Patents by Inventor Al Bettner

Al Bettner 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).

  • Slot antenna having a MEMS varactor for resonance frequency tuning
    Patent number: 7348928
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a slot antenna may include a primary slot and one or more secondary slots. The size of the antenna may be reduced by adding one or more of the secondary slots which may add additional inductance to the antenna. Furthermore, the size of the antenna may be reduced by increasing the inductance of the secondary slots via increasing the length of the slots or by changing the shape of the slots. The antenna may include one or more MEMS varactors coupled to one or more of the secondary slots. The resonant frequency of the slot antenna may be tuned to a desired frequency by changing the capacitance value of one or more of the MEMS varactors to a desired capacitance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Qing Ma, Xintian Eddie Lin, Al Bettner
  • Apparatus, system and method capable of clock noise mitigation using a frequency adaptive process
    Patent number: 7279989
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising an oscillator capable of generating a clock signal, wherein said apparatus is capable of clock noise mitigation using a frequency adaptive algorithm, technique, process or system. And wherein said oscillator may be a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) operating near a desired frequency used to generate an output signal. The clock noise mitigation may accomplished by portion of said VCO signal being fed into a first dividing circuit capable of dividing by a given number M, and a second dividing circuit, N, wherein said first and second dividing circuits may be capable of producing a signal close to the frequency of a reference oscillator, said VCO signal may then be compared via a phase comparator to a reference frequency and wherein the phase comparator signal may then be fed back to the VCO such that its frequency will “lock” to said reference oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Al Bettner, Xintian Eddie Lin, Kevin P. Slattery
  • Multi-mode antenna system for a computing device and method of operation
    Patent number: 7167726
    Abstract: An antenna system for a computing device operable in multiple communication modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prosenjit Ghosh, Al Bettner, Alan E. Waltho
  • Apparatus, system and method capable of clock noise mitigation using a frequency adaptive process
    Publication number: 20060290434
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising an oscillator capable of generating a clock signal, wherein said apparatus is capable of clock noise mitigation using a frequency adaptive algorithm, technique, process or system. And wherein said oscillator may be a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) operating near a desired frequency used to generate an output signal. The clock noise mitigation may accomplished by portion of said VCO signal being fed into a first dividing circuit capable of dividing by a given number M, and a second dividing circuit, N, wherein said first and second dividing circuits may be capable of producing a signal close to the frequency of a reference oscillator, said VCO signal may then be compared via a phase comparator to a reference frequency and wherein the phase comparator signal may then be fed back to the VCO such that its frequency will “lock” to said reference oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Al Bettner, Xintian Lin, Kevin Slattery
  • Slot antenna having a MEMS varactor for resonance frequency tuning
    Publication number: 20060125703
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a slot antenna may include a primary slot and one or more secondary slots. The size of the antenna may be reduced by adding one or more of the secondary slots which may add additional inductance to the antenna. Furthermore, the size of the antenna may be reduced by increasing the inductance of the secondary slots via increasing the length of the slots or by changing the shape of the slots. The antenna may include one or more MEMS varactors coupled to one or more of the secondary slots. The resonant frequency of the slot antenna may be tuned to a desired frequency by changing the capacitance value of one or more of the MEMS varactors to a desired capacitance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Qing Ma, Xintian Lin, Al Bettner
  • Multi-mode antenna system for a computing device and method of operation
    Publication number: 20040160370
    Abstract: An antenna system for a computing device operable in multiple communication modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Prosenjit Ghosh, Al Bettner, Alan E. Waltho