Patents by Inventor Chi Hou Chan

Chi Hou Chan 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).

  • Publication number: 20210376482
    Abstract: An on-chip antenna comprising an electrically insulating substrate having first and second faces; a metal layer arranged on the second face; and, a dipole antenna structure arranged on the first face, the dipole antenna structure comprising a dipole antenna and a feed structure connected to the dipole antenna; the on-chip antenna being configured such that when the feed structure is fed with an electrical signal it operates simultaneously in (i) at least one dielectric resonator mode to function as a dielectric resonance antenna, and (ii) at least one dipole mode to function as a cavity backed dipole antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Chi Hou CHAN, Shang Cheng KONG, Kam Man SHUM
  • Publication number: 20210376483
    Abstract: A substrate integrated waveguide fed antenna. The antenna includes an electric dipole, a parasitic patch arrangement operably coupled with the electric dipole, and a feed structure. The feed structure includes a substrate integrated waveguide operably coupled with the electric dipole for exciting the electric dipole. A slotted conductive surface with a slot is arranged between the electric dipole and the feed structure for operably coupling the feed structure with the electric dipole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Chi Hou Chan, Manting Wang
  • Publication number: 20210376479
    Abstract: A substrate integrated waveguide fed antenna includes an electric dipole arrangement, a parasitic patch arrangement operably coupled with the electric dipole arrangement, and a feed structure. The feed structure includes a substrate integrated waveguide operably coupled with the electric dipole arrangement for exciting the electric dipole arrangement. A slotted conductive surface with a slot is arranged between the electric dipole arrangement and the feed structure for operably coupling the feed structure with the electric dipole arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Chi Hou Chan, Manting Wang
  • Patent number: 10033105
    Abstract: An aperture coupled, single fed, microstrip line feed for a circularly polarized patch antenna is provided that can transmit transmissions with a low profile, wide impedance, and axial ratio bandwidths. The circularly polarized patch antenna includes a double sided printed circuit board with a non-linear slots etched into a ground plane of one side of the printed circuit board, with a printed microstrip line printed on the opposite side of the printed circuit board. The microstrip line can be hook shaped and intersect each of the slots. The non linear slots can be radially arranged around a locus or area on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Hau Wah Lai, Ka Ming Mak, Kwai Man Luk, Chi Hou Chan
  • Patent number: 9905938
    Abstract: A dual polarized high gain and wideband complementary antenna is presented herein. A dual polarized antenna can include a ground plane, a folded dipole portion electrically coupled to the ground plane, a shorted patch antenna portion including an open end that is electrically coupled to the folded dipole portion, and a metal plate located at a bottom portion of the dual polarized antenna. In one example, the folded dipole portion can include four folded dipoles. Further, the open end of the shorted patch antenna portion can be electrically coupled to the folded dipole portion using the metal plate. Further, the dual polarized antenna can include two ports—each port including a pair of feeding sources, and each feeding source configured to generate an electric dipole and a magnetic dipole. In another example, magnitudes of the electric dipoles can be equivalent, and magnitudes of the magnetic dipoles can be equivalent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kwok Kan So, Hau Wah Lai, Hang Wong, Chi Hou Chan, Kwai Man Luk
  • Publication number: 20180048068
    Abstract: An aperture coupled, single fed, microstrip line feed for a circularly polarized patch antenna is provided that can transmit transmissions with a low profile, wide impedance, and axial ratio bandwidths. The circularly polarized patch antenna includes a double sided printed circuit board with a non-linear slots etched into a ground plane of one side of the printed circuit board, with a printed microstrip line printed on the opposite side of the printed circuit board. The microstrip line can be hook shaped and intersect each of the slots. The non linear slots can be radially arranged around a locus or area on the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hau Wah LAI, Ka Ming MAK, Kwai Man LUK, Chi Hou CHAN
  • Patent number: 9843102
    Abstract: Described herein are shorted bowtie patch antennas. The shorted bowtie patch antenna includes parasitic shorted patches. Signals are received by the shorted bowtie patch antenna. The received signals are propagated to a receiver. Signals sent from a transmitter are transmitted by the shorted bowtie patch antenna. Current is induced in the parasitic shorted patches during receiving and transmitting of signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Hau Wah Lai, Ka Ming Mak, Kwai Man Luk, Chi Hou Chan
  • Patent number: 9819088
    Abstract: An aperture coupled, single fed, microstrip line feed for a circularly polarized patch antenna is provided that can transmit transmissions with a low profile, wide impedance, and axial ratio bandwidths. The circularly polarized patch antenna includes a double sided printed circuit board with a non-linear slots etched into a ground plane of one side of the printed circuit board, with a printed microstrip line printed on the opposite side of the printed circuit board. The microstrip line can be hook shaped and intersect each of the slots. The non linear slots can be radially arranged around a locus or area on the circuit board. A metal patch can placed above the ground plane and electromagnetic waves emanating from the microstrip line can couple to the patch through the non-linear strips and excite the patch such that it radiates an electromagnetic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Hau Wah Lai, Ka Ming Mak, Kwai Man Luk, Chi Hou Chan
  • Publication number: 20160226156
    Abstract: A dual polarized high gain and wideband complementary antenna is presented herein. A dual polarized antenna can include a ground plane, a folded dipole portion electrically coupled to the ground plane, a shorted patch antenna portion including an open end that is electrically coupled to the folded dipole portion, and a metal plate located at a bottom portion of the dual polarized antenna. In one example, the folded dipole portion can include four folded dipoles. Further, the open end of the shorted patch antenna portion can be electrically coupled to the folded dipole portion using the metal plate. Further, the dual polarized antenna can include two ports—each port including a pair of feeding sources, and each feeding source configured to generate an electric dipole and a magnetic dipole. In another example, magnitudes of the electric dipoles can be equivalent, and magnitudes of the magnetic dipoles can be equivalent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kwok Kan So, Hau Wah Lai, Hang Wong, Chi Hou Chan, Kwai Man Luk
  • Publication number: 20160164182
    Abstract: An aperture coupled, single fed, microstrip line feed for a circularly polarized patch antenna is provided that can transmit transmissions with a low profile, wide impedance, and axial ratio bandwidths. The circularly polarized patch antenna includes a double sided printed circuit board with a non-linear slots etched into a ground plane of one side of the printed circuit board, with a printed microstrip line printed on the opposite side of the printed circuit board. The microstrip line can be hook shaped and intersect each of the slots. The non linear slots can be radially arranged around a locus or area on the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Hau Wah LAI, Ka Ming MAK, Kwai Man LUK, Chi Hou CHAN
  • Publication number: 20160141757
    Abstract: Described herein are shorted bowtie patch antennas. The shorted bowtie patch antenna includes parasitic shorted patches. Signals are received by the shorted bowtie patch antenna. The received signals are propagated to a receiver. Signals sent from a transmitter are transmitted by the shorted bowtie patch antenna. Current is induced in the parasitic shorted patches during receiving and transmitting of signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Hau Wah LAI, Ka Ming MAK, Kwai Man LUK, Chi Hou CHAN
  • Patent number: 9083086
    Abstract: An antenna is disclosed as including at least one dipole connected with at least one shorted patch antenna, and at least two feeding sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Chi Hou Chan, Hang Wong, Hau Wah Lai, Kwok Kan So, Kwai Man Luk, Quan Xue
  • Publication number: 20140071006
    Abstract: An antenna is disclosed as including at least one dipole connected with at least one shorted patch antenna, and at least two feeding sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Chi Hou CHAN, Hang WONG, Hau Wah LAI, Kwok Kan SO, Kwai Man LUK, Quan XUE
  • Patent number: 7932782
    Abstract: A biasing circuit is used to provide low distortion and high efficiency operation of a microwave power amplifier. The biasing circuit utilizes the nonlinear rectified current of a microwave diode or transistor for biasing the amplifying transistor self-adaptively. The biasing current not only reduces the DC bias power during low-power operation and increases self-adaptively during high-power operation, but also manipulates the intermodulation distortion minimum dynamically. Meanwhile, the biasing circuit distorts the input signals with positive gain and negative phase deviations. Therefore, the average power efficiency of the operation is enhanced, the linearity of the input-output characteristic is improved and the radiated level of adjacent channel power is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kwok Wai Lau, Quan Xue, Wing Shing Chan, Chi Hou Chan
  • Publication number: 20090146740
    Abstract: A biasing circuit is used to provide low distortion and high efficiency operation of a microwave power amplifier. The biasing circuit utilizes the nonlinear rectified current of a microwave diode or transistor for biasing the amplifying transistor self-adaptively. The biasing current not only reduces the DC bias power during low-power operation and increases self-adaptively during high-power operation, but also manipulates the intermodulation distortion minimum dynamically. Meanwhile, the biasing circuit distorts the input signals with positive gain and negative phase deviations. Therefore, the average power efficiency of the operation is enhanced, the linearity of the input-output characteristic is improved and the radiated level of adjacent channel power is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kwok Wai Lau, Quan Xue, Wing Shing Chan, Chi Hou Chan
  • Publication number: 20090051614
    Abstract: A folded dipole antenna that transmits and receives radio frequency waves (RF) waves has two radiating strips that form a dipole. A metallic radiating element is located between the two radiating strips, facilitating an increase in the gain of the antenna. The folded dipole antenna may be used in a wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Hang WONG, Kwai Man Luk, Quan Xue, Chi Hou Chan
  • Patent number: 7456798
    Abstract: A small transceiver device and antenna system has an insulating layer with first and second surfaces. A transmit loop element having transmit loop segments is formed on the first surface. The transmit loop segments are disposed in a transmit zigzag configuration. A receive loop element having receive loop segments is formed on the second surface. The receive loop segments are disposed in a receive zigzag configuration. Each receive loop segment in the receive zigzag configuration is skewed with respect to a closest transmit loop segment disposed in the transmit zigzag configuration. The transmit loop segments can be grouped in two or more transmit zigzag configurations, and the receive loop segments can be grouped in two or more receive zigzag configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc
    Inventors: Hang Wong, Kwai Man Luk, Chi Hou Chan, Quan Xue
  • Publication number: 20080001840
    Abstract: A small transceiver device and antenna system has an insulating layer with first and second surfaces. A transmit loop element having transmit loop segments is formed on the first surface. The transmit loop segments are disposed in a transmit zigzag configuration. A receive loop element having receive loop segments is formed on the second surface. The receive loop segments are disposed in a receive zigzag configuration. Each receive loop segment in the receive zigzag configuration is skewed with respect to a closest transmit loop segment disposed in the transmit zigzag configuration. The transmit loop segments can be grouped in two or more transmit zigzag configurations, and the receive loop segments can be grouped in two or more receive zigzag configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Hang Wong, Kwai Man Luk, Chi Hou Chan, Quan Xue
  • Patent number: 7224222
    Abstract: An amplifier comprises a first transistor for providing signal amplification, and a second transistor for providing distortion compensation, wherein said second transistor is capable of simultaneously providing more than one form of distortion compensation. A first signal path passes through a first transistor to provide signal gain, and a second signal path passes through a second transistor to provide distortion compensation. The amplifier is capable of providing pre-distortion compensation, post-distortion compensation and cubic-polynomial distortion compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Inventors: Tsz Yin Yum, Quan Xue, Chi Hou Chan