Patents by Inventor Andrea Caroline SCHMIDT

Andrea Caroline SCHMIDT 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).

  • Continuous antenna arrays
    Patent number: 11217898
    Abstract: A continuous antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements whose opposing electrodes create an electric field that excites polarization currents in an enclosed dielectric. Each of the antenna elements comprises one or more stripline feeds configured to provide a flat form factor and apply a signal with controlled phase differences between the plurality of antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Triad National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Frank L. Krawczyk, John Singleton, Andrea Caroline Schmidt
  • Dielectrically boosted very low frequency antenna
    Patent number: 10992020
    Abstract: A very low frequency (VLF) antenna includes a metal monopole and a dielectric metamaterial cladding surrounding a periphery of the monopole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: John Singleton, Andrea Caroline Schmidt, Frank L. Krawczyk
  • STRIPLINE FEED STRUCTURE FOR SUPERLUMINAL ANTENNA ARRAY
    Publication number: 20190067831
    Abstract: A superluminal antenna element having a transmission line feed, and an array comprising a plurality of such antenna elements, is presented. In one example, the antenna element includes a dielectric base portion having a cutout area, a mode transition element coupled to the cutout, a stripline transmission line connected to the mode transition, and a dielectric radiator element disposed within the cutout. The cutout of the dielectric base portion has first and second pluralities of steps arranged in opposing pairs. The mode transition element is located below and coupled to the cutout area of the dielectric base portion. The dielectric radiator element is mounted within the cutout area in an opposing pair of steps. Imposing a time-varying signal on the dielectric radiator element by way of the transmission line, mode transition element, and stepped cutout induces a polarization current in the dielectric radiator element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Chris Hills, Frank Krawczyk, Arzhang ARDAVAN, John SINGLETON, Andrea Caroline SCHMIDT
  • Feed network and electromagnetic radiation source
    Patent number: 9548536
    Abstract: An antenna may include a volume polarization current radiator and a feed network. The volume polarization current radiator, includes a dielectric solid (such as a dielectric strip), and a plurality of closely-spaced excitation elements (24), each excitation element (24) being configured to induce a volume polarization current distribution in the dielectric solid proximate to the excitation element when a voltage is applied to the excitation element. The feed network is coupled to the volume polarization current radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: COMMSCOPE INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA, LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, OXBRIDGE PULSAR SOURCES LTD.
    Inventors: Arzhang Ardavan, John Singleton, Kevin E. Linehan, Houshang Ardavan, Andrea Caroline Schmidt-Zwiefel
  • FEED NETWORK AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION SOURCE
    Publication number: 20150325914
    Abstract: An antenna may include a volume polarization current radiator and a feed network. The volume polarization current radiator, includes a dielectric solid (such as a dielectric strip), and a plurality of closely-spaced excitation elements (24), each excitation element (24) being configured to induce a volume polarization current distribution in the dielectric solid proximate to the excitation element when a voltage is applied to the excitation element. The feed network is coupled to the volume polarization current radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Arzhang ARDAVAN, John SINGLETON, Kevin E. LINEHAN, Houshang ARDAVAN, Andrea Caroline SCHMIDT-ZWIEFEL