Patents Examined by Stephen E. Jones
  • Patent number: 12706365
    Abstract: A transition between a strip conductor connection and a waveguide for a high-frequency connection. A strip conductor connection is arranged on a carrier substrate and is adjoined by a transition to a waveguide structure integrated into the carrier substrate. This waveguide structure integrated into the carrier substrate is adjoined by a waveguide on an outer side of the carrier substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Baur, Minh Nhat Pham
  • Patent number: 12706582
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a dielectric base plate, a connection structure, and a plurality of bandpass filters with different operation frequencies. A conductive thin film layer is disposed on a side plane of the dielectric base plate, and includes a signal wire and one or more grounding plates on a side of the signal wire. The connection structure is disposed on the conductive thin film layer, and includes a main branch and a plurality of branches, where the main branch is connected to the plurality of branches respectively, and serves as an input port of the multiplexer. Each of the plurality of bandpass filters is connected to the signal wire and the one or more grounding plates. The bandpass filter includes a first port and a second port, the first port is connected to a corresponding branch, and the second port serves as one of output ports of the multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG LAB
    Inventors: Sirui Ren, Xiaohang Zhang, Xinli Han, Xinge Huang, Ran Duan
  • Patent number: 12706361
    Abstract: A dielectric filter includes a housing, a dielectric resonator, a cover plate, and a tuning structure. A resonant slot is disposed on the housing, a support portion is disposed in the resonant slot, and the support portion encloses to form an intermodulation groove at a slot bottom of the resonant slot. The dielectric resonator is mounted on the support portion and covers a groove opening of the intermodulation groove, multiple adjustment holes are disposed on the dielectric resonator, and the multiple adjustment holes communicate with the intermodulation groove. The cover plate is connected to the housing, covers an opening of the resonant slot, and is spaced apart from the dielectric resonator. The tuning structure is connected to the cover plate, where each of the multiple adjustment holes is configured with one tuning structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: SUZHOU LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shance Lyu, Zhenguo Song, Xinghua Sun, Guiping Gao
  • Patent number: 12695166
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dielectric cavity resonator, comprising: a metallic resonance cavity having a cuboid shape defining three orthogonal axes x, y, z substantially aligned with walls of the metallic resonance cavity and having a central axis extending in the z direction; a dielectric core provided in the metallic resonance cavity, the dielectric core comprising: a central part extending coaxially with respect to the central axis of the metallic resonance cavity; and four columnar parts arranged around the central part and integrally formed with the central part and each extending in the z direction and having a petal-like shape in an x-y cross-section perpendicular to the z direction, every two adjacent columnar parts being spaced by a groove, the dielectric core being centrosymmetric and axisymmetric in each x-y cross-section perpendicular to the z direction, wherein the metallic resonance cavity has a square cross-section, and in each petal-like cross-section, each columnar part extends in a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jun Fu, Weidong Wang, Honglan Wang, Xueyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12695194
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cavity filter assembly and, particularly, comprises: a filter body having a cavity, which is a predetermined space therein; and at least one resonance bar having a front end surface that forms a stamped part, which is a protruding surface protruding from the bottom surface of the filter body toward the cavity so as to be parallel to the bottom surface of the filter body in the cavity, for frequency tuning in the cavity, and having a tuning correction hole that penetrates the stamped part, wherein the resonance bar allows frequency tuning to be performed in the cavity through stamping on the outer surface of the stamped part from the outside of the filter body, and the tuned frequency can be corrected through the tuning correction hole, and thus the advantages of reducing the total weight and component costs of an antenna device and improving product productivity are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Joung Hoe Kim, Kwang Nam Jeon, Jung Hee Won, Jong Min Park, Haeng Seok Choi, Seong Cheon Jo, Jong Youn Jung
  • Patent number: 12683261
    Abstract: A device includes a top ferrite layer and a bottom ferrite layer. The device also includes a first circuit stack between the top ferrite layer and the bottom ferrite layer. The first circuit stack includes a first dielectric layer and a circulator circuit including a first circuit portion on a first side of the first dielectric layer and a second circuit portion on a second side of the first dielectric layer opposite the first side. The first circuit portion is different from the second circuit portion. The device also includes a second circuit stack including a second dielectric layer and a top ground layer disposed over the second dielectric layer. The second circuit stack is disposed over the top ferrite layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: TTM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Omar Eldaiki, Niels Husted Kirkeby
  • Patent number: 12676584
    Abstract: An impedance matching device comprises a variable reactance circuit. The variable reactance circuit comprises a loosely coupled line portion 4 which includes a first line 2 and a second line 3 loosely coupled to the first line. One end 3a of the second line is connected to ground 5. The variable reactance circuit further comprises a capacity variable portion 6 provided between the other end 3b of the second line and ground. The capacity variable portion comprises a diode 7 connected between the other end of the second line and ground, a capacitor 8 connected in series to the diode between the other end of the second line and the diode, a variable DC power supply 11 connected between ground and a connection point 9 between the capacitor and the diode so as to apply reverse bias voltage to the diode, and a resistor 10 connected in series to the variable DC power supply between the connection point and ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Adtec Plasma Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Etsuro Kawata
  • Patent number: 12671161
    Abstract: A power divider includes first to third transmission lines (TLs) and first to third capacitors. The second TL includes a first transmission portion (TP) and a first output portion (OP). The first TP is connected between the first TL and the first OP. The third TL includes a second TP and a second OP. The second TP is connected between the first TL and the second OP. The first capacitor is connected between ground and a common node of the first TL and the first and second TPs. The second capacitor is connected between ground and a terminal of the first OP distal from the first TP. The third capacitor is connected between ground and a terminal of the second OP distal from the second TP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yo-Sheng Lin, Bo-Shun Chen, Yu-Cian Peng
  • Patent number: 12665277
    Abstract: A dielectric waveguide filter includes a dielectric body including a first and a second surfaces. The dielectric waveguide filter includes a metal plating covering an outer surface of the dielectric body. The dielectric waveguide filter includes a coupling structure formed a portion of the second surface. The coupling structure includes a coupling groove extending from the second surface into the dielectric body and including a coupling surface parallel to the second surface. The coupling structure includes an inner conductor at an annular center of the coupling groove that surrounds the inner conductor and separates the dielectric body into the inner conductor and an outer conductor. The inner conductor in the coupling groove includes a metal surface on the second surface. A distance between the coupling surface and the second surface is related to a coupling degree of the coupling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhongxin He
  • Patent number: 12665317
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna that suppresses increase in passing loss when phase-shifting signals input from an antenna element throughout a wide frequency band. The antenna includes a power feeding circuit 20 that converts four input signals input with phase differences different by 90 degrees from an antenna element so that the four input signals have a same phase and outputs them as one combined signal from an output terminal s31. The power feeding circuit 20 includes a first phase circuit portion 200A that phase-shifts the four input signals and combines them two by two to output two first combined signals, and a second phase circuit portion 200B that phase-shifts each of the two first combined signals by 90 degrees by reversing a shift direction to combine the two first combined signals. The second phase circuit portion 200B includes cascade-type phase shifters 241, 242 in which two 45 degrees phase-shifters or three 30 degrees phase shifters are connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Mizuno, Kazuhiro Kowaita
  • Patent number: 12658544
    Abstract: Filters include a housing and at least first through fourth resonators are mounted within the housing. The first resonator is configured to couple with the second resonator and the third resonator but not the fourth resonator. The second resonator is configured to couple with the first resonator and the fourth resonator but not the third resonator. The third resonator is configured to couple with the first resonator and the fourth resonator but not the second resonator. The fourth resonator is configured to couple with the second resonator and the third resonator but not the first resonator. The first, second and fourth resonators are configured to resonate within a passband of the filter, while the third resonator is configured to resonate outside the passband of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: CommScope Italy S.r.l.
    Inventor: Stefano Tamiazzo
  • Patent number: 12658553
    Abstract: A thin film type resonator used in a wireless power transmission system is proposed together with a design method thereof. The thin film type resonator may include a thin film line formed in a spiral shape. The thin film line may have a form factor in which a width and a pitch of the thin film line gradually increase from an innermost portion to an outermost portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Jin Hyoung Kim, Cheol Ung Cha, Kwon Hong Lee
  • Patent number: 12646815
    Abstract: Tri-state triple band remotely configurable tuning probes for slide screw impedance tuners allow instantaneous larger frequency coverage beyond the capacity of existing tuning probes using the single horizontal and vertical axis mechanism of a prior art single probe, single band tuner. This is done by combining two tuning slugs, a master slug and a slave slug into a configurable tuning probe assembly mounted in the same mobile tuner carriage and controlled using a single vertical axis mechanism. To avoid spurious resonance phenomena the tuning slugs are controlled, driven, and locked vertically sliding on each other, and guided appropriately allowing smooth, uninhibited vertical movement of the metallic bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Inventor: Christos Tsironis
  • Patent number: 12640455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tunable waveguide resonator and a method of tuning a frequency of the tunable waveguide resonator. The waveguide resonator comprises a waveguide part having a plurality of walls where one of the plurality of walls at least partly comprises a tuning element. The tuning element has a first main surface facing toward a first main surface of an inner wall of one other wall of the plurality of walls. The tuning element is caused to, in response to a change in a temperature of the tuning element be reversibly displaced with respect to a reference plane of the first main surface of the tuning element along an extension perpendicular to the first main surface of the one other inner wall and whereby changing a dimension of a cavity of the tunable wave-guide resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jan Sandberg, Per Ligander, Jonas Gustavsson
  • Patent number: 12627022
    Abstract: A resonator is described including: a first part of a metal cavity; a first ring extending from the first part of the metal cavity, wherein at least part of an external surface of the first supporting ring is coated with a first metal coating that provides an electrical connection to the metal cavity; a second part of the metal cavity; and a ceramic ring extending from the second part of the metal cavity. At least part of an external surface of the ceramic ring is coated with a second metal coating that provides an electrical connection to the metal cavity, wherein the first and second parts are mounted to form the metal cavity such that the first ring and the ceramic ring partially overlap such that at least part of the ceramic ring is between at least parts of the first and second metal coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventor: Efstratios Doumanis
  • Patent number: 12614829
    Abstract: This application describes an apparatus and system for a Wide band end launcher to convert a signal in a coaxial line to a CPW line. The apparatus uses a transition zone which gradually tapers in two inclined planes from the coaxial line to the CPW line, connecting the central conductor of the coaxial line to the central conductor of the CPW line. In addition, the outer conductor of the coaxial line is connected to the ground plates of the CPW line. This allows for high bandwidth transfers between the two types of lines for accurate measurements and other purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Manohar Deshpande, Eleanya Onuma
  • Patent number: 12609668
    Abstract: In a noise filter circuit, a coupling loop part having a capacitor which is connected to both a positive electrode side input loop line and a negative electrode side output loop line is mounted on a dielectric substrate in a state where a positive electrode side input line and a positive electrode side input end part are connected, a positive electrode side output line and a positive electrode side output end part are connected, a negative electrode side input line and a negative electrode side input end part are connected, and a negative electrode side output line and a negative electrode side output end part are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoneda, Akihito Kobayashi, Kenji Hirose, Kyota Otsuka, Kaito Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 12609432
    Abstract: This waveguide comprises: a first multilayered board in which a first dielectric layer and a plurality of first conductive layers the latter of which has a first opening are stacked; a first through via group in which a plurality of first through vias for electrically connecting the first conductive layers are aligned, in an in-plane direction of the first multilayered board, at intervals that are equal to or less than the one-half wavelength of an electromagnetic wave that is to be caused to propagate through the waveguide; and a second through via group in which a plurality of second through vias for electrically connecting the first conductive layers are aligned at said intervals in the in-plane direction. The waveguide does not have any through vias other than the plurality of first through vias and the plurality of second through vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Takahashi, Tomohiro Murata, Koji Takinami
  • Patent number: 12603409
    Abstract: A high-frequency transmission element is provided. The high-frequency transmission element includes a connecting wire structure and an impedance matching plate structure. The connecting wire structure includes a connecting wire and a connecting pad. The connecting pad is located at an end of the connecting wire. The impedance matching plate structure includes an impedance matching plate body, an opening, and an impedance matching portion. The connecting pad is located in a projection range of the opening in a direction of orthographic projection of the impedance matching plate structure. The impedance matching portion is located in a periphery of the opening and extends in the direction from the connecting wire towards the connecting pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Huan-Yi Liao, Yu-Lin Cheng, Chi-Lou Yeh, Sheng-Fan Yang
  • Patent number: 12586879
    Abstract: A filter includes a multilayer body, plate electrodes, resonators, shield conductors, and connecting conductors. The multilayer body includes dielectric layers. The plate electrodes are spaced apart from one another in the multilayer body in a lamination direction thereof. The resonators are between the plate electrodes and extend in a first direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the lamination direction. The shield conductors are on lateral surfaces of the multilayer body and are connected to the plate electrodes. The connecting conductors connect the resonators to the plate electrodes. The resonators are side by side in a second direction in the multilayer body. The resonators each include first and second ends. The first ends are connected to the shield conductor, and the second ends are spaced away from the shield conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tada, Makoto Matsudaira, Takashi Nihei, Masashi Arai