Patents by Inventor Maha Achour

Maha Achour 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: 9184481
    Abstract: Techniques, apparatus and systems that use composite left and right handed (CRLH) metamaterial structures to combine and divide electromagnetic signals at multiple frequencies. The metamaterial properties permit significant size reduction over a conventional N-way radial power combiner or divider. Dual-band serial power combiners and dividers and single-band and dual-band radial power combiners and dividers are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hollinworth Fund, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Alexandre Dupuy, Ajay Gummalla, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 9070965
    Abstract: A wireless device having a CRLH antenna structure incorporates a meander line at the feed and adds a three dimensional conductive structure to shift a meander mode resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Services GmbH
    Inventors: Maha Achour, Ajay Gummalla, Vaneet Pathak
  • Publication number: 20150180114
    Abstract: A solar panel array structure is used in network communications that comprises at least one support structure configured to support a solar panel array, wherein the at least one support structure comprises a metal portion. The metal portion comprises antenna connections that are configured to allow the metal portion to be used as a radio antenna. In some cases, a radio transceiver is connected to the antenna connections. A separate radio antenna may also be connected to the support structure or to the solar panel array. The radio transceiver may be used to transmit data through a wireless communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 8928530
    Abstract: A wireless device having an antenna structure incorporates a conductive structure to extend an effective length of at least one component of the antenna structure. The enhanced 3-D conductive structure is applicable to a variety of antenna types, including, but not limited to, a CRLH structured antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Services GmbH
    Inventors: Maha Achour, Ajay Gummalla, Anders Mattsson, Vaneet Pathak, Gregory Poilasne, Sunil Kumar Rajgopal
  • Patent number: 8810455
    Abstract: Techniques, apparatus and systems that use one or more composite left and right handed (CRLH) metamaterial structures in processing and handling electromagnetic wave signals. Antenna, antenna arrays and other RF devices can be formed based on CRLH metamaterial structures. The described CRLH metamaterial structures can be used in wireless communication RF front-end and antenna sub-systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Services GmbH
    Inventors: Maha Achour, Ajay Gummalla, Marin Stoytchev, Birkner Franz
  • Patent number: 8773313
    Abstract: Antennas for wireless communications based on metamaterial (MTM) structures to arrange one or more antenna sections of an MTM antenna away from one or more other antenna sections of the same MTM antenna so that the antenna sections of the MTM antenna are spatially distributed in a non-planar configuration to provide a compact structure adapted to fit to an allocated space or volume of a wireless communication device, such as a portable wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Services GmbH
    Inventors: Nan Xu, Sunil Kumar Rajgopal, Norberto Lopez, Vaneet Pathak, Ajay Gummalla, Gregory Poilasne, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 8768267
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of band pass filters to pass signals in separated frequency bands to or from an antenna. A matching network provides characteristic impedances. The system is designed such that the configuration of the matching network and BPFs provides high impedance to the band pass filters for those routing paths other than the band pass path as these routing paths do not transmit or receive the signals at this particular pass band. The system is further designed such that the configuration of the matching network and BPFs provides minimal insertion loss for the band pass path of for transmission and receipt of signals at this particular pass band, where each routing path has a corresponding pass band. The matching network is for coupling to an amplifier, when frequency separation is needed at the output of the amplifier to the BPFs. In one embodiment an impedance network tunes the impedance by using varying length transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hollinworth Fund, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Woo Yong Lee, Ajay Gummalla, Maha Achour, Cheng Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 8742993
    Abstract: Techniques and devices based on antenna structures with a MTM loading element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Services GmbH
    Inventors: Cheng Jung Lee, Maha Achour, Ajay Gummalla
  • Publication number: 20140126567
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coherent distributed communication techniques using time reversal are disclosed. In one aspect, cooperating nodes of a cluster can move relative to each other and relative to an intended receiver of the nodes' data transmissions. The nodes are synchronized to a common time reference, and data for transmission from the cluster is distributed to the nodes. The intended receiver sends a sounding signal to the nodes. Each node receives the sounding signal, obtains the channel response between the intended receiver and itself, and time-reverses the channel response. Each node then convolves its time-reversed channel response with the data to obtain the node's convolved data Each node waits a predetermined time following the time reference signal, as determined based on the common time reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Anis Husain, Jeremy Rode, David Smith, Mark Hsu, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 8704593
    Abstract: Power amplifying systems and modules and components therein are designed based on CRLH structures, providing high efficiency and linearity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hollinworth Fund, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Alexandre Dupuy, Ajay Gummalla, Maha Achour
  • Publication number: 20140091880
    Abstract: Techniques, apparatus and systems that use composite left and right handed (CRLH) metamaterial structures to combine and divide electromagnetic signals at multiple frequencies. The metamaterial properties permit significant size reduction over a conventional N-way radial power combiner or divider. Dual-band serial power combiners and dividers and single-band and dual-band radial power combiners and dividers are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Alexandre DUPUY, Ajay GUMMALLA, Maha ACHOUR
  • Patent number: 8686902
    Abstract: Antenna structures and configurations which incorporate alignment keys and support structures which mate Composite Right and Left Handed (CRLH) metamaterial (MTM) structures formed on two or more substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventors: Norberto Lopez, Nan Xu, Ajay Gummalla, Vaneet Pathak, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 8644197
    Abstract: Architectures and implementations of a transceiver system for wireless communications are presented, the system including one or more antennas supporting a single frequency band or multiple frequency bands, a transmit circuit, a receive circuit, and an isolation circuit that is coupled to the one or more antennas and the transmit and receive circuits and provides adequate isolation between the transmit circuit and the receive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hollinworth Fund, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Cheng-Jung Lee, Woo Yong Lee, Ajay Gummalla, Nhan Duc Nguyen, Vladimir Penev, Maha Achour, Gregory Poilasne
  • Publication number: 20140028401
    Abstract: Power amplifying systems and modules and components therein are designed based on CRLH structures, providing high efficiency and linearity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Hollinworth Fund, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Alexandre Dupuy, Ajay Gummalla, Maha Achour
  • Publication number: 20140022133
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus based on metamaterial structures provided for antenna and transmission line devices, including single-layer metallization and via-less metamaterial structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Services GMBH
    Inventors: Ajay Gummalla, Maha Achour, Cheng Jung Lee, Vaneet Pathak, Gregory Poilasne
  • Patent number: 8604982
    Abstract: Antenna structure having a ground electrode formed outside a footprint of a conductive patch, wherein the conductive patch is a radiating element of the antenna structure. The antenna structure in one embodiment is a composite left and right handed (CRLH) based structure. Antennas and antenna arrays based on enhanced CRLH metamaterial structures are configured to provide broadband resonances for various multi-band wireless communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Services GmbH
    Inventors: Maha Achour, Ajay Gummalla, Marin Stoytchev
  • Publication number: 20130294729
    Abstract: An electromagnetic energy collecting and sensing device is described. The device uses enhanced fields to emit electrons for energy collection. The device is configured to collect energy from visible light, infrared radiation and ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation. The device includes a waveguide with a geometry selected to enhance the electric field along a conductor to create a high, localized electric field, which causes electron emission across a gap to an electron return plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Phillip J. Layton, Ezekiel Kruglick, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 8576004
    Abstract: Power amplifying systems and modules and components therein are designed based on CRLH structures, providing high efficiency and linearity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hollinworth Fund L.L.C.
    Inventors: Alexandre Dupuy, Ajay Gummalla, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 8576024
    Abstract: A device includes a plurality of electrode actuated acoustic resonators coupled to form complementary paths to operate as a filter. Each acoustic resonator has an electrical input and an electrical output that contributes to a static capacitance. A compensation impedance is coupled to at least one of the paths to reduce adverse effects from the static capacitances of the acoustic resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hollinworth Fund, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Erb, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 8514146
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus based on metamaterial structures provided for antenna and transmission line devices, including single-layer metallization and via-less metamaterial structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Services GmbH
    Inventors: Ajay Gummalla, Maha Achour, Cheng-Jung Lee, Vaneet Pathak, Gregory Poilasne