Patents by Inventor Stefan Ammann

Stefan Ammann 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: 12231111
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an electroacoustic device that includes a piezoelectric material and an electrode structure that includes a first busbar and a second busbar along with electrode fingers arranged in an interdigitated manner and including a first plurality of fingers connected to the first busbar and a second plurality of fingers connected to the second busbar. The electrode structure further includes a first conductive structure disposed between each of the first plurality of fingers and disposed between the first busbar and the second plurality of fingers. The electrode structure further includes a second conductive structure disposed between each of the second plurality of fingers and disposed between the second busbar and the first plurality of fingers. The first conductive structure and the second conductive structure each have a height that is less than a height of the second plurality of fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Markus Mayer, Philipp Geselbracht, Stefan Ammann, Thomas Ebner, Manuel Sabbagh
  • Publication number: 20240405748
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for an acoustic resonator cascade. In example aspects, the apparatus includes at least one filter circuit. The at least one filter circuit includes a substrate, a first resonator cascade, and a second resonator cascade. The substrate has a surface including a first axis and a second axis. The first resonator cascade has multiple acoustic resonators and is disposed on the surface of the substrate in a first column along the first axis. The second resonator cascade has multiple acoustic resonators and is disposed on the surface of the substrate in a second column along the first axis. A first gap extends along the second axis between the first resonator cascade and the second resonator cascade. A second gap extends along the second axis between the first resonator cascade and the second resonator cascade. The first gap is different from the second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Tingting Yuan, Ibrahim Mehinovic, Stefan Ammann, Khai Yuan Chang, Philipp Schwegler, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12040775
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an electroacoustic device that includes a piezoelectric material and an electrode structure. The electrode structure includes a first busbar and a second busbar. The electrode structure further includes a first conductive structure connected to the first busbar and a second conductive structure connected to the second busbar. The first conductive structure and the second conductive structure is disposed between the first busbar and the second busbar. The first conductive structure and the second conductive structure each include a plurality of conductive segments separated from each other and extending towards one of the first busbar or the second busbar. The electrode structure further includes electrode fingers arranged in an interdigitated manner and each connected to either the first conductive structure or the second conductive structure. The electrode fingers have a pitch that is different than a pitch of the plurality of conductive segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Ebner, Philipp Geselbracht, Markus Mayer, Stefan Ammann, Manuel Sabbagh
  • Publication number: 20240213958
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to devices, wireless communication apparatuses, methods, and circuitry implementing filters with electroacoustic vertical coupling. One aspect is a filter comprising a piezoelectric substrate having a first piezoelectric surface and a second piezoelectric surface opposite the first piezoelectric surface. The filter further comprises a first electroacoustic resonator comprising a first interdigital transducer (IDT) disposed on or over the first piezoelectric surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a second electroacoustic resonator comprising a second IDT disposed on or over the second piezoelectric surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The second electroacoustic resonator is electrically coupled to the first electroacoustic resonator in series or in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan AMMANN, Matthias PERNPEINTNER, Manuel HOFER, Stefan Leopold HATZL
  • Publication number: 20240097646
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication, and high-frequency filters with resonators. One aspect is a device including first and second busbars, and electrode fingers coupled between the busbars, with electrode fingers extending different distances toward an opposite busbar such that a second end of each of the electrode fingers collectively form wave shapes. The device further includes pluralities of gap reflectors positioned between the wave shapes and a nearest busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Vikrant CHAUHAN, Markus MAYER, Stefan AMMANN, Manuel SABBAGH
  • Publication number: 20230402989
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for implementing a surface-acoustic-wave (SAW) filter with dielectric material disposed in a piezoelectric layer. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a surface-acoustic-wave filter with a piezoelectric layer, an electrode structure, and dielectric material. The piezoelectric layer has at least one channel. The dielectric material is disposed in the at least one channel of the piezoelectric layer and is at least partially covered by the electrode structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Merker, Stefan Ammann, Marc Esquius Morote, Matthias Pernpeintner
  • Publication number: 20230261641
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for a surface-acoustic-wave filter with an electrical conductor having a floating potential. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a surface-acoustic-wave filter with a piezoelectric layer and an electrode structure disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer. The electrode structure includes a first comb-shaped structure and a second comb-shaped structure. The electrode structure also includes at least one electrical conductor positioned between the first comb-shaped structure and the second comb-shaped structure such that a gap separates the at least one electrical conductor from the first comb-shaped structure and the second comb-shaped structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Forster, Markus Mayer, Vikrant Chauhan, Stefan Ammann, Manuel Sabbagh, Stefan Freisleben
  • Publication number: 20210376812
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an electroacoustic device that includes a piezoelectric material and an electrode structure that includes a first busbar and a second busbar along with electrode fingers arranged in an interdigitated manner and including a first plurality of fingers connected to the first busbar and a second plurality of fingers connected to the second busbar. The electrode structure further includes a first conductive structure disposed between each of the first plurality of fingers and disposed between the first busbar and the second plurality of fingers. The electrode structure further includes a second conductive structure disposed between each of the second plurality of fingers and disposed between the second busbar and the first plurality of fingers. The first conductive structure and the second conductive structure each have a height that is less than a height of the second plurality of fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Mayer, Philipp Geselbracht, Stefan Ammann, Thomas Ebner, Manuel Sabbagh
  • Publication number: 20210344322
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an electroacoustic device that includes a piezoelectric material and an electrode structure. The electrode structure includes a first busbar and a second busbar. The electrode structure further includes electrode fingers arranged in an interdigitated manner and including a first plurality of fingers connected to the first busbar and a second plurality of fingers connected to the second busbar. A first distance between the first busbar and the second plurality of fingers and a second distance between the second busbar and the first plurality of fingers both being less than a pitch of the electrode fingers. The electrode fingers have a central region with a first trap region and a second trap region respectively located on boundaries of the central region. A structural characteristic of the electroacoustic device is different in the first trap region and the second trap region relative to the central region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Philipp GESELBRACHT, Markus MAYER, Stefan AMMANN, Manuel SABBAGH, Thomas EBNER
  • Publication number: 20210344323
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an electroacoustic device that includes a piezoelectric material and an electrode structure. The electrode structure includes a first busbar and a second busbar. The electrode structure further includes a first conductive structure connected to the first busbar and a second conductive structure connected to the second busbar. The first conductive structure and the second conductive structure is disposed between the first busbar and the second busbar. The first conductive structure and the second conductive structure each include a plurality of conductive segments separated from each other and extending towards one of the first busbar or the second busbar. The electrode structure further includes electrode fingers arranged in an interdigitated manner and each connected to either the first conductive structure or the second conductive structure. The electrode fingers have a pitch that is different than a pitch of the plurality of conductive segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas EBNER, Philipp GESELBRACHT, Markus MAYER, Stefan AMMANN, Manuel SABBAGH
  • Publication number: 20210234532
    Abstract: An electroacoustic resonator (EAR) that allows an RF filter having a large bandwidth is provided. The resonator comprises a piezoelectric material (PM) and an electrode structure (ES, EF) on the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material is lithium niobate and has a crystal cut defined by the Euler angles (0°, 80° to 88°, 0°).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Matthias PERNPEINTNER, Stefan AMMANN, Karl WAGNER
  • Patent number: 5630449
    Abstract: In the method, a reed (3) for a weaving machine is continuously driven from a drive means (2) and the kinetic energy of the reed is stored in order to reduce the drive energy. The apparatus comprises an energy storer (1) and a drive means (2) in order to move the reed (3) back and forth. The matched oscillatable system formed by the energy storer and the reed reduces the drive torque at the uniformly rotating drive means whereby a reduction of the power consumption results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Sulzer Rueti AG
    Inventors: Stefan Ammann, Lorant Gacsay, Alfred Stirnemann