Patents Examined by Henry Luong
  • Patent number: 12294139
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a display unit included in a first housing; a second housing; and a hinge part configured to couple the first housing and the second housing. The display unit includes a first PCB; a first antenna pattern at least partially disposed at a first side surface of the first housing adjacent to the hinge part; a conductive member electrically connected to the first antenna pattern; and a first conductive plate electrically connected to at least a portion of the conductive member. The second housing includes a second conductive plate electrically connected to the first conductive plate; a third conductive plate electrically connected to the second conductive plate; and a second PCB at which a ground electrically connected to the third conductive plate is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kwangbok Park, Hyungmock Kim
  • Patent number: 12288928
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a metal back cover, a metal frame, and two radiators. The metal frame disposed at a side of the metal back cover includes two disconnecting parts, a second slot, and two connecting parts. A first slot is formed between each of the disconnecting parts and the metal back cover. The second slot is formed between the two disconnecting parts. The two connecting parts are connected to a side away from the second slot of the two disconnecting parts respectively and are connected to the metal back cover. Each of the radiators connects the metal back cover to the corresponding disconnecting part over the first slot. The two radiators are disposed symmetrically based on the second slot. Each radiator is coupled with the corresponding disconnecting part, the corresponding connecting part, and the metal back cover to resonate a first, a second, and a third frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chao-Hsu Wu, Shih-Keng Huang, Hau Yuen Tan, Cheng-Hsiung Wu, Sheng-Chin Hsu, Tse-Hsuan Wang
  • Patent number: 12283461
    Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing peak ion energy with a low angular spread of ions are described. In one of the systems, multiple radio frequency (RF) generators that are coupled to an upper electrode associated with a plasma chamber are operated in two different states, such as two different frequency levels, for pulsing of the RF generators. The pulsing of the RF generators facilitates a transfer of ion energy during one of the states to another one of the states for increasing ion energy during the other state to further increase a rate of processing a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Juline Shoeb, Ying Wu, Alex Paterson
  • Patent number: 12279359
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a linear accelerator assembly for an ion implanter. In some embodiments, a LINAC may include a coil resonator and a plurality of drift tubes coupled to the coil resonator by a set of flexible leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Blahnik, Charles T. Carlson, Robert B. Vopat, Frank Sinclair, Paul J. Murphy, Krag R. Senior
  • Patent number: 12273974
    Abstract: A programmable lighting system includes a plurality of color channels configured to generate light of different colors, and a light driver configured to drive the plurality of color channels according to a dimmer setting and a correlated color temperature (CCT) setting, and to maintain a constant maximum lumen output across a range of CCT values based on a dim-stop limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ERP POWER, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Archer, Steven C. Krattiger, Louis Chen, James H. Mohan, Yuko Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 12273987
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to a system for controlling the electron energy distribution function in an atmospheric and near-atmospheric low-temperature plasma by subjecting the generated plasma to a repetitive nanosecond-pulsed voltage that is completely decoupled from the means that generated the plasma (i.e., decoupled from an electron-beam). The repetitive nanosecond-pulsed voltage generates a nanosecond-pulsed electric field that affects the energy of the electrons in the plasma without affecting the energy of the ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Kamal Hadidi
  • Patent number: 12266863
    Abstract: A dielectric substrate includes a plurality of pattern layers. A ground plate to be used as a ground plane is formed in a first pattern layer of the dielectric substrate. A functional unit includes a plurality of conductive patches that are parasitic patterns formed in a second pattern layer different from the first pattern layer. The conductive patches are periodically arranged, and sides of the conductive patches along at least one direction are set at a length to cause resonance of a radio wave that propagates through a surface of the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa Sakurai, Kazushi Kawaguchi, Junzoh Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 12267921
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a first light source and a second light source, the first and second light source operatively configured to provide amounts of light independently controllable during operation; and an optical system having an input aperture system and an output aperture system. The output aperture system is displaced by a predetermined distance along a forward direction from the input aperture system. The optical system is operatively coupled with the first and second light source and configured to direct light received at the input aperture system to the output aperture system. The output aperture system is configured to output light from the first light source in first directions and light from the second light source in second directions at least in part different from the first directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Eric Bretschneider, Louis Lerman, Ferdinand Schinagl, Andrew Stuart Gladwin
  • Patent number: 12261021
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus including a chamber; a lower electrode in the chamber, wherein the substrate is on the lower electrode; an upper electrode in the chamber, and above the lower electrode; a pulse signal generator configured to generate a pulse signal; and a bias power supply configured to generate bias power having a pulsed non-sinusoidal waveform using the pulse signal, and supply the generated bias power to the lower electrode, wherein the bias power supply includes a DC power generator configured to receive the pulse signal and generate a direct-current (DC) voltage subjected to feedforward compensation based on the pulse signal; and a modulator configured to generate a power signal having a non-sinusoidal waveform using the DC voltage, and filter the power signal using the pulse signal to generate the bias power having the pulsed non-sinusoidal waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Bae Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Hyong Seo Yoon, Sang Ki Nam, Hyun Jae Lee, Myung Geun Jeong
  • Patent number: 12249776
    Abstract: A composite antenna and an electronic device are proposed. The electronic device includes the composite antenna, and the composite antenna includes a substrate, a first antenna structure, two contact springs, an antenna holder and a second antenna structure. The first antenna structure is disposed on the substrate, and two ends of the first antenna structure are coupled to a feeding point and a grounding point, respectively. The two contact springs are disposed on the first antenna structure, and electrically connected to the feeding point and the grounding point, respectively. The antenna holder is removably disposed on the substrate. The second antenna structure is disposed on the antenna holder and electrically connected to the two contact springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Universal Global Technology (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang Hao Liu, Yu Sheng Su, Hung Wei Chiu, Jui Chih Chien
  • Patent number: 12244063
    Abstract: This array antenna is an array antenna to be used for beam forming and includes: a plurality of antenna elements; a ground; a dielectric provided between the plurality of antenna elements and the ground, the dielectric having an electrical length, from the plurality of antenna elements to the ground, of not less than 0.03; and a shield structure provided at least between the plurality of antenna elements and configured to shield a radio wave radiated from each antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaro Miki, Suguru Yamagishi, Ichiro Kuwayama, Daisuke Miyawaki, Kosuke Sone
  • Patent number: 12243717
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switching circuitry for a variable reactance matching network as may be used by plasma generation systems which utilize plasma for semiconductor processing. The switching circuitry may be used within a hybrid matching network that has a first-stage switched matching network and a second-stage mechanically-tuned matching network. The switching circuitry may also be used for variable reactance matching in telecom applications, plasma laser cutting applications, and/or RADAR/LIDAR implementations. The switching circuitry includes individual isolated power supplies that are fed from a main power supply. The individual isolated power supplies receive inductive power from a main power supply loop powered by the main power supply. The inductive coupling provides isolated power supply loops to drive circuitry for a single switch. Multiple instances of the isolated switch circuitry are used to receive a digital signal from a connected controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: COMET TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Oliveti, J. Kirkwood Rough
  • Patent number: 12237568
    Abstract: An electronic device including an antenna module is provided. The electronic device includes a 5th generation (5G) antenna module that includes an antenna array, at least one conductive region operating as a ground with respect to the antenna array, and a first communication circuit feeding a power to the antenna array to communicate through a millimeter wave signal, and a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a second communication circuit and a ground region. The second communication circuit feeds the power to an electrical path at least including the at least one conductive region and transmits or receives a signal in a frequency band different from a frequency band of the millimeter wave signal based on the electrical path supplied with the power and the ground region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehyung Kim, Jinkyu Bang, Hanbin Lee, Sangmin Han, Jaebong Chun
  • Patent number: 12237567
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the first housing may include a first surface and a second surface perpendicular to the first surface at a first edge, and a first conductive area, and the first conductive area may include a first portion of a first slit extending from a point on the first surface to the first edge, a third surface of the second housing may include a second conductive area, and the second conductive area may include a second slit, wherein, in a first state, at least a portion of the first portion of the first slit may overlap the second slit when viewed in a second direction perpendicular to the first surface of the first housing, and wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band based on an electrical path including the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hojin Jung, Hyunsuk Kim, Kyungmoon Seol, Seongyong An, Hyoungtak Cho, Youngmin Ji, Jaebong Chun, Hochul Hwang
  • Patent number: 12238834
    Abstract: A light driving apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light part; a first sensing part configured to sense an input current value of the light part; a second sensing part configured to sense an output voltage value of the light part; and a control part configured to sense the output voltage value through the second sensing part based on the input current value sensed through the first sensing part and determine a state of the light part based on the output voltage value; wherein the control part is configured to start a sensing operation of the output voltage value through the second sensing part after a first de-bouncing time has elapsed from a start point in which current is applied to the light part, and stop the sensing operation of the output voltage value through the second sensing part before a second de-bouncing time from an end point at which the current applied to the light part is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Yun Kwak
  • Patent number: 12238831
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a light source plate, LED modules and a driver module. The light source plate includes a substrate layer, a wiring layer and a protection layer. The substrate layer is made of metal material. LED modules are disposed on a top side of the light source plate. The driver module is disposed on the top side of the light source plate. The LED modules and the driver module are electrically connected via the wiring layer. The driver module includes an AC-DC converter, a regulator, a controller, a current source and an oscillation wave removal circuit. The controller controls the current source to generate driving currents to the LED modules. The oscillation wave removal circuit is coupled to the AC-DC converter for suppressing a sudden abnormal peak voltage from the AC-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Yangbin Xu, Yankun Li, Hemu Ye, Qiqiang Lin, Zongyuan Liu
  • Patent number: 12232237
    Abstract: Disclosed is an outdoor lighting system that utilizes a smart phone to control the outdoor lighting system. In addition, this system may include an ultrasonic audio generator for repelling bugs and other animals. Various lighting themes can be applied to the lamps using an application program stored on the smart phone. Bug lights to repel flying insects and UV lights can be included in the lamps to repel birds and other animals, including bats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Ledup Manufacturing Group Limited
    Inventor: Jing Jing Yu
  • Patent number: 12224254
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a millimeter-wave antenna chip including a package substrate, at least one subunit, and a radio frequency chip. Each subunit includes an end-fire antenna disposed on an upper surface of the package substrate. The end-fire antenna is electrically connected to the radio frequency chip through a feed line. The radio frequency chip is located on a lower surface of the package substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weixi Zhou, Liangsheng Liu, Guowen Liu
  • Patent number: 12224485
    Abstract: A microminiaturized antenna feed module includes a substrate, a plurality of coupled feed portions, and an active circuit. The substrate defines a plurality of visa penetrating the substrate. The coupled feed portions, made of conductive material and have different coupling areas, are electrically connected to the active circuit through the holes, to feed in electrical signals, the coupled feed portions couple the electrical signals to the metal frame to radiate wireless signals; the active circuit controls the switching of radiation modes of the metal frame. The application also provides an electronic device with the microminiaturized antenna feed module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: FIH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cho-Kang Hsu, Min-Hui Ho, Wei-Cheng Su, Yen-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 12219233
    Abstract: A color correction detection device comprises a light-emission information collection circuit and a remote communication circuit, wherein the light-emission information collection circuit is used for collecting light-emission information of an external flash; the remote communication circuit is electrically connected to the light-emission information collection circuit and is used for enabling the light-emission information to be in remote communication with a remote color correction processing device by means of the Internet; the remote color correction processing device is used for carrying out color correction processing according to the light-emission information to generate color correction result information. The color correction result information is used for being transmitted to the external flash, so as to adjust the light-emission information of the external flash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: YINGYOU EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weiling Zeng