Patents by Inventor Abdel-Monem M. El-Sharkawy

Abdel-Monem M. El-Sharkawy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9791489
    Abstract: A device with at least one channel for measuring high dynamic range, radio frequency (RF) power levels over broad-ranging duty cycles includes a power sensor circuit comprising at least one logarithmic amplifier; at least one directional RF coupler electrically connected to the at least one power sensor; at least one RF attenuator electrically connected to the at least one RF coupler; and at least one sampling circuit electrically connected to the at least one RF attenuator and the at least one RF coupler. The at least one sampling circuit performs analog-to-digital conversion of electrical signals received to provide digitals signals for measuring the RF power level in the at least one channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Paul A. Bottomley, William Edelstein, Abdel-Monem M. El-Sharkawy, Di Qian
  • Patent number: 9494668
    Abstract: A system for measuring nuclear magnetic resonance spin-lattice relaxation time T1 and spin-spin relaxation time T2 of a sample includes a source of a substantially uniform magnetic field B0 for immersing at least a portion of the sample; a nuclear magnetic resonance excitation and detection system constructed and arranged to excite at least a portion of the sample with a plurality of nuclear magnetic resonance pulse sequences, each applied with a repetition time that is preselected to be sensitive to a T1 value of at least a portion of the sample, and to detect nuclear magnetic resonance emissions from the sample in response to excitations to provide a plurality of detection signals; and a signal processing system configured to communicate with the nuclear magnetic resonance excitation and detection system to receive the plurality of detection signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Paul A. Bottomley, Guan Wang, Abdel-Monem M. El-Sharkawy
  • Publication number: 20140015547
    Abstract: A device with at least one channel for measuring high dynamic range, radio frequency (RF) power levels over broad-ranging duty cycles includes a power sensor circuit comprising at least one logarithmic amplifier; at least one directional RF coupler electrically connected to the at least one power sensor; at least one RF attenuator electrically connected to the at least one RF coupler; and at least one sampling circuit electrically connected to the at least one RF attenuator and the at least one RF coupler. The at least one sampling circuit performs analog-to-digital conversion of electrical signals received to provide digitals signals for measuring the RF power level in the at least one channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Paul A. Bottomley, William Edelstein, Abdel-Monem M. El-Sharkawy, Di Qian