Patents by Inventor Saou-Wen Su

Saou-Wen Su 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: 9833159
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a device body and a wearing element. The wearing element is connected to the device body. The device body includes a conductive upper cover, a conductive lower cover, an insulating frame and a circuit system. The insulating frame is disposed between the conductive upper cover and the conductive lower cover and forms an accommodating space therewith. The circuit system is disposed in the accommodating space. The conductive upper cover has a first feeding point. The conductive lower cover has a second feeding point. The circuit system is coupled to the first feeding point and the second feeding point respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Fang-Hsien Chu, Chih-Chung Lin, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Chia-Min Chuang, Saou-Wen Su, Bin-Chyi Tseng, Jian-Sheng Hsieh, Tsung-Chieh Yen
  • Patent number: 9722303
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body and a wearing element. The body includes a conductive frame. The conductive frame includes a feeding point and at least one grounding point to form a first current path and a second current path. Furthermore, the conductive frame forms a loop antenna via the first current path and the second current path, respectively, so as to operate in a first band and a second band. The wearing element is connected to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Ting Hsieh, Saou-Wen Su, Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20170170543
    Abstract: An antenna is provided. The antenna includes: an antenna ground plane; a radiating unit parallel to the antenna ground plane, the radiating unit including: a common unit; a first branch extended from the common unit along a first direction; a second branch extended from the common unit along a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are inverse; a third branch separated from the first branch and the second branch and extending outwardly from the common unit; a shorting unit located between a plane of radiating unit located and a plane of the antenna ground plane and connected to the common unit and the antenna ground plane; and a feeding unit located between a plane of the radiating unit and a plane of the antenna ground plane, wherein the feeding unit is separated from the shorting unit and connected to the third branch, and the shorting unit and the feeding unit are located on the same side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tse Lee, Saou-Wen Su
  • Patent number: 9627746
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus and an antenna system therein are provided. The antenna system includes a grounding portion and an antenna body. The grounding portion includes a ground plane and a conducting element. The conducting element is perpendicular to the ground plane and is connected to the ground plane to provide a first current path. The antenna body includes a main radiating portion and a short circuit portion. The main radiating portion is parallel to the ground plane and provides a second current path. An end of the main radiating portion is electrically connected to a signal source. The short circuit portion is electrically connected between the main radiating portion and the conducting element and provides a third current path. The directions of the first current path, the second current path and the third current path are perpendicular mutually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Saou-Wen Su, Fang-Hsien Chu, Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 9444530
    Abstract: A Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna device is adapted for connecting electrically to a radio frequency (RF) circuit for transmitting and receiving RF signals. The MIMO antenna device includes a circuit board, a plurality of antenna units, and a plurality of multiplexer units. The antenna units are disposed on the circuit board proximate to a peripheral edge thereof, are arranged in a loop formation, and are divided into a plurality of groups of the antenna units. Each of the multiplexer units is connected electrically to a respective one of the groups of the antenna units for selecting one of the corresponding antenna units and for connecting electrically the selected one of the corresponding antenna units to the RF circuit, thereby achieving the MIMO technique with the independently and simultaneously operating antenna units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Saou-Wen Su, Lin-Han Tsai, Chuan-Hsing Chen
  • Publication number: 20160062417
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a device body and a wearing element. The wearing element is connected to the device body. The device body includes a conductive upper cover, a conductive lower cover, an insulating frame and a circuit system. The insulating frame is disposed between the conductive upper cover and the conductive lower cover and forms an accommodating space therewith. The circuit system is disposed in the accommodating space. The conductive upper cover has a first feeding point. The conductive lower cover has a second feeding point. The circuit system is coupled to the first feeding point and the second feeding point respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Fang-Hsien Chu, Chih-Chung Lin, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Chia-Min Chuang, Saou-Wen Su, Bin-Chyi Tseng, Jian-Sheng Hsieh, Tsung-Chieh Yen
  • Patent number: 9225053
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes a grounding portion, a main radiating portion, and a shielding wall. The main radiating portion includes a first radiating portion having a first feed end and a second radiating portion having a second feed end. The first and second radiating portions are structurally symmetrical. The main radiating portion and the shielding wall are arranged on opposite sides of the grounding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh Hung, Saou-Wen Su
  • Publication number: 20150091764
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body and a wearing element. The body includes a conductive frame. The conductive frame includes a feeding point and at least one grounding point to form a first current path and a second current path. Furthermore, the conductive frame forms a loop antenna via the first current path and the second current path, respectively, so as to operate in a first band and a second band. The wearing element is connected to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Ting Hsieh, Saou-Wen Su, Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 8907860
    Abstract: A stand-alone multi-band antenna includes an antenna ground plate, a shielding metal wall, a first radiating unit, and a signal feed-in source. The first radiating unit connected to at least one side of the antenna ground plate and located above the antenna ground plate is an antenna structure generating the fringing-field. The first radiating unit provides a first operating band and a second operating band. The shielding metal wall is connected to a plurality of the adjacent sides of the antenna ground plate, and the height thereof is larger than or equal to that of the first radiating unit, therefore limiting the fringing-field of the first radiating unit within the stand-alone multi-band antenna. The signal feed-in source has a signal feed-in point and a ground point. The signal feed-in point is electrically connected to the first radiating unit, and the ground point is electrically connected to the shielding metal wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Tse Lee, Saou-Wen Su
  • Patent number: 8854274
    Abstract: An unbalanced antenna includes a non-conductive substrate having one short edge, and two long edges connected respectively to two opposite ends of the short edge and parallel to each other, and an unbalanced antenna disposed proximate to the short edge of the non-conductive substrate and having a ground portion. A ground plane has side edges extending along the long edges of the non-conductive substrate, and is electrically coupled with the ground portion. The length of the ground plane is longer than a quarter of an equivalent wavelength corresponding to an operating frequency of the unbalanced antenna. A pair of choke sleeve structures are symmetrically disposed at opposite sides of the ground plane and spaced apart from the unbalanced antenna by a quarter of an equivalent wavelength corresponding to the operating frequency. Each choke sleeve structure has one end connected to the ground plane, and the other end extending in a direction away from the unbalanced antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh Hung, Saou-Wen Su
  • Patent number: 8854270
    Abstract: A hybrid multi-antenna system includes a system circuit board, an antenna substrate, at least a dipole antenna, and at least a monopole-slot antenna. The system board has at least a system ground plate, and the system ground plate is served as a reflector of the hybrid multi-antenna system. The antenna substrate and the system ground plate have a first distance therebetween. The dipole antenna having a first signal feed-in source and the monopole-slot antenna having a second signal feed-in source respectively provide a first and second operating band, and they are on a surface of the antenna substrate. The monopole-slot antenna is located nearby the dipole antenna. The monopole-slot antenna and the dipole antenna have a second distance therebetween. The first and second signal feed-in sources are vertical to each other, and have the phase difference of 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Tse Lee, Saou-Wen Su
  • Patent number: 8797215
    Abstract: A wire antenna comprises a main radiating element, a grounding element, a shorting element, and a coaxial cable. The said main radiating element and the said grounding element are linked by the said shorting element. A central conducting wire and an outer grounding conductor of the coaxial cable are electrically connected to the first and the second points on the said main radiating element and the said grounding element respectively. The main radiating element and the grounding element are all made of a single metal wire with compact size and low cost. The present invention is capable of single or dual-band operation for applications in WLAN devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Saou-Wen Su, Jui-Hung Chou
  • Patent number: 8791865
    Abstract: A multi-loop antenna system includes a substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a first loop antenna disposed on the first surface, and a second loop antenna disposed on one of the first and second surfaces. Each of the first and second loop antennas is operable in a corresponding one of first and second frequency bands, and includes a signal-feed portion and a grounding portion that are disposed adjacent to each other and that are disposed proximate to a respective one of peripheral edges of the substrate, and a radiator portion that has opposite ends connected electrically and respectively to the signal-feed and grounding portions and that cooperates therewith to form a loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Saou-Wen Su
  • Patent number: 8723751
    Abstract: An antenna system includes: and antenna module and a system module. The antenna module includes a substrate, and a plurality of planar dipole antennas each including a short-circuit section, two first radiator sections operable in a first frequency band and connected to the short-circuit section, and two second radiator sections operable in a second frequency band and connected to the short-circuit section. The planar dipole antennas are arranged such that geometric centers thereof are respectively spaced apart from a center point bounded by the planar dipole antennas by a predetermined distance, such that each of the planar dipole antennas is spaced apart from an adjacent one of the planar dipole antennas by a predetermined minimum distance. The system module has a grounding plane that faces toward and that is spaced apart from and parallel to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh Hung, Saou-Wen Su
  • Publication number: 20140111384
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus and an antenna system therein are provided. The antenna system includes a grounding portion and an antenna body. The grounding portion includes a ground plane and a conducting element. The conducting element is perpendicular to the ground plane and is connected to the ground plane to provide a first current path. The antenna body includes a main radiating portion and a short circuit portion. The main radiating portion is parallel to the ground plane and provides a second current path. An end of the main radiating portion is electrically connected to a signal source. The short circuit portion is electrically connected between the main radiating portion and the conducting element and provides a third current path. The directions of the first current path, the second current path and the third current path are perpendicular mutually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Saou-Wen SU, Fang-Hsien CHU, Chih-Chung LIN
  • Patent number: 8681049
    Abstract: A built-in FM transmitting antenna applied to a mobile device, includes a substrate unit, a first antenna unit, a conducting unit and a second antenna unit. The substrate unit has a circuit substrate, at least one grounding layer disposed on the circuit substrate, and a plurality of conducting pads disposed on the circuit substrate. The first antenna unit is disposed above the substrate unit and substantially parallel to the substrate unit. The conducting unit is electrically connected between the substrate unit and the first antenna unit. The second antenna unit is directly disposed on the edge of the top surface of the circuit substrate. The second antenna unit has two ends electrically connected between two of the conducting pads, respectively. The two ends of the second antenna unit are electrically connected to an FM chip module and the conducting unit through the two of the conducting pads, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Saou-Wen Su, Chao-Hsu Chen, Kuo-Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 8648762
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a substrate; micro-strip and grounding portions that are respectively disposed on opposite first and second surfaces of the substrate, the former including a signal-feed section for feeding of signals and a plurality of first connecting sections electrically connected to the signal-feed section; and a plurality of first loop antennas arranged along a peripheral edge of the grounding portion, each including a first radiator portion disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to a respective one of the first connecting sections, and a second radiator portion disposed on the second surface, electrically interconnecting the first radiator portion and the grounding portion, and cooperating with the first radiator portion to form a loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Saou-Wen Su, Tzu-Chieh Hung
  • Publication number: 20140028504
    Abstract: An electronic device with a casing is provided. The electronic device includes a first opening, a second opening, and a feed-in circuit. The first opening is formed at one side of the casing, and the first opening extends into the casing to form a first slit. The second opening is formed adjacent to the first opening, and the second opening extends into the casing to form a second slit. The feed-in circuit is coupled to the first slit and the second slit, and the projection of the feed-in circuit partly overlaps the first slit and second slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Saou-Wen SU, Chih-Chung LIN
  • Patent number: 8593368
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes an antenna substrate, an antenna ground, an antenna unit, and a matching conductor. The antenna ground has a signal ground terminal and at least one bend. The antenna unit is adjacent to the antenna ground. The matching conductor is electrically coupled to the antenna ground, and an angle exists between the matching conductor and the antenna ground. A length of the first matching conductor is about a quarter of the wavelength corresponding to a frequency of the first operating band. The antenna unit includes a coupling conductor, a feeding conductor, a radiating conductor, and a shorting conductor. The feeding conductor has a signal feeding terminal One end of the radiating conductor is facing to the antenna ground, and a distance exists between the feeding conductor the antenna ground. Two ends of the shorting conductor are respectively electrically coupled to the antenna ground and the coupling conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Tse Lee, Saou-Wen Su
  • Patent number: 8576126
    Abstract: A dipole antenna includes interconnected first and second grounding portions, first and second connecting portions bending respectively from the first and second grounding portions in a substantially same direction, first and second extending portions extending respectively from the first connecting portion, and third and fourth extending portions extending respectively from the second connecting portion. The second extending portion is disposed closer to the first grounding portion than the first extending portion. The fourth extending portion is disposed closer to the second grounding portion than the third extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh Hung, Saou-Wen Su