Patents by Inventor Andreas Linke

Andreas Linke 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: 9577606
    Abstract: A duplexer includes an antenna terminal, a transmission amplifier terminal and a reception amplifier terminal. The transmission amplifier terminal is coupled to the antenna terminal via a transmission filter. The reception amplifier terminal is coupled to a reception filter and the reception filter is coupled to the antenna terminal via a band-stop filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Bernhard Bader
  • Patent number: 9542634
    Abstract: A method for the production of a portable data carrier having an integrated circuit and a contact field galvanically connected to the integrated circuit. In an area defined by the contact field, the portable data carrier is shaped and the contact field is embodied such that a direct contacting of the contact field by a contacting component embodied in accordance with the USB standard is possible. The portable data carrier in its final form is produced in chip card technology. Alternatively, an element is produced in chip card technology, which element features the integrated circuit and the contact filed, and data and/or program code required for the operation of the portable data carrier are loaded into the integrated circuit. Subsequently the element is permanently connected to a carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Linke, Thomas Tarantino, Ando Welling, Johann Angerer, Kolja Vogel
  • Patent number: 9214920
    Abstract: An antenna matching circuit includes at least two signal paths are connected to one antenna connection. The signal paths are designed to transmit and/or receive RF signals. A matching circuit includes a discrete line for phase shifting integrated at the antenna end in at least one of the signal paths. In this case, at least one of the capacitances contained in the discrete line is in the form of a micro-acoustic resonator, whose resonance is shifted sufficiently far that it is outside the pass band of the respective signal paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Stephan Marksteiner
  • Patent number: 9160306
    Abstract: A duplexer includes an antenna terminal, a transmission amplifier terminal and a reception amplifier terminal. The transmission amplifier terminal is coupled to the antenna terminal via a transmission filter. The reception amplifier terminal is coupled to a reception filter and the reception filter is coupled to the antenna terminal via a band-stop filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Bernhard Bader
  • Publication number: 20150236840
    Abstract: A multiplexer (MUL) having fewer intermodulation products is specified. For this purpose, the multiplexer (MUL) comprises a transmit and/or receive filter (Tx, Rx), which operates with acoustic waves, and blocker electrodes (EL1, EL2) for diverting undesired frequency components to ground (GND). The blocker electrodes (EL1, EL2) are arranged in this case on the same chip (CH) as the filter which operates with acoustic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Gabriele Kolb
  • Publication number: 20150221442
    Abstract: A capacitor having improved linear properties is provided. The capacitor is compatible with manufacturing processes of components which function using BAW. The capacitor comprises a first and a second electrode (E1, E2) in a first electrically conductive layer and a third electrode (E3) in a second electric layer. A dielectric layer (DL) is arranged between the electrically conductive layers. The first electrode (E1) and the second electrode (E2) are the terminal electrodes of the capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Thomas Metzger, Edgar Schmidhammer
  • Patent number: 9071222
    Abstract: A microacoustic component includes an active layer and an electrode. The electrode includes a first metal layer facing the active layer, a second metal layer facing away from the active layer, and a third layer arranged between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The third layer serves as a diffusion barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Gudrun Henn, Rainer Braun
  • Publication number: 20150130680
    Abstract: A duplexer includes an antenna terminal, a transmission amplifier terminal and a reception amplifier terminal. The transmission amplifier terminal is coupled to the antenna terminal via a transmission filter. The reception amplifier terminal is coupled to a reception filter and the reception filter is coupled to the antenna terminal via a band-stop filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Bernhard Bader
  • Patent number: 8508316
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave filter of a ladder-type structure includes a series arm and at least a series arm resonator which is disposed in the series arm, such that the series arm is distributed in series arm sections between an input terminal and an output terminal. The bulk acoustic wave filter further includes a first parallel arm that includes a parallel arm resonator and an inductivity connected in series between the series arm and a reference terminal, and at least a second parallel arm that includes a parallel arm resonator. The first parallel arm and the at least one second parallel arm are connected in parallel between a common one of the series arm sections and the reference terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventor: Andreas Link
  • Publication number: 20120325379
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing corrosion-resistant and workable sheet metal consisting of uncoated steel sheets (1, 1?), comprising the following steps: —placing the steel sheets (1, 1?) in abutting relationship, —welding the or each joint groove (14) by butt joint welding by means of a welding beam (13) for forming a weld (2) along the respective joint groove (4), —thermal treatment of the or each weld (2) directly after or even during the forming of the weld (2) by means of an annealing beam (15), —full-surface coating of the joined steel sheets (1, 1?), including the or each weld (2), after cooling the welds (2), with a metallic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: RASSELSTEIN GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Baulig, Bernd Baumann, Josef Kesselem, Helmut Oberhoffer, Andrea Link, Reiner Sauer
  • Publication number: 20120098624
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave filter of a ladder-type structure includes a series arm and at least a series arm resonator which is disposed in the series arm, such that the series arm is distributed in series arm sections between an input terminal and an output terminal. The bulk acoustic wave filter further includes a first parallel arm that includes a parallel arm resonator and an inductivity connected in series between the series arm and a reference terminal, and at least a second parallel arm that includes a parallel arm resonator. The first parallel arm and the at least one second parallel arm are connected in parallel between a common one of the series arm sections and the reference terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Andreas Link
  • Publication number: 20120091862
    Abstract: A microacoustic component includes an active layer and an electrode. The electrode includes a first metal layer facing the active layer, a second metal layer facing away from the active layer, and a third layer arranged between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The third layer serves as a diffusion barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Gudrun Henn, Rainer Braun
  • Publication number: 20110316649
    Abstract: A reactance filter includes a series branch that connects a signal input to a signal output. At least one parallel branch branches off from the series branch with respect to ground. A parallel resonator is arranged in each parallel branch. Two or more series resonators are connected in series in the series branch. A capacitor is connected in parallel with one of the series resonators in the series branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Stephan Marksteiner
  • Publication number: 20110210805
    Abstract: A duplexer includes an antenna terminal, a transmission amplifier terminal and a reception amplifier terminal. The transmission amplifier terminal is coupled to the antenna terminal via a transmission filter. The reception amplifier terminal is coupled to a reception filter and the reception filter is coupled to the antenna terminal via a band-stop filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Bernhard Bader
  • Publication number: 20110187478
    Abstract: An antenna matching circuit includes at least two signal paths are connected to one antenna connection. The signal paths are designed to transmit and/or receive RF signals. A matching circuit includes a discrete line for phase shifting integrated at the antenna end in at least one of the signal paths. In this case, at least one of the capacitances contained in the discrete line is in the form of a micro-acoustic resonator, whose resonance is shifted sufficiently far that it is outside the pass band of the respective signal paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Stephen Marksteiner
  • Publication number: 20100294264
    Abstract: An absorber (1) for a thermal solar collector, comprising an absorber sheet (3) and at least one thermal fluid tube (5) that is connected in a thermally conducting fashion to the absorber sheet (3) and is connected to the absorber sheet (3) by means of a welded joint, is characterized in that the welded joint is formed from a number of linearly extended weld seam sections arranged sequentially along the thermal fluid tube (5) and respectively separated from one another by a section without weld seam, the direction of the linear extent of the weld seam sections corresponding to the axial direction of the extent of the thermal fluid tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: Andreas Link
  • Patent number: 7795998
    Abstract: A resonator operating with bulk acoustic waves includes a resonator stack. The resonator stack includes a resonator area configured to allow propagation of an acoustic main mode and an acoustic secondary mode. The resonator stack also includes an acoustic mirror that includes a first partial mirror for locking in the acoustic main mode in the resonator area and a second partial mirror for locking in the secondary mode in a resonator space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Markus Mayer, Wolfgang Sauer, Edgar Schmidhammer, Habbo Heinze, Andreas Link, Christoph Eggs
  • Patent number: 7627409
    Abstract: A method is provided for triggering a vehicle occupant restraint device, in which a sensor signal generated by a crash sensor is fed to a triggering device and to a clearing device supplying a clearing signal. The sensor signal is integrated in the clearing device and subjected to an examination algorithm. The output signal of at least one additional crash sensor is fed to the clearing device. Then, the two output signals are linked to one another and are subsequently integrated during an observation period. A clearing signal is generated when the integral exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Jan Urbahn
  • Publication number: 20090002098
    Abstract: A resonator operating with bulk acoustic waves includes a resonator stack. The resonator stack includes a resonator area configured to allow propagation of an acoustic main mode and an acoustic secondary mode. The resonator stack also includes an acoustic mirror that includes a first partial mirror for locking in the acoustic main mode in the resonator area and a second partial mirror for locking in the secondary mode in a resonator space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Markus Mayer, Wolfgang Sauer, Edgar Schmidhammer, Habbo Heinze, Andreas Link, Christoph Eggs
  • Publication number: 20080190414
    Abstract: An absorber (1) is made available for a thermal solar collector comprising an absorber sheet (3) and at least one thermal fluid tube (5) that is connected in a thermally conducting fashion to the absorber sheet (3), has at least one bent section (2), and is connected to the absorber sheet (3) outside the bent section (2) via a continuous welded joint. The continuous welded joint (7, 8) is also present in the bent section (2) of the thermal fluid tube (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventor: Andreas Link