of tunable elements. The apparatus also includes a phase diversity feed coupled to the traveling-wave antenna array that is configured to provide input to the traveling-wave antenna array including phase diverse input to two or more of the plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas. Further, the apparatus includes a plurality of grayscale tuning elements configured to tune the plurality of tunable elements along one or more ranges of one or more tuning variables to form one or more specific output radiation patterns through the traveling-wave antenna array based on the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Michael Boyarsky, Timothy Sleasman, Jonah Gollub, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, David R. Smith
  • Patent number: 11909094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamping apparatus for an antenna. Particularly, the clamping apparatus comprises: an arm unit which is coupled to a support pole and has a mounting space formed in a tip portion thereof and open in a longitudinal direction; a rotation unit which is detachably mounted in the mounting space of the arm unit and has a tip portion coupled to be rotatable predetermined angle in the left and right directions with respect to a hinge point in the mounting space; a tilting unit which is coupled to the tip portion of the rotation unit so as to be tiltable in the up and down directions and mediates the coupling of an antenna device; and a mounting guide unit which is provided in the rotation unit, and is elastically pressed and then temporarily fixed to the hinge point of the mounting space when the rotation unit is mounted in the mounting space of the arm unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Chang Woo Yoo, Jin Soo Yeo, In-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11909131
    Abstract: A resonance structure includes a first conductor; a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction; one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane including the first direction; and a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane. The first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane. The first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors. The one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Nobuki Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Uchimura
  • Patent number: 11909099
    Abstract: An antenna module includes an antenna substrate including an antenna pattern; a semiconductor package disposed on a lower surface of the antenna substrate, electrically connected to the antenna substrate, and having a semiconductor chip embedded therein; and an electronic component disposed at a side of the antenna substrate, electrically connected to the antenna substrate, and spaced apart from the semiconductor package by a predetermined distance. The antenna module includes a connection substrate connected to a portion of the antenna substrate, the connection substrate having an extension portion extending outward from the side of the antenna substrate, and the electronic component is disposed on the extension portion of the connection substrate to electrically connect to an inner wiring layer of the antenna substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Wook So, Jin Seon Park, Young Sik Hur, Jung Chul Gong, Yong Ho Baek
  • Patent number: 11909116
    Abstract: An antenna array includes one or more antenna tiles which are arranged on an antenna plane. Each of the one or more antenna tiles includes one or more antenna units that are arranged together to form the respective antenna tile having a hexagonal shape and each antenna unit comprises an antenna circuit chip. In some embodiments, each antenna unit has a pentagonal shape and the antenna tile has a hexagonal shape formed by tessellating the one or more antenna units with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CAES SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Jason Simon, Michael Scott Pors, Bryan Kathol