Patents by Inventor Stefano Maci

Stefano Maci 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).

  • Publication number: 20230238699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antenna devices and arrays of antenna devices. One example antenna device includes a first radiator configured to radiate a first electromagnetic signal, a second radiator configured to radiate a second electromagnetic signal, and a joint feeding network including a first 180-degree coupler and a second 180-degree coupler arranged in sequence. The first 180-degree coupler receives first input signal and second input signal, and the second 180-degree coupler provides first output signal to the first radiator and second output signal to the second radiator. In the joint feeding network, a first path connects the first 180-degree coupler to the second 180-degree coupler including a first phase shifter. A second path connects the first 180-degree coupler to the second 180-degree coupler including a second phase shifter and an attenuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Alejandro MURILLO BARRERA, Juan SEGADOR ALVAREZ, Francesco CAMINITA, Cristian DELLA GIOVAMPAOLA, Stefano MACI, Enrica MARTINI, Bruno BISCONTINI, Ignacio GONZALEZ
  • Patent number: 11444386
    Abstract: An antenna assembly, comprising: a single substrate having a lower surface and an upper surface; an isotropic source of spherical electromagnetic waves configured for emitting surface waves on the upper surface; a ground plane formed on the lower surface comprising a metallic deposit on the entire lower surface; an antenna element formed on the upper surface comprising a periodic patterns metasurface formed on the substrate by a texture of subwavelength patches, the antenna element comprising: a first-scale metasurface defined by a two-dimensional alternation of metal or metamaterial patches having closely spaced vertices in each contiguous element to form small gaps; a plurality of switches disposed in the gap between the vertexes of the patches, each switch permitting to connect several patches through the vertexes for defining a second-scale metasurface having a pattern thus forming the antenna element; wherein each patch has dimensions which do not depend on the frequency of the waves to be radiated, t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Charlotte Tripon-Canseliet, Stefano Maci, Cristian Della Giovampaola, Giuseppe Vecchi
  • Publication number: 20210203077
    Abstract: An antenna assembly, comprising: a single substrate having a lower surface and an upper surface; an isotropic source of spherical electromagnetic waves configured for emitting surfaces waves on the upper surface; a ground plane formed on the lower surface comprising a metallic deposit on the entire lower surface; an antenna element formed on the upper surface comprising a periodic patterns metasurface formed on the substrate by a texture of subwavelength patches, the antenna element comprising: a first-scale metasurface defined by a two-dimensional alternation of metal or metamaterial patches having closely spaced vertices in each contiguous element to form small gaps; a plurality of switches disposed in the gap between the vertexes of the patches, each switch permitting to connect several patches through the vertexes for defining a second-scale metasurface having a pattern thus forming the antenna element; wherein each patch has dimensions which do not depend on the frequency of the waves to be radiated,
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: Paris Sciences Et Lettres - Quartier Latin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA, Torino Politecnico, Ecole Superieure De Physique Et De Chimie Industrielles De La Ville De Paris, Sorbonne Universite
    Inventors: Charlotte Tripon-Canseliet, Stefano Maci, Cristian Della Giovampaola, Giuseppe Vecchi
  • Patent number: 9685709
    Abstract: A method for designing a surface pattern for an impedance surface which results in a position-dependent target impedance of said impedance surface, and the impedance surface having the position-dependent target impedance radiates a desired first-type electromagnetic field radiation in reaction to being irradiated by a second-type electromagnetic field radiation. The method includes obtaining a first modal representation on the basis of the first-type electromagnetic field radiation in terms of a set of base modes that are chosen in accordance with a model function of the position-dependent target impedance, and obtaining a second modal representation on the basis of the second-type electromagnetic field radiation and the model function in terms of the set of base modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: European Space Agency
    Inventors: Marco Sabbadini, Gabriele Minatti, Stefano Maci, Paolo Patrizio De Vita
  • Publication number: 20170018855
    Abstract: A method for designing a surface pattern for an impedance surface which results in a position-dependent target impedance of said impedance surface, and the impedance surface having the position-dependent target impedance radiates a desired first-type electromagnetic field radiation in reaction to being irradiated by a second-type electromagnetic field radiation. The method includes obtaining a first modal representation on the basis of the first-type electromagnetic field radiation in terms of a set of base modes that are chosen in accordance with a model function of the position-dependent target impedance, and obtaining a second modal representation on the basis of the second-type electromagnetic field radiation and the model function in terms of the set of base modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: European Space Agency
    Inventors: Marco Sabbadini, Gabriele Minatti, Stefano Maci, Paolo Patrizio De Vita