Patents by Inventor Michael David Hill

Michael David Hill 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: 11976010
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of composite hexagonal ferrite materials formed from a combination of Y phase and Z phase hexagonal ferrite materials. Advantageously, embodiments of the material can have a high resonant frequency as well as a high permeability. In some embodiments, the materials can be useful for magnetodielectric antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Allumax TTI, LLC
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, Srinivas Polisetty, Constance M. Griffith
  • Publication number: 20240124361
    Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates dielectric materials and methods of forming the same, and more particularly to a combination of co-fireable dielectric materials that can be attached to each other without the use of adhesives. In an aspect, a composite article comprises a magnetic portion comprising a nickel zinc ferrite. The composite article additionally comprises a non-magnetic portion contacting the magnetic portion, the non-magnetic portion comprising a spinel-structured oxide comprising Mg2-xAl2xTi1-xO4 and having a dielectric constant between about 7 and 14, wherein 0<x?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank, David Martin Firor, Iain Alexander Macfarlane, Jeffrey Alan Shunkwiler, John Jianzhong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11961644
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of synthetic garnet materials for use in radiofrequency applications. In some embodiments, increased amounts of gadolinium can be added into specific sites in the crystal structure of the synthetic garnet by incorporating indium, a trivalent element. By including both indium and increased amounts of gadolinium, the dielectric constant can be improved. Thus, embodiments of the disclosed material can be advantageous in both above and below resonance applications, such as for isolators and circulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank
  • Patent number: 11958778
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of low temperature co-fireable barium tungstate materials which can be used in combination with high dielectric materials, such as nickel zinc ferrite, to form composite structures, in particular for isolators and circulators for radiofrequency components. Embodiments of the material can include flux, such as bismuth vanadate, to reduce co-firing temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Allumax TTI, LLC
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank, Jeffrey Alan Shunkwiler, John Jianzhong Jiang, David Martin Firor
  • Publication number: 20240120136
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ceramic materials, such as bismuth substituted garnets, which can have high curie temperatures and high dielectric constants. In certain implementations, indium can be incorporated into the ceramic to improve certain properties and to avoid calcium compensation. The ceramic materials disclosed herein can be particular advantageous for below resonance applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank
  • Patent number: 11936088
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite material for use as an isolator or circulator in a radiofrequency device comprises providing a low temperature fireable outer material, the low fireable outer material having a garnet or scheelite structure, inserting a high dielectric constant inner material having a dielectric constant above 30 within an aperture in the low temperature fireable outer material, and co-firing the lower temperature fireable outer material and the high dielectric constant inner material together at temperature between 650-900° C. to shrink the low temperature fireable outer material around an outer surface of the high dielectric constant inner material to form an integrated magnetic/dielectric assembly without the use of adhesive or glue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank, Jeffrey Alan Shunkwiler, John Jianzhong Jiang, David Martin Firor, Srinivas Polisetty
  • Patent number: 11926533
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of making a high Q ceramic material. The method includes providing Ba3NiTa2O9 and incorporating one of Ba2MgWO6, Ba8LiTa5WO24, Ba8LiTa5WO24, Ba2MgWO6, Ba3LaTa3O12, Ba8LiTa5WO24, BaLaLiWO6, Ba4Ta2WO12, Ba2La2MgW2O12, BaLaLiWO6, Sr3LaTa3O12, and SrLaTaO12 into the Ba3NiTa2O9 to form a solid solution having a high Q value of greater than 12000 at about 10 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Hill
  • Publication number: 20240079753
    Abstract: A method of forming an integrated microstrip circulator includes translating a ferrite disc into an aperture in a dielectric substrate, securing the ferrite disc in the dielectric substrate with an adhesive to form a composite structure, and forming circuitry on an upper surface of the composite structure and forming surface mount contacts on a lower surface of the composite structure by metallizing the upper and lower surfaces of the composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Iain Alexander Macfarlane, Scott David Wilson, David Bowie Cruickshank, Michael David Hill
  • Patent number: 11919779
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of making a high Q ceramic material. The method includes providing Ba3CoTa2O9 and incorporating one of Ba2MgWO6, Ba8LiTa5WO24, Ba8LiTa5WO24, Ba2MgWO6, Ba3LaTa3O12, Ba8LiTa5WO24, BaLaLiWO6, Ba4Ta2WO12, Ba2La2MgW2O12, BaLaLiWO6, Sr3LaTa3O12, and SrLaTaO12 into the Ba3CoTa2O9 to form a solid solution having a high Q value of greater than 12000 at about 10 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Hill
  • Patent number: 11912627
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of tungsten bronze crystal structures that can have both a high dielectric constant and low temperature coefficient. Embodiments of the material can be useful for radiofrequency applications such as resonators and antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Hill
  • Patent number: 11891340
    Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates dielectric materials, and more particularly to a combination of co-fireable dielectric materials that can be attached to each other without the use of adhesives. In an aspect, a composite article comprises a magnetic portion comprising a nickel zinc ferrite. The composite article additionally comprises a non-magnetic portion contacting the magnetic portion, the non-magnetic portion comprising a spinel-structured oxide comprising Mg2-xAl2xTi1-xO4 and having a dielectric constant between about 7 and 14, wherein 0<x?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank, David Martin Firor, Iain Alexander Macfarlane, Jeffrey Alan Shunkwiler, John Jianzhong Jiang
  • Publication number: 20240030577
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of low temperature co-fireable dielectric materials which can be used in conjunction with high dielectric materials to form composite structures, in particular for isolators and circulators for radiofrequency components. Embodiments of the low temperature co-fireable dielectric materials can be scheelite or garnet structures, for example barium tungstate. Adhesives and/or glue is not necessary for the formation of the isolators and circulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, Jianzhong Jiang, Jeffrey Alan Shunkwiler, Neil Bruce Coats, David Martin Firor, David Bowie Cruickshank
  • Patent number: 11873231
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of making a barium magnesium tantalate. The method can include providing barium magnesium tantalate and incorporating one of Ba2MgWO6, Ba8LiTa5WO24, Ba8LiTa5WO24, Ba2MgWO6, Ba3LaTa3O12, Ba8LiTa5WO24, BaLaLiWO6, Ba4Ta2WO12, Ba2La2MgW2O12, BaLaLiWO6, Sr3LaTa3O12, and SrLaTaO12 into the barium magnesium tantalate to form a solid solution having a high Q value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Hill
  • Patent number: 11869689
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase hexagonal ferrite material, such as those including strontium. In some embodiments, oxides consistent with the stoichiometry of Sr3Co2Fe24O41, SrFe12O19 or CoFe2O4 can be used form an enhanced hexagonal ferrite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael David Hill
  • Patent number: 11843152
    Abstract: An integrated microstrip circulator comprises a dielectric substrate having an aperture, a ferrite disc secured within the aperture in the dielectric substrate, metallization on upper surfaces of the dielectric substrate and the ferrite disc, and surface mount contacts disposed on lower surfaces of the dielectric substrate and the ferrite disc and in electrical communication with the metallization on the upper surfaces of the dielectric substrate and the ferrite disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Iain Alexander Macfarlane, Scott David Wilson, David Bowie Cruickshank, Michael David Hill
  • Patent number: 11830647
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ceramic materials, such as bismuth substituted garnets, which can have high curie temperatures and high dielectric constants. In certain implementations, indium can be incorporated into the ceramic to improve certain properties and to avoid calcium compensation. The ceramic materials disclosed herein can be particular advantageous for below resonance applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank
  • Patent number: 11824255
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to using cobalt (Co) to fine tune the magnetic properties, such as permeability and magnetic loss, of nickel-zinc ferrites to improve the material performance in electronic applications. The method comprises replacing nickel (Ni) with sufficient Co+2 such that the relaxation peak associated with the Co+2 substitution and the relaxation peak associated with the nickel to zinc (Ni/Zn) ratio are into near coincidence. When the relaxation peaks overlap, the material permeability can be substantially maximized and magnetic loss substantially minimized. The resulting materials are useful and provide superior performance particularly for devices operating at the 13.56 MHz ISM band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Allumax TTI, LLC
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank, Kelvin Mitchell Anderson
  • Patent number: 11814301
    Abstract: Embodiments of synthetic garnet materials having advantageous properties, especially for below resonance frequency applications, are disclosed herein. In particular, embodiments of the synthetic garnet materials can have high Curie temperatures and dielectric constants while maintaining low magnetization. These materials can be incorporated into isolators and circulators, such as for use in telecommunication base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Allumax TTI, LLC
    Inventors: David Bowie Cruickshank, Michael David Hill
  • Publication number: 20230361753
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device is disclosed. The acoustic wave device can include a substrate, an interdigital transducer electrode disposed on the substrate, and a temperature compensation layer over the interdigital transducer electrode. The IDT electrode includes a lower layer, an upper layer, and a buffer layer disposed between the lower layer and the upper layer. A modulus of elasticity of the buffer layer is less than a modulus of elasticity of the upper layer. The buffer layer is configured to release stress between the lower layer and the upper layer caused due to a difference between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the lower layer and a coefficient of thermal expansion of the upper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Takanori Yasuda, Keiichi Maki, Yumi Torazawa, Rei Goto, Michael David Hill
  • Publication number: 20230353119
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave device with a piezoelectric layer that includes a wurtzite structure. The wurtzite structure can include aluminum nitride and silicon carbide. Related piezoelectric layers, acoustic wave filters, radio frequency modules, wireless communication devices, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Michael David Hill, Alexandre Augusto Shirakawa, Benjamin Paul Abbott, Stefan Bader, David Albert Feld, Kwang Jae Shin