Patents Examined by Robert Karacsony
  • Patent number: 11502425
    Abstract: A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas, where the horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip, the vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON VALLEY BANK
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Sam Gharavi, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 11495884
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a dielectric substrate, an emitting electrode, a power feed circuit that feeds power to the emitting electrode, and a filter circuit formed on a path connecting the emitting electrode to the power feed circuit, the filter circuit is constituted by two or more circuits that are cascade connected, each of the two or more circuits is either a HPF or a LPF, and the antenna device does not have a resonant frequency of the emitting electrode and has two or more resonant frequencies different from the resonant frequency of the emitting electrode, each of which is formed by the emitting electrode and a corresponding one of the two or more circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Yoshiki Yamada, Hirotsugu Mori
  • Patent number: 11489246
    Abstract: An antenna alignment bracket may include a guide member having a first end and a second end, a first end plate disposed at the first end of the guide member to extend away from the guide member in a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to a direction of longitudinal extension of the guide member, a second end plate disposed at the second end of the guide member to extend away from the guide member in the first direction, and an extension portion operably coupled to one of the first end plate, the second end plate, or the guide member at a proximal end of the extension portion. The extension portion may be configured to support an alignment tool bracket for holding an alignment tool configured to align an antenna assembly at a distal end of the extension portion. A receiving space is defined between the first and second end plates to receive the antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne Olson
  • Patent number: 11482774
    Abstract: Base station antennas include an externally accessible active antenna module releasably coupled to a recessed segment that is over a chamber in the base station antenna and that is longitudinally and laterally extending along and across a rear of a base station antenna housing. The base station antenna housing has a passive antenna assembly that cooperates with the active antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Xiaohua Hou, Yongjie Xu, Xiang Li, Peter J. Bisiules, Samantha Merta, Haifeng Li, Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani, Bo Wu, Xiaohua Tian, Junfeng Yu, Dongmin Wang, Shanguang Zhang, Jian Liu
  • Patent number: 11482796
    Abstract: An antenna comprising two sub antennas each sub antenna comprising at least one radiating element is disclosed. The two sub antennas comprise an inner sub antenna and an outer sub antenna. The antenna comprises signal feed circuitry for supplying a first signal to the inner sub antenna and signal feed circuitry for supply a second signal to the outer sub antenna. The at least one radiating element of the outer sub antenna comprises at least one flexible radiating patch mounted on a flexible material arranged to wrap at least partially around at least a portion of the inner sub antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zied Charaabi, Thomas Julien
  • Patent number: 11476557
    Abstract: An antenna element transfers a radiofrequency signal and dissipates heat. The antenna element includes a periphery and first and second pairs of fins. The periphery has a length and a width with the length approximately equaling the width. The first and second pairs of fins extend in height from inside the periphery. The first pair of fins are separated by a shared gap for transferring a first polarization of the radiofrequency signal, and the second pair of fins are separated by the shared gap for transferring a second polarization of the radiofrequency signal that is orthogonal to the first polarization. An antenna array includes multiple instances of the antenna element for transferring the radiofrequency signal and for dissipating the heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Satish K. Sharma, Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh
  • Patent number: 11476581
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing vibration transduction and radio-frequency communication in proximity to an electrically conductive structure. The system may comprise an antenna element, an electrically conductive structure in proximity to the antenna element, and a vibration transducer comprising a material. The material may comprise a ferromagnetic material with piezoelectric properties. The vibration transducer may be positioned between the antenna element and the conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventor: David Wurmfeld
  • Patent number: 11469522
    Abstract: A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having circularly polarization receive antennas and circularly polarization transmit antennas, where the circularly polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip, the circularly polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON VALLEY BANK
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Sam Gharavi, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 11469523
    Abstract: A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas, where the horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip, the vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON VALLEY BANK
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Sam Gharavi, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 11462839
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a phase antenna assembly and an electronic device using the phase antenna assembly. The phase antenna assembly includes a first antenna baseboard, a second antenna baseboard, and a connection baseboard: the first antenna baseboard includes a first polarization antenna array and a first connection node array; the second antenna baseboard includes a second polarization antenna array and a second connection node array; the connection baseboard includes a third connection node array and a fourth connection node array; the third connection node array is connectable with the first connection node array by at least two connection manners with different angles, and/or the fourth connection node array is connectable with the second connection node array by at least two connection manners with different angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN JAGUAR WAVE TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Tsung Li, Chihkai Liu, Peizong Rao
  • Patent number: 11456534
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes an S-band substrate; an S-band annular ring on the S-band substrate; an X-band substrate in the S-band substrate; and an X-band patch located in a center of the S-band annular ring and on the X-band substrate. The S-band annular ring includes a first upper surface, the X-band patch includes a second upper surface, and the first upper surface is planar with the second upper surface. The multi-band antenna includes a second pair of concentric patch antennas arranged in an annular configuration and stacked on the first pair of antennas. The second pair of antennas are placed on the same substrate and are electromagnetically coupled to the first pair of antennas to provide an extended bandwidth capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Gregory A. Mitchell, Amir I. Zaghloul
  • Patent number: 11450968
    Abstract: A miniaturized folded slot-based multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna operating in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band for use in CubeSats. The MIMO antenna includes a circuit board having a front side and a back side separated by a dielectric material, a metallic coating covering the front side where the metallic coating is folded over a first edge and covers a first portion of the back side and is folded over a second edge and covers the second portion of the back side. A first meandering slot line is configured as a first antenna and a second meandering slot line is configured as a second antenna; a first metallic feed horn and a second metallic feed horn feed the first antenna and the second antenna, respectively. The antennas include a plurality of capacitors to tune a first resonance frequency of the first antenna and a second resonance frequency of the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Rifaqat Hussain, Sheikh Sharif Iqbal
  • Patent number: 11450958
    Abstract: An ultra wide band (UWB) antenna includes: a radiator, including a waveguide cavity which has opposite open-end faces; and a feeding end, disposed on one of the open-end faces. The UWB antenna according to the present disclosure overcomes the technical problems that a horn antenna in related technologies is difficult to be applied to an integrated communication terminal due to its large size, complicated structure, and difficulties in processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Liang, Shengxiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 11444384
    Abstract: A radiating element includes at least two feeding guides and one horn common to at least two feeding guides and having an excitation interface, each feeding guide comprising a port guide and an excitation guide connected to the port guide by a port interface and connected to the common horn by the excitation interface, each excitation guide being flared in the direction from the port interface to the excitation interface, each excitation guide not having an axis of symmetry, the two feeding guides being disposed symmetrically relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Fraysse, Charalampos Stoumpos, Hervé Legay, Ségolène Tubau
  • Patent number: 11437701
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Design & Integration UK Limited
    Inventors: Dipen Rai, Ali Mirza, Steven Lock
  • Patent number: 11431079
    Abstract: An antenna module includes an integrated circuit (IC) that is configured to generate an RF signal, a substrate providing a first surface on which one or more first antenna is arranged, a second surface on which the IC is arranged, and an electrical connection path to the one or more first antenna and the IC, and a flexible substrate connected to the substrate to provide a third surface on which one or more second antenna is arranged and to provide an electrical connection path to the one or more second antenna and the IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Bal Kim, Wan Soo Kim, Sang Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11424544
    Abstract: An antenna is provided which includes a base piece, a first arm, and a second arm. The first arm includes a first section extending vertically from the base piece. The first arm also includes a second section connected to the first section. The second section vertically extends orthogonal from the first section. The first arm further includes a third section extending linearly from the second section. The third section is bent at an angle out of the vertical plane. The second arm includes a first section vertically extending from the base piece. The second arm also includes a second section connected to the first section. The second section angularly extends from the first section in the vertical plane. The second arm further includes a third section extending linearly from the second section. The third section is bent at an angle out of the vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: David F Rivera
  • Patent number: 11424532
    Abstract: Provided are a structure and alignment method of array antennas for a vehicle radar, the structure and method being able to adjust the locations, number of channels, number of arrays, and channel distance according to the type of antennas, so as to minimize a space occupied by the antennas while maintaining the radiation efficiency of the antennas. Even in a case in which conditions regarding the location of the array antennas and the number of channels are changed within designated ranges, the efficient array antenna structure minimizes the area of array antennas for a vehicle while maintaining the detection ability of the array antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Jin You, HaeSueng Lim, Yun Ki Han, Seong Hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 11424547
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: a conductive plate having a plurality of slot groups; a plurality of feeding lines; and a dielectric disposed between the conductive plate and the plurality of feeding lines. Each of the plurality of slot groups may include a main slot, a sub slot, and a slot coupler defined in the conductive plate. The main slot, the sub slot, and the slot coupler may be configured to penetrate through the conductive plate. The slot coupler may be configured to extend from the sub slot toward the main slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Dongjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11408974
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic component for the bunched emitting and/or receiving of radar signals. For this, the electronic component comprises: a semiconductor chip, which is embodied to emit and/or to receive the radar signal by means of a primary radiator, and a support, on whose surface the semiconductor chip is arranged for electrical contacting. According to the present disclosure, the surface of the support has at least a first step embodied in such a manner that the radar signal in the case of the emitting and/or receiving is bunched approximately perpendicularly to the surface of the support. In this way, the electronic component-of the present disclosure is suited especially for those applications of radar based distance measurement, which benefit from bunched emitted and received radar signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO. KG
    Inventors: Winfried Mayer, Martin Hitzler