Patents by Inventor Michael David FOEGELLE

Michael David FOEGELLE 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: 11362741
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a device under test are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of implementing a measurement system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of nodes, each node including a combination of a communication tester configured to generate a communication signal and a channel emulator configured to emulate a channel, and providing a user interface configured to enable a user to control at least one of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
  • Publication number: 20210028868
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a device under test are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of implementing a measurement system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of nodes, each node including a combination of a communication tester configured to generate a communication signal and a channel emulator configured to emulate a channel, and providing a user interface configured to enable a user to control at least one of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Michael David FOEGELLE
  • Patent number: 10841017
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a device under test are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of implementing a measurement system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of nodes, each node including a combination of a communication tester configured to generate a communication signal and a channel emulator configured to emulate a channel, and providing a user interface configured to enable a user to control at least one of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
  • Publication number: 20200186262
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a device under test are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of implementing a measurement system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of nodes, each node including a combination of a communication tester configured to generate a communication signal and a channel emulator configured to emulate a channel, and providing a user interface configured to enable a user to control at least one of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Michael David FOEGELLE
  • Patent number: 10594411
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a device under test are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of implementing a measurement system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of nodes, each node including a combination of a communication tester configured to generate a communication signal and a channel emulator configured to emulate a channel, and providing a user interface configured to enable a user to control at least one of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
  • Patent number: 10581538
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electromagnetic measurement system to test a device under test, DUT, in a chamber is provided. Within the chamber, for each of at least one emulated channel, a first emulator core is configured to introduce an impairment in each of at least one transmit signal to produce an impaired signal, and a transmitter is configured to convert the impaired signal to a radio frequency, RF, signal to be transmitted by an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
  • Patent number: 10542498
    Abstract: Methods, tests systems and computers for controlling power delivered to a test volume are provided. According to one aspect, an electromagnetic test system has at least one operational path having a channel emulator output, an amplifier, an attenuator and an antenna. A method includes, for a given desired output power level, C, setting a channel emulator output power to a power level B, and setting the attenuator to a setting A, such that C is a function of B and A. In such embodiments, the attenuation A is calculated based on an upper limit output power of the channel emulator and the desired output power C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
  • Patent number: 10484110
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a positioning system is configured to position a plurality of antennas about a device under test (DUT). According to one embodiment, a positioning system includes a first positioner configured to hold a DUT and to provide motion of the DUT about a first axis, and a second positioner configured to hold a first antenna and to provide motion of the first antenna about a second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventors: Jari Vikstedt, Michael David Foegelle
  • Patent number: 10470135
    Abstract: Methods, tests systems and computers for controlling power delivered to a test volume are provided. According to one aspect, an electromagnetic test system has at least one operational path having a channel emulator output, an amplifier, an attenuator and an antenna. A method includes, for a given desired output power level, C, setting a channel emulator output power to a power level B, and setting the attenuator to a setting A, such that C is a function of B and A. In such embodiments, the attenuation A may be calculated based on an upper limit output power of the channel emulator and the desired output power C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
  • Publication number: 20190273566
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a positioning system is configured to position a plurality of antennas about a device under test (DUT). According to one embodiment, a positioning system includes a first positioner configured to hold a DUT and to provide motion of the DUT about a first axis, and a second positioner configured to hold a first antenna and to provide motion of the first antenna about a second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jari VIKSTEDT, Michael David FOEGELLE
  • Patent number: 10382148
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a system for simulating electromagnetic environments that includes a channel emulator having a plurality of outputs, each output associated with a different operational path. Each operational path has a power amplifier, an antenna and a first coupling mechanism. The power amplifier is coupled to an output of the channel emulator. The antenna is in communication with a test region of the apparatus. The first coupling mechanism simultaneously couples power to the antenna and to a first measurement path when the operational path is coupled to the test region, so that a calibration state of the operational path can be determined and adjusted without interruption of a signal coupled to the antenna in the operational path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
  • Publication number: 20190230595
    Abstract: Methods, tests systems and computers for controlling power delivered to a test volume are provided. According to one aspect, an electromagnetic test system has at least one operational path having a channel emulator output, an amplifier, an attenuator and an antenna. A method includes, for a given desired output power level, C, setting a channel emulator output power to a power level B, and setting the attenuator to a setting A, such that C is a function of B and A. In such embodiments, the attenuation A may be calculated based on an upper limit output power of the channel emulator and the desired output power C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Michael David FOEGELLE
  • Patent number: 10333632
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a positioning system is configured to position a plurality of antennas about a device under test (DUT). According to one embodiment, a positioning system includes a first positioner configured to hold a DUT and to provide motion of the DUT about a first axis, and a second positioner configured to hold a first antenna and to provide motion of the first antenna about a second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventors: Jari Vikstedt, Michael David Foegelle
  • Patent number: 10230479
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a device under test are disclosed. In some embodiments, an electromagnetic measurement system to test a device under test, DUT is provided. The system includes, at a central location, an emulator core configured to introduce an impairment in each of at least one transmit signal to produce a digital impaired signal; and at a remote location, a transmitter configured to convert the digital impaired signal to an analog RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
  • Patent number: 10145804
    Abstract: A method and system for selectively varying the performance of a test chamber are disclosed. According to one aspect, the performance is affected by a variable absorbing structure of the test chamber. The absorbing structure enables selective exposure of absorbing material to achieve a specific performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Howard Sayler, Michael David Foegelle, Garth Anthony D'Abreu
  • Publication number: 20180317179
    Abstract: Methods, tests systems and computers for controlling power delivered to a test volume are provided. According to one aspect, an electromagnetic test system has at least one operational path having a channel emulator output, an amplifier, an attenuator and an antenna. A method includes, for a given desired output power level, C, setting a channel emulator output power to a power level B, and setting the attenuator to a setting A, such that C is a function of B and A. In such embodiments, the attenuation A is calculated based on an upper limit output power of the channel emulator and the desired output power C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
  • Publication number: 20180294896
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a device under test are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of implementing a measurement system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of nodes, each node including a combination of a communication tester configured to generate a communication signal and a channel emulator configured to emulate a channel, and providing a user interface configured to enable a user to control at least one of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventor: Michael David FOEGELLE
  • Publication number: 20180287721
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a positioning system is configured to position a plurality of antennas about a device under test (DUT). According to one embodiment, a positioning system includes a first positioner configured to hold a DUT and to provide motion of the DUT about a first axis, and a second positioner configured to hold a first antenna and to provide motion of the first antenna about a second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jari VIKSTEDT, Michael David FOEGELLE
  • Publication number: 20180254840
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a system for simulating electromagnetic environments that includes a channel emulator having a plurality of outputs, each output associated with a different operational path. Each operational path has a power amplifier, an antenna and a first coupling mechanism. The power amplifier is coupled to an output of the channel emulator. The antenna is in communication with a test region of the apparatus. The first coupling mechanism simultaneously couples power to the antenna and to a first measurement path when the operational path is coupled to the test region, so that a calibration state of the operational path can be determined and adjusted without interruption of a signal coupled to the antenna in the operational path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Michael David FOEGELLE
  • Patent number: 10014962
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a device under test are disclosed. Some embodiments include a distributed channel emulation system implementing a downlink channel, including at a central location, an emulator core configured to introduce an impairment in each of at least one transmit signal to produce at least one impaired signal for each of at least one emulated channel. The system includes, at a remote location, for each of at the least one emulated channel, an up-converter configured to up-convert an impaired signal of the emulated channel to produce a radio frequency, RF, signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Foegelle