Patents Examined by Dimarys S Lopez Cruz
  • Patent number: 11955722
    Abstract: A phased array system has a substrate, a plurality of elements, a beamforming IC, and a plurality of feedlines electrically coupling the plurality of elements with at least one beamforming IC. In preferred embodiments, the feedlines are non-intersecting, symmetric feedlines that mitigate cross-polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Anokiwave, Inc.
    Inventors: Trang Thai, Jason Leo Durbin
  • Patent number: 11949152
    Abstract: An antenna device and an electronic device are provided. The antenna device includes a near field communication chip for supplying a differential excitation current, a ground plane forming a conductive path, a first conductor structure, and a second conductor structure. The first conductor structure, conductive path, and second conductor structure collectively form a conductive loop for transmission of the differential excitation current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Si Li
  • Patent number: 11942686
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a substrate including a capacitance sensing electrode, an antenna on the substrate, and a shield feature between the electrodes and the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Cirque Corporation
    Inventor: David Taylor
  • Patent number: 11916286
    Abstract: An electronic device and an antenna feeding device are provided. The electronic device includes a metal housing, a radiation element, a substrate, a grounding element and an electrostatic protection element. The antenna feeding device includes a substrate, a grounding element, and an electrostatic protection element. The radiation element is arranged along the edge of the electronic device, and the radiation element and the metal housing are separated from each other. The substrate is arranged on the metal housing. The substrate includes a feeding portion and a grounding portion, and the feeding portion is coupled to the radiating element. The grounding portion is coupled to the metal housing. The grounding element is electrically connected to the metal housing, and the grounding element is coupled to the grounding portion. The electrostatic protection element is electrically connected between the feeding portion and the grounding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Chiang Wei, Hsieh-Chih Lin
  • Patent number: 11916300
    Abstract: An array antenna includes a plurality of mechanically separate radiating panels arranged side-by-side, means for applying a shaping to the signals transmitted by the radiating elements of the panels and a device for managing the shaping of the signals, wherein the shaping coefficients correspond to a sum of at least: a shaping coefficient (Wco) making it possible to orient the maximum gain of the antenna in a given direction, and at least the opposite of a shaping coefficient (Wc) making it possible to orient the maximum gain of the antenna in the direction of a side lobe resulting from differences between the radiating panels of the array antenna. The method relates also to the associated transmission/reception method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Wilfried Greverie, Jean-Pierre Marcy, Ronan Moulinet
  • Patent number: 11916297
    Abstract: A liquid crystal antenna and a method for forming a liquid crystal antenna are provided. The liquid crystal antenna includes a first substrate; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first conductive layer is disposed on a side of the first substrate facing toward the second substrate; a second conductive layer is disposed on a side of the second substrate facing toward the first substrate; the second conductive layer at least includes a plurality of radiation electrodes; an external metal layer is disposed on a side of the first substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer; and the external metal layer is connected to a fixed potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenyu Jia, Kerui Xi, Baiquan Lin, Xiaonan Han, Zuocai Yang, Donghua Wang, Yukun Huang, Feng Qin
  • Patent number: 11909110
    Abstract: An antenna device is disclosed, including an additively manufactured tubular body portion having a wall portion with a plurality of holes. The tubular body portion is configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation in a selected operating frequency range, and to have a mass below a maximum mass threshold. The plurality of holes reduce the mass of the tubular body below the maximum mass threshold without significantly adversely affecting electromagnetic radiation transmission capability of the tubular body in the selected operating frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard W. Aston, Rachel Elizabeth Zilz, Nicole Marie Hastings, Jessica Ann Buehler
  • Patent number: 11901619
    Abstract: In a first example, a radome includes a shell including a ceramic matrix composite, the shell forming a first hole at a forward end of the shell and a second hole at an aft end of the shell. The radome also includes a fluid impervious coating on the shell. In a second example, a vehicle includes a main body, the radome, and an attachment assembly that couples the radome to the main body. In a third example, a method includes forming a shell comprising a ceramic matrix composite using a wet layup process, applying a fluid impervious coating onto the shell, and curing the shell and the fluid impervious coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Best, Robert A. DiChiara, Brian L. Muench, Vann Heng, Jonathan D. Embler, Thomas R. Pinney, Holly M. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11901604
    Abstract: An antenna for facilitating remote reading of utility meters is disclosed. The antenna includes a metal rod and a printed circuit board (PCB), both enclosed by an envelope that includes a plastic body and a plastic cap. The plastic body includes a channel for receiving the metal rod. The plastic cap is for covering the plastic body. The PCB includes a dielectric layer located between a first and second metal layers. Secured to the PCB, the metal rod is electrically connected to the second metal layer of the PCB, but not the first metal layer of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Lawrence Ragan
  • Patent number: 11888230
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a parabolic antenna assembly includes a main reflector, a feed system in RF communication with the main reflector including a horn and a dielectric portion, and a sub-reflector in RF communication with the feed assembly, wherein the sub-reflector includes a body portion and a stem portion mechanically coupled to one another, wherein a reflecting surface of the sub-reflector is defined by at least a portion of the body portion and at least a portion of the stem portion, wherein the dielectric portion spaces the sub-reflector from the horn, and wherein the sub-reflector includes an axially-symmetric choke for providing virtual continuity at the reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Anders Jensen, Jinfay Yuan, Sean Holt, Samuel T. Reineman
  • Patent number: 11876295
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes: an electromagnetically reflective structure having an electrically conductive structure and a plurality of electrically conductive electromagnetic reflectors that are integrally formed with or are in electrical communication with the electrically conductive structure; wherein the plurality of reflectors are disposed relative to each other in an ordered arrangement; and, wherein each reflector of the plurality of reflectors forms a wall that defines and at least partially circumscribes a recess having an electrically conductive base that forms part of or is in electrical communication with the electrically conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ROGERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gianni Taraschi, Kristi Pance, Shawn P. Williams, Karl E. Sprentall, Stephen O′Connor, Murali Sethumadhavan, Michael S. White
  • Patent number: 11870148
    Abstract: A planar conductive millimeter-wave lens includes: a planar conductive plate with a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is parallel to the second surface; a plurality of openings from the first surface through the planar conductive plate to the second surface, where an axis of each opening is perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. A size of each opening is a function of a position of said each opening on the planar conductive plate such that an insertion phase collectively imposed by the openings on an incident wave causes the incident wave to pass through the first surface and the planar conductive plate, exit from the second surface and to focus at a predetermined distance from the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: David D. Crouch, Hooman Kazemi, Alexander Borisovich Brailovsky
  • Patent number: 11870153
    Abstract: An electronic device and an antenna structure thereof are provided. The antenna structure includes a first, a second and a third radiating element and a grounding element. The first radiating element includes a first and a second radiating portion, a feeding portion and a grounding portion. The grounding portion includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth section. The first section is connected between the first radiating portion and the feeding portion. The grounding element is connected with the fourth section and the fifth section. The second radiating element is connected with the grounding element. The second radiating element includes a third radiating portion, and the third and the second radiating portion are coupled with each other. The third radiating element is connected with the feeding portion, and the third radiating element and the first section are coupled with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Chiang, Cheng-Rui Zhang, Ching-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 11862869
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a substrate, a plurality of reflective plates, a grounding plate, a radiating member and a plurality of conductive vias. The substrate contains liquid crystal polymer and has opposite first and second surfaces. The reflective plates are arranged in an array on the first surface of the substrate. The grounding plate is arranged on the second surface of the substrate and overlaps with the reflective plates in a normal direction of the substrate. The radiating member is on the second surface of the substrate and does not overlap with the reflective plates in the normal direction of the substrate. The radiating member has an open slot which is defined by a first radiating branch and a second radiating branch that generate at least two different operating frequency bands. The conductive vias respectively penetrate the substrate and connect with the reflective plates and the grounding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: QuantumZ Inc.
    Inventors: Gang-Lin Zhang, Meng-Hua Tsai, Weiting Lee, Sin-Siang Wang
  • Patent number: 11843173
    Abstract: An antenna module and a wireless transceiver device are provided. The wireless transceiver device includes an antenna module. The antenna module includes a circuit board and at least one antenna array. The at least one antenna array defines a midline. The at least one antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements and a signal feeding line. Each antenna element includes a feeding branch and a radiating portion. The radiating portion is coupling to the feeding branch, and the radiating portion is exposed on the upper surface of the circuit board. The signal feeding line is arranged in the circuit board and is perpendicular to the midline, and the signal feeding line is coupling to the feeding branch. The radiating portion defines an extension line along its extension direction. There is an included angle between the extension line and the midline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Liu, Tsun-Che Huang, Wei-Tung Yang
  • Patent number: 11824568
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a ground element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The first radiation element has a feeding point. The first radiation element is coupled to a first grounding point on the ground element. The second radiation element is coupled to the feeding point. The third radiation element is coupled to a second grounding point on the ground element. The third radiation element is adjacent to the second radiation element. The ground element, the first radiation element, the second radiation element, and the third radiation element are all disposed on the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventor: Shih-Chiang Wei
  • Patent number: 11824283
    Abstract: An antenna element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a radiation body including a contact part which is concave toward the transmission line, a transmission line disposed on a different layer from the radiation body and connected to the radiation body through the contact part, and a signal pad connected to an end of the transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Jin Choi, Young Ju Kim, Dong Pil Park
  • Patent number: 11804646
    Abstract: An antenna structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a dielectric layer, and an antenna conductive layer disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer. The antenna conductive layer includes a radiator, first and second transmission lines extending in different directions to be connected to the radiator, an upper parasitic element adjacent to an upper portion of the radiator in a planar view, and a lower parasitic element adjacent to a lower portion of the radiator, the first transmission line and the second transmission line in the planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD., KREEMO INC.
    Inventors: Jong Min Kim, Dong Pil Park, Won Hee Lee, In Seok Jang, Beak Jun Seong, Jung Woo Lee, Seong Tae Jeong, In Kyung Hong, John Joonho Park
  • Patent number: 11791560
    Abstract: An electromagnetic scattering film, and an electronic device with the electromagnetic scattering film are provided. The electromagnetic scattering film includes a metal layer, wherein the metal layer is provided with a through hole penetrating through an upper surface and a lower surface of the metal layer, and a maximum value of the distance s between any two points on a contour of a section of the through hole is less than the wavelength ? of a microwave emitted into the through hole, such that the microwave is diffracted after being emitted into the through hole. By arranging, on the metal layer, a through hole being smaller than the wavelength of a microwave, the microwave, which was originally transmitted in a linear manner, is diffracted after being emitted into the through hole, thereby expanding a microwave transmission and/or receiving space range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU FANGBANG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhi Su, Qiang Gao
  • Patent number: 11791568
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a bi-directional flat plate foldable unit, including a first row of antenna plates and a second row of antenna plates distributed along a first direction; the first row of antenna plates and the second row of antenna plates both include three antenna plates distributed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, three antenna plates in the first row of antenna plates and three antenna plates in the second row of antenna plates are set opposite to each other and hinged to form a first rotating pair; any two antenna plates adjacent to each other in the same row of antenna plates are hinged to form a second rotating pair; three antenna plates in the first row of antenna plates and three antenna plates in the second row of antenna plates are connected by a vertical support mechanism, and the first row of antenna plates are connected to the second row of antenna plates by a lateral support mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yundou Xu, Bo Chen, Sicheng Lu, Ming Li, Luyao Guo, Xinlu Wei, Jiantao Yao, Qifeng Cui, Yongsheng Zhao