Patents Examined by Robert J. Pascal
  • Patent number: 11233302
    Abstract: Provided is a noise filter device that is capable of suppressing electrical interference between an input-side conductive line and an output-side conductive line. A noise filter device (10) includes: a noise filter (50) connected to a distal end of an input-side conductive line (41) and a distal end of an output-side conductive line (42); and a holding member (60) that holds the input-side conductive line (41) and the output-side conductive line (42). The holding member (60) includes: a body (61) attached to a wire harness (WH) so as to surround an outer circumference thereof; and a pair of hooks (62) that are respectively formed at two ends of the body (61) in a circumferential direction thereof, and are hooked on the input-side conductive line (41) and the output-side conductive line (42) to restrict the input-side conductive line (41) and the output-side conductive line (42) from approaching each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Aizawa, Asato Hibino
  • Patent number: 11233307
    Abstract: Wideband waveguide to coaxial low loss signal couplers use an electro-magnetic wire loop inserted perpendicularly in a slot in the top cover of the waveguide transmission line. In order to adapt also to various power levels and associated receiver sensitivity, the coupling factor can be modified by controlling the penetration of the wire loop inside the waveguide cavity. Coupling and Directivity are approximately constant and track over the WR bandwidth up to WR-10. A calibration method allows full characterization of a coupler-tuner assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Christos Tsironis
  • Patent number: 11233493
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing resonator structures and corresponding resonator structures are described. A first wafer including a first piezoelectric material is singulated and bonded to a second wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Joerg Timme, Carsten Ahrens, Ruediger Bauder
  • Patent number: 11223094
    Abstract: Filter devices are provided herein. A filter device includes a plurality of low-band resonators and a plurality of high-band resonators. In some embodiments, adjacent ones of the plurality of high-band resonators are spaced farther apart from each other than adjacent ones of the plurality of low-band resonators are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE ITALY S.R.L.
    Inventor: Stefano Tamiazzo
  • Patent number: 11223341
    Abstract: Acoustic wave filter devices are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes an acoustic wave resonator and a reflecting layer located below the acoustic wave resonator. The wave resonator includes an input electrode including a first electrode and a counter electrode, a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the counter electrode, and an output electrode. The piezoelectric layer has a first region covered by the first or the output electrode, and a second region not covered by any of the first and the output electrode. The first region has a second order acoustic thickness-shear resonance (TS2) mode dispersion curve with a first minimum frequency, and the second region has a TS2 mode dispersion curve with a second minimum frequency. The reflecting layer's thickness is such that a difference between the first minimum frequency and the second minimum frequency is less than 2% of a filter center frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
    Inventors: Tapani Makkonen, Tuomas Pensala, Markku Ylilammi
  • Patent number: 11223096
    Abstract: The present disclosure presents a dual-channel filter based on a dielectric resonator, which includes a metal cavity, a dielectric resonator, two tuning metal probes, and four feeding metal probes. The dielectric resonator is disposed at the center of the metal cavity. The four feeding metal probes are disposed around the metal cavity, and coupled to the dielectric resonator. The two tuning metal probes are connected to the metal cavity, and respectively located at a central position directly above and below the dielectric resonator. The dual-channel filter integrates two channel filters with good isolation between them, and has two input ports and two output ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: South China University of Technology
    Inventors: Xiuyin Zhang, Jinxu Xu, Huiyang Li
  • Patent number: 11218134
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter device includes a plurality of acoustic wave resonators. Each of the acoustic wave resonators includes a piezoelectric layer and an IDT electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. On a surface opposite to a surface of the piezoelectric layer on which the IDT electrode is provided, a low-acoustic-velocity film and a substrate made of a semiconductor are stacked. A routing line electrically connected to an antenna terminal is provided on an insulating film provided on the piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Takamine
  • Patent number: 11218130
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate having a central region and a surrounding region located around the central region, a silicon oxide film that is located in the central region directly or indirectly and that has a side surface, a piezoelectric layer that is provided on the silicon oxide film and that has a first principal surface and a second principal surface, an excitation electrode provided on at least one of the first principal surface and the second principal surface, a cover film provided to cover the entire side surface of the silicon oxide film, a resin layer that is provided in the surrounding region and that is provided to cover the side surface of the silicon oxide film from above the cover film, and a wiring electrode that is electrically connected to the excitation electrode and that extends from the piezoelectric layer to the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Michigami, Yasumasa Taniguchi, Tsutomu Takai
  • Patent number: 11211918
    Abstract: In an array of single crystal acoustic resonators, the effective coupling coefficient of first and second strained single crystal filters are individually tailored in order to achieve desired frequency responses. In a duplexer embodiment, the effective coupling coefficient of a transmit band-pass filter is lower than the effective coupling coefficient of a receive band-pass filter of the same duplexer. The coefficients can be tailored by varying the ratio of the thickness of a piezoelectric layer to the total thickness of electrode layers or by forming a capacitor in parallel with an acoustic resonator within the filter for which the effective coupling coefficient is to be degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Akoustis, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey B. Shealy
  • Patent number: 11211914
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate in which a reverse-velocity surface is convex and an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric substrate. When an acoustic wave propagation direction is a first direction and a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction is a second direction, the portion of the IDT electrode where first and second electrode fingers overlap in the first direction is a crossing region. The crossing region includes a center region centrally located in the second direction and a first and second edge regions located on two sides of the center region. Recesses 17 and 18 are respectively provided in portions of the piezoelectric substrate located in the first and second edge regions between the portions where the first and second electrode fingers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Daimon, Masato Araki
  • Patent number: 11211899
    Abstract: A power amplifying circuit includes a bias circuit that supplies a bias current or a bias voltage to a base of a first transistor, and at least one termination circuit that short-circuits a second-order harmonic of an amplified signal output from a collector of the first transistor to a ground voltage. An emitter of the first transistor is connected to ground. The bias circuit includes a second transistor. A collector of the second transistor is connected to the base of the first transistor. An emitter of the second transistor is connected to the emitter of the first transistor. A base of the second transistor is supplied with a predetermined voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Satou
  • Patent number: 11211677
    Abstract: This application discloses a filtering apparatus, including: a coupling channel distinguishing component, dividing a coupling channel between a first filtering component and a second filtering component into a plurality of independent coupling channels, and it includes a channel distinguishing component and at least one decoupling component, the channel distinguishing component is configured to divide the coupling channel into a plurality of independent channels, and the decoupling component is configured to decouple the plurality of independent channels into the plurality of independent coupling channels; and at least one adjusting component, each of the adjusting component is configured to adjust a preset coupling scheme of a corresponding independent coupling channel, each of the at least one adjusting component is located in the corresponding independent coupling channel, and each of the adjusting component is located in a corresponding projection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiyong Guo, Xiaoliang Du, Dan Liang
  • Patent number: 11205828
    Abstract: A waveguide includes a first double-ridge waveguide, a second double-ridge waveguide, and a polarization rotator. The first double-ridge waveguide provides a phase of an input electrical field rotated 0° or 90°. The second double-ridge outputs an electric field with a polarization that is perpendicular to a first polarization of the input electrical field. The polarization rotator is mounted between the first double-ridge waveguide and the second double-ridge waveguide and includes a frame, a dielectric layer, a first conducting pattern layer forming a first conductor and a second conductor, a first switch connected between the first conductor and the second conductor, a second conducting pattern layer forming a third conductor and a fourth conductor, and a second switch connected between the third conductor and the fourth conductor. Wherein a phase rotation of 90° or ?90° is provided by the polarization rotator based on a state of the first and second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Nader Behdad, John H. Booske, Hung Thanh Luyen, Zongtang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11206011
    Abstract: A filter includes a signal path connecting an input terminal and an output terminal one or more series arm circuits on the signal path, and one or more parallel arm circuits connected to one or more nodes disposed on the signal path and a ground electrode. The one or more series arm circuits define any of a section between nodes adjacent to each other, a section between a node closest to the input terminal and the input terminal, and a section between a node closest to the output terminal and the output terminal. Among the one or more series arm circuits and the one or more parallel arm circuits, one circuit does not include any acoustic wave resonator, and another circuit includes an acoustic wave resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaro Nakazawa, Tetsuro Okuda
  • Patent number: 11205830
    Abstract: A power divider includes two transmission lines (TLs), two capacitors and a resistor. Each TL has a first terminal, a second terminal, and a length that is 0.07 to 0.12 times an operation wavelength in the power divider. The TLs establish electromagnetic coupling therebetween. The first terminals of the TLs are connected together, and are to receive an input signal. One of the capacitors is connected to a common node of the TLs. The other capacitor and the resistor are connected in parallel between the second terminals of the TLs. The second terminals of the TLs are to respectively provide two output signals which are in-phase, and each of which has a frequency equal to that of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: National Chi Nan University
    Inventors: Yo-Sheng Lin, Kai-Siang Lan
  • Patent number: 11206008
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include an acoustic wave resonator (AWR) module. In an embodiment, the AWR module may include a first AWR substrate and a second AWR substrate affixed to the first AWR substrate. In an embodiment, the first AWR substrate and the second AWR substrate define a hermetically sealed cavity. A first AWR device may be positioned in the cavity and formed on the first AWR substrate, and a second AWR device may be positioned in the cavity and formed on the second AWR substrate. In an embodiment, a center frequency of the first AWR device is different than a center frequency of the second AWR device. In additional embodiment of the invention, the AWR module may be integrated into a hybrid filter. The hybrid filter may include an AWR module and other RF passive devices embedded in a packaging substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Georgios C. Dogiamis, Telesphor Kamgaing, Feras Eid, Vijay K. Nair, Johanna M. Swan
  • Patent number: 11201381
    Abstract: A filtering power divider includes a first partial transmission line having a first electrical length, a second partial transmission line having a second electrical length, and a third partial transmission line having the second electrical length. The first, second, and third partial transmission lines connect to form a T-junction, and a sum of the first and second electrical lengths is ninety degrees. Thus, the first and second partial transmission lines cooperate to act as a quarter-wave transmission line. Similarly, the first and third partial transmission lines cooperate to act as a quarter-wave transmission line. Additional transmission lines may be connected to the first, second, and third partial transmission lines to implement a filter between an input port and each of two output ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FIRST RF Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph René Mruk, Robert Patterson Scheeler
  • Patent number: 11196136
    Abstract: A cavity filter includes a cavity, a cover plate, a tuning component, and a resonant column. The cover plate is connected to the cavity, and the cover plate is configured to cover the cavity to form a resonant cavity. A through hole is provided on the cover plate, and the tuning component passes through the through hole and is fastened on the cover plate. The tuning part includes a high-conductivity part and a non-conductivity part, the high-conductivity part is located in the cavity, and the resonant column is in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Tian, Yong Wu, Qing Zhao, Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 11196140
    Abstract: A directional coupler 1 includes: a first waveguide 31 and a second waveguide 32 that are arranged in parallel with post arrays 23 and 24 therebetween; a coupling window 33 that is formed in the post arrays 23 and 24 and electromagnetically couples the first waveguide 31 and the second waveguide 32; and a projecting conductor 50 that projects, at a center in a width direction of the coupling window 33, from one conductive layer 13 of paired conductive layers 12 and 13 facing each other in the first waveguide 31 and the second waveguide 32, toward an inside of the coupling window 33, the projecting conductor 50 being spaced from the other conductive layer 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Uemichi
  • Patent number: 11190158
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electromagnetic interference shield having a layer of conductive material covering at least a portion of the electronic device and having a skin depth of less than 2 ?m for electromagnetic signals having frequencies in a kilohertz range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dinhphuoc Vu Hoang, Robert Francis Darveaux