Patents Examined by Tho G. Phan
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Patent number: 11563268Abstract: A base station antenna, including power dividers, network calibration modules, and connectors. The base station antenna includes at least two phase shifters. At least one phase shifter is integrated with a combiner, the connectors are connected to the network calibration modules, and the network calibration modules are connected to the phase shifters. The one phase shifter integrated with the combiner is connected to the power divider, and at least one output port of the at least one other phase shifter is connected to the phase shifter integrated with the combiner. The base station antenna has an integrated design of phase shifters and combiners.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Weihong Xiao, Zhiqiang Liao, Wei Su
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Patent number: 11557841Abstract: Described are a dielectric conductor arrangement, a method for producing the conductor arrangement, a level radar and a use of the conductor arrangement. The conductor arrangement has a dielectric conductor core made of a solid. Furthermore, the conductor arrangement has a coating 30 which, at least in sections, surrounds the entire circumference of the conductor core without a gap and which consists of a thin conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Klaus Kienzle, Steffen Waelde
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Patent number: 11552393Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to methods of radio frequency signal processing. A radio frequency signal is received at an antenna on a first side of a multi-layer substrate and a low noise amplifier is disposed on a second side of the multi-layer substrate such that a ground plane of the multi-layer substrate is positioned between the antenna and the low noise amplifier. The radio frequency signal is provided to and amplified by the low noise amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: George Khoury
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Patent number: 11545744Abstract: Disclosed is a decorative antenna having an antenna body, a first cap, a first decorative sleeve, a second cap, and a second decorative sleeve. The antenna body includes an internal cavity extending from a proximal end towards a distal end, and a mast portion between the distal end and the proximal end. The first cap is adapted to removably secure against the distal end. The first decorative sleeve is adapted to be removably placed over the first decorative surface. The second cap includes a second decorative surface. The second cap is adapted to be removably secured against the distal end. The second cap is adapted to removably receive the securing portion. The second cap is adapted to removably secure against a signal source and maintain electrical communication between the signal source and the securing portion. The second decorative sleeve is adapted to be removably placed over the second decorative surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventor: Charles Radey
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Patent number: 11543536Abstract: An antenna assembly configured to transmit terrestrial positioning signals from a relay platform having a frame of reference, the transmit being in at least a first mode with a radiating pattern having at least a main lobe having a narrow aperture in a plane and a wide aperture in a plane. A relay platform comprising a receiver of a synchronization signal, a transmitter of positioning signals to an area of service comprising a number of rovers, and an antenna assembly configured to produce a radiating pattern adapted to transmit the positioning signals as a function of the environment of the relay platform and the rovers. In a number of embodiments the relay platforms may be organized in a network of platforms, possibly of masters and slaves that receive feed-back from the rovers in the AoS so as to optimize the configuration of the antenna elements dynamically to optimize the QoS of positioning based on a number of selected quality indexes.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALESInventors: Nicolas Capet, François-Xavier Marmet
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Patent number: 11545759Abstract: A method and apparatus for transceiving a signal in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station for transceiving a signal in a wireless communication system includes a transceiver and at least one processor. The transceiver includes an antenna unit and a metamaterial unit. The metamaterial unit includes a metamaterial lens unit and a metamaterial lens controller, and the at least one processor is configured to generate a first beam via hybrid beamforming in the antenna unit; transmit the generated first beam to the metamaterial lens unit, generate a second beam from the first beam, by adjusting the metamaterial lens unit, based on a control signal generated by the metamaterial lens controller, and transmit a downlink signal to a terminal by using the generated second beam.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaehyun Lee, Hyojin Lee
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Patent number: 11545758Abstract: A frequency selective surface (FSS) having periodicity between one eighth and one quarter of an operational wavelength of the FSS and a low profile. The FSS has multiple pattern elements which are used to produce multiple transmission poles, and in some embodiments multiple transmission zeros. The transmission poles and transmission zeros are in the Ka and Ku bands, making the FSS applicable to 5G application. The transmission poles and transmission zeros also have high angular stability an oblique incident angle as high as 60°, as well as polarization insensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Synergy Microwave CorporationInventors: Shiban K. Koul, Ajay Kumar Poddar, Sukomal Dey, Ulrich L. Rohde
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Patent number: 11539126Abstract: A device for phase-shifting a radiofrequency signal, includes a first carrier and a second carrier, an input port and an output port for radiofrequency signals, the input port and the output port being formed on the first carrier, the phase-shifting device comprising: a first array of conductive pads that are distributed over the first carrier and run from the input port, a second array of conductive pads that are distributed over the second carrier, the first carrier, the second carrier, the first array of conductive pads and the second array of conductive pads being arranged so as to form a structure for guiding radiofrequency signals of variable length having a rectangular cross section, the first array of conductive pads and the second array of conductive pads being configured such that the length and cross section of the guide structure change, over at least a portion of the path along which the radiofrequency signals propagate through the guide structure, as the second carrier moves relative to the firsType: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: THALESInventors: Jérôme Brossier, Dimitri Vynohradov, Gilles Navarre, Benjamin Monteillet
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Patent number: 11539133Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, a fourth radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The first radiation element is coupled to a ground voltage. The first radiation element includes a variable-width portion. The second radiation element has a feeding point. The second radiation element is adjacent to the first radiation element. The third radiation element is coupled to the variable-width portion of the first radiation element. The fourth radiation element is coupled to the second radiation element. The dielectric substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. The second radiation element and the fourth radiation element are disposed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate. The first radiation element and the third radiation element are disposed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Kun-Sheng Chang, Ching-Chi Lin
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Patent number: 11539113Abstract: An electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes a host device, a display device, a first array antenna, a second array antenna and a third array antenna. A side of a base shell of the host device has an accommodating slot. An upper cover shell of the display device has a first and a second sides opposite to each other, wherein the first and second sides have a first and a second accommodating spaces. The first array antenna is arranged in the accommodating slot, and has a first beam facing a first axis. The second array antenna is arranged in the first accommodating space, and has a second beam facing a second axis. The third array antenna is arranged in the second accommodating space, and has a third beam facing a third axis. The first, the second and the third axes are different from one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Kun-Cheng Lee, Min-Yu Wang, Juei-Chi Chang
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Patent number: 11515652Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a double trombone shifter device, signals relating to one or more crossed-dipole radiating elements of an antenna system, performing, by the double trombone shifter device, polarization rotation of the signals to derive output signals having polarizations that are rotated in a manner that results in a virtual physical rotation of the one or more crossed-dipole radiating elements, and providing, by the double trombone shifter device, the output signals to enable avoidance of interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: ISCO International, LLCInventors: Amr Abdelmonem, Anthony Teillet
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Patent number: 11509069Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to phased array antenna systems or packages and techniques of making and using the systems and packages. A phased array antenna package may include a distributed phased array antenna comprising (1) a plurality of antenna sub-arrays, which may each include a plurality of antennas, (2) a plurality of Radio Frequency Dies (RFDs), each of the RFDs located proximate and electrically coupled by a trace of a plurality of traces to a corresponding antenna sub-array of the plurality of antenna sub-arrays, and (3) wherein each trace of the plurality of traces configured to electrically couple an antenna of the plurality of antennas to the RFD located proximate the antenna, wherein each trace of the plurality of traces is configured to transmit millimeter wave (mm-wave) radio signals, and wherein the plurality of traces are each of a substantially uniform length.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Telesphor Kamgaing, Adel A. Elsherbini
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Patent number: 11509039Abstract: An antenna module includes a connection member, an integrated circuit (IC) on a first surface thereof, and an antenna package on a second surface thereof. The connection member includes a wiring layer and an insulating layer. The IC is electrically connected to the wiring layer. The antenna package includes first antenna members and feed vias each electrically connected to a corresponding one of the first antenna members and a corresponding wire of the wiring layer. A feed line is electrically connected to a wire of the wiring layer and extends in a side direction of the second surface, a second antenna member is electrically connected to the feed line and is configured to transmit and/or receive an RF signal in the side direction, and a director member is spaced apart from the second antenna member in the side direction and has an inside boundary oblique to the second antenna member.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nam Ki Kim, Jeong Ki Ryoo, Seung Goo Jang, Sang Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 11509064Abstract: An apparatus and method for orthogonal rotation of a radiation E-field polarization rely on a radiating element including an offset-ridge waveguide and a single-mode first ridge waveguide functionally adjacent to the offset-ridge waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Jonathan J. Lynch
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Patent number: 11502407Abstract: A base station antenna includes a remote electronic tilt (“RET”) actuator, a phase shifter having a moveable element and a mechanical linkage extending between the RET actuator and the phase shifter. The mechanical linkage includes an adjustable RET linkage that has a first link that has a first connection element, a second link that has a second connection element and a connecting member that includes at least a third link. The adjustable RET linkage includes at least a first hinge and a second hinge.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Sean Gregory Thomas, Chongli Yang, Guomin Ding, Junfeng Yu, Zhaohui Liu
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Patent number: 11500004Abstract: A test apparatus includes a test antenna that is provided in an OTA chamber 50 and transmits or receives a radio signal to or from an antenna 110 of a DUT 100, and a measurement device that measures transmission characteristics or reception characteristics of the DUT 100 disposed in a quiet zone QZ, by using the test antenna. The test antenna includes a reflector reflection type test antenna 6a that transmits or receives a radio signal to or from the antenna 110 of the DUT via a reflector 7, and mirror reflection type test antennae 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, and 6f that transmits or receives a radio signal to or from the antenna 110 of the DUT via mirrors 9b to 9f.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko Maruo, Hiroyuki Baba
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Patent number: 11482790Abstract: A dielectric lens, includes: a three-dimensional, 3D, body of dielectric material having a spatially varying dielectric constant, Dk; the 3D body having at least three regions R(i) with local maxima of dielectric constant values Dk(i) relative to surrounding regions of respective ones of the at least three regions R(i), locations of the at least three regions R(i) being defined by local coordinates of: azimuth angle(i), zenith angle(i), and radial distance(i), relative to a particular common point of origin associated with the 3D body, where (i) is an index that ranges from 1 to at least 3; wherein the spatially varying Dk of the 3D body is configured to vary as a function of the zenith angle between a first region R(1) and a second region R(2) at a given azimuth angle and a given radial distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ROGERS CORPORATIONInventors: Trevor Polidore, Sergio Clavijo, Dirk Baars, John Sanford
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Patent number: 11482781Abstract: The disclosure provides an electromagnetic wave adjusting device, including a first substrate, a first conductive element, a second substrate, a second conductive element, and a dielectric layer. The first conductive element is disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The second conductive element is disposed on the second substrate and faces the first substrate, in which the first conductive element has an overlapping region which overlaps the second conductive element. The dielectric layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The electromagnetic wave adjusting device includes a working region and a non-working region. The working region includes the overlapping region. The non-working region is disposed outside the working region. A first region in the non-working region and a second region in the working region have the same film-layer stack structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventor: Zhi-Fu Huang
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Patent number: 11476585Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a polarization shifter including a lower substrate having disposed thereon first and second transmission lines for coupling to a feed network, an upper substrate having disposed thereon third and fourth transmission lines for respective communicative coupling to orthogonally-polarized elements of a radiating element, and a dielectric layer residing between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, the upper substrate being configured to mechanically couple to the radiating element, the dielectric layer coupling the first transmission line with the third transmission line and coupling the second transmission line with the fourth transmission line, the upper substrate being rotatable relative to the lower substrate to effect polarization adjusting for the radiating element to facilitate avoidance of interference or passive intermodulation (PIM). Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: ISCO International, LLCInventors: Amr Abdelmonem, Anthony Teillet, Richard Loy Smith, Jr., David E. Urbasic, Richard David Peacock, Andre F. A. Fournier, Guenadi Miliavski
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Patent number: 11471544Abstract: Pathogens (e.g., viruses or bacteria) within a volume of air can be killed or deactivated using RF energy. A plurality of phase shifters input an RF signal and output a phase-shifted version of the RF signal at their respective outputs, wherein an amount of phase shift introduced by each of the phase shifters is controllable. A phased array antenna has a plurality of microwave radiators, and each of the respective outputs of the phase shifters drives a respective one of the microwave radiators. A controller controls the phase shifters to drive the phased array antenna such that a beam of RF energy emanates from the phased array antenna and sweeps through a volume positioned in front of the phased array antenna, and the beam of RF energy kills or deactivates the pathogens.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventor: Yoram Palti