Using Stripline Patents (Class 333/116)
  • Patent number: 12244051
    Abstract: There is provided an ultra-small size broadband coupler. A Lange coupler according to an embodiment includes: first lines which are formed in a spiral shape, and have a first port and a second port formed at one end thereof and have connection ends formed at the other end thereof; and second lines which are formed in a spiral shape, and have connection ends formed at one end thereof to be connected to the connection ends of the first lines, and have a third port and a fourth port formed at the other end thereof. Accordingly, the Lange coupler maintains broadband characteristics while minimizing its area, so that it is possible to design a small component for mobile communication and to noticeably reduce an insertion loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Ki Jin Kim, Kwang Ho Ahn, Soo Chang Chae
  • Patent number: 12183996
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first conductive patch, a second conductive patch, a third conductive patch, and a wireless communication circuit. The first conductive patch includes a first edge facing the second conductive patch, a second edge perpendicularly meeting the first edge at a first corner, a third edge parallel to the first edge, and a fourth edge that is parallel to the second edge and perpendicularly meets the third edge at a second corner. The second conductive patch and the third conductive patch each have a shape identical to that of the first conductive patch. The wireless communication circuit feed power to a first point of the first edge, a second point of a fifth edge of the second conductive patch, and a third point of a sixth edge of the third conductive patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumin Yun, Soonheung Kwon, Hosaeng Kim, Hyungjoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12155106
    Abstract: A phase shifter includes opposite first and second substrates and a dielectric layer between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes: a first base plate; a signal line and a reference electrode on a side of the first base plate proximal to the dielectric layer. The second substrate includes a second base plate, and at least one patch electrode on a side of the second base plate proximal to the dielectric layer. The phase shifter further includes first and second feeding structures connected to both ends of the signal line, respectively; the first feeding structure changes a transmission direction of a microwave signal through the signal line, so that the microwave signal is transmitted in a first direction; and the second feeding structure changes a transmission direction of the microwave signal through the signal line, so that the microwave signal is transmitted in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia Fang, Feng Qu
  • Patent number: 12148975
    Abstract: A coupler module (1) includes a first component (11) and a second component (21) that are mounted on a substrate. The first component (11) includes a coupler (100) having a main line and an auxiliary line, and the second component (21) includes an external circuit for processing a signal that flows into the main line or the auxiliary line and a plurality of first signal terminals (P5, P6) that are input and output terminals of the external circuit for the signal. The plurality of first signal terminals (P5, P6) are arranged in a first portion (A1) that is one of two portions (A1, A2) obtained by dividing the second component (21) and that is farther from the first component (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokuda, Hiromichi Kitajima, Hisanori Murase
  • Patent number: 12142853
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an antenna unit and a terminal device. The antenna unit includes an insulating groove, M feeding parts disposed in the insulating groove, M couplers, a first insulator, at least two radiators carried on the first insulator, a first radiator disposed at a bottom of the insulating groove, and an isolator disposed around the M couplers, where the M feeding parts are insulated from the first radiator and the isolator, the M couplers are located between the first radiator and the first insulator, each of the M feeding parts is electrically connected to one coupler, each of the M couplers is coupled to the at least two radiators and the first radiator, resonance frequencies of different radiators are different, and M is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianjing Jian, Huan-Chu Huang, Yijin Wang, Rongjie Ma
  • Patent number: 12120966
    Abstract: A device includes a first substrate having a principal surface; a second substrate having a principal surface, in which the first substrate is bump-bonded to the second substrate such that the principal surface of the first substrate faces the principal surface of the second substrate; a circuit element having a microwave frequency resonance mode, in which a first portion of the circuit element is arranged on the principal surface of the first substrate and a second portion of the circuit element is arranged on the principal surface of the second substrate; and a first bump bond connected to the first portion of the circuit element and to the second portion of the circuit element, in which the first superconductor bump bond provides an electrical connection between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Julian Shaw Kelly, Evan Jeffrey
  • Patent number: 12100881
    Abstract: A directional coupler includes: a main line (11) through which a main signal (31) flows; a sub-line (12) through which a sub-signal (32) corresponding to the main signal (31) flows by electromagnetic coupling with the main line (11); and an inductor (13) that is connected in series with one line among the main line (11) and the sub-line (12) and through which one signal among the main signal (31) and the sub-signal (32) flows. A first portion (41) of a first wiring line (21) forming the inductor (13) and a second portion (42) of a second wiring line (22) forming the other line among the main line (11) and the sub-line (12) are electromagnetically coupled with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryoki Shikishima
  • Patent number: 12063057
    Abstract: A signal coupler (100) comprising: a main-transmission-line (114) that extends in a longitudinal direction within a substrate (102) between an input port and an output port; and a coupled-transmission-line (116) that extends in the longitudinal direction within the substrate (102) between a coupled port and a termination port. The coupled-transmission-line (116) is in a second layer (110). The main-transmission-line (114) comprises a first-portion (120) in a first layer (108), a second-portion (122) in a second layer (110), and a third-portion (124) in a third layer (112). At least part of the first-portion (120) is spaced apart from the coupled-transmission-line (116) in a depth direction. At least part of the second-portion (122) is spaced apart from the coupled-transmission-line (116) in the depth direction. At least part of the third-portion (124) is spaced apart from the coupled-transmission-line (116) in the depth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Yin, Birama Goumballa
  • Patent number: 12051842
    Abstract: A directional coupler (10) includes a main line (11), a sub-line (12), and a termination circuit (13) that is connected to one end (121) of the sub-line (12), and further includes an adjustment terminal (ADJ), as a lead-out terminal, that is led out from a node (N) between the one end (121) of the sub-line (12) and the termination circuit (13). The termination circuit (13) may be formed of a circuit in which a capacitance element (131) and a resistance element (132) are connected in parallel with each other, a capacitance value of the capacitance element (131) may be smaller than a capacitance value with which the directivity of the directional coupler (10) is optimized and a resistance value of the resistance element (132) may be larger than a resistance value with which the directivity of the directional coupler (10) is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Tokuda
  • Patent number: 12004289
    Abstract: A flexible substrate includes a base substrate that has flexibility, connecting portions on the base substrate and connectible to an antenna substrate and a circuit substrate, and a first line and a second line at the base substrate and connected to the connecting portions. The first line and the second line include a first region in which the first line and the second line extend in parallel or substantially in parallel with each other, and a second region in which the first line and the second line are closer to each other than in the first region and coupled to each other, and the second region defines a directional coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 11955727
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 11929540
    Abstract: An electromagnetic coupler including: a substrate; and a first conductor mounted to the substrate for receiving a first electromagnetic signal, the first conductor having a first multiple arcuate edge; a second conductor mounted to the substrate, the second conductor being spaced apart from the first conductor and having a second multiple arcuate edge that is opposed to the first edge for generating in the second conductor a second electromagnetic signal that is derived from the first electromagnetic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BAE Systems Australia Limited
    Inventor: Michel A Ross
  • Patent number: 11901603
    Abstract: A coupled-line rat-race coupler includes four ports and four coupled-lines each composed of two metal lines. Two of the ports are respectively connected with the front ends of the two lines of the first coupled-line, and the other two ports are respectively connected with the front ends of the two lines of the second coupled-line. The two lines of the third coupled-line are short circuited and respectively connected with the back end of one line of the first coupled-line on one side and with the back end of one line of the second coupled-line on the other side. In the fourth coupled-line, one line is open at one end and short circuited at the other end with the other line, which is connected with one line of the first coupled-line and one line of the second coupled-line. The coupled-line rat-race coupler is characterized with smooth and stable output phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Yongle Wu, Yiwen Wei, Weimin Wang, Yuhao Yang, Yifan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11894597
    Abstract: A directional coupler includes a substrate, a main line 121, a main line 122, and a sub-line. The main line 121 and the main line 122 each include a conductor pattern formed in the substrate, and are connected in parallel to each other. The sub-line includes a conductor pattern formed in the substrate. The sub-line is disposed at a position at least partially overlapping with the main line 121 in a plan view of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokuda, Yasushi Shigeno
  • Patent number: 11867736
    Abstract: A load-pull measurement system uses a PC controller, interface, calibration method and at least one new two-probe, waveguide slide screw impedance tuner; the tuner probes share the same waveguide section; they are inserted diametrically at fixed depth into facing each other slots on opposite broad walls of the waveguide. The tuner does not have cumbersome adjustable vertical axes controlling the penetration of the probes and its low profile is optimized for on-wafer operations. The carriages holding the probes are moved along the waveguide using electric stepper motors or linear actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Christos Tsironis
  • Patent number: 11848471
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a transmitter configured to transmit at least first and second radio waves having respective different frequencies F1 and F2, an electrically conductive first passive substantially linear medium, an electrically conductive first passive substantially nonlinear medium disposed proximate the first passive substantially linear medium, and a first magnetic film covering at least a portion of the first passive substantially linear medium. When the transmitter transmits the first and second radio waves, the first passive substantially linear and nonlinear media receive the first and second radio waves and generate first and second signals propagating therein at the respective frequencies F1 and F2. At least one intermodulation signal having a frequency F3 equal to nF1+mF2, where m and n positive or negative integers, is generated in the first passive substantially nonlinear medium. The first magnetic film reduces the at least one intermodulation signal by at least 2 dB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Charles L. Bruzzone, Jeffrey A. Tostenrude, Zohaib Hameed, Jeffrey D Keeney
  • Patent number: 11848470
    Abstract: A Docsis-MoCA coupled line directional coupler includes an input port, an output port, a coupled port, and a termination port. A first track connects the input port to the output port and a second track, which may be substantially parallel to the first track, connects the termination port to the coupled port. The first track and the second track are configured to form a variable coupling length so as to control, for instance, an isolation level between the output port and the coupled port to be less than a predetermined isolation level in a MoCA frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventor: Paul Bailey
  • Patent number: 11716112
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed with an absorptive filter. In an example aspect, an apparatus has a filter including a first filter port and a second filter port. The filter also includes a hybrid coupler, a signal combiner, a first filter unit, and a second filter unit. The hybrid coupler includes a first hybrid port, a second hybrid port, and a third hybrid port, with the first hybrid port coupled to the first filter port. The signal combiner is coupled to the second filter port. The first filter unit is coupled between the second hybrid port and the signal combiner. The second filter unit is coupled between the third hybrid port and the signal combiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Steve Andre Beaudin, Patric Heide, Wai San Wong, Stefan Freisleben, Eyal Hochdorf
  • Patent number: 11688916
    Abstract: An impedance converter includes an insulating layer; a first wire provided on a first surface of the insulating layer and extending in a first direction; a second wire provided on a second surface of the insulating layer and extending in the first direction and face the first wire, the second surface being located on a side opposite to the first surface; a third wire provided on the first surface and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a fourth wire provided on the second surface and extending in the second direction and face the third wire; a fifth wire provided on the first surface and extending in the second direction; and a sixth wire provided on the second surface and extending in the second direction and face the fifth wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Niida
  • Patent number: 11664571
    Abstract: A coupler module includes a coupler component formed with a main line and a sub-line that configure a directional coupler, and a module substrate on which the coupler component is mounted and on which a wiring conductor coupled in series with the main line is formed. At least a part of the wiring conductor is along the main line in plan view of the module substrate, and a direction of a main signal flowing through the main line and a direction of the main signal flowing through the part of the wiring conductor are opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokuda, Hisanori Murase
  • Patent number: 11616296
    Abstract: A phase shifter assembly includes first and second phase shifters that respectively include a wiper printed circuit board and a rotatable wiper support, where the wiper printed circuit board and the wiper support are coupled in motion. The phase shifter assembly further comprises: a U-shaped bracket having first and second arms, where the first phase shifter is held on the first arm, and the second phase shifter is held on the second arm; and a rack that is linearly movably supported and is drivable to move linearly; wherein the slide holders has a tooth portion respectively, and the tooth portions are engaged with the common rack. By means of linear movement of the rack, the slide holders can be rotated respectively, and thus the slides are movable within a predetermined range respectively so as to implement phase shifts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Chongli Yang, Guomin Ding, WeiDong Wen
  • Patent number: 11600895
    Abstract: A directional coupler (1) includes a substrate (10), a main line (20) formed directly or indirectly on the substrate (10), sub-lines (21, 22 and 23) at least part of each of which is formed directly or indirectly on the substrate (10) along the main line (20), a switch (30) switching connections among end portions of the plurality of sub-lines (21, 22 and 23), and detection output terminals (FWD and REV) connected to the sub-line (21), wherein, when looking at the substrate (10) in plan, the end portions of the sub-lines (21, 22 and 23) are disposed on the opposite side to the detection output terminals (FWD and REV) relative to the main line (20), and the sub-line (21) to which the detection output terminals (FWD and REV) are connected is overlapped with or surrounded by the sub-lines (22 and 23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokuda, Yasushi Shigeno
  • Patent number: 11545730
    Abstract: An antenna device with high component-density but enhanced means of dissipating working heat includes a metal substrate of a wireless device, a coupler, a filter, a conductive layer, and an antenna element. The coupler is disposed on one side of the metal substrate, the metal substrate serving as a heat sink. The filter is disposed on the coupler. The conductive layer covers the coupler and is electrically connected to the filter and ground. The antenna element is disposed on the other side of the metal substrate relative to the coupler, passes through the metal substrate and is electrically connected to the coupler and the filter. A method for manufacturing the antenna device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHUNSIN TECHNOLOGY (ZHONG SHAN) LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian-Wen Hu, Hong-Guang Huang, Shun-Long Lee
  • Patent number: 11539106
    Abstract: A dielectric waveguide device for inputting from the outside and outputting electromagnetic waves of arbitrary frequencies includes the waveguide. The waveguide is provided in which the refractive index of the dielectric material of the waveguide is larger than the outer refractive index, and the propagation speed of electromagnetic waves in the inner region of the waveguide is slower than that in the outer region, the maximum dimensions in the width direction and/or the height direction of the waveguide, the lateral vibration mode curve of the electric field inherent in the waveguide and the electric field attenuation curve outside the waveguide are continuous on both sides of the waveguide in the width direction or the height direction, the electromagnetic waves in the lateral vibration mode of the electric field are transmitted in the form of cosine distribution or sine distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Ouchi
  • Patent number: 11500011
    Abstract: There is provided an aircraft engine printed circuit board assembly generally having a functional circuit contributing to the operation of an aircraft engine. The functional circuit has a first substrate portion, a first electronic component supported by the first substrate portion, and a first electrical conductor supported by the first substrate portion and leading to the first electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Reza Pedrami, Carmine Lisio, Richard Kudrna
  • Patent number: 11489244
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of microwave engineering, and in particular, to waveguide-type coupling devices consisting of two coupled lines. The invention can be utilized as a hardware component for thin-film integrated high-frequency units (such as splitter/adder circuits), UHF power amplifiers, couplers, radiofrequency multiplexers, phase shifters, filters and other units in wireless devices used for various purposes. The benefit of the invention claimed lies in increase in efficiency of utilization of the usable area of a dielectric substrate and decrease in overall dimensions of the device and widening of the operating frequency band. This benefit is achieved by inclusion of two electromagnetically coupled microstrip transmission lines to the helical ultra-wideband microstrip quadrature directional coupler, which are designed as flat bilifar helices and are arranged on a dielectric substrate, the backside of which is partially or completely metalized or suspended over a metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AKCIONERNOE OBSHESTVO MICROVOLNOVYE SISTEMY
    Inventors: Aleksey Vladimirovich Radchenko, Vladimir Vasilievich Radchenko
  • Patent number: 11437697
    Abstract: A non-monotonic re-entrant band stop filter equalizer includes terminations and couplers. A first port of a first coupler is coupled as a first external port, and a second port of the first coupler is coupled to a band stop filter. A third port of the first coupler is coupled to a fourth port of a second coupler, and a fourth port of the first coupler is coupled to a first termination. A first port of the second coupler is coupled to the band stop filter, and a second port of the second coupler is coupled as a second external port. A third port of the second coupler is coupled to a second termination. At least one of the first directional coupler and/or second directional coupler may include at least one of a backward coupler and/or forward coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: John Howard
  • Patent number: 11424524
    Abstract: A Docsis-MoCA coupled line directional coupler includes an input port, an output port, a coupled port, and a termination port. A first track connects the input port to the output port and a second track, which may be substantially parallel to the first track, connects the termination port to the coupled port. The first track and the second track are configured to form a variable coupling length so as to control, for instance, an isolation level between the output port and the coupled port to be less than a predetermined isolation level in a MoCA frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventor: Paul Bailey
  • Patent number: 11406008
    Abstract: A wideband termination circuit layout is provided for high power applications. The circuit layout may include a dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface. The circuit layout may also include an input port disposed over the first surface. The circuit layout may further include at least two resistive film patches disposed over the first surface of the dielectric layer and a tuning line between the at least two resistive films disposed over the first surface of the dielectric layer. The at least two resistive film patches are connected in series with the at least one tuning line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TTM Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Omar Eldaiki, Chong Mei
  • Patent number: 11388972
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rechargeable socket for charging a rechargeable battery of a wireless hair dryer including a handle and provides a wireless hair dryer system. The rechargeable socket includes a pedestal and a rechargeable assembly arranged in the pedestal. A top of the pedestal is recessed to form a plug-in part. The rechargeable assembly includes a circuit board and a rechargeable terminal electrically coupled to the circuit board. The rechargeable terminal passes through the plug-in part and extends to an inner cavity of the plug-in part. An end of the handle arranges a rechargeable connector. The end of the handle is inserted into the inner cavity of the plug-in part to allow the rechargeable terminal to be in contact with the rechargeable connector. In process of the handle rotatable relative to the plug-in part, the rechargeable terminal is kept in contact with the rechargeable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CARKU TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yun Lei, Chuwei Liu, Yubin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11349184
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). A phase shifter device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include: a first board configured to comprise a phase changing rail; and a second board configured to comprise an input rail connected to an input port, a first output rail connected to a first output port, a second output rail connected to a second output port, and a connection rail connecting the first output rail with the second output rail. The first board may be disposed to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from the second board so as to face and overlay the second board. The phase of a signal passing through a first section of the connection rail may vary by a first value depending on the rotation of the first board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Jong Kim, Dongsik Shin, Jonghwa Kim, Hae-Gweon Park, Byungtae Yoon, Jong Wook Zeong, Soon-Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11335987
    Abstract: A directional coupler (1) includes a surface mounted component (10) and a mounting substrate (20) on which the surface mounted component (10) is mounted. Among a main line and a sub line of the directional coupler (1), the main line is formed of a first line (31) and a second line (32), one end (311) of the first line (31) and one end (321) of the second line (32) being connected to each other, the sub line is formed of a third line (33). The first line (31) and the third line (33) are formed in the surface mounted component (10). The second line (32) is formed on or in the mounting substrate (20). Furthermore, another end (312) of the first line (31) and another end (322) of the second line (32) may be connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11309617
    Abstract: A directional coupler (1) includes a substrate (10), a main line (20) formed directly or indirectly on the substrate (10), sub-lines (21, 22 and 23) at least part of each of which is formed directly or indirectly on the substrate (10) along the main line (20), a switch (30) switching connections among end portions of the plurality of sub-lines (21, 22 and 23), and detection output terminals (FWD and REV) connected to the sub-line (21), wherein, when looking at the substrate (10) in plan, the end portions of the sub-lines (21, 22 and 23) are disposed on the same side as the detection output terminals (FWD and REV) relative to the main line (20), and the sub-line (21) to which the detection output terminals (FWD and REV) are connected is overlapped with or surrounded by the sub-lines (22 and 23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokuda, Yasushi Shigeno
  • Patent number: 11283147
    Abstract: A directional coupler includes first to fourth terminals, a first line, a second line, a ground conductor portion, and a stack. The first line includes a first center portion, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. The second line includes a second center portion, a third connecting portion, and a fourth connecting portion. A distance between the first and third connecting portions and a distance between the second and fourth connecting portions decrease toward the first and second center portions. The first to fourth terminals are located on a bottom surface of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Ashida, Masahiro Tatematsu, Shuhei Sawaguchi, Shigemitsu Tomaki
  • Patent number: 11276913
    Abstract: A directional coupler having coupling variability at separate portions of an operational frequency band. A frequency selective coupler comprises an input port, an output port, a coupled port, a termination port, a first RF filter coupled to the coupled port, and a second RF filter coupled to the termination port. The first and second RF filters yield a first coupling value at a first portion of the operational frequency band of the coupler and a second coupling value at a second portion of the operational frequency band. The first portion of the band corresponds to a range of frequencies at which higher coupling for the coupler is desired and greater loss in the signal is tolerable. The second portion of the band corresponds to a range of frequencies at which lower coupling for the coupler is tolerable and lower loss in the signal is desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Harmonic, Inc.
    Inventor: Adi Bonen
  • Patent number: 11258176
    Abstract: A non-circular center-fed antenna and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: a non-circular antenna aperture with radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements; and a non-radially symmetric directional coupler to supply a RF feed wave to the aperture at a central location within the antenna aperture to enable the feed wave to propagate outward from the central location to an edge of the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohsen Sazegar, Chris Eylander
  • Patent number: 11163209
    Abstract: A quantum computing transducer having a dense, tunable superconducting metamaterial transmission line (SMTL) spectrum that can resonantly enhance sideband scattering. The resonant enhancement of scattering boosts the scattering rate, and hence also the microwave-to-optical-interface (MOQI) transduction efficiency. Moreover, the integration of mechanical elements with the SMTL to realize the MOQI yields a platform that can be readily interfaced on chip, such as in an integrated circuit, with superconducting-qubit architectures to facilitate the local implementation of two of the essential functionalities required for a quantum repeater, i.e., data egress/ingress and a quantum processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Syracuse University
    Inventors: Matthew LaHaye, Britton Plourde
  • Patent number: 11056758
    Abstract: A directional coupler includes an element body that is insulating, and a main line and a secondary line both disposed in the element body and being conductive. The directional coupler has a mount surface positioned on a mounted side when the directional coupler is mounted. A first line portion of the main line and a second line portion of the secondary line are electromagnetically coupled to each other. The first line portion has a thickness smaller than a line width of the first line portion, and is disposed in the element body in such a manner that an axis along a thickness direction of the first line portion does not intersect the mount surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Matsushita, Atsushi Kuribara
  • Patent number: 11050160
    Abstract: An antenna device as described herein includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The second metal layer is spaced apart from the first metal layer. The first metal layer includes an opening through which to transmit RF (Radio Frequency) energy to the second metal layer. The second metal layer is operable to reflect the RF energy received through the opening back to a surface of the first metal layer. The first metal layer is operable to reflect the RF energy (received from the reflection off the second metal layer) in a direction past the second metal layer through a communication medium. The surface area of the first metal layer is sufficiently larger than a surface area of the second metal layer to reflect the RF energy past the second metal layer into the communication medium. This ensures that the antenna device operates in a reflective mode as opposed to a resonant mode, resulting in high gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Hualiang Zhang, Bowen Zheng
  • Patent number: 10992019
    Abstract: A small scale power divider which is less susceptible to large tolerances in the manufacture includes a substrate and a power dividing circuit thereon. The power dividing circuit includes an input port, a first output port, a second output port, an impedance converter, a first microstrip line, and a second microstrip line. An end of the first microstrip line is connected to the impedance converter, another end of the first microstrip line is connected to the first output port. An end of the second microstrip line is connected to the impedance converter, another end of the second microstrip line is connected the second output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NANNING FUGUI PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Chih Chueh
  • Patent number: 10944147
    Abstract: A high frequency coupler is disclosed that is configured for grid array-type surface mounting. The coupler includes a monolithic base substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. A first thin film microstrip and a second thin film microstrip are each disposed on the top surface of the monolithic base substrate. Each microstrip has an input end and an output end. At least one via extends through the monolithic base substrate from the top surface to the bottom surface of the monolithic base substrate. The via(s) are electrically connected with at least one of the input end or the output end of the first microstrip or the second microstrip. The coupler has a coupling factor that is greater than about ?30 dB at about 28 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AVX Corporation
    Inventors: Arie Leonid Talalaevsky, Michael Marek, Elinor O'Neill
  • Patent number: 10903546
    Abstract: An electric transformer device (balun) is formed on a support plate having a first base face and an opposite second base face. The balun includes a first port (40) connectable to an electrical line for a differential signal and a second port connectable to an electrical line for a single-ended signal. A first printed conductive track is associated to the first base face of the support plate for connecting the first port to the second port. A printed conductive path is associated to the second base face of the support plate for connecting the first port to the second port. The printed conductive path is formed of a symmetric second and third printed conductive tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Roberto Cammarata
  • Patent number: 10892532
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic impedance tuning apparatus for measuring a load-pull of a mobile amplifier and an electronic impedance tuning method therefor. An electronic impedance tuning apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a coupler for transferring, to transmission lines respectively connected to a through port and a coupled port, an input voltage inputted to an input port; a magnitude part for controlling a change in the magnitude of the impedance through a change in length difference of the transmission lines; and a phase part for controlling a change in the phase of the impedance through an equal length change of the transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Young Hwan Bae, Jung Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10886587
    Abstract: A variable attenuator is an attenuator which is formed by coupling two transmission lines having an electrical length of ?/4 corresponding to a wavelength ? of an input signal, has one end of one transmission line as an input terminal, has the other end of the one transmission line as a through terminal, has one end of the other transmission line as a coupling terminal and has the other end of the other transmission line as an output terminal, wherein the variable attenuator has a resistor pair having the same impedance at both the through terminal and the coupling terminal, and has a resistor pair having the same impedance at both the input terminal and the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Akio Oya
  • Patent number: 10826152
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing radio frequency (RF) signals includes a housing with a cavity. In the cavity, a stripline is configured to carry the RF signal. The stripline is on a substrate and suspended in the cavity. One or more coupled lines, which can be forward and reverse directional microstrip couplers, are electromagnetically coupled to the stripline and receive an attenuated version of the RF signal. The couplers can have a stair step design or asymmetric design to enhance directivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony P. Messina
  • Patent number: 10826173
    Abstract: An aperture feed network includes a substrate having a first surface and a parallel second surface, first and second conductive traces on the first surface of the substrate, a third conductive trace on the second surface of the substrate, a conductive via extending through a thickness of the substrate, and one or more ground plane structures on the second surface of the substrate. The substrate comprises a dielectric material. The first and second conductive traces together form a differential signal line. The third conductive trace comprises a first branch and a second branch. The conductive via contacts the first branch of the third conductive trace on the second surface of the substrate and the second conductive trace on the first surface of the substrate. The one or more ground plane structures have irregular shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Cannon Maccabe
  • Patent number: 10826151
    Abstract: A directional coupler circuit includes a signal line disposed between a first terminal and a second terminal; a coupling line comprising a first end terminal and a second end terminal, and disposed to be coupled to the signal line; a switching circuit connecting the first end terminal and a coupling port to each other to extract a first coupling signal in a first coupling mode, and connecting the second end terminal and the coupling port to extract a second coupling signal in a second coupling mode; and a phase compensating circuit configured to compensate for a phase difference between the coupling port and a first isolation port in the first coupling mode, or compensate for a phase difference between the coupling port and a second isolation port in the second coupling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Mo Lim, Yoo Sam Na, Hyun Hwan Yoo, Hyun Jin Yoo, Hyung Jun Cho, Yoo Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10797382
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a middle frame, two connecting sidewalls, a first metal sidewall, a first dielectric component and a first antenna layout trace circuit. The two connecting sidewalls are disposed at two opposite sides of the middle frame for connecting a wearable component. The first metal sidewall is disposed at the middle frame and located between the two connecting sidewalls. The first metal sidewall is connected to ground and includes a first slot. The first dielectric component is installed in the first slot, so that the first metal sidewall surrounds the first dielectric component to form a first closed ground structure. The first antenna layout trace circuit is installed on the first dielectric component. The first antenna layout trace circuit and the first closed ground structure associate a first resonate frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chao-Hsu Wu, Shih-Keng Huang, Ya-Jyun Li
  • Patent number: 10777868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a waveguide for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a waveguide for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals, comprising: a dielectric part comprising two or more dielectrics having different permittivity; and a conductor part surrounding at least a part of the dielectric part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyeon Min Bae, Ha Il Song, Joon Yeong Lee, Tae Hoon Yoon, Hyo Sup Won
  • Patent number: 10778175
    Abstract: A coupler circuit includes: a signal line disposed between a first terminal and a second terminal; a coupling line disposed between a coupling port and an isolation port such that the coupling line is coupled to the signal line and is configured to extract a coupling signal from the signal line; and a coupling adjusting circuit connected to the coupling port and the isolation port, and configured to reduce changes in an amount of coupling according to a change in a frequency band of a signal passing through the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Mo Lim, Hyun Jin Yoo, Yoo Sam Na, Hyun Hwan Yoo, Hyung Jun Cho, Yoo Hwan Kim