Patents Examined by Tan Ho
  • External case for redistribution of RF radiation away from wireless communication device user and wireless communication device incorporating RF radiation redistribution elements
    Patent number: 8957813
    Abstract: A case for a wireless tablet computer device includes a number of RF resonant loop elements and elongated RF director coupling strip elements mounted in the case and configured such that RF radiation is coupled from an internal antenna of the wireless device out of the device to the RF resonant and coupling elements. The case incorporates a cut-out section in a location leaving exposed a strip that covers an area proximate the internal antenna. The RF resonant loops and director coupling strip elements alternatively may be incorporated with the wireless tablet computer device itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Pong Research Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan G McCaughey, Karl Richard Shields, Nikhil Nilakantan
  • Antenna module and method for making the same
    Patent number: 8957829
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a main body and a three-dimensional radiator embedded in the main body. The main body is made of foamed ceramic material. A method for making the antenna is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Li Zhang, Yong Yan, Yong-Fa Fan, Zhao-Yi Wu, Qi-Yuan Li, Li Liu
  • Miniaturized and reconfigurable CPW square-ring slot antenna including ferroelectric BST varactors
    Patent number: 8957817
    Abstract: A coplanar waveguide (CPW) square-ring slot antenna for use in wireless communication systems is miniaturized and reconfigurable by the integration of ferroelectric (FE) BST (barium strontium titanate) thin film varactors therein. The slot antenna device includes a sapphire substrate, top and bottom metal layers, and a thin ferroelectric BST film layer, where the FE BST varactors are integrated at the back edge of the antenna on the top metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: University of Dayton
    Inventors: Hai Jiang, Guru Subramanyam
  • Microwave resonator configured by composite right/left-handed meta-material and antenna apparatus provided with the microwave resonator
    Patent number: 8947317
    Abstract: A reflective impedance element is connected to a port of a composite right/left-handed transmission line, and operates at a predetermined operating frequency so that an impedance when the reflective impedance element is seen from the port becomes a pure imaginary number jB. A reflective impedance component is connected to a port of the composite right/left-handed transmission line, and operates at the predetermined operating frequency so that an impedance when the reflective impedance element is seen from the port becomes ?jB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: National University Corporation Kyoto Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ueda, Gouki Haida, Shintaro Yamamoto
  • Dual-band antenna
    Patent number: 8947310
    Abstract: A dual-band antenna utilized in a wireless communication device for receiving or transmitting wireless signals of a first frequency band and a second frequency band includes a rectangular metal plane formed with a slot structure substantially extending from a first side to a second side of the rectangular metal plane, a feeding terminal formed on the rectangular metal plane, and a grounding element, disposed on a third side or a fourth side of the rectangular metal plane, for electrically connecting the rectangular metal plane and a system ground of the wireless communication device, wherein the first side is substantially parallel to the second side, the third side is substantially parallel to the fourth side, and the first side is substantially perpendicular to the third side or the fourth side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Yang Cheng, Ming-Feng Chang, Chih-Ming Wang
  • Multi-band loaded antenna
    Patent number: 8947301
    Abstract: A planar antenna for wireless information transfer can include a planar loading portion electrically coupled to a driven node of a wireless communication circuit, and a folded conductive strip portion coupled to the planar loading portion, the folded conductive strip portion comprising at least two segments laterally offset from each other and at least partially laterally overlapping with each other. The planar loading portion can be configured to establish a specified bandwidth of a second operating frequency range, leaving a first specified operating frequency range substantially unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: David Nghiem, Peter J. Musto, Larry D. Canady, Keith R. Maile
  • Composite printed wiring board and wireless communication system
    Patent number: 8941552
    Abstract: A composite printed wiring board includes a parent board and a child board that is mounted on the parent board. A wireless IC element that processes a high-frequency signal, a loop-shaped electrode that is coupled to the wireless IC element, and a first radiator that is coupled to the loop-shaped electrode are provided on the child board. A second radiator that is coupled to the loop-shaped electrode via an electromagnetic field is provided on the parent board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Takeoka, Koji Shiroki, Nobuo Ikemoto, Yuya Dokai
  • Internal RF antenna with dielectric insulation
    Patent number: 8912976
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio frequency (RF) antenna for plasma ion sources. The RF antenna includes a low-resistance metal tube having an inner and outer diameter. A low friction polymer tube also having an inner and outer diameter surrounds the low-resistance metal tube. The inner diameter of the polymer tube is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the low-resistance metal tube. A pre-formed quartz glass tube encases the low friction polymer tube and low-resistance metal tube. The quartz glass tube is pre-formed in a desired shape. A guide wire is attached inside one end of the low-resistance hollow metal tube. The flexible low friction polymer tube containing the low-resistance metal tubed may then be threaded through the quartz glass tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm P. Platow, Craig R. Chaney
  • Reworking array structures
    Patent number: 8912975
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reworking an antenna aperture. A plurality of antenna cells comprise walls and antenna elements on the walls. Replacement antenna cells are placed adjacent to the plurality of antenna cells. The replacement antenna cells comprise a replacement wall and a replacement antenna element on the replacement wall. A conductive splice is attached to the replacement antenna element and to a one of the antenna elements on a one of the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joseph L. Hafenrichter, Joseph A. Marshall, IV, Jeffrey Lynn Duce, Manny Salazar Urcia, Jr., Otis Franklin Layton, David L. Banks
  • Metal frame antenna for a display
    Patent number: 8907855
    Abstract: A metal frame antenna includes a grounding part, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The metal frame antenna is assembled in a side of a display panel. The display panel is assembled with a metal backplane through the metal frame antenna. The assembly of a display having the metal frame antenna is easier. The volume of the display having the metal frame antenna is reduced. Moreover, the metal frame antenna having the first antenna and the second antenna is used as a multi-frequency antenna. The metal backplane is used for grounding. Therefore, the transmission efficiency of the metal frame antenna is better.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Auden Techno Corp.
    Inventor: Ching-Wei Chang
  • Antenna system and method
    Patent number: 8902120
    Abstract: A radiator coupled to an antenna patch disposed along a first end of the radiator, said patch disposed on an insulator. A ground plane is connected to the insulator and a radome is disposed opposite a second end of the radiator. The radome may have a region presenting a convex surface towards the radiator, and the radome has a second region presenting a concave surface towards the radiator. The first end of the conical radiator is the apex of the cone. A ground plane is included and a portion of the ground plane is a planar surface and another portion extends away from the planar portion towards the radome. Also disclosed is a method for forming a radiation pattern by shaping the radome to effectuate a predetermined radiation pattern using localized convex and concave surfaces positioned on the radome at different points in relation to the conical radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Sanford
  • Feed horn
    Patent number: 8902116
    Abstract: A feed horn for a Low Noise Block down converter is disclosed. The feed horn includes a conical body for gathering satellite signals and a connector coupled to the conical body for coupling the feed horn to a waveguide of the Low Noise Block down converter to transmit the satellite signals to the waveguide. The conical body includes a plurality of corrugations, one of the plurality of corrugations includes a plurality of first openings, and a plurality of second openings, each of the plurality of second openings is formed between the two adjacent first openings, wherein the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings are used as slits to induce an interference effect to adjust a beam pattern of the feed horn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Hsiu Huang, Shun-Chung Kuo, Chao-Kai Chan
  • Configurable antenna element
    Patent number: 8896496
    Abstract: A configurable antenna element comprises a conductor encased in a foam substrate with a pressure sensitive adhesive applied to a surface of the foam substrate for application of the configurable antenna to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Gregg R. Kittinger, Donald B. Hibbard, Jr.
  • Antenna apparatus integrating metal shell
    Patent number: 8890754
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a metal shell, a circuit board parallel to the metal shell which forms a space between the circuit board and the shell, a tunable matching circuit mounted in the space with an terminal electrically connected to the shell, and an capacitive feed coupling antenna mounted on the circuit board. The capacitive feed coupling antenna includes a coupling ground strip mounted on the circuit board and a feed strip. The feed strip includes a first portion and a second portion mounted on the circuit board with a portion extending along an edge of the circuit board. The first portion is electrically interconnected between the other terminal of the tunable matching circuit and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Hui Lin, Chien-Chang Liu
  • Amplified television antenna
    Patent number: 8884839
    Abstract: An amplified television antenna system is disclosed that receives its power from a non-dedicated source such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection. The USB connection that powers the amplified television antenna can be made with any USB device such as a television, a television receiver, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a game console, or a USB AC wall adaptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Greenwave Scientific, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Michael Barts
  • Housing of portable electronic device and method for making the same
    Patent number: 8884826
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes A portable electronic device includes a base, an antenna radiator, an outer layer, and at least one conductive contact. The antenna radiator formed on the base, the antenna radiator is made by injection molding from a mixture of materials selected from a group consisting of thermoplastic, organic filling substances, and conductive small particle sized material. The antenna radiator is sandwiched between the base and the outer layer. One end of each conductive contact is electrically connected to the antenna radiator, and the other end of the each conductive contact is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Zhao-Yi Wu, Yong Yan, Yong-Fa Fan, Zhi-Guo Zhao, Jin-Rong Wang
  • Antenna system with an antenna and a high-impedance backing
    Patent number: 8884834
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an antenna system that includes a broadband free-space antenna (i.e., an antenna that does not utilize a ground plane to create a resonant structure) and a high-impedance backing that allows the antenna to be positioned adjacent to a conductive surface that but for the high impedance backing would adversely affect the broadband operation of the antenna. The high-impedance backing substantially preserves the bandwidth of the antenna while also allowing the antenna to be positioned within ?/4 of the conductive surface and accommodate a predetermined amount of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: FIRST RF Corporation
    Inventor: Dean Alan Paschen
  • Multiple-band antenna with patch and slot structures
    Patent number: 8878731
    Abstract: A multiple-band antenna having first and second operating frequency bands is provided. The antenna includes a first patch structure associated primarily with the first operating frequency band, a second patch structure electrically coupled to the first patch structure and associated primarily with the second operating frequency band, a first slot structure disposed between a first portion of the first patch structure and the second patch structure and associated primarily with the first operating frequency band, and a second slot structure disposed between a second portion of the first patch structure and the second patch structure and associated primarily with the second operating frequency band. A mounting structure for the multiple-band antenna is also provided. The mounting structure includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to and overlapping the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Geyi Wen, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adam D. Stevenson
  • Antenna system for a wearable computing device
    Patent number: 8878735
    Abstract: An antenna system includes: an antenna; and a transceiver for wireless data communication interconnected with the antenna for electromagnetic field emission and electromagnetic field reception; wherein the antenna comprises: an electrically conductive material, and a slot in the electrically conductive material, the slot extending in a plane that is substantially parallel with a body of a user when the antenna system is worn in its operational position by the user, the slot being configured to cause emission of an electromagnetic field upon excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: GN Resound A/S
    Inventors: Soren Kvist, Jesper Thaysen
  • Portable electronic device having an antenna system with a non-resonating structure
    Patent number: 8860614
    Abstract: An antenna system for reception and transmission of radio frequency (RF) signals and a method for tuning the antenna system are provided. The antenna system includes a ground plane, a first element and a second element. The first element includes a driven unbalanced antenna element that resonates within at least one predetermined first frequency band to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals modulated at one or more frequencies within the at least one predetermined first frequency band. The second element is non-resonating within the at least one predetermined first frequency band and is located within an antenna volume of the first element to create a partial loop response within the antenna volume of the first element by capacitively coupling to the first element when connected to the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Vijay L. Asrani, Adrian Napoles, Louis J. Vannatta