Patents by Inventor Alex JENKINS

Alex JENKINS 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).

  • Frequency sensor
    Patent number: 11385269
    Abstract: A frequency sensor is provided. The frequency sensor may include: a magnetoresistive nano-oscillator including a magnetic heterostructure of at least a magnetic free layer, a magnetic reference layer and a non-magnetic intermediate layer arranged between the magnetic free layer and the magnetic reference layer; a coupling arrangement for coupling an incoming signal to at least one magnetic mode of the magnetic free layer, and a frequency estimator. The frequency estimator may be configured to: perform a plurality of voltage measurements across the magnetoresistive nano-oscillator over time; calculate a time averaged voltage across the magnetoresistive nano-oscillator based on the plurality of voltage measurements; estimate, over a finite range of frequencies, a frequency of the incoming signal based on the calculated time averaged voltage, and output a signal representative of the estimated frequency. A method of estimating a frequency of an incoming signal is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: INL-INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
    Inventors: Alex Jenkins, Ricardo Alexandre De Matos Antunes Ferreira
  • FREQUENCY SENSOR
    Publication number: 20200326361
    Abstract: A frequency sensor is provided. The frequency sensor may include: a magnetoresistive nano-oscillator including a magnetic heterostructure of at least a magnetic free layer, a magnetic reference layer and a non-magnetic intermediate layer arranged between the magnetic free layer and the magnetic reference layer; a coupling arrangement for coupling an incoming signal to at least one magnetic mode of the magnetic free layer, and a frequency estimator. The frequency estimator may be configured to: perform a plurality of voltage measurements across the magnetoresistive nano-oscillator over time; calculate a time averaged voltage across the magnetoresistive nano-oscillator based on the plurality of voltage measurements; estimate, over a finite range of frequencies, a frequency of the incoming signal based on the calculated time averaged voltage, and output a signal representative of the estimated frequency. A method of estimating a frequency of an incoming signal is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
    Inventors: Alex JENKINS, Ricardo Alexandre DE MATOS ANTUNES FERREIRA
  • Air intake
    Patent number: D757823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Group-A Autosports, Inc.
    Inventors: Clinton Yee, Steven Alex Jenkins