Patents by Inventor Yung L. Chow

Yung L. Chow 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: 4922262
    Abstract: A log-periodic slot antenna has adjacent radiating elements connected by off-center co-planar lines thereby providing the required phase reversal and modifying the element impedance to match that of the co-planar line. By providing a ground plane restricted in size to that of the element array a difference pattern can be formed by the single antenna giving a sharp null in the longitudinal direction of the antenna. A dual log-periodic antenna formed from two such single antennas can be fed in-phase and produce two difference patterns one in the co-planar plane and one in the cross-polar plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence
    Inventor: Yung L. Chow
  • Patent number: 4872019
    Abstract: A radome-lens comprises a shell of dielectric material having an outer surface in the form of a small circle defined by a sphere and a plane intersecting the sphere, an opening at one end of the shell for reception of an antenna therein, the surface having a central axis which is normal to the plane and extends through the center of the sphere, and an inner surface having a spherical portion centered at a second center disposed along the axis adjacent the first mentioned center but spaced toward the outer surface. When so constructed, the invention functions as a radome in the sense that it houses and protects an antenna in the usual manner and also functions as a lens in the sense that it amplifies the scan angle of the antenna from an angle of less than 90.degree. to 90.degree. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: Her Majesty The Queen in right of Canada as represented by the Minister of National Defence
    Inventors: Yung L. Chow, Sujeet K. Chaudhuri