Patents by Inventor Timothy E. Lesher

Timothy E. Lesher 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).

  • SPACE TRANSFORMERS CONFIGURED TO BE UTILIZED IN A PROBE SYSTEM, PROBE SYSTEMS THAT INCLUDE THE SPACE TRANSFORMERS, AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20240410936
    Abstract: Space transformers configured to be utilized in a probe system to facilitate electrical communication with a device under test (DUT), probe systems that include the space transformers, and related methods are disclosed herein. The space transformers include a dielectric body, a plurality of first electrical contacts supported by the dielectric body, and a plurality of second electrical contacts supported by the dielectric body. The space transformers also include an electrically conductive radio frequency (RF) signal-modifying trace. The space transformers further include an RF electrical signal-modifying structure in electrical communication with the electrically conductive RF signal-modifying trace. The RF electrical signal-modifying structure is configured to receive the RF electrical signal from an input region of the electrically conductive RF signal-modifying trace and to discharge a modified RF electrical signal to an output region of the electrically conductive RF signal-modifying trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Ernest Gammon McReynolds, Timothy E. Lesher, Pratik Bakul Ghate, Shean Thomas McMahon, Jerry Martynuik, David Raschko, Daniel Bock, Andrew Nelson
  • FLEXIBLE, RADIO-FREQUENCY TRANSITIONS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS THAT INCLUDE THE FLEXIBLE, RADIO-FREQUENCY TRANSITIONS
    Publication number: 20240396221
    Abstract: Flexible, radio-frequency transitions and electronic systems that include the flexible, radio-frequency transitions are disclosed herein. The flexible, radio-frequency transitions are configured to electrically interconnect a first electronic component and a second electronic component to facilitate radio-frequency electrical communication therebetween and include a flexible dielectric membrane and a microstrip transmission line. The microstrip transmission line is formed on the flexible dielectric membrane and includes an electrically conductive signal trace and an electrically conductive ground plane for the electrically conductive signal trace. The transition is configured to electrically interconnect the first electronic component and the second electronic component, and to permit radio-frequency electrical communication therebetween, throughout a range of transition angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Pratik Bakul Ghate, Ernest Gammon McReynolds, Shean Thomas McMahon, Timothy E. Lesher, Bryan Willis
  • Probe testing structure
    Patent number: 8069491
    Abstract: A calibration structure for probing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Cascade Microtech, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy E. Lesher
  • Probe testing structure
    Publication number: 20080218187
    Abstract: A calibration structure for probing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventor: Timothy E. Lesher
  • Probe testing structure
    Patent number: 7250626
    Abstract: A calibration structure for probing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Cascade Microtech, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy E. Lesher