Patents by Inventor Liuqing Gao

Liuqing Gao 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: 11996820
    Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film suspended above a carrier substrate is adapted to propagate an acoustic wave in a Lamb mode excited by a component of an electric field that is oriented in a longitudinal direction along a length of the piezoelectric thin film. A first signal electrode is located on the piezoelectric thin film and oriented in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A first ground electrode is located on the piezoelectric thin film and oriented in the transverse direction. The first ground electrode is separated from the first signal electrode by a gap in which the acoustic wave resonates. A first release window and a second release window are located at a first end and a second end of the piezoelectric thin film, respectively. Intermittent release windows are located beyond distal ends of the first signal electrode and the first ground electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Yansong Yang, Ruochen Lu, Liuqing Gao, Songbin Gong
  • Patent number: 11211820
    Abstract: An inductive wireless power transfer apparatus includes a source coil coupled to a power source such that current flows through the source coil when the source coil is excited by the power source. The apparatus further includes a first capacitor coupled in series to the source coil. The apparatus further includes an intermediate coil surrounding the source coil and positioned within an identical plane as the source coil, and a second capacitor coupled in series to the intermediate coil. The capacitances of the first capacitor and the second capacitor are set to tune out self-inductances of the source coil and the intermediate coil. In embodiments, the source coil is to inductively power the intermediate coil, which is to inductively power a load coil positioned a distance away from the intermediate coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Songbin Gong, Yansong Yang, Justin Postma, Liuqing Gao, Brandon Arakawa
  • Patent number: 11139851
    Abstract: An apparatus includes parallel delay lines, each exhibiting a delay; a first set of switches for each port of a first set of ports, each of which is to selectively couple a port of the first set of ports to first ends of the delay lines; a second set of switches for each port of a second set of ports, each of which to selectively couple a port of the second set of ports to second ends of the delay lines. A signal source generates a series of clock signals that are sequentially time delayed between the first set of switches and the second set of switches, where an input signal at one of the first or second sets of ports travels back and forth across the first and second sets of delay lines according to activation of the first set and second set of switches until being output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Songbin Gong, Ruochen Lu, John Andrew Krol, Liuqing Gao
  • Publication number: 20210234528
    Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film suspended above a carrier substrate is adapted to propagate an acoustic wave in a Lamb mode excited by a component of an electric field that is oriented in a longitudinal direction along a length of the piezoelectric thin film. A first signal electrode is located on the piezoelectric thin film and oriented in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A first ground electrode is located on the piezoelectric thin film and oriented in the transverse direction. The first ground electrode is separated from the first signal electrode by a gap in which the acoustic wave resonates. A first release window and a second release window are located at a first end and a second end of the piezoelectric thin film, respectively. Intermittent release windows are located beyond distal ends of the first signal electrode and the first ground electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yansong Yang, Ruochen Lu, Liuqing Gao, Songbin Gong
  • Publication number: 20210111747
    Abstract: An apparatus includes parallel delay lines, each exhibiting a delay; a first set of switches for each port of a first set of ports, each of which is to selectively couple a port of the first set of ports to first ends of the delay lines; a second set of switches for each port of a second set of ports, each of which to selectively couple a port of the second set of ports to second ends of the delay lines. A signal source generates a series of clock signals that are sequentially time delayed between the first set of switches and the second set of switches, where an input signal at one of the first or second sets of ports travels back and forth across the first and second sets of delay lines according to activation of the first set and second set of switches until being output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Songbin Gong, Ruochen Lu, John Andrew Krol, Liuqing Gao
  • Patent number: 10868576
    Abstract: An apparatus includes parallel delay lines, each exhibiting a delay; a first set of switches for each port of a first set of ports, each of which is to selectively couple a port of the first set of ports to first ends of the delay lines; a second set of switches for each port of a second set of ports, each of which to selectively couple a port of the second set of ports to second ends of the delay lines. A signal source generates a series of clock signals that are sequentially time delayed between the first set of switches and the second set of switches, where an input signal at one of the first or second sets of ports travels from the one of the first or second sets of ports to an output port of opposite set of ports over the delay lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Songbin Gong, Ruochen Lu, John Andrew Krol, Liuqing Gao
  • Publication number: 20190334568
    Abstract: An apparatus includes parallel delay lines, each exhibiting a delay; a first set of switches for each port of a first set of ports, each of which is to selectively couple a port of the first set of ports to first ends of the delay lines; a second set of switches for each port of a second set of ports, each of which to selectively couple a port of the second set of ports to second ends of the delay lines. A signal source generates a series of clock signals that are sequentially time delayed between the first set of switches and the second set of switches, where an input signal at one of the first or second sets of ports travels from the one of the first or second sets of ports to an output port of opposite set of ports over the delay lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Songbin Gong, Ruochen Lu, John Andrew Krol, Liuqing Gao
  • Publication number: 20180331579
    Abstract: An inductive wireless power transfer apparatus includes a source coil coupled to a power source such that current flows through the source coil when the source coil is excited by the power source. The apparatus further includes a first capacitor coupled in series to the source coil. The apparatus further includes an intermediate coil surrounding the source coil and positioned within an identical plane as the source coil, and a second capacitor coupled in series to the intermediate coil. The capacitances of the first capacitor and the second capacitor are set to tune out self-inductances of the source coil and the intermediate coil. In embodiments, the source coil is to inductively power the intermediate coil, which is to inductively power a load coil positioned a distance away from the intermediate coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Songbin Gong, Yansong Yang, Justin Postma, Liuqing Gao, Brandon Arakawa