Patents by Inventor Gregory L. Hey-Shipton

Gregory L. Hey-Shipton 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: 9825611
    Abstract: Multi-band filters and communications devices are disclosed. A multi-band filter has a lower pass-band and an upper pass-band separated by an intervening stop-band. The multi-band filter includes a first ladder network and a second ladder network coupled in series. The first ladder network is configured to provide transmission zeros at frequencies below a lower edge of the lower pass-band and transmission zeros at frequencies above an upper edge of the upper pass-band. The second ladder network is configured to provide transmission zeros at frequencies within the intervening stop-band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Resonant Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Publication number: 20170302252
    Abstract: Multi-band filters and communications devices are disclosed. A multi-band filter has a lower pass-band and an upper pass-band separated by an intervening stop-band. The multi-band filter includes a first ladder network and a second ladder network coupled in series. The first ladder network is configured to provide transmission zeros at frequencies below a lower edge of the lower pass-band and transmission zeros at frequencies above an upper edge of the upper pass-band. The second ladder network is configured to provide transmission zeros at frequencies within the intervening stop-band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Publication number: 20170179928
    Abstract: An acoustic filter comprises a piezoelectric layer, an acoustic resonator structure monolithically disposed on the piezoelectric layer, a lumped capacitive structure monolithically disposed on the piezoelectric layer and being electrically coupled to the acoustic resonator structure. The acoustic resonator structure comprises an arrangement of planar interdigitated resonator fingers, and each of the interdigitated capacitive fingers has an edge that is entirely continuous. No portion of the edge of each of the interdigitated capacitive fingers is parallel to any portions of edges of the interdigitated resonator fingers. Each of the interdigitated capacitive fingers may comprise a plurality of interdigitated capacitive sub-fingers, or each of the interdigitated capacitive fingers may have a length/width ratio of less than two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: RESONANT INC.
    Inventors: Kurt F. Raihn, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Patent number: 9608595
    Abstract: A narrow-band acoustic filter comprises an input and an output, and at least one acoustic resonator pair coupled between the input and the output. Each of the acoustic resonator pair(s) comprises at least one in-line acoustic resonator and in-shunt acoustic resonator that operate together to create a nominal passband. The acoustic filter further comprises at least one capacitive element in parallel with one of the in-line acoustic resonator and the in-shunt acoustic resonator of each of the acoustic resonator pair(s), thereby sharpening one of a lower edge and an upper edge of the nominal passband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: RESONANT INC.
    Inventors: Kurt F. Raihn, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Patent number: 7983649
    Abstract: A RF device such as a tower mounted amplifier (TMA), mast-head amplifier (MHA), or Tower Mounted Boosters (TMB) includes a housing having a plurality of cavities and an input and an output, the input being coupled to the antenna and the output being coupled to a base station. The housing includes a transmission path holding multiple coaxial resonators. The housing further includes multiple receive paths including at least one path having a plurality of cavities, each cavity containing a dielectric resonator. The metallic transmit resonator nearest the antenna input is coupled to the first dielectric resonator via a common resonant wire. The last dielectric resonator in the receive path is coupled to a first metallic resonator of a downstream clean-up filter via another common resonant wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Antone Wireless Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Eddy, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Publication number: 20100225423
    Abstract: A RF device such as a tower mounted amplifier (TMA), mast-head amplifier (MHA), or Tower Mounted Boosters (TMB) includes a housing having a plurality of cavities and an input and an output, the input being coupled to the antenna and the output being coupled to a base station. The housing includes a transmission path holding multiple coaxial resonators. The housing further includes multiple receive paths including at least one path having a plurality of cavities, each cavity containing a dielectric resonator. The metallic transmit resonator nearest the antenna input is coupled to the first dielectric resonator via a common resonant wire. The last dielectric resonator in the receive path is coupled to a first metallic resonator of a downstream clean-up filter via another common resonant wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Michael M. Eddy, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Patent number: 7738853
    Abstract: A RF device such as a tower mounted amplifier (TMA), mast-head amplifier (MHA), or Tower Mounted Boosters (TMB) includes a housing having a plurality of cavities and an input and an output, the input being coupled to the antenna and the output being coupled to a base station. The housing includes a transmission path holding multiple coaxial resonators. The housing further includes multiple receive paths including at least one path having a plurality of cavities, each cavity containing a dielectric resonator. The metallic transmit resonator nearest the antenna input is coupled to the first dielectric resonator via a common resonant wire. The last dielectric resonator in the receive path is coupled to a first metallic resonator of a downstream clean-up filter via another common resonant wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Antone Wireless Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Eddy, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Patent number: 6933748
    Abstract: A filter network designed for providing high frequency selectivity with a high degree of reliability and availability. The filter network comprises a superconducting filter and a non-superconducting filter, or a combination thereof to form multiplexers. A receive side of the non-superconducting filter pre-filters received RF signals before inputting them to the superconducting filter. The non-superconducting filter is constructed and arranged to pass RF signals having a frequency within a first pass band to the superconducting filter. The superconducting device is constructed and arranged to exhibit a high-degree of frequency selectivity in further narrowing the received RF signals. Other aspects are directed to the arrangement, construction, and uses of the same structures to accomplish different but similar goals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Patent number: 6795697
    Abstract: RF switches and methods of use are provided. In one embodiment, a RF switch includes first and second switch assemblies, each comprising an elongate member and a magnetic housing on an end of the member. The magnet is disposed between contact pads for first and second circuits, and an electromagnetic source is coupled to the assemblies. Each switch has a first and second state. Another RF switch of the present invention includes a rotor, an elongate member disposed centrally through the rotor, an actuator coupled to the member and configured to rotate the member and the rotor, and a contact on the rotor that may touch a substrate. The contact is used to complete a first path or a second path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Elna R. Saito, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton, James R. Costa, Stacey M. Bilski
  • Patent number: 6754510
    Abstract: A HTS-based RF receiver includes a cryocooler and a cryogenic enclosure in thermal communication with the cryocooler. The cryogenic enclosure contains a HTS filter and a LNA therein. A first MEMS bypass switch is positioned between a RF input and the HTS filter, the first MEMS bypass switch operatively coupling the RF input to the HTS filter. A second MEMS bypass switch is positioned between the LNA and RF output, the second MEMS bypass switch operatively coupling the LNA to the RF output. A bypass pathway located within the cryogenic enclosure is connected between the first and second MEMS switches to bypass the HTS filter and LNA when an operating parameter of the RF receiver falls outside a pre-determined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Publication number: 20040092243
    Abstract: A HTS-based RF receiver includes a cryocooler and a cryogenic enclosure in thermal communication with the cryocooler. The cryogenic enclosure contains a HTS filter and a LNA therein. A first MEMS bypass switch is positioned between a RF input and the HTS filter, the first MEMS bypass switch operatively coupling the RF input to the HTS filter. A second MEMS bypass switch is positioned between the LNA and RF output, the second MEMS bypass switch operatively coupling the LNA to the RF output. A bypass pathway located within the cryogenic enclosure is connected between the first and second MEMS switches to bypass the HTS filter and LNA when an operating parameter of the RF receiver falls outside a pre-determined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Patent number: 6700459
    Abstract: A dual-mode resonator comprises a dielectric substrate having a region divided into four quadrants, and a ring resonator forming quadrangularly symmetrical configurations within the four quadrants of the region. The symmetrical configurations may be formed from folded sections of the resonator, so that parallel lines with opposite currents that cancel to minimize the far-field radiation of the filter structures. The symmetrical configuration can also be meandered, so that opposite currents in parallel line segments within each meander and the line segments that interconnect the meanders cancel to minimize the far-field radiation of the filter structures. One resonator can be used in a two-pole dual-mode filter structures, or multiple resonators can be used in more complex dual-mode filter structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt F. Raihn, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton, Matthew Hernandez
  • Patent number: 6686811
    Abstract: A filter network designed for providing high frequency selectivity with a high degree of reliability and availability. The filter network comprises a superconducting filter and a non-superconducting filter, or a combination thereof to form multiplexers. A receive side of the non-superconducting filter pre-filters received RF signals before inputting them to the superconducting filter. The non-superconducting filter is constructed and arranged to pass RF signals having a frequency within a first pass band to the superconducting filter. The superconducting device is constructed and arranged to exhibit a high-degree of frequency selectivity in further narrowing the received RF signals. Other aspects are directed to the arrangement, construction, and uses of the same structures to accomplish different but similar goals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Publication number: 20040005871
    Abstract: RF switches and methods of use are provided. In one embodiment, a RF switch includes first and second switch assemblies, each comprising an elongate member and a magnetic housing on an end of the member. The magnet is disposed between contact pads for first and second circuits, and an electromagnetic source is coupled to the assemblies. Each switch has a first and second state. Another RF switch of the present invention includes a rotor, an elongate member disposed centrally through the rotor, an actuator coupled to the member and configured to rotate the member and the rotor, and a contact on the rotor that may touch a substrate. The contact is used to complete a first path or a second path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Elna R. Saito, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton, James R. Costa, Stacey M. Bilski
  • Publication number: 20030222731
    Abstract: A dual-mode resonator comprises a dielectric substrate having a region divided into four quadrants, and a ring resonator forming quadrangularly symmetrical configurations within the four quadrants of the region. The symmetrical configurations may be formed from folded sections of the resonator, so that parallel lines with opposite currents that cancel to minimize the far-field radiation of the filter structures. The symmetrical configuration can also be meandered, so that opposite currents in parallel line segments within each meander and the line segments that interconnect the meanders cancel to minimize the far-field radiation of the filter structures. One resonator can be used in a two-pole dual-mode filter structures, or multiple resonators can be used in more complex dual-mode filter structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt F. Raihn, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton, Matthew Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20030206078
    Abstract: A filter network designed for providing high frequency selectivity with a high degree of reliability and availability. The filter network comprises a superconducting filter and a non-superconducting filter, or a combination thereof to form multiplexers. A receive side of the non-superconducting filter pre-filters received RF signals before inputting them to the superconducting filter. The non-superconducting filter is constructed and arranged to pass RF signals having a frequency within a first pass band to the superconducting filter. The superconducting device is constructed and arranged to exhibit a high-degree of frequency selectivity in further narrowing the received RF signals. Other aspects are directed to the arrangement, construction, and uses of the same structures to accomplish different but similar goals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventor: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Publication number: 20030092577
    Abstract: A filter network designed for providing high frequency selectivity with a high degree of reliability and availability. The filter network comprises a superconducting filter and a non-superconducting filter, or a combination thereof to form multiplexers. A receive side of the non-superconducting filter pre-filters received RF signals before inputting them to the superconducting filter. The non-superconducting filter is constructed and arranged to pass RF signals having a frequency within a first pass band to the superconducting filter. The superconducting device is constructed and arranged to exhibit a high-degree of frequency selectivity in further narrowing the received RF signals. Other aspects are directed to the arrangement, construction, and uses of the same structures to accomplish different but similar goals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: Superconductor Technologies, Inc
    Inventor: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton
  • Patent number: 5856768
    Abstract: An electrical interconnect provides a path between cryogenic or cryocooled circuitry and ambient temperatures. As a system, a cryocable 10 is combined with a trough-line contact or transition 20. In the preferred embodiment, the cryocable 10 comprises a conductor 11 disposed adjacent an insulator 12 which is in turn disposed adjacent another conductor 13. The components are sized so as to balance heat load through the cryocable 10 with the insertion loss. In the most preferred embodiment, a coaxial cryocable 10 has a center conductor 11 surrounded by a dielectric 12 (e.g. Teflon.TM.) surrounded by an outer conductor 13 which has a thickness between about 6 and 20 microns. The heat load is preferably less than one Watt, and most preferably less than one tenth of a Watt, with an insertion loss less than one decibel. In another aspect of the invention, a trough-line contact or transition 20 is provided in which the center conductor 11 is partially enveloped by dielectric 12 to form a relatively flat portion 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton, Wallace Y. Kunimoto, Michael J. Scharen, Stephan M. Rohlfing, David J. Kapolnek
  • Patent number: 5618777
    Abstract: Lumped element electrical components, such as inductors and capacitors, are formed to include high temperature superconducting materials. In the preferred embodiment, thin film epitaxial high temperature superconductors are patterned to form capacitors and inductors on low loss substrates. Preferably, a ground plane is formed on the back side of the substrate, most preferably being formed of high temperature superconducting material, or other highly conductive materials such as gold or copper. Various advantageous structures include a planar spiral structure, a zig-zag serpentine structure, a single coil structure and a double coil structure. Single layer and multilayer structures are included. Improved narrow bandpass filters and high Q resonator structures are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton, Roger J. Forse, David L. Skoglund
  • Patent number: 5616539
    Abstract: Lumped element electrical components, such as inductors and capacitors, are formed to include high temperature superconducting materials. In the preferred embodiment, thin film epitaxial high temperature superconductors are patterned to form capacitors and inductors on low loss substrates. Preferably, a ground plane is formed on the back side of the substrate, most preferably being formed of high temperature superconducting material, or other highly conductive materials such as gold or copper. Various advantageous structures include a planar spiral structure, a zig-zag serpentine structure, a single coil structure and a double coil structure. Single layer and multilayer structures are included. Improved narrow bandpass filters, bandreject filters and high Q resonator structures are formed. Chebyshev bandpass filters are formed from multiple series connected zig-zag filter structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Superconductor Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Hey-Shipton, Stephan M. Rohlfing, George L. Matthaei, Roger J. Forse