Patents Examined by Wilson Lee
  • Patent number: 12627018
    Abstract: A rat-race balun includes a transmission line loop and 4 input-output ports P1, P2, P3, P4 connected to the transmission line loop, the respective transmission line section between the adjacent ports P1 and P4 is of electrical length 2?2, of impedance Z3 and is a line section loaded by a capacitor of capacitance C2; where ?2<135 and the following equalities are satisfied: C ? 2 = - 2 ? tan ? ( ? 2 ) ? ? Z P ? 1 ? P ? 4 ? tan ? ( 2 ? ? 2 ) and ? Z 3 = - Z P ? 1 ? P ? 4 tan ? ( ? 2 ) w being equal to 2?f, with f the operating frequency, and ZP1P4 being the impedance of the unloaded transmission line section of physical length 3?/4 equivalent to the loaded line section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Aymeric Cailleux, Laure Hogommat-Chabrot
  • Patent number: 12614851
    Abstract: A display module and an electronic device. The display module includes a display area and a non-display area arranged around at least a part of the display area. The display module includes: a carrier including a first surface and a second surface arranged oppositely and a side surface located between the first surface and the second surface and in the non-display area; and a first antenna including a first body and at least one connecting point connected with the first body, in which the first body is arranged in the carrier, and the connecting point is exposed on the side surface for being electrically connecting with a second antenna located outside the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Weiguo Li
  • Patent number: 12614860
    Abstract: An antenna is provided for satellite communication configured to be mounted in horizontal corrugated recesses of freight container doors. The antenna case has a front side whose vertical dimension is less than or equal to a front recess gap size of 14.5 cm, tapering to a back side vertical dimension of less than or equal to a back recess length of 7 cm, and a case depth of less than or equal to a recess depth of 3.3 cm. The antenna includes a patch layer and a transmission line layer, wherein the patch layer comprises a 2×2 patch layout, giving antenna gain greater than 0 dBi for 0 to 60 degrees above the horizon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: ARROWSPOT SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Heylal Mashaal
  • Patent number: 12603258
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a chamber; a substrate support disposed in the chamber, the substrate support including a lower electrode; an edge ring disposed to surround a substrate on the substrate support; an upper electrode disposed above the substrate support; a first RF power supply; a first DC power supply; and a controller configured to cause: (a) starting supply of a first RF power from the first RF power supply to the upper electrode or the lower electrode; and (b) after (a), starting the application of a first DC voltage from the first DC power supply to the edge ring when a first delay time elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Natsumi Torii, Koichi Nagami
  • Patent number: 12586891
    Abstract: An antenna device includes substrate layers, metallic layers, a non-shielding channel, an electronic component, a shielding layer and an antenna unit. The substrate layers include an upper substrate layer and a lower substrate layer located on two sides respectively. The metallic layers are disposed on the substrate layers. The non-shielding channel is at least defined at the upper substrate layer and communicates with the inner and outer surfaces of the upper substrate layer without being interfered by the first metallic layer. The electronic component is disposed on the outer surface of the upper substrate layer and corresponds to and at least partially covers the non-shielding channel. The shielding layer electrically shields the electronic component and is electrically connected to the first metallic layer. The antenna unit is disposed on an outer surface of the lower substrate layer and electrically coupled to the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: PANELSEMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Kuang Clive Tzuang, Tang-Chin Hung, Chia-Chi Lin, Hsien-Te Chen
  • Patent number: 12581583
    Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and processes for operating illumination devices on network devices are described herein. Illumination devices, such as light-emitting diodes, on network devices can provide useful status information when being observed by a technician. However, these illumination devices are often not being looked at in large data centers. As such, energy is often wasted on powering these illumination devices. In order to avoid this wasted power usage and increase sustainability, various embodiments described herein turn off illumination devices, such as network indicator lights and overhead lights, as a default state and illuminates them in response to a specific need. This need can be in response to a work order as well as to illuminate a path form an access point of the server room to the target network device that requires work by the network technician. Dynamically engaging illumination devices associated with network devices can reduce overall power usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Valentin Filippov, Elena Gribanova, Jenita John, David C. White, Rasika Anil Chaudhari
  • Patent number: 12581586
    Abstract: A system is provided for generating plasma within narrow diameter tubes, e.g., tubes with an inner diameter of less than 1 millimeter. The system may comprise the tube, a nozzle connected to at least one end of the tube configured to supply a gas into the interior of the tube at atmospheric pressure, at least one ring-shaped anode electrode and configured to surround an outer surface of the tube, at least one ring-shaped cathode electrode spaced apart from the anode electrode along the longitudinal axis and configured to surround the outer surface of the tube, and a voltage source connected to the at least one anode electrode. When activated, the system is configured to generate an electric field between the electrodes which ignites a plasma within the gas in the interior of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Andrew Pennington Myers, Lee Edward Organski, Alexey Shashurin, Xingxing Wang
  • Patent number: 12574011
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave filters with second harmonic emission suppression. In an embodiment, an acoustic wave filter includes a first pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators in anti-series with each other and a second pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators in anti-series with each other. The second pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators has reverse electrode polarization relative to the first pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators. The first pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators is in series with the second pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators. Other embodiments of acoustic wave filters with second harmonic emission suppression are disclosed. Related multiplexers, radio frequency modules, wireless communication devices, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Inventors: Zhaogeng Xu, Li Chen, Yiliu Wang
  • Patent number: 12573757
    Abstract: A planar antenna device that includes a first substrate having a patch antenna, a dielectric, and a second substrate. The second substrate includes a matrix circuit including a transistor pair including a first thin-film transistor and a second thin-film transistor, a first signal line to which a signal to be transmitted is input, a phase shift element including a plurality of phase shift wires, a second signal line electromagnetically coupled to the patch antenna via the slot, and a switch group configured by a first switching element having a first end of a channel connected to one end of the plurality of phase shift wires and a control electrode connected to the first thin-film transistor, and a second switching element having a first end of the channel connected to the other end of the plurality of phase shift wires and a control electrode connected to the second thin-film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Ryota Nihei, Kenji Wakafuji, Koya Takata, Fujio Okumura
  • Patent number: 12562477
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an antenna includes at least two radiators. The at least two radiators include a first radiator and a second radiator that are spaced apart in parallel, and a first end of the first radiator is disposed closer to a first end of the second radiator than a second end of the first radiator. Both the first radiator and the second radiator are connected to a feed point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Hanyang Wang, Liang Xue, Meng Hou
  • Patent number: 12555754
    Abstract: Focus rings, substrate processing apparatuses, and substrate processing methods are provided. A focus ring includes a ring body having an axis that extends in a first direction. The ring body includes a top surface, an inner lateral surface that downwardly extends from the top surface, and a bottom surface that outwardly extends from a lower end of the inner lateral surface. The inner lateral surface includes a first inner lateral surface that downwardly extends from the top surface, and a second inner lateral surface that downwardly extends from a lower end of the first inner lateral surface. The second inner lateral surface forms a first acute angle with the first direction. The bottom surface includes a flat surface, and an inclined surface that extends from the flat surface toward the second inner lateral surface. The inclined surface forms a second acute angle with the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyungsik Ko
  • Patent number: 12555902
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a radiation shield between an antenna element and at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) coupled to the antenna element. An antenna substrate includes a first dielectric layer having opposite first and second surfaces, and a first metallization layer attached to the second surface to form a ground plane. A base substrate includes at least one second dielectric layer having opposite third and fourth surfaces, and a second metallization layer having a first side attached to the third surface and a second side attached to the first metallization layer to form the radiation shield. The RFIC is RF coupled to the antenna element through at least one via extending through the base substrate and a coupling element within aligned openings of the first and second metallization layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventor: Steven J. Franson
  • Patent number: 12548908
    Abstract: Certain examples of the present disclosure relate to and antenna apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Harri Varheenmaa, Elmo Lepola, Pasi Yla-Oijala, Anu Lehtovuori, Ville Viikari
  • Patent number: 12539805
    Abstract: This application provides an intelligent light switching method and system, and a related device. One example method includes: The intelligent light switching system obtains an image, where the image comprises lamp source information; calculates an ambient light brightness value corresponding to the image; classifies, based on the lamp source information, a lamp source included in the image to obtain a classification result; and switches to a high beam or a low beam based on the ambient light brightness value corresponding to the image and the classification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenyao Su
  • Patent number: 12542362
    Abstract: An antenna system includes a multilayer circuit board, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a first ground plane, a first feeding element, a second feeding element, a second ground plane, and a plurality of conductive via elements. The multilayer circuit board includes a first layer and a second layer. The first radiation element has a first slot. The second radiation element has a second slot. The second radiation element is adjacent to the first radiation element. The first radiation element, the second radiation element, and the first ground plane are disposed on the first layer. The first feeding element extends across the first slot. The second feeding element extends across the second slot. The first feeding element, the second feeding element, and the second ground plane are disposed on the second layer. The conductive via elements couple the second ground plane to the first ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Chih Lo, Chung-Ting Hung, Chun-Yuan Wang, Jing-Yao Xu
  • Patent number: 12531612
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for radio channel pattern matching. One method may include receiving, at an antenna panel, at least two configured transmission configuration indicator states for simultaneous multiple input multiple output reception; for each of the at least two configured transmission configuration indicator states for simultaneous reception from one or more transmission reception points, sweeping at least one narrow beam receiving one or more repeated reference signals received from the one or more transmission reception points; and, based upon at least one spatial radio multipath channel characteristic of the one or more repeated reference signals carrying each transmission configuration indicator state, selecting at least one antenna element of the antenna panel to form a group of antenna elements and control the group of antenna elements to direct at least one beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Christian Rom, Kim Nielsen, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Simon Svendsen, Bent Henneberg Rysgaard
  • Patent number: 12530108
    Abstract: An indication of a notification can be provided via a plurality of lighting devices of a device. In some examples, the device presents a first indication of a notification via one or more first lighting devices of the plurality of lighting devices. In accordance with a determination that a first input satisfies one or more first criteria indicative of attention toward the one or more first lighting devices, the device presents a second, different indication of the notification via one or more second lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices. In some examples, in accordance with a determination that a second input satisfies one or more second criteria indicative of attention toward the one or more second lighting devices, the device presents, via the one or more displays, a user interface element corresponding to the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Yutaka Yokokawa
  • Patent number: 12531212
    Abstract: A dimple plate precision adjustment device includes a dimple carrier assembled on a cylindrical dimple plate and capable of transporting the cylindrical dimple plate; a dimple spacer capable of mounting the dimple carrier assembled on the dimple plate; and a plurality of gap measurers installed on the dimple spacer to be spaced apart from each other. The dimple carrier, the dimple spacer, and the gap measurers assembled on the dimple plate are installed in a body of a chamber where an antenna electrode is installed, and the gap measurers measure a gap between the gap measurers and the dimple carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunjung Lee, Yongjoo Cho, Sunho Kim, Woojae Kim
  • Patent number: 12525723
    Abstract: Antenna reflectors having a diameter of 10 or more meters include dimensionally and thermally stable deformable composite reflective material that enables efficient packaging of solid surface segmented reflectors and a folding scheme and architecture that enables self-deployment to support S-band and above RF (?2 GHz) transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
    Inventors: Juan M. Fernandez, Andrew F. Paddock, Kevin DeMarco
  • Patent number: 12525699
    Abstract: An antenna module and a related network communication device are provided in this disclosure. A network communication device includes a circuit board, a network communication chip, an antenna, a signal line, and an antenna bracket. The network communication chip is disposed on the circuit board. The antenna bracket has a first antenna slot, a circuit board slot, a circuit board hook and an opposite supporting part. The first antenna slot is configured to carry the antenna. The circuit board hook and the opposite supporting part are respectively located on opposing first surface and second surface of the circuit board. The circuit board slot is located between the circuit board hook and the opposite supporting part to accommodate the circuit board. The circuit board hook is buckled to a first buckle hole of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Sercomm Corporation
    Inventors: Chih Wen Tseng, Chia Chun Sun