Patents by Inventor Adam Tankielun

Adam Tankielun 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: 10608343
    Abstract: An antenna system is described, comprising at least one antenna element provided on a printed circuit board material and a lens unit with a lens body made of a dielectric material, the lens unit being directly connected to the antenna element. The lens unit comprises a lower side facing the antenna element and an upper side being located opposite to the lower side. Further, the upper side has at least one of a convex surface and a Fresnel lens shaped surface. The lens unit also comprises at least one recess filled by the antenna element in a mounted state of the antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Adam Tankielun, Thomas Rossberger, Ali Bouraffa
  • Patent number: 10608719
    Abstract: An antenna array is described which comprises a plurality of antenna elements. Said antenna elements are grouped in at least two antenna groups. Said antenna elements of each antenna group emit coherent signals. Said antenna groups are arranged symmetrically to a central point of said antenna array. Further, a method for testing a device under test and a test system are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Hendrik Bartko, Adam Tankielun
  • Patent number: 10591524
    Abstract: A measuring device comprising a plurality of analog signal adjusters, and an antenna array, comprising a plurality of antennas is provided. Each of the plurality of antennas is connected to exactly one of the plurality of analog signal adjusters. The analog signal adjusters are adapted to alter the phase and/or amplitude of signals sent and/or received by the plurality of antennas, generating an antenna characteristic of the antenna array comprising at least a first beamforming beam or a first plane wave and a second beamforming beam or a second plane wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Adam Tankielun, Hendrik Bartko
  • Patent number: 10573974
    Abstract: An antenna array has plurality of active antennas and passive antennas, wherein the passive antennas being arranged such that the radiation patterns of the active antennas adjacent to the passive antennas match the radiation pattern of the active antennas adjacent only to other active antennas. Further, a calibration system and a method for calibrating an antenna array are shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Adam Tankielun, Hendrik Bartko
  • Patent number: 10553955
    Abstract: An antenna element for receiving and/or emitting electromagnetic waves is described. Said antenna element comprises a conductive portion made of a conductive material and a resistive portion made of a resistive material. Said conductive and resistive portions are directly adjacent to each other along at least 50% of at least one outer edge of the conductive portion wherein said antenna element is a tapered slotline antenna element. Further, an antenna system is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Adam Tankielun, Arslan Azhar
  • Publication number: 20200037181
    Abstract: A radio frequency test system for testing a device under test has a plane wave converter antenna array having a plurality of antennas and several signal distribution networks. Each of the antennas is connected to at least two of the several signal distribution networks, wherein each of the signal distribution networks is configured to feed a signal to be simulated to the plane wave converter antenna array to create a plane wave signal at the device under test having a predefined angle of incidence and a predefined signal magnitude. Further, a measurement setup as well as a method for testing a device under test are shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hendrik Bartko, Alexander Pabst, Adam Tankielun, BenoƮt Derat
  • Publication number: 20190361060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measurement of radio-frequency signals by a measurement arrangement comprising a radio-frequency lens for mapping a vertex of a reflector to a virtual vertex. Accordingly, measurement of radio-frequency signals may be performed either at the vertex of the reflector or the virtual vertex generated by means of the radio-frequency lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Vincent Abadie, Adam Tankielun
  • Publication number: 20190361064
    Abstract: This application relates to a test chamber for testing a device under test (DUT), the test chamber comprising: a plurality of chamber walls defining an interior of the test chamber which are configured to provide an anechoic and shielded test chamber, an antenna arrangement which is arranged in the form of a plane-wave synthesizing array and which is configured to emit plane-waves into the interior of the test chamber, a receiving area for receiving the DUT, wherein in a test mode the receiving area forms a region of measurement of the DUT, wherein the receiving area is formed by a portion of a first wall of the test chamber and wherein the receiving area is configured such that during test mode heat from the DUT is transferred to the outside of the test chamber. The application further relates to a test system comprising such a test chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Adam Tankielun
  • Patent number: 10470009
    Abstract: A test device for a wireless communication device comprises a device support that accommodates the wireless communication device, a movable position determination device, a number of wireless probes for communicating with the wireless communication device, and a mechanical probe support, wherein the wireless probes are mechanically coupled to the probe support and the probe support is mechanically coupled to the position determination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Hendrik Bartko, Adam Tankielun
  • Patent number: 10422823
    Abstract: A system for determining the radiation pattern of an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements comprises a signal generator for generating a test signal, a number of probes for measuring a magnitude of the signals emitted by the antenna elements when driven with the test signal in a first surface and in a second surface, wherein the distance of the first surface to the antenna elements is smaller than the distance of the second surface to the antenna elements, and a pattern calculation unit for calculating the radiation pattern of the antenna array based on the magnitudes measured in the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Adam Tankielun, Hendrik Bartko, Corbett Rowell
  • Patent number: 10419135
    Abstract: The present invention provides an over the air, OTA, power sensor (1, 20, 50) for measuring power of a wireless signal (2, 21) with at least two different polarizations, the OTA power sensor (1, 20, 50) comprising a first power sensor (3, 4, 22, 23, 51, 52) for every polarization, every power sensor comprising a signal detector (5, 6, 25, 26, 27) for detecting the wireless signal (2, 21), wherein the signal detectors (5, 6, 25, 26, 27) are single polarized and wherein the polarization planes (7, 8, 28-30) of the signal detectors (5, 6, 25, 26, 27) are arranged at an angle of more than zero degree to each other and wherein the main radiation vectors (9, 10, 31-33) of the signal detectors (5, 6, 25, 26, 27) are parallel to each other, and the first power sensors (3, 4, 22, 23, 51, 52) each comprising a power measurement device (11, 12, 43-45), which is configured to measure the power of the detected wireless signal (2, 21) and output a respective measurement signal (13, 14, 46-48, 55-58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Gallhauser, Werner Perndl, Nino Voss, Georg Schnattinger, Adam Tankielun
  • Publication number: 20190250199
    Abstract: Measurement arrangement and method for measuring an electromagnetic field. It is for this purpose that a measurement probe is arranged on a mechanical probe positioning structure and moved along a number of one or more circular tracks. In this way, the measurement probe can be subsequently located at multiple different spatial positions and the corresponding electromagnetic signal can be measured. Accordingly, properties of an electromagnetic field can be determined by taking into account the measured electromagnetic signal with respect to the related spatial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Adam Tankielun, Corbett Rowell
  • Patent number: 10374731
    Abstract: An over-the-air measurement system for testing the over-the-air characteristics of a device under test is described, comprising several antenna units for receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals, several remote radio units that convert radio frequency signals into digital signals or vice versa, and a baseband unit for generating and analyzing baseband signals. The baseband unit is connected to the remote radio units, the baseband unit having at least one physical layer control unit that is configured to adapt the over-the-air measurement system with regard to the physical layer. The several antenna units are connected to the remote radio units. Further, a method for testing the over-the-air characteristics of a device under test is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Vincent Abadie, Daniel Markert, Adam Tankielun
  • Patent number: 10326541
    Abstract: A test arrangement for wirelessly testing a device under test comprises a number of test antennas that are placed in the near-field of the device under test for receiving wireless signals from the device under test and/or transmitting wireless signals to the device under test, a channel modifier coupled to the test antennas for weighting the signals received by the test antennas and/or the signals transmitted by the test antennas according to predetermined weighting parameters, and a near-field to far-field transformer that is coupled to the channel modifier and transforms the weighted signals received by the test antennas into far-field signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Hendrik Bartko, Adam Tankielun, Vincent Abadie
  • Patent number: 10313032
    Abstract: A test system for testing a device under test is described, which comprises an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements and an adjustment unit having a Fresnel structure. The adjustment unit is placed between the antenna array and the device under test. Further, a method for testing a device under test is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Hendrik Bartko, Adam Tankielun
  • Patent number: 10284306
    Abstract: A calibration system for calibrating an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements comprises a signal generator for generating a predetermined test signal and, the signal generator being couplable to the antenna elements for providing the test signal to the antenna elements, a number of probes for measuring at least one physical parameter, which is influenced by emissions of the antenna elements, and providing respective measurement signals, and a position determination unit for determining based on the measurement signals the positions of the antenna elements as calibrated positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Adam Tankielun, Corbett Rowell, Christoph Pointner, Hendrik Bartko
  • Publication number: 20190132064
    Abstract: An over-the-air measurement system for testing the over-the-air characteristics of a device under test is described, comprising several antenna units for receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals, several remote radio units that convert radio frequency signals into digital signals or vice versa, and a baseband unit for generating and analyzing baseband signals. The baseband unit is connected to the remote radio units, the baseband unit having at least one physical layer control unit that is configured to adapt the over-the-air measurement system with regard to the physical layer. The several antenna units are connected to the remote radio units. Further, a method for testing the over-the-air characteristics of a device under test is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Vincent Abadie, Daniel Markert, Adam Tankielun
  • Patent number: 10277341
    Abstract: A test system is used for testing multiple input multiple output capabilities. The system comprises a device under test, a movable antenna and a signal simulation unit. Furthermore, the signal simulation unit simulates at least two multiple input multiple output channels in order to test the multiple input multiple output capabilities of the device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Daniel Markert, Hendrik Bartko, Adam Tankielun
  • Publication number: 20190109654
    Abstract: A test arrangement for wirelessly testing a device under test comprises a number of test antennas that are placed in the near-field of the device under test for receiving wireless signals from the device under test and/or transmitting wireless signals to the device under test, a channel modifier coupled to the test antennas for weighting the signals received by the test antennas and/or the signals transmitted by the test antennas according to predetermined weighting parameters, and a near-field to far-field transformer that is coupled to the channel modifier and transforms the weighted signals received by the test antennas into far-field signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Hendrik Bartko, Adam Tankielun, Vincent Abadie
  • Publication number: 20190109653
    Abstract: An over-the-air measurement system for investigating a device under test with respect to its temperature behavior is provided. The over-the air measurement system comprises a positioning unit attached to the device under test for positioning the device under test, at least one antenna, and a temperature generating unit for generating heated or cooled air. Furthermore, the over-the-air measurement system comprises a piping system comprising at least one pipe connected to the temperature generating unit for passing the heated or cooled air generated by the temperature generating unit into at least one opening of an enveloping material surrounding the device under test and/or for siphoning the heated or cooled air. In this context, the positioning unit and the piping system are configured to relatively move and/or rotate the device under test with respect to the at least one antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Adam TANKIELUN, Corbett ROWELL, Vincent ABADIE