Patents Examined by Kimberly E Glenn
  • Patent number: 12658545
    Abstract: The invention discloses a waveguide power divider with a high-pass filtering function, and solves the problems of overlarge length dimension and incapability of placement in a narrow space after a conventional waveguide power divider is connected with a waveguide high-pass filter in a cascading manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Romain Fleury, Maliheh Khatibi Moghaddam
  • Patent number: 12646811
    Abstract: An adjustable phase shifter and a manufacturing method therefor, and an electronic device. The adjustable phase shifter includes: a first substrate and a second substrate, which are arranged opposite each other; an adjustable dielectric layer, which is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first electrode, which is located on the side of the first substrate facing the adjustable dielectric layer; and a second electrode, which is located on the side of the second substrate facing the adjustable dielectric layer, wherein an adjustable capacitor is formed in an overlap region between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Ding, Yifeng Qin, Hailong Lian, Haocheng Jia, Feng Qu, Chuncheng Che
  • Patent number: 12646812
    Abstract: A phase shifter module is provided. The phase shifter module includes a dielectric, a plate, and a PCB including a metal pattern. The metal pattern includes a power divider having first and second transmission branches. The first transmission branch includes a first structure formed between a branch point of the power divider and an output terminal of the first transmission branch. The second transmission branch includes a second structure formed between the branch point of the power divider and the output terminal of the first transmission branch. The dielectric is disposed to overlap at least one of at least a portion of the first structure or at least a portion of the second structure. The dielectric is flexibly disposed so that a first region where the dielectric overlaps the first structure and a second region where the dielectric overlaps the second structure vary, according to movement of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungho Choi, Yoongeon Kim, Seokmin Lee, Seungtae Ko, Junsig Kum, Jungyub Lee
  • Patent number: 12640708
    Abstract: Multi-frequency capacitance cancellation in an acoustic filter circuit is provided. The acoustic filter circuit includes an acoustic resonator configured to resonate in a series resonance frequency to pass a radio frequency (RF) signal. However, the acoustic resonator may create an electrical capacitance that can cause the acoustic resonator to resonate at multiple operating frequencies outside the series resonance frequency, thus compromising performance of the acoustic resonator at these operating frequencies. Herein, a negative capacitance circuit is provided in parallel to the acoustic resonator and configured to present multiple negative capacitances to cancel (or at least reduce) the electrical capacitance at the operating frequencies. As a result, it is possible to improve the performance of the acoustic filter circuit across a broader frequency bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Nadim Khlat
  • Patent number: 12633634
    Abstract: A negative differential phase shifter includes a first uncoupled transmission line, wherein the first uncoupled transmission line has a length of ?/2 at a center frequency; a first coupled transmission line, wherein the first coupled transmission line is operatively connected to the first uncoupled transmission line; and a second uncoupled transmission line, wherein the second uncoupled transmission line is operatively connected to the first coupled transmission line, and the second uncoupled transmission line is operatively connected to the first uncoupled transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Inventor: John Howard
  • Patent number: 12633638
    Abstract: A system includes a first electrode with a first main portion extending along a longitudinal axis. A plurality of T-shaped sub-electrodes extend laterally from the first main portion with respect to the longitudinal axis. A plurality of inductive sub-electrodes extend laterally from the first main portion with respect to the longitudinal axis. The inductive sub-electrodes interdigitate with the T-shaped sub-electrodes to form an alternating pattern with the T-shaped sub-electrodes in a lengthwise direction with respect to the longitudinal axis. A second electrode with a second main portion extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, with a gap between the second electrode and the T-shaped sub-electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Haefner, Sasan Fathpour
  • Patent number: 12633893
    Abstract: A filter includes a substrate including a piezoelectric layer, and first and second signal electrodes, a filter circuit on a first path connecting the first signal electrode and the second signal electrode, and an additional circuit on a second path connected in parallel with at least a portion of the first path. The filter circuit includes one or more resonators and a main wiring line on the substrate, and the additional circuit includes a sub-wiring line and an acoustically coupled resonator on the substrate, the acoustically coupled resonator including acoustic wave resonators adjacent to each other. An insulating film is between the substrate and the sub-wiring line. A dielectric constant of the insulating film is smaller than a dielectric constant of the piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Takata
  • Patent number: 12626185
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a receiver includes first amplifiers, wherein each one of the first amplifiers comprises an input and an output. The receiver also includes second amplifiers, wherein each one of the second amplifiers comprises an input and an output, and the outputs of the second amplifiers are coupled to a combining node. The receiver also includes transmission lines, wherein each one of the transmission lines is coupled between the output of a respective one of the first amplifiers and the input of a respective one of the second amplifiers. The receiver further includes a load coupled to the combining node, and receiver elements, wherein each one of the receiver elements comprises an input and an output, and the output of each one of the receiver elements is coupled to the input of a respective one of the first amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lai Kan Leung, Xinmin Yu, Chirag Dipak Patel, Rajagopalan Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 12620684
    Abstract: A spatial filter, a driving method thereof and an electronic device are provided, and belong to the field of wireless communication technology. The spatial filter of the present disclosure includes at least one filter structure; wherein each filter structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a dielectric layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein the first substrate includes a first dielectric substrate and at least one first electrode on a side of the first dielectric substrate close to the dielectric layer; the second substrate includes a second dielectric substrate and at least one second electrode on a side of the second dielectric substrate close to the dielectric layer; and the at least one first electrode intersects with the at least one second electrode, which defines at least one resonant unit configured to filter an electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Long Wang, Feng Qu, Biqi Li
  • Patent number: 12620683
    Abstract: A power divider includes an input port, a first output port, a second output port, a first phase adjusting part, a second phase adjusting part, and a matching part, wherein: the first phase adjusting part is connected in series between the input port and the first output port, and is configured to adjust a phase of a first output signal output by the first output port; the second phase adjusting part is connected in series between the input port and the second output port, and is configured to adjust a phase of a second output signal output by the second output port; the matching part is connected in series between the first output port and the second output port, and is configured to match the first output port with the second output port; a phase difference between the first output signal and the second output signal is 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Chih Chueh
  • Patent number: 12615709
    Abstract: A multi-embedded circuit board includes a first circuit board and a first cold plate thermally coupled to the first circuit board. The first circuit board includes a substrate and a power amplifier within the substrate, the power amplifier electrically coupled to one or more electromagnetic signal interfaces. The first cold plate includes one or more first cooling elements configured to extract heat from the power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyle Avery Woolrich, Paul Christian Werntz
  • Patent number: 12603407
    Abstract: A compact feed system (600) is provided which comprises an orthomode transducer or junction (400) and a waveguide H-plane directional coupler (100). The waveguide H-plane directional coupler may comprise two hollow waveguide sections (110, 120) and a coupling section (130) arranged in between the two hollow waveguide sections for coupling a signal from one hollow waveguide section to another hollow waveguide section. In a transverse cross-section of the waveguide H-plane directional coupler, the hollow waveguide sections may be angled towards the coupling section and delimit a recess (20) formed at an inner side of the waveguide H-plane directional coupler. The orthomode transducer or junction (400) may be positioned at least partially in the recess to increase compactness of the feed system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
    Inventor: Nelson Fonseca
  • Patent number: 12597904
    Abstract: A switching module assembly is provided. The switching module assembly includes a plurality of transmit/receive terminals, an antenna terminal, a shunt indictor coupled to the antenna terminal, a plurality of duplexers coupled to the plurality of transmit/receive terminals, and a plurality of impedance rotation elements coupled to the plurality of duplexers. Each duplexer corresponds to a signal frequency of a plurality of signal frequencies, and the impedance rotation elements are configured to adjust the impedance of each duplexer in conjunction with the shunt inductor to provide a resonant frequency at the signal frequency of each duplexer. The switching module can be used in the front-end module of a communications device, such as a mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jiunn-Sheng Guo, Joji Fujiwara, Nobuyuki Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 12597689
    Abstract: A microwave filter includes a multilayer stack. The multilayer stack includes one or more first-type layers composed of a first superconductor material having a first superconducting critical temperature; and one or more second-type layers composed of a non-superconductor metal or a second superconductor material having a second superconducting critical temperature that is lower than the first superconducting critical temperature. The multilayer stack is configured to behave as a dissipative metal for photons having a frequency above twice a superconducting gap frequency of the multilayer stack and to behave as a superconductor for photons having a frequency below twice the superconducting gap frequency of the multilayer stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: George Earl Grant Sterling, Michael C. Hamilton, Lev Ioffe, Charles Neill
  • Patent number: 12592466
    Abstract: A conductive assembly may include a deformable substrate disposed around an axis, and a deformable conductor arranged on the deformable substrate. The substrate may be arranged to form a channel along the axis, and the deformable conductor may be arranged on the deformable substrate to form a waveguide. The deformable substrate, the first deformable conductor, and a second deformable conductor may be arranged to form a microstrip or a coaxial transmission line. A deformable transmission line may include a deformable substrate arranged in a substantially enclosed channel around an axis, a first deformable conductor arranged in a trace along the axis of the deformable substrate, and a second deformable conductor arranged on the deformable substrate to form a reference conductor for the first deformable conductor. A method of fabricating a deformable conductive assembly may include forming a deformable conductor on a deformable substrate, and disposing the deformable substrate around an axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Liquid Wire Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Ronay, Edward Godshalk
  • Patent number: 12580544
    Abstract: An active feedback RF resonator has a signal loop having a signal input and a signal output. The signal loop has a variable gain stage and at least one variable resonator, each variable resonator comprising an inductance element and a variable capacitance element comprising a number of switched fixed value capacitors and a variable capacitor. A phase noise of the active feedback RF signal has a maximum value for an operating frequency of the variable resonator that is based on an operating range of the variable capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Anlotek Limited
    Inventor: Jorgen Staal Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12574012
    Abstract: A filter device includes a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal, and a plurality of resonators including a plurality of series arm resonators and a plurality of parallel arm resonators. At least one of the plurality of series arm resonators and the plurality of parallel arm resonators is an excitation angle change resonator. The excitation angle change resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate including a piezoelectric body layer, and an IDT electrode including a plurality of electrode fingers provided on the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric body layer has a propagation axis. The plurality of electrode fingers are curved. An excitation direction of an acoustic wave in a portion of an electrode finger in the plurality of electrode fingers is one of first to third directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nakamura, Takuro Okada, Takuya Yabu
  • Patent number: 12562448
    Abstract: A high-frequency power divider includes an insulative substrate and a circuit on the substrate. The circuit includes an input end, first and second output ends, and a resistance element, First and second microstrip lines are between the input and first output ends. Other first and second microstrip lines are between the input and second output ends. The first microstrip lines are connected to the second microstrip lines, which are connected to the first or second output end. A third microstrip line is between one end of the resistance element and a connection point between the first and second microstrip lines. Another third microstrip line is between another end of the resistance element and a connection point between the other first and second microstrip lines. The high-frequency signal phase shift is 90 degrees for each of the first and second microstrip lines and 180 degrees for the third microstrip line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Koji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12562447
    Abstract: A balun circuit is disclosed. The balun circuit has an unbalanced port and a balanced port, wherein the balanced port comprises a first terminal, and a second terminal. The balun circuit further comprises a main line having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the unbalanced port. Moreover, the balun circuit comprises a first sub-line electromagnetically coupled to the main line, the first sub-line having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first sub-line is coupled to the first terminal of the balanced port. The balun circuit further comprises a second sub-line electromagnetically coupled to the main line, the second sub-line having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the second sub-line is coupled to the second terminal of the balanced port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: SAAB AB
    Inventors: Sten Gunnarsson, Dan Kuylenstierna
  • Patent number: 12542342
    Abstract: A directional coupler includes a conductor serving as a primary line disposed in a multilayer body and conductors serving as a plurality of secondary lines that are disposed in the multilayer body and each of which is capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the conductor serving as the primary line. A facing area where the conductor serving as the secondary line and the conductor serving as the secondary line face each other is smaller than a facing area where the conductor serving as the secondary line and the conductor serving as the primary line face each other. A distance between the conductor serving as the secondary line and the conductor serving as the secondary line is longer than a distance between the conductor serving as the secondary line and the conductor serving as the primary line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokuda, Ryangsu Kim