Patents by Inventor Simon Schroeter

Simon Schroeter 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).

  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING ANTENNA MATCHING AND NODE
    Publication number: 20250023591
    Abstract: A method improves antenna matching for a node, in particular a sensor apparatus and/or actuator apparatus, of a communications network. The node is capable of radio communication and has a radio module equipped with an antenna and a transmit path and/or receive path for radio signals to be emitted and/or received. The node has a power supply apparatus, which is preferably energy self-sufficient, in particular a battery. The antenna has an impedance and in the receive situation and/or in the transmit situation in the case of adjustable matchings, preferably by use of adjustable matching networks, the signal to noise ratio associated with each matching is estimated, and a matching is selected from the different matchings for the receive mode and/or the transmit mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Hristo Petkov, Christoph Schmidt, Thomas Kauppert, Klaus Gottschalk, Simon Schroeter, Benjamin Meyer
  • Method for improving antenna matching and node
    Patent number: 12166514
    Abstract: A method improves antenna matching for a node, in particular a sensor apparatus and/or actuator apparatus, of a communications network. The node is capable of radio communication and has a radio module equipped with an antenna and a transmit path and/or receive path for radio signals to be emitted and/or received. The node has a power supply apparatus, which is preferably energy self-sufficient, in particular a battery. The antenna has an impedance and in the receive situation and/or in the transmit situation in the case of adjustable matchings, preferably by use of adjustable matching networks, the signal to noise ratio associated with each matching is estimated, and a matching is selected from the different matchings for the receive mode and/or the transmit mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Diehl Metering Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Hristo Petkov, Christoph Schmidt, Thomas Kauppert, Klaus Gottschalk, Simon Schroeter, Benjamin Meyer
  • Method for detecting the surroundings of a node capable of unidirectional or bidirectional radio communication and node
    Patent number: 11984918
    Abstract: A method detects the surroundings of a node, in particular in the form of a sensor apparatus and/or actuator apparatus, of a communications network. The node is capable of unidirectional or bidirectional radio communication and has a radio module equipped with an antenna, a transmit path and/or receive path, and a power supply apparatus, which is preferably energy self-sufficient, in particular a battery. The surroundings are detected, preferably at repeated time intervals, on the basis of an estimate of the detuning of the antenna of the radio module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Diehl Metering Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Hristo Petkov, Christoph Schmidt, Thomas Kauppert, Klaus Gottschalk, Simon Schroeter, Benjamin Meyer
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING ANTENNA MATCHING AND NODE
    Publication number: 20220247436
    Abstract: A method improves antenna matching for a node, in particular a sensor apparatus and/or actuator apparatus, of a communications network. The node is capable of radio communication and has a radio module equipped with an antenna and a transmit path and/or receive path for radio signals to be emitted and/or received. The node has a power supply apparatus, which is preferably energy self-sufficient, in particular a battery. The antenna has an impedance and in the receive situation and/or in the transmit situation in the case of adjustable matchings, preferably by use of adjustable matching networks, the signal to noise ratio associated with each matching is estimated, and a matching is selected from the different matchings for the receive mode and/or the transmit mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hristo Petkov, Christoph Schmidt, Thomas Kauppert, Klaus Gottschalk, Simon Schroeter, Benjamin Meyer
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING THE SURROUNDINGS OF A NODE CAPABLE OF UNIDIRECTIONAL OR BIDIRECTIONAL RADIO COMMUNICATION AND NODE
    Publication number: 20220247440
    Abstract: A method detects the surroundings of a node, in particular in the form of a sensor apparatus and/or actuator apparatus, of a communications network. The node is capable of unidirectional or bidirectional radio communication and has a radio module equipped with an antenna, a transmit path and/or receive path, and a power supply apparatus, which is preferably energy self-sufficient, in particular a battery. The surroundings are detected, preferably at repeated time intervals, on the basis of an estimate of the detuning of the antenna of the radio module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hristo Petkov, Christoph Schmidt, Thomas Kauppert, Klaus Gottschalk, Simon Schroeter, Benjamin Meyer