Patents by Inventor Thomas Metzger

Thomas Metzger 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: 11949400
    Abstract: A layer system especially for forming SAW devices thereon is proposed comprising a monocrystalline sapphire substrate having a first surface and a crystalline piezoelectric layer comprising MN, deposited onto the first surface, and having a second surface. As a first surface a crystallographic R-plane of sapphire is used enabling an orientation of c-axis of the piezoelectric layer parallel to the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Yoshikazu Kihara, Thomas Pollard
  • Publication number: 20240039510
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) device with resonance-tuned layer stack is disclosed. The BAW device includes two acoustic resonators with top electrodes in different regions on a top side of a piezoelectric layer. The BAW device includes an acoustic mirror on a bottom side of the piezoelectric layer and a bottom electrode between the acoustic mirror and the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer includes a recess in a second region on the bottom side of the piezoelectric layer. The bottom electrode is disposed in the recess on the bottom side of the piezoelectric layer. A distance between a first top electrode in a first region and the bottom electrode may be greater than a distance between a second top electrode in the second region and the bottom electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Maximilian Schiek, Christian Ceranski, Thomas Metzger, Willi Aigner, Franz Sterr
  • Publication number: 20230343186
    Abstract: A computing system receives a request to create a digital data object from a user device of a user for use in a game. The computing system generates the digital data object based on the request. The computing system causes a physical data object corresponding to the digital data object to be activated. The computing system receives a plurality of scanned images of the physical data object. The computing system receives an indication of an outcome of the game based on the physical data object. Based on the indication and the plurality of scanned images, the computing system generates a set of graphical objects to be displayed to the user via the user device of the user. The computing system causes the user to participate in the game using the set of graphical objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Lotto.com Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Arthur Mirzoian
  • Patent number: 11733585
    Abstract: An optical arrangement spectrally broadens laser pulses for nonlinear pulse compression. The optical arrangement has: a broadening section that is configured to guide a laser pulse repeatedly through at least one nonlinear broadening element. The nonlinear broadening element has a dispersion property that is selected such that the dispersion property compensates any self-focusing of the laser pulse in the nonlinear broadening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TRUMPF SCIENTIFIC LASERS GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Sebastian Stark
  • Publication number: 20230259897
    Abstract: A computing system receives a request to create a digital data object from a user device of a user. The request includes user data for the digital data object. The computing system generates the digital data object based on one or more parameters of the user data. The computing system generates a quick response (QR) code associated with the digital data object. The QR code uniquely identifies the digital data object. The computing system causes a physical copy of the digital data object to be printed by causing display of the QR code on an output device, and causing scanning of the QR code. The scanning of the QR code causes a printer to print the physical copy of the digital data object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Lotto.com Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Arthur Mirzoian
  • Publication number: 20220416493
    Abstract: A laser system includes a laser radiation source for providing pulsed laser radiation, and an optical system that includes a first polarization setting optical unit configured to set a circular polarization state of the pulsed laser radiation and a multipass cell having at least two mirrors. The pulsed laser radiation passes through the multipass cell with formation of a plurality of intermediate focus zones. The multipass cell is filled with a filling gas that has an optical nonlinearity and causes a spectral broadening of the pulsed laser radiation in the intermediate focus zones. A pressure of the filling gas is set in a pressure range so that there is an ionization behavior of the filling gas in a form of multiphoton ionization. Focus diameters of the intermediate focus zones are set such that the pulsed laser radiation passes through the multipass cell without ionization of the filling gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Sebastian Stark
  • Publication number: 20220399695
    Abstract: An optical system for increasing contrast of pulsed laser radiation includes a first polarization setting optical unit for setting an elliptical polarization state of the pulsed laser radiation, and a multipass cell having at least two opposing mirrors. The pulsed laser radiation passes the multipass cell with formation of a plurality of intermediate focus zones. The multipass cell is filled with a gas having an optical nonlinearity that causes an intensity-dependent rotation of an alignment of the elliptical polarization state of the pulsed laser radiation, such that the multipass cell outputs beam portions having differently aligned elliptical polarization states on account of the intensity-dependent rotation. The optical system further includes an optical beam splitting system for splitting the beam portions having differently aligned elliptical polarization states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Sebastian Stark
  • Publication number: 20220137483
    Abstract: An optical arrangement spectrally broadens laser pulses for nonlinear pulse compression. The optical arrangement has: a broadening section that is configured to guide a laser pulse repeatedly through at least one nonlinear broadening element. The nonlinear broadening element has a dispersion property that is selected such that the dispersion property compensates any self-focusing of the laser pulse in the nonlinear broadening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Sebastian Stark
  • Patent number: 11296673
    Abstract: A component (B) comprising a carrier (TR), on which a functional structure (FS) is covered by a thin-layer covering (DSA) spanning across and resting on the carrier. On a planarization layer arranged above the thin-layer covering (DSA), a wiring level (M1, M2) is realized, which comprises structured conductor paths and which is connected via through-connections to the functional structure (FS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Akifumi Kamijima
  • Patent number: 11114814
    Abstract: A phase control system for controlling the relative phase (?) of two laser beams of a laser system, which are to be coherently combined, is disclosed that enables providing a phase-controlled sum laser beam. An optical system of the phase control system includes a beam input for receiving a measuring portion of two collinear coherent laser beams, which are superimposed to form a sum laser beam, and provides measuring beams or measuring beam regions, which are used with associated photodetectors for outputting photodetector signals. For determining the relative phase from the photodetector signals, the phase control system has an evaluation device and a delay device for being inserted into the beam path of at least one of the two laser beams. The optical system is configured such that the measuring beams or measuring beam regions are related to different phase offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TRUMPF Scientific Lasers GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Matthias Haefner
  • Patent number: 10911073
    Abstract: A reconfigurable multiplexer including a plurality of filter and/or duplexers, each respectively associated with a frequency band and can be connected to an antenna connector via a band switch individually or several at the same time. One or more phase shifters capable of adjusting a phasing of a filter or duplexer during a multiplex mode so as to improve the interband insulation in a given multiplex mode. A variable notch can be connected to one of the filters or partial filters of a duplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar Schmidhammer, Thomas Metzger, Juha Ellä, Arto Holm
  • Publication number: 20210013862
    Abstract: A layer system especially for forming SAW devices thereon is proposed comprising a monocrystalline sapphire substrate having a first surface and a crystalline piezoelectric layer comprising MN, deposited onto the first surface, and having a second surface. As a first surface a crystallographic R-plane of sapphire is used enabling an orientation of c-axis of the piezoelectric layer parallel to the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas METZGER, Yoshikazu KIHARA, Thomas POLLARD
  • Patent number: 10680159
    Abstract: A MEMS component having increased integration density and a method for manufacturing such a component are specified. The component comprises a base wafer and a cover wafer arranged over this. A first cavity is arranged between the base wafer and the cover wafer. A second cavity is arranged over the cover wafer, below a thin-layer covering. The cavities contain component structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Jürgen Portmann
  • Publication number: 20190229703
    Abstract: A component (B) comprising a carrier (TR), on which a functional structure (FS) is covered by a thin-layer covering (DSA) spanning across and resting on the carrier. On a planarization layer arranged above the thin-layer covering (DSA), a wiring level (M1, M2) is realized, which comprises structured conductor paths and which is connected via through-connections to the functional structure (FS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas METZGER, Akifumi KAMIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190181890
    Abstract: A reconfigurable multiplexer comprises a plurality of filter and/or duplexers, which are respectively associated with a frequency band and can be connected to an antenna connector via a band switch each optionally individually or several at the same time. With variable phase shifters, the adjustment of a suitable phasing of a filter or duplexer during a multiplex mode is possible. In order to improve the interband insulation in a given multiplex mode, a variable notch can be connected to one of the filters or partial filters of a duplexer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Edgar SCHMIDHAMMER, Thomas METZGER, Juha ELLÄ, Arto HOLM
  • Publication number: 20190052045
    Abstract: A phase control system for controlling the relative phase (?) of two laser beams of a laser system, which are to be coherently combined, is disclosed that enables providing a phase-controlled sum laser beam. An optical system of the phase control system includes a beam input for receiving a measuring portion of two collinear coherent laser beams, which are superimposed to form a sum laser beam, and provides measuring beams or measuring beam regions, which are used with associated photodetectors for outputting photodetector signals. For determining the relative phase from the photodetector signals, the phase control system has an evaluation device and a delay device for being inserted into the beam path of at least one of the two laser beams. The optical system is configured such that the measuring beams or measuring beam regions are related to different phase offsets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Metzger, Matthias Haefner
  • Patent number: 10079334
    Abstract: A BAW component is provided. A method for manufacturing a BAW component is also provided. The component includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode and a first piezoelectric material. The first piezoelectric material is between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The first piezoelectric material has a higher piezoelectric coefficient than AlN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles Moulard, Paul Muralt, Ramin Matloub, Thomas Metzger
  • Patent number: 10020827
    Abstract: The invention relates to an HF module, the filter functionality of which can easily be expanded and which has good electrical properties. For this purpose, the module comprises two filter units with a respective HF filter and a switch having two possible switching states. The two filter units are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar Schmidhammer, Thomas Metzger
  • Patent number: 9876158
    Abstract: A component suitable for miniaturization and comprising acoustically decoupled functional structures is specified. The component comprises a first functional structure, a first thin-film cover, which covers the first functional structure, and a second functional structure above the thin-film cover. The thin-film cover does not touch the first functional structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Gudrun Henn, Thomas Metzger
  • Publication number: 20180013055
    Abstract: A MEMS component having increased integration density and a method for manufacturing such a component are specified. The component comprises a base wafer and a cover wafer arranged over this. A first cavity is arranged between the base wafer and the cover wafer. A second cavity is arranged over the cover wafer, below a thin-layer covering. The cavities contain component structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas METZGER, Jürgen PORTMANN