Patents by Inventor James Robert Howard

James Robert Howard 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: 8431826
    Abstract: The construction of a capacitive Power and/or Ground plane sandwich with fractal element structures to achieve the reduction or elimination of radiated emissions as “noise” from the planes. This may be achieved in several formats, including the patterning of fractal elements on the outside edge of the ground plane, the patterning of fractal elements on the outside edge of the power plane and the patterning of fractal elements within both of the planes. Fractal element structures may also be formed on the edges of circuit lines, or other conductive elements within the printed circuit board. The ability of these fractal patterns to absorb or reject frequencies on the planes due to the operation of an electronic device on the printed circuit board enhancing and aiding the capacitive effect of the plane in the reduction or elimination of radiated emissions as electronic noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Inventors: James Robert Howard, Gregory Llewellyn Lucas
  • Publication number: 20110278045
    Abstract: The construction of a capacitive Power and/or Ground plane sandwich with fractal element structures to achieve the reduction or elimination of radiated emissions as “noise” from the planes. This may be achieved in several formats, including the patterning of fractal elements on the outside edge of the ground plane, the patterning of fractal elements on the outside edge of the power plane and the patterning of fractal elements within both of the planes. Fractal element structures may also be formed on the edges of circuit lines, or other conductive elements within the printed circuit board. The ability of these fractal patterns to absorb or reject frequencies on the planes due to the operation of an electronic device on the printed circuit board enhancing and aiding the capacitive effect of the plane in the reduction or elimination of radiated emissions as electronic noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: James Robert Howard, Gregory Llewellyn Lucas
  • Publication number: 20030152309
    Abstract: A printed circuit board containing internal devices for optical generation, transmission and reception in the X and Y dimension of the plane and electrical connection of the plane. The printed circuit board may contain planes that are capacitively coupled upon which the optical devices may be formed for the reduction of electrical noise (EMI) and the removal of heat from the area of the optical devices. This printed circuit board is intended to internally transmit and receive data at faster rates than can be achieved by electrical transmission across the same distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: James Robert Howard, Gregory Lucas