Patents Examined by Tyler J Pereny
  • Patent number: 12374928
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support signaling for energy harvesting at a first device. In some examples, the first device may transmit, to a second device, an indication of one or more an energy conversion efficiency factors, power threshold parameters, power levels, battery power levels, or the like. Based on receiving the indication of the one or more of the characteristics, the second device may determine a radio frequency power for subsequent signaling. The second device may transmit a signal having the determined radio frequency power, and the first device may receive the signaling and convert at least a first portion of the radio frequency power to direct current (DC) power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Elshafie, Sony Akkarakaran, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 12368419
    Abstract: System and method for error amplification and processing. For example, the system includes: a signal processing unit configured to receive a reference signal and a feedback signal and generate a digital pulse signal, a frequency of the digital pulse signal being associated with a difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal; a counter configured to receive the digital pulse signal and generate a counter output signal based on at least information associated with the digital pulse signal; and a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive the counter output signal and generate an output signal based on at least information associated with the counter output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaozhang Chen, Xiangkun Zhai, Liqiang Zhu, Lieyi Fang
  • Patent number: 12362478
    Abstract: A transmission line phase shifter, a chip, and a radar sensor are provided. The transmission line phase shifter includes at least one transmission line phase-shifting unit. At a calibration stage, a preset number of transmission line phase-shifting units are configured to be in a state of a first phase or in a state of a second phase and configured to output an output RF signal, such that phase calibration information of each transmission line phase-shifting unit is determinable. At an operation stage, the phase adjusting circuit of the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit is configured to receive a corresponding phase shifting control signal and to adjust the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit, to enable the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit to shift a phase of an input RF signal by a calibrated first phase or a calibrated second phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Calterah Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Liu, Zhengdong Liu, Wenting Zhou, Jiashu Chen
  • Patent number: 12352094
    Abstract: A door system comprises a door frame adapted to be mounted within an opening, a door pivotally attached to the door frame, an AC/DC converter operably associated with the door frame, a DC electric device mounted to the door, at least one sensor mounted to the door frame or the door, and a power management controller configured to receive an input from the at least one sensor and send a command to the DC electric device. The AC/DC converter is configured to be electrically connected to an AC power unit disposed outside the door system. The DC electric device is electrically connected to the AC/DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Cory J. Sorice, Steven B. Swartzmiller, Alex Bodurka
  • Patent number: 12355346
    Abstract: A noise filter includes: a voltage detector that detects a common-mode voltage; a voltage divider circuit that outputs a divided voltage divided from the common-mode voltage; multiple common-mode transformers that are connected separately to respective power lines of multiline systems connected in parallel relation to each other to an input or output of the power converter, and that superimpose a superimposing voltage having an opposite polarity to the common-mode voltage on each of the power lines of multiline systems; and an injection waveform generator that generates at least one output voltage to be outputted to primary sides of the multiple common-mode transformers, on the basis of the divided voltage. The injection waveform generator generates as the output voltage, a voltage with which a difference between the superimposing voltage to be super-imposed on each of the power lines and the common-mode voltage is within an allowable value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuki Fujita, Yasuaki Furusho, Hiroyuki Ichinose
  • Patent number: 12355127
    Abstract: One or more devices and/or methods provided herein relate to a method for fabricating a filtering electronic device having a co-integrated impedance modification element and signal transmission line. An electronic structure can comprise a signal transmission line, and an impedance modification element adjacent to and external to the signal transmission line, wherein the impedance modification element comprises a structure having differentiated sections, along the signal transmission line, that provide corresponding differentiated impedances. In an embodiment, the impedance modification element can comprise a plurality of impedance sub-elements spaced apart from one another along and adjacent to the signal transmission line to facilitate the different impedances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Layne A. Berge, Matthew Doyle, Kyle Schoneck, Thomas W. Liang, John R. Dangler, Matthew A. Walther, Jason J. Bjorgaard, Trevor Timpane
  • Patent number: 12341506
    Abstract: A circuit includes a transistor, a first driver, a second driver, and a delay circuit. The transistor includes an array of transistor cells partitioned into a first switch and a second switch. The first driver is configured to control the first switch. The second driver is configured to control the second switch. The delay circuit is coupled between the first driver and the second driver. The delay circuit is configured to delay closure of the second switch until the first switch is closed and a voltage across the first switch is less than a predetermined voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Taisuke Kazama, Mustapha El-Markhi, Indumini W Ranmuthu
  • Patent number: 12334908
    Abstract: A ladder type acoustic wave filter is disclosed. The acoustic wave filter can include a plurality of parallel arm resonators and a plurality of series arm resonators, in which an electromechanical coupling coefficient of a parallel arm resonator closest to an input node of the acoustic wave filter among the plurality of parallel arm resonators can be smaller than an electromechanical coupling coefficient of a series arm resonator closest to the input node among the plurality of series arm resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Koichi Hatano
  • Patent number: 12334886
    Abstract: System and method for error amplification and processing. For example, the system includes: a signal processing unit configured to receive a reference signal and a feedback signal and generate a digital pulse signal, a frequency of the digital pulse signal being associated with a difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal; a counter configured to receive the digital pulse signal and generate a counter output signal based on at least information associated with the digital pulse signal; and a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive the counter output signal and generate an output signal based on at least information associated with the counter output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaozhang Chen, Xiangkun Zhai, Liqiang Zhu, Lieyi Fang
  • Patent number: 12323168
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to bandpass filters with enhanced out of band rejection. The bandpass filters include a stage that is modified using a network of three inductors two of which are mutually coupled inductors. Related methods, radio frequency systems, radio frequency modules, and wireless communication devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Mohammad Jehad Almalkawi
  • Patent number: 12317405
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a waveguide cell having a helical cavity. The waveguide cell has a central axis and a cavity having a transverse cross section whose rotational position about the central axis varies along the central axis. There is also disclosed a method a determining the shape of a waveguide cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Elekta Limited
    Inventor: Ian Shinton
  • Patent number: 12301213
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter includes a bottom substrate, a piezoelectric layer disposed above the bottom substrate, the piezoelectric layer having a bottom surface facing the bottom substrate and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface, a cavity disposed below the piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer (IDT) disposed on the top surface of the piezoelectric layer, and a back electrode disposed on the bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer. At least a portion of the back electrode is exposed in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen Newsonic Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guojun Weng, Gongbin Tang
  • Patent number: 12294351
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device, and an acoustic wave filter and electronics module including the same. The acoustic wave device comprises a first interdigital transducer electrode having a first bus bar and a first plurality of electrode fingers extending from the first bus bar, the first bus bar having a width of 3 ?m or less in a direction parallel to the extension of the first plurality of electrode fingers, and a second interdigital transducer electrode having a second bus bar and a second plurality of electrode fingers extending from the second bus bar and interleaved with the first plurality of electrode fingers, the second bus bar having a width of 3 ?m or less in a direction parallel to the extension of the second plurality of electrode fingers. The acoustic wave device allows for improvements in power durability when used in an acoustic wave filter, without an increase in size of the acoustic wave filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Akira Ochiai
  • Patent number: 12294161
    Abstract: An arrangement for communication satellites including a payload bay. The arrangement includes an assembly of waveguides, waveguide fixation interfaces for fixing the waveguides to electronic equipment and/or components and a mechanical structure including a plurality of links interconnecting at least some of the waveguides to ensure the stability of the waveguide assembly. The arrangement further includes at least one heat pipe that is arranged to heat or cool one or more of the waveguides. The arrangement is formed in a single piece by 3D printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SWISSto12 SA
    Inventors: Emile de Rijk, Mathieu Billod, Esteban Menargues Gomez, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Tomislav Debogovic, Alexandre Dimitriades, Lionel Simon, Arnaud Boland
  • Patent number: 12288918
    Abstract: There is provided a phase shifter having a phase shift region and a peripheral region, and including a first substrate, a second substrate and a dielectric layer between such two substrates; the first substrate includes a first dielectric substrate, a first electrode and a first auxiliary structure; the second substrate includes a second dielectric substrate, a second electrode and a second auxiliary structure; the phase shift region includes overlapping regions; the first electrode and the second electrode are located in the phase shift region, and have orthographic projections, on the first dielectric substrate, overlapped at least partially in the overlapping regions; the first auxiliary structure is in the peripheral region and on a side, close to the dielectric layer, of the first dielectric substrate; the second auxiliary structure is in the peripheral region and on a side, close to the dielectric layer, of the second dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobo Wang, Haocheng Jia, Chuncheng Che, Zhifeng Zhang, Cuiwei Tang, Yong Liu, Honggang Liang, Sheng Chen, Xueyan Su, Hailong Lian, Yi Ding, Jing Xie, Wei Zhang, Weisi Zhou, Meng Wei, Jing Wang, Zhenguo Zhang, Feng Qu
  • Patent number: 12283737
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave guidance and beam reshaping structure is favorable to incorporate a radiation source antenna into an energy focusing system. The electromagnetic wave guidance and beam reshaping structure includes a substrate, a plurality of metal patterns and a plurality of hollow structures. The substrate includes a central portion and a peripheral portion that surrounds the central portion. The plurality of metal patterns are disposed on the central portion. The plurality of hollow structures are disposed in the peripheral portion. The metal patterns are axisymmetrically arranged with respect to a central axis of the substrate, and the hollow structures are axisymmetrically arranged with respect to the central axis of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Joseph Poujiong Wang, Wei-Yu Li, Wei Chung, Chun-An Lu, Jiun-Jang Yu
  • Patent number: 12273092
    Abstract: A resonator device includes: a base; a resonator element that includes a resonator substrate and an electrode; a conductive layer that is disposed on the base; a metal bump that is disposed between the conductive layer and the resonator element, and that electrically couples the conductive layer and the electrode while bonding the conductive layer and the resonator element; and at least one of a first low elastic modulus layer that is interposed between the base and the conductive layer, that overlaps the metal bump in a plan view of the base, and that has an elastic modulus smaller than that of the metal bump, and a second low elastic modulus layer that is interposed between the resonator substrate and the electrode, that overlaps the metal bump in the plan view of the base, and that has an elastic modulus smaller than that of the metal bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Kamakura, Ryuta Nishizawa, Yukihiro Hashi
  • Patent number: 12267059
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer that is made of lithium niobate or lithium tantalate, and a plurality of pairs of electrodes opposed to each other in a direction intersecting with a thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer, in which a bulk wave in a thickness shear primary mode is used or d/p is about 0.5 or lower when a thickness of the piezoelectric layer is d and a distance between centers of mutually adjacent electrodes among the plurality of pairs of electrodes is p. The plurality of pairs of electrodes include at least one pair of first electrodes of a first acoustic wave resonator and at least one pair of second electrodes of a second acoustic wave resonator. A direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the second electrodes in the second acoustic wave resonator is inclined at an angle that is greater than 0° and smaller than 360° with respect to a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the first electrodes in the first acoustic wave resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syunsuke Kido, Tetsuya Kimura, Sho Nagatomo, Minefumi Ouchi
  • Patent number: 12266843
    Abstract: A waveguide-to-waveguide power combiner/divider including a waveguide including a first opening at a first end of a first section of the waveguide in a first plane and n openings of n sections at n other ends of the waveguide, wherein n is a positive integer. At least one of the n sections is bent in at least one plane different from the plane of first section, and the first section and n sections each have at least two sides that are broader than at least two other sides; and n?1 walls within waveguide configured to divide a height of first section into n heights. Each of n sections has a height equal to one of the n heights, wherein the n?1 walls are located at a junction of the first section and the n sections and extend toward the first opening of the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: David D. Crouch, David R. Sar, Eachan Russell Landreth
  • Patent number: 12259454
    Abstract: A new method for calibrating slide screw tuners allows straightening the reflection factor phase response (anti-skewing); it uses a new scaling method and a new coordinate system of tuning probe control. The method is agnostic and self-regulating, it treats the tuner as a black box and depends on the test frequency. The method improve mathematical interpolation and tuning results using reduced number of calibration points and allows higher calibration speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventor: Christos Tsironis