Patents by Inventor Frank Van De Water

Frank Van De Water 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).

  • Sub-millimeter wavelength camera
    Patent number: 7502605
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging device to be used with millimeter and/or sub-millimeter radiation comprising at least a pair of substrates, at least one of which is patterned on at least one surface with a patterning defining at least one radiation detector, each radiation detector comprising: an antenna adapted to receive millimeter and/or sub-millimeter electromagnetic radiation, a mixer channel coupled to said antenna and in communication with a via extending through a substrate for connection to a signal output, a mixer comprising filters being mounted in the mixer channel for extracting an intermediate frequency signal in dependence upon said radiation received by the antenna, a waveguide structure coupled to said mixer and having a signal input for connection to a local oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Agence Spatiale Europeenne
    Inventors: Dario Calogero Castiglione, Luisa Deias, Inigo Ederra-Urzainqui, David Brian Haskett, Derek Jenkins, Alexandre Vincent Samuel Bernard Laisne, Alec John McCalden, James Peter O'Neil, Jorge Teniente-Vallinas, Frank Van De Water, Alfred A. Zinn, Peter De Maagt, Chris Mann
  • Tuneable phase shifter and/or attenuator using photoresponsive-material in a waveguide
    Patent number: 7283019
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tuneable phase shifter and/or attenuator comprising a waveguide having a channel and a piece of photo-responsive material (18) disposed within the waveguide along an internal wall of said channel, a light source disposed outside the waveguide to emit light through an aperture (30) of said internal wall to impinge on at least part of an outside surface of said piece of photo-responsive material (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Agence Spatiale Europeenne
    Inventors: Dario Calogero Castiglione, Luisa Deias, Inigo Ederra-Urzainqui, David Brian Haskett, Derek Jenkins, Alexandre Vincent Samuel Bernard Laisne, Alec John McCalden, James Peter O'Neil, Jorge Teniente-Vallinas, Frank Van De Water, Alfred A. Zinn, Peter De Maagt, Chris Mann
  • Sub-millimetre wavelength camera
    Publication number: 20060111619
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging device to be used with millimeter and/or sub-millimeter radiation comprising at least a pair of substrates, at least one of which is patterned on at least one surface with a patterning defining at least one radiation detector, each radiation detector comprising: an antenna adapted to receive millimetre and/or sub-millimeter electromagnetic radiation, a mixer channel coupled to said antenna and in communication with a via extending through a substrate for connection to a signal output, a mixer comprising filters being mounted in the mixer channel for extracting an intermediate frequency signal in dependence upon said radiation received by the antenna, a waveguide structure coupled to said mixer and having a signal input for connection to a local oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Dario Castiglione, Luisa Deias, Inigo Ederra-Urzainqui, David Haskett, Derek Jenkins, Alexandre Vincent Laisne, Alec McCalden, James O'Neil, Jorge Teniente-Vallinas, Frank Van De Water, Alfred Zinn, Peter De Maagt, Chris Mann
  • Tuneable phase shfter and/or attenuator
    Publication number: 20050270121
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tuneable phase shifter and/or attenuator comprising a waveguide having a channel and a piece of photo-responsive material (18) disposed within the waveguide along an internal wall of said channel, a light source disposed outside the waveguide to emit light through an aperture (30) of said internal wall to impinge on at least part of an outside surface of said piece of photo-responsive material (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Dario Castiglione, Luisa Deias, Inigo Ederra-Urzainqui, David Haskett, Derel Jenkins, Alexandre Vincent Laisne, Alec McCalden, James O'Neil, Jorge Teniente-Vallinas, Frank Van De Water, Alfred Zinn, Peter De Maagt, Chris Mann