Patents Examined by Graham P Smith
  • Lens antenna system
    Patent number: 11967776
    Abstract: An antenna system that includes a plurality of lens sets. Each lens set includes a lens and at least one feed element. At least one feed element is aligned with the lens and configured to direct a signal through the lens at a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: All.Space Networks Limited
    Inventors: Clinton P. Scarborough, Jeremiah P. Turpin, Daniel F. DiFonzo, John Finney
  • Electronic devices with polarization management capabilities
    Patent number: 11967770
    Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a phased antenna array that conveys radio-frequency signals using signal beams of first and second orthogonal polarizations. The array may sweep over a set of signal beam pairs, each including a respective combination of signal beams of the first and second polarizations. The wireless circuitry may gather performance metric values for each of the polarizations and signal beam pairs. The circuitry may generate a filtered set of signal beam pairs by removing signal beam pairs having performance metric values that differ from a maximum of the wireless performance metric values by more than a threshold. The circuitry may select a signal beam pair from the filtered set having a minimum polarization imbalance. The array may concurrently convey first and second wireless data streams using the selected signal beam pair. Minimizing polarization imbalance may maximize overall data throughput for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventors: Ioannis Pefkianakis, Guillaume Monghal, Kshitij Joshi, Mohan Rao Thota, Prashant H. Vashi, Zhenglian Cai
  • Printed circuit board structure including a closed cavity
    Patent number: 11967758
    Abstract: A printed circuit board can include a substrate layer, a first metal layer disposed over the substrate layer, a core layer disposed over the first metal layer, and a second metal layer disposed over the core layer, where the core layer defines a closed cavity between the first and second metal layers. Optionally, the cavity is filled with air and operates as an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Ki Wook Lee
  • Antenna module and electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 11967759
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna module including a first printed circuit board (PCB) including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, a second PCB including a third surface facing the first direction spaced from the first PCB and a fourth surface facing the second direction spaced from the first surface, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed on the first surface, and a connection member comprising a conductive material connecting the first surface to the fourth surface. The at least one first conductive pattern is connected to the RFIC. The at least one third conductive pattern is connected to the RFIC via the connection member. The at least one first conductive pattern and the at least one third conductive pattern at least partially overlap with each other at least partly, when viewed from above the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Park, Yeonwoo Kim, Haekwon Lee, Woosup Lee, Hyoseok Na
  • Lens antenna system
    Patent number: 11967775
    Abstract: An antenna system that includes a plurality of lens sets. Each lens set includes a lens and at least one feed element. At least one feed element is aligned with the lens and configured to direct a signal through the lens at a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: All.Space Networks Limited
    Inventors: Clinton P. Scarborough, Jeremiah P. Turpin, Daniel F. DiFonzo, John Finney
  • Phased array antennas having switched elevation beamwidths and related methods
    Patent number: 11962072
    Abstract: A phased array antenna includes a first transceiver, a plurality of first radiating elements that are arranged in a first linear array, a first feed network electrically interposed between the first radiating elements and the first transceiver, and a first switch that is coupled along the first feed network, where a state of the first switch is selectable to adjust a number of the first radiating elements that are electrically connected to the first transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Brobston, Jonathon C. Veihl
  • Electronic device equipped with transparent antenna
    Patent number: 11955708
    Abstract: Provided, according to the present invention, is an electronic device equipped with a transparent antenna for 5G communication. The electronic device comprises: an antenna embedded and operating in a display, and composed of first metal mesh lines formed in a first direction; a substrate on which the antenna is disposed and which is configured to operate dielectrically with respect to the antenna; and a ground layer disposed on the bottom portion of the substrate and configured to operate on the ground with respect to the antenna. Here, an inner area of the ground layer corresponding to an area in which the antenna is disposed is composed of second metal mesh lines formed in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein a moiré effect is mitigated in the transparent antenna structure by means of the metal mesh lines overlapping in the antenna area and the ground area, thereby improving visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byeongyong Park, Seungmin Woo, Ilnam Cho, Kukheon Choi
  • Antenna module, method for manufacturing antenna module, and mobile terminal
    Patent number: 11955730
    Abstract: An antenna module comprises: a first radiation patch having a first opening; a second radiation patch spaced apart above the first radiation patch and smaller than the first radiation patch and having a second opening; a coupling patch spaced apart above the second radiation patch and smaller than the second radiation patch; and an electricity feeding path penetrating through the first opening and the second opening so as to be connected to the coupling patch, wherein the center of the first opening and the center of the second opening are displaced laterally. As one antenna module can operate in different frequency bands, the number of antennas can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seungmin Woo
  • Antenna apparatus, radio transmitter, and antenna diameter adjustment method
    Patent number: 11955714
    Abstract: An antenna diameter adjustment method for adjusting an antenna diameter by changing a distance between a part of each of a plurality of reflectors at which the radio signal is reflected, the plurality of reflectors each being configured to reflect radio signals emitted from a plurality of radiators from a center of a circle along a radial direction thereof and to radiate the radio signal toward an opposite antenna apparatus, and the center of the circle along the radial direction of the circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Miyamoto
  • Antenna package and image display device including the same
    Patent number: 11955709
    Abstract: An antenna package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an antenna device including an antenna unit, a first circuit board including a first core layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a signal wiring extending on the first surface of the first core layer to be electrically connected to the antenna unit, and a first via structure penetrating through the first core layer, and a first connector mounted on the second surface of the first core layer, the first connector including a first terminal electrically connected to the antenna unit and the first via structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Yeon Kim, Young Ju Kim, Yoon Ho Huh
  • Housing and antenna architecture for mobile device
    Patent number: 11955696
    Abstract: A device includes a display and a housing. The housing surrounds the display and has four corners defining portions of an exterior surface of the device. The housing includes a first housing segment defining at least part of a first corner of the four corners and configured to operate as an antenna; a second housing segment defining at least part of a second corner of the four corners; and a third housing segment defining at least part of a third corner of the four corners. The third corner forms part of the housing diagonally opposite the second corner. The housing further includes a non-conductive housing component that structurally couples the first housing segment to another portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Froese, Paul U. Leutheuser, Martin J. Auclair, Christopher J. Durning, Jun Ham, Lucy E. Browning, Sawyer I. Cohen, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Donald J. Parr
  • Wireless communication technology, apparatuses, and methods
    Patent number: 11955732
    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: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    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
  • RADAR antenna system and method
    Patent number: 11942689
    Abstract: A RADAR antenna system and method are provided. In an implementation, the system includes a base and first and second antennas configured to transmit independent first and second antenna beams, respectively. The first and second antennas are each coupled to the base so as to provide a common rotational axis for the first and second antennas. An antenna position controller is configured to independently control first and second transmission positions associated with the first and second antennas, respectively. Two different antenna technologies can be used, for example one for providing communications capability and the other for providing tracking capability. Other implementations include four or more antennas configured to transmit beams at similar or different frequencies. Improvements in scan rate proportional to the number of antennas are achieved compared to that achievable with a single beam, without an increase in the rotation rate of the antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nanowave Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Miller, Charles William Tremlett Nicholls, Keegan Pitre
  • Aperture antenna structures with concurrent transmit and receive
    Patent number: 11936112
    Abstract: Provided herein are various enhancements for antenna systems and directed radio frequency energy structures. In one example, an apparatus includes an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements formed by waveguide structures embedded within a substrate and positioned about a longitudinal axis of the substrate to form at least two concentric ring arrangements of antenna elements. Apertures of the waveguide structures are configured to emit or receive radio frequency (RF) energy generally along the longitudinal axis. Feed elements are coupled to each of the waveguide structures on an end opposite of the apertures, and configured to couple the RF energy for the antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Henry Hand, Joshua David Gustafson, Adam Blair Hess, Thomas Patrick Cencich, Braiden T. Olds, Joseph M. Torres, Erik Lier
  • Antenna device
    Patent number: 11936101
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first antenna and a second antenna provided in a case. The first antenna includes a first capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna includes a second capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band. The second capacitance loading element is disposed at a front side of the first capacitance loading element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Yusuke Yokota, Kazuya Fujimaki
  • Wiring substrate, antenna module, and communication device
    Patent number: 11936096
    Abstract: A wiring substrate for supplying a radio frequency signal to an antenna module having a first antenna element and a second antenna element includes a dielectric substrate having a laminated structure, a first power supply wiring that is formed in the dielectric substrate and supplies a radio frequency signal to the first antenna element, a second power supply wiring that is formed in the dielectric substrate and supplies a radio frequency signal to the second antenna element, and a ground conductor that is formed in a layer different from any one of a layer in which the first power supply wiring is formed and a layer in which the second power supply wiring is formed, and in which a hole portion is formed in a portion between the first power supply wiring and the second power supply wiring of the dielectric substrate toward the ground conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norikazu Fujii, Michiharu Yokoyama
  • High-bandwidth antenna in package apparatus
    Patent number: 11929543
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses high-bandwidth antenna in package (AiP) apparatuses. In an example, an AiP apparatus comprises: a first radiator; a second radiator; a first substrate; a second substrate; a first metal piece; and a first feeding path, wherein the first radiator and the first feeding path are disposed on the first substrate, wherein the second radiator is disposed on the second substrate, wherein the first feeding path is configured to feed the first radiator, and wherein the second radiator and the first radiator are connected using the first metal piece disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haiwei Zhang, Haotao Hu, Yaojiang Zhang
  • Antenna apparatus and deployment method employing collapsible memory metal
    Patent number: 11923608
    Abstract: An artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) antenna apparatus includes a ground plane and a flexible antenna element layer above the ground plane. The ground plane includes a conductive base surface, a plurality of memory metal wires, and a frequency selective surface (FSS) layer above the base surface, where the FSS layer includes a plurality of conductive patches separated from one another. Each of the memory metal wires electrically connects one of the conductive patches to the base surface. Each of the memory metal wires is rigid in a memory-shaped state, causing the FSS layer to be fixedly spaced from the base surface during operation of the AMC antenna apparatus. The memory metal wires are each flexible in a non-memory-shaped state, enabling the FSS layer to be collapsed towards the base surface when the antenna apparatus is stowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventors: David D. Greenidge, David C. Wittwer, Michael T. Kretsch, Kevin D. House, Mark D. Vossler
  • Printed-circuit isolation barrier for co-site interference mitigation
    Patent number: 11924963
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an isolation barrier configured to absorb electromagnetic energy. The isolation barrier includes multiple layers stacked on one another. Each of the multiple layers includes at least one dielectric material, at least one thin-film resistive material carried by the at least one dielectric material, and conductive strips in electrical contact with the at least one thin-film resistive material. The isolation barrier also includes vias through the multiple layers. Multiple ones of the vias are positioned along each of the conductive strips, and the vias electrically couple the conductive strips in the multiple layers to one another. The isolation barrier is configured to guide the electromagnetic energy through the multiple layers to enable absorption of the electromagnetic energy by the at least one thin-film resistive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: David D. Crouch, Jennifer Marie de la Barrera
  • Electronic devices with bent dielectric resonator antennas
    Patent number: 11909101
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array having a bent dielectric resonating element. The bent dielectric resonating element may have a first segment, a second segment nonparallel to the first segment, and an angled surface that couples the first segment to the second segment. One or more feed probes may be coupled to the first segment to excite the dielectric resonating element. A reflector may be provided on the angled surface to direct electromagnetic energy from the first segment to the second segment and vice versa. The bent dielectric resonating element may exhibit less overall height than dielectric resonators having straight columns of dielectric material, thereby allowing for a reduction in the thickness of the electronic device. The angled surface and the reflector may optimize the radio-frequency performance of the antenna despite the reduction in overall height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lucas R. Compton, Harish Rajagopalan, James T. Handy