Patents Examined by Graham P Smith
  • Low cost electronically scanning antenna array architecture
    Patent number: 12255407
    Abstract: Antenna elements include a metallic square ring patch and a metallic square ring slot to transmit or receive radio frequency (RF) signals. The antenna elements use several dielectric layers that are separated by a low-dielectric foam layer upon which the square ring patch is positioned. The disclosed antenna elements may be arranged together in an antenna array that is tunable to collectively generate or receive RF signals. In particular, the antenna array functions as a 256-element transmit/receive half-duplex antenna, operating in transmit or receive mode for half the time. The antenna array includes a radiator block, a transmit/receiver (T/R) amplifier block, a beamformer block, and a distribution network block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Alec Adams, Mark Gregory Bedson, Lixin Cai, Ming Chen, Peter Timothy Heisen, Korey Martin Holmstrom
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 12249772
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a metal housing, a substrate and a radiating element. The metal housing is provided with a slot, and the slot includes an opening end and a closed end. The slot has a first wall of the slot and a second wall of the slot opposite to each other at the position of the opening end. The first wall of the slot is located between the second wall of the slot and the closed end. There is a predetermined distance between the first wall of the slot and the closed end. A feeding portion of the radiating element is connected to a feeding element and a signal is fed through the feeding element, so that the radiating element is used for exciting the metal housing to generate at least one resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Feng Tai, Kuan-Hsun Lai, Kuei-Cheng Wang
  • Wireless communication technology, apparatuses, and methods
    Patent number: 12237589
    Abstract: Millimeter wave (mmWave) technology, apparatuses, and methods that relate to transceivers, receivers, and antenna structures for wireless communications are described. The various aspects include co-located millimeter wave (mmWave) and near-field communication (NFC) antennas, scalable phased array radio transceiver architecture (SPARTA), phased array distributed communication system with MIMO support and phase noise synchronization over a single coax cable, communicating RF signals over cable (RFoC) in a distributed phased array communication system, clock noise leakage reduction, IF-to-RF companion chip for backwards and forwards compatibility and modularity, on-package matching networks, 5G scalable receiver (Rx) architecture, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Erkan Alpman, Arnaud Lucres Amadjikpe, Omer Asaf, Kameran Azadet, Rotem Banin, Miroslav Baryakh, Anat Bazov, Stefano Brenna, Bryan K. Casper, Anandaroop Chakrabarti, Gregory Chance, Debabani Choudhury, Emanuel Cohen, Claudio Da Silva, Sidharth Dalmia, Saeid Daneshgar Asl, Kaushik Dasgupta, Kunal Datta, Brandon Davis, Ofir Degani, Amr M. Fahim, Amit Freiman, Michael Genossar, Eran Gerson, Eyal Goldberger, Eshel Gordon, Meir Gordon, Josef Hagn, Shinwon Kang, Te Yu Kao, Noam Kogan, Mikko S. Komulainen, Igal Yehuda Kushnir, Saku Lahti, Mikko M. Lampinen, Naftali Landsberg, Wook Bong Lee, Run Levinger, Albert Molina, Resti Montoya Moreno, Tawfiq Musah, Nathan G. Narevsky, Hosein Nikopour, Oner Orhan, Georgios Palaskas, Stefano Pellerano, Ron Pongratz, Ashoke Ravi, Shmuel Ravid, Peter Andrew Sagazio, Eren Sasoglu, Lior Shakedd, Gadi Shor, Baljit Singh, Menashe Soffer, Ra'anan Sover, Shilpa Talwar, Nebil Tanzi, Moshe Teplitsky, Chintan S. Thakkar, Jayprakash Thakur, Avi Tsarfati, Yossi Tsfati, Marian Verhelst, Nir Weisman, Shuhei Yamada, Ana M. Yepes, Duncan Kitchin
  • Electronic device including conductive connection member
    Patent number: 12238878
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a frame structure including a first conductive member defining an external appearance of the electronic device and operated as an antenna element of the electronic device, a second conductive member coupled and electrically connected to the first conductive member, and a nonconductive member that supports the display together with the second conductive member, a bonding layer including a first layer at least partially disposed between the first conductive member and the nonconductive member, and a second layer at least partially disposed between the second conductive member and the nonconductive member, and at least one conductive connection member disposed at a portion, at which the first conductive member and the second conductive member are coupled to each other, and contacting the first conductive member and the second conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungchang Baek, Hyeongsam Son, Changhyeok Shin, Yoonhee Lee, Junghyun Im, Sungho Cho, Jungwoo Choi, Hangyu Hwang, Minwoo Yoo
  • Antenna and electronic device including same
    Patent number: 12237564
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a housing; a substrate disposed in the housing; an antenna radiator; and an electrical connection member electrically interconnecting the antenna radiator and the substrate, wherein the electrical connection member includes: a plate portion including a first surface facing the antenna radiator and a second surface facing away from the first surface; a first fixing portion provided at a first end of the plate portion, the first fixing portion including a through hole and a tension structure; and a second fixing portion provided at a second end of the plate portion and electrically connecting the electrical connection member to the substrate, wherein the first fixing portion is fixed to the antenna radiator via a locking device that passes through the through hole, and wherein the tension structure is configured to contact the antenna radiator and maintain tension between the electrical connection member and the antenna radiator during fastening of the locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chaeup Yoo, Hyungjin Kim, Chongo Yoon, Yoonjung Kim, Taeyoon Seo
  • Filter module with widened passband
    Patent number: 12237828
    Abstract: Filter modules having a wider passband are provided herein. In certain embodiments, the filter module comprises an input node; an output node; a filter disposed along a signal path extending from the input node to the output node; a strip line configured to generate an inductance between the filter and a ground such to increase a bandwidth of a passband of the filter module, the single strip line disposed on multiple layers, each of the multiple layers defined by a plurality of pulse-shaped) portions of the strip line disposed on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yulin Huang, Gong Bin Tang, Kyohei Kobayashi
  • RF device with isolated antennas
    Patent number: 12230885
    Abstract: An RF device includes a first antenna set made up of a first antenna and a second antenna, the first and second antennas being planar in shape and both lying in a common first plane, the first antenna being arranged to operate in a first frequency band and the second antenna being arranged to operate in a second frequency band; and a first isolator, the first isolator being planar in shape and lying in the first plane between the first and second antennas, the first isolator having at least one branch that is electrically conductive, the first isolator being electrically floating, the first isolator being arranged to reduce first coupling by electromagnetic radiation between the first and second antennas in the first frequency band and/or in the second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventor: Madani Kartout
  • Antenna element
    Patent number: 12224503
    Abstract: In an antenna element, a planar ground conductor layer on an insulation substrate is connected to ground. A radiation conductor layer radiates and/or receives high-frequency signals. The radiation conductor layer is in or on the insulation substrate and above the planar ground conductor layer. A lower principal surface of the radiation conductor layer overlaps an upper principal surface of the planar ground conductor layer as viewed in an up-down direction. The ground conductor is in the insulation substrate and connected to the ground potential. An upper end of the ground conductor is above the radiation conductor layer. The ground conductor layer is spaced away from the radiation conductor layer as viewed in the up-down direction. Only a conductor through which the high-frequency signals are transmitted and a conductor connected to the ground potential are between the ground conductor and the radiation conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Hashimoto
  • Two-shot knuckles for coupling electrically isolated sections of an electronic device and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 12224484
    Abstract: Two shot knuckles include a first shot component and a second shot component. Both shot components are composed of different dielectric materials, where the first shot is composed of a relatively high strength structural material and the second is composed of a cosmetic material. The first shot component can physically couple two conductive sections together by interfacing with a coupling structure of that section. The first shot component includes second shot retaining regions and a cosmetic region. The second shot component occupies the cosmetic region and anchors itself to the first shot component using the second shot retaining regions. The second shot may be the only part of the two-shot knuckle visible to a user of an electronic device and can exhibit any desired color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Daniel William Jarvis
  • Multi-band MIMO panel antennas
    Patent number: 12218416
    Abstract: Described are multi-band panel antennas which are configurable to have heavy-duty construction and which are fully IP67 waterproof. Suitable applications for the disclosed antennas include internet of things (IoT) gateway and IoT routers, HD video streaming, transportation, and remote monitoring applications. Additionally, the antennas can deliver MIMO coverage technology for worldwide 4G LTE bands at 698 to 960 MHz/1710 to 2170 MHz/2490 to 2690 MHz/3300 to 3600 MHz, Satellite Band, dual-band 2.4/5.8 GHz WiFi, and GNSS (GPS-GLONASS-BeiDou).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Taoglas Group Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Christopher M. Anderson
  • Low profile antenna system for internet of space things CubeSat applications
    Patent number: 12212062
    Abstract: A three element slot-based antenna which includes a dielectric circuit board, a metallic layer, a sensing antenna, a first narrow band antenna, a second narrow band antenna, a first tapered transmission line, a second tapered transmission line, a first microstrip transmission line and a second microstrip transmission line. The sensing antenna is a semi-hexagonal slot-line loop whereas each of the first narrow band antenna and the second narrow band antenna are formed as a semi-elliptical slot-line loop having an E-shaped base in the metallic layer. The first tapered transmission line and the second tapered transmission line is connected to first feed port and second feed port, respectively. The first microstrip transmission line and the second microstrip transmission line are connected to third feed port and fourth feed port, respectively. The antenna resonates with circular polarization in an ultra-high frequency sub-GHz responsive to input signal at each feed port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventor: Rifaqat Hussain
  • Antenna apparatus
    Patent number: 12212061
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus including an antenna capable of having both a wide-band characteristic and an omni-directional characteristic is provided. An antenna apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a feeding antenna, and a passive element part disposed in a Z-direction of the feeding antenna, in which the passive element part is disposed in parallel to an XY-plane orthogonal to the Z-direction, is made of a conductor, and includes a passive element with a plurality of slots formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masato Tsuchiya
  • Semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 12206165
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a first antenna pattern and a second antenna pattern. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first antenna pattern is disposed over the first surface of the substrate. The first antenna pattern has a first bandwidth. The second antenna pattern is disposed over the first antenna pattern. The second antenna pattern has a second bandwidth different from the first bandwidth. The first antenna pattern and the second antenna pattern are at least partially overlapping in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Shao-En Hsu, Huei-Shyong Cho, Shih-Wen Lu
  • High-frequency noise detection antenna
    Patent number: 12203968
    Abstract: A high-frequency noise detection antenna is provided with a fine coaxial line that includes a center conductor, an insulator provided so as to surround the whole periphery of the center conductor, and a ground shield provided so as to surround the whole periphery of the insulator, and in which a tip of the center conductor is exposed so as to protrude from the end of the insulator and the end of the ground shield, and an exposed ground shield provided so as to protrude from the end of the ground shield and surround a part in a circumferential direction of an exposed portion from which the center conductor protrudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromasa Tanobe, Yuichi Okabe, Satoshi Tsunashima
  • Multi-frequency slot antennas, terminal devices and methods for adjusting resonance frequencies of antennas
    Patent number: 12206168
    Abstract: Described are electronic devices, and specifically provides a multi-frequency slot antenna, a terminal device and an antenna resonance frequency adjustment method. The antenna is applied to a terminal device, and the terminal device includes a metal casing. According to an example, the antenna includes a slot provided in the metal casing, the slot having a first end and a second end opposite to each other in a length direction; a feed terminal across inside of the slot and located between the first end and the second end; and a capacitor provided in the slot, two electrodes of the capacitor being respectively connected with two sides of the slot in a width direction. Furthermore, in the length direction, the capacitor is located at a position where voltages are not zero at original values of multiple orders of resonance frequencies of the antenna when the capacitor is not provided in the slot. In this way, an operating frequency of the antenna includes multiple orders of resonance frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Anhui Huami Health Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Anping Zhao
  • Vehicular antenna device
    Patent number: 12206161
    Abstract: A vehicular antenna device (10) includes an antenna base (100) and a first antenna portion (a first satellite antenna (210) or a second satellite antenna (220)). The antenna base (100) has a longitudinal direction. The first antenna portion is provided over the antenna base (100). The satellite antennas are disposed offset in a direction intersecting a virtual plane parallel or substantially parallel with the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motohisa Ono, Satoshi Iwasaki, Noritaka Terashita
  • Terminal device
    Patent number: 12199340
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a terminal device. The terminal device includes a rear cover, a display screen, a first radiator and a second radiator, where the first radiator is arranged in the terminal device and faces the rear cover to radiate a first signal outwards through the rear cover, the second radiator is arranged in the terminal device and faces the display screen to radiate a second signal outwards through the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daxuan Shen, Lulong Li, Yihui Li
  • Magnetic shielding sheet for antenna module and antenna module including the same
    Patent number: 12191565
    Abstract: Disclosed is an magnetic field shielding sheet for an antenna module is applied to an antenna module comprising an antenna unit operating in a predetermined frequency band and a magnet for position alignment, and comprises: a main shielding sheet made of a magnetic material so as to be able to shield a magnetic field generated from the antenna unit; and at least one magnetic saturation-prevention member stacked on one side of the main shielding sheet so as to be able to prevent magnetic saturation of the main shielding sheet by inducing a direct magnetic field generated from the magnet, wherein the magnetic saturation-prevention member is provided in a number corresponding to the number of magnets provided in the antenna module and is positioned on one side of the main shielding sheet so as to be positioned at a position corresponding to the magnets provided in the antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: AMOSENSE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kil Jae Jang
  • Wireless load control device
    Patent number: 12191070
    Abstract: A provided wireless wallbox dimmer may accommodate a plurality of button configurations. The dimmer may be configured to contain a variable number of controllably conductive devices. The dimmer may include a yoke that defines a first plane and an antenna that defines a second plane that is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane. The yoke may have a flange that is oriented angularly offset relative to the first plane and provides a plurality of mounting locations for controllably conductive devices. The antenna may provide the dimmer with a first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a faceplate that cooperates with the antenna to provide the dimmer with a second wireless transmission range that is broader than the first wireless transmission range. The dimmer may include a button assembly that is supported independently of the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Ankit Bhutani, Nikhil Vithal Bhate, William Taylor Shivell, Sean R. Pearson
  • Compact helix antenna for in-vivo devices
    Patent number: 12191566
    Abstract: A helix antenna structure includes loop antennas and a multilayered printed circuit board including printed circuit board layers. Each printed circuit board layer includes a peripheral loop antenna and each adjacent two loop antennas are electrically connected by a connection bridge functioning as a monopole antenna. A selected printed circuit board layer physically and electrically accommodates a transmitter inside ‘its’ peripheral loop antenna, and it further includes a first antenna feeding line which is connected to the loop antenna that is disposed on the selected printed circuit board layer and electrically connectable to a first output terminal of the transmitter. A second antenna feeding line is disposed on another printed circuit board layer and electrically connected to its loop antenna and connectable to another output terminal of the transmitter. The two antenna feeding lines lie in a plane perpendicular to an axis of the printed circuit board after its folding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Given Imaging Ltd.
    Inventors: Semion Khait, Iddo Diukman