Patents by Inventor Peter Fine

Peter Fine 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: 6788266
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high performance, low cost antenna for wireless communication applications which benefit from a dual feed diversity antenna. The antenna device can be fabricated from a single layer of conductive material, thus allowing easy, low cost manufacture of a high gain antenna. Antenna embodiments may provide both spatial and polarization diversity. The antenna need not be planar, but rather may be bent or formed, such as to provide an antenna which is conformal with the shape of a wireless communication device. Furthermore, other embodiments of the present invention may be made of thin film, conductive foil, vapor deposition, or could be made of a flexible conductive material, such as metallized MYLAR. Each of the slot elements may be linear or may be formed in a meander shape or other shape to reduce size. The slot elements may be provided within an antenna array useful for beam scanning applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Logistics AG
    Inventors: Brian St. Hillaire, Doug Kough, Bryan Kretsch, Peter Fine
  • Publication number: 20030020662
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high performance, low cost antenna for wireless communication applications such as those using the 802.11 wireless communication protocol, or other such wireless protocols, which benefit from a dual feed diversity antenna. The antenna device can be fabricated from a single layer of conductive material, thus allowing easy, low cost manufacture of a high gain antenna. In one embodiment of the present invention, the diversity slot antenna can be formed using a single piece of stamped metal connected to a feed system, such as a coaxial feed line. In a first embodiment an antenna with spatial diversity is disclosed. In a second embodiment, an antenna having both spatial and polarization diversity is provided. In other embodiments, the antenna need not be planar, but rather may be bent or formed, such as to provide an antenna which is conformal with the shape of a wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Brian St. Hillaire, Doug Kough, Bryan Kretsch, Peter Fine
  • Patent number: 6362789
    Abstract: A dual frequency wideband antenna assembly for use in a wireless communication device. The antenna assembly having a first resonator element disposed away from the ground plane element, said first resonator element being operatively coupled at a first location to the ground plane and being operatively coupled at a second location to the RF signal port; a second resonator element disposed away from the ground plane. The first and second resonator elements are coupled via a bridge conductor and a capacitive tuning network. The capacitive tuning network may include a discrete capacitor or an adjustable capacitor which varies in response to a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Rangestar Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Trumbull, Dick Kuck, Peter Fine, John E. Harris