Tunable Patents (Class 333/209)
  • Patent number: 11967781
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array that radiates at a frequency greater than 10 GHz through a display. The array may include a dielectric resonator antenna having a dielectric column. The dielectric column may have a first surface mounted to a circuit board and a second surface that faces the display. A conductive cap may be formed on the second surface. The conductive cap may allow the dimensions of dielectric column to be reduced while still allowing the dielectric resonator antenna to cover a frequency band of interest. If desired, the phased antenna array may include multiple sets of dielectric resonator antennas for covering different frequency bands. The sets may have different dielectric column heights and/or different conductive cap sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Subramanian Ramalingam, Harish Rajagopalan, Bilgehan Avser, Mattia Pascolini, Rodney A. Gomez Angulo
  • Patent number: 11837784
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a metasurface arrangement including a first metasurface and a second metasurface which run mutually parallel and face each other. Each metasurface includes a corresponding periodic or quasi-periodic structure formed in a respective pattern. The first metasurface is formed in a dielectric material structure and the second metasurface is formed in either a dielectric material structure or in an electrically conducting structure. The periodic or quasi-periodic structure on the first metasurface is configured to yield a first response to an incident electromagnetic wave between the two metasurfaces, and the periodic or quasi-periodic structure on the second metasurface is configured to yield a second response to the incident electromagnetic wave between the two metasurfaces that is equivalent to the first response, thereby rendering the two metasurfaces mutually electromagnetically symmetric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lars Manholm, Oscar Quevedo-Teruel, David Gonzalez Gallardo, Astrid Algaba Brazalez, Martin Johansson
  • Patent number: 11658404
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a conductive sidewall and a phased antenna array having a dielectric resonator antenna aligned with an aperture in the conductive sidewall. A feed probe may excite the antenna to radiate through the aperture at a frequency greater than 10 GHz. The antenna may include an injection-molded plastic substrate that affixes the antenna to the peripheral conductive housing structures, thereby integrating the antenna into the conductive sidewall. A hole or other machining operation may be used to expose the feed probe through the injection-molded plastic substrate. Conductive interconnect structures may be inserted into the substrate and coupled to the feed probe. The interconnect structures may be soldered to a circuit board. The circuit board may be coupled to the feed probe through the interconnect structures. The circuit board may be mounted to a rear surface or a side surface of the injection-molded plastic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Lucas R. Compton
  • Patent number: 11658375
    Abstract: An electromagnetic bandgap structure includes a plurality of resonators. Each of the resonators includes a dielectric substrate, a patch conductor formed on an upper surface of the dielectric substrate, and a conductor layer formed on a lower surface of the dielectric substrate. The patch conductor and the conductor layer are electrically connected to each other by via holes penetrating the dielectric substrate. A plurality of long holes and are formed on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate. A long hole conductor layer is formed on an inner wall surface of the long holes and. The conductor layer and the long hole conductor layer are electrically connected to each other to thereby form an integral conductor surface. The via holes are electrically connected to the conductor surface in the long holes and.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaharu Ito
  • Patent number: 11342644
    Abstract: A microwave resonator comprising a hollow tube comprising an electrically conductive tube wall which defines a tube bore, the tube extending along a length axis from a first end to a second end; a first electrically conductive closing plate closing the first end of the tube, the first electrically conductive closing plate comprising at least one coupling slot extending therethrough; a second electrically conducting closing plate closing the second end of the tube, the second electrically conductive closing plate comprising at least one coupling slot extending therethrough; a plurality of dielectric resonant pucks, each puck comprising first and second end faces and a side wall extending therebetween, each puck being dimensioned such that when in the tube its dominant mode is a doubly degenerate mode; the pucks being arranged within the tube bore spaced apart from each other and the closing plates, each puck being arranged centered on the length axis and its side wall abutting the tube wall such that there is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ISOTEK MICROWAVE LIMITED
    Inventors: John David Rhodes, David Ibbetson, Vanessa Walker, Christopher Ian Mobbs
  • Patent number: 11251510
    Abstract: A tunable diplexer arrangement (100) comprising a first filter arrangement (110) and a second filter arrangement (120) connected to respective first (115) and second (125) filter ports of a junction (130), the junction comprising a common port (140), wherein at least the first filter arrangement (110) is a tunable filter comprising a first tuning element (111), wherein the junction (130) comprises a first junction tuning element (112) corresponding to the first tuning element (111) and arranged in connection to the second filter port (125), thereby enabling a tunable matching of the junction (130) with respect to a first frequency characteristic of the first filter arrangement (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ove Persson, Anatoli Deleniv
  • Patent number: 11183745
    Abstract: In-line filters may include a tubular metallic housing defining a single inner cavity that extends along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of resonators that are spaced apart along the longitudinal axis within the single inner cavity, each resonator having a stalk. The stalks of first and second of the resonators that are adjacent each other are rotated to have different angular orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Italy S.r.l.
    Inventors: Roman Tkadlec, Stefano Tamiazzo
  • Patent number: 11165149
    Abstract: An electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) structure includes an antenna substrate layer, first conductive regions, and second conductive regions. The antenna substrate includes a first planar surface and a second planar surface. The first conductive regions are located on the first planar surface of the antenna substrate and separated from adjacent first conductive regions by a first distance. The second conductive regions are located on the first planar surface of the antenna substrate and are separated from the first conductive regions by a second distance and wherein the second conductive regions at least partially surround the first conductive regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan K. Rossiter, Mingjian Li, Jun Yao
  • Patent number: 11152676
    Abstract: A tunable band-pass filter (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a waveguide (11); a plurality of resonators (121) configured to be accommodated in the waveguide (11) and aligned in a longitudinal direction of the waveguide (11); a dielectric plate (13) configured to extend in the longitudinal direction of the waveguide (11) so to be arranged adjacent to the plurality of resonators (121); and a metal pattern (15) for coupling adjustment formed on the dielectric plate (13) at a position corresponding to an interstage of the resonators (121), in which a distance between the dielectric plate (13) and the resonators (121) is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Iwanaka
  • Patent number: 11139547
    Abstract: A tunable bandpass filter (1A) includes a waveguide (11); a plurality of resonators (12) housed in the waveguide (11) and arranged in the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11); a coupling member (13) disposed between two adjacent resonators (12); a ridge member (14) extending in the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11) and connected to one end of the coupling member (13); and a dielectric plate (17) extending in the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11), disposed adjacent to the plurality of resonators (12) in a direction orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11), and movable in the direction orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the waveguide (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Miyamoto, Norihisa Shiroyama
  • Patent number: 11121445
    Abstract: A resonator for radio frequency, RF, signals, said resonator comprising a cavity having a longitudinal axis, a first wall, at least one side wall, and a lid arranged opposite the first wall, wherein said resonator further comprises a guiding device which is arranged at said at least one side wall and is configured to guide an axial movement of said lid along said longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OY
    Inventors: Efstratios Doumanis, Murat Emre Ermutlu, Juha Olli Jokilahti
  • Patent number: 11121442
    Abstract: Provided is a waveguide including an input end configured to receive an input wave from an outside; a filtering portion configured to change a frequency range of the input wave; an output end configured to output an output wave of which a frequency range is changed from the frequency range of the input wave; and an inner wall controller configured to control a size of an inner wall of the filtering portion such that the frequency range of the input wave changes to the frequency range of the output wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dahye Choi, Kyung Hyun Park, Il Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11108123
    Abstract: A triple-mode dielectric resonator filter includes: a dielectric resonator positioned in a cavity of a housing and formed perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the housing; a dielectric support coupled to the dielectric resonator through a bonding process and mounted and fixed by a fixing screw passing through a screw fixing mounting hole in the cavity of the housing and fixed to support the dielectric resonator at a predetermined height; and compensation blocks formed to protrude at regular intervals on a side surface of the dielectric resonator to allow the dielectric resonator to operate in three modes. A band pass filter composed of a dielectric resonator and an NRN stub achieves an improved insertion loss, high compression properties and a stable structure compared to a typical band pass filter using an NRN stub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Wan Chun, Jae Kwang Yoon
  • Patent number: 11043744
    Abstract: Antenna technology includes an antenna oscillator and a planar antenna. The antenna oscillator has a plate-like structure and includes a first resonance part and a second resonance part connected to the first resonance part. The first resonance part and the second resonance part are provided with a first resonance window and a second resonance window, respectively. The first resonance window and the second resonance window have different effective sizes and the antenna oscillator is further provided with a connecting slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Antop Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Ruidian Yang
  • Patent number: 10873118
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a tunable filter and a tunable filtering device. The tunable filter includes: a cavity, a filtering component that is in the cavity and that is provided on a first surface thereof with at least one through hole, a drive mechanism, and at least one first adjustable component and at least one second adjustable component that are connected to the drive mechanism and that run through the first surface of the cavity; one end of one first adjustable component is disposed opposite to one of the at least one through hole; one end of one second adjustable component is disposed opposite to a position between two adjacent through holes in the at least one through hole; and the drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component to synchronously move, and controls the at least one second adjustable component to synchronously move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Wang, Qing Zhao, Guoxiang Cao, Jinyuan Xie
  • Patent number: 10873119
    Abstract: The filter is provided, which includes a filter body and resonant cavities disposed on the filter body, and further includes an input port and an output port that are disposed on the filter body. At least one of the input port or the output port is connected to a set of additional resonant cavities, and each set of additional resonant cavities includes: a first additional resonant cavity in signal coupling to the input port or the output port, and a second additional resonant cavity in signal coupling to the first additional resonant cavity. In the filter, the two additional resonant cavities and another resonant cavity connected to the input port or the output port are in a form of a straight line, thereby implementing a flexible layout of cavities of the filter. In addition, a coupling structure is simple, costs are low, reliability and batch consistency is good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Peng, Jian Hu, Tao Tian, Zhen Shen
  • Patent number: 10790795
    Abstract: A zeroing structure applicable to an adjustable diplexer includes a substrate, holder, motor, lead screw, displacement plate, stop element and interference element. The holder is disposed on the substrate. The motor is disposed on the holder. The lead screw is rotatably disposed on the holder and connected to the motor, and thus rotation of the lead screw is driven by the motor. The displacement plate is movably disposed on the substrate and helically connected to the lead screw so as to undergo linear motion between a first position and a second position relative to the substrate when guided and driven by the motor. The stop element is disposed on the lead screw. The interference element is disposed on the displacement plate and at the position that allows the interference element to come into contact with the stop element when the displacement plate is at the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jen-Ti Peng, Chien-Chih Lee, Cheng-Lung Wu, Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Chia-Hao Hsu, Chih-Sheng Tsai
  • Patent number: 10727609
    Abstract: Surface scattering antennas with lumped elements provide adjustable radiation fields by adjustably coupling scattering elements along a wave-propagating structure. In some approaches, the surface scattering antenna is a multi-layer printed circuit board assembly, and the lumped elements are surface-mount components placed on an upper surface of the printed circuit board assembly. In some approaches, the scattering elements are adjusted by adjusting bias voltages for the lumped elements. In some approaches, the lumped elements include diodes or transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Pai-Yen Chen, Tom Driscoll, Siamak Ebadi, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Melroy Machado, Jay Howard McCandless, Milton Perque, Jr., David R. Smith, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov
  • Patent number: 10340124
    Abstract: A rotating microwave is established for any resonant mode TEmnl or TMmnl of a cavity, where the user is free to choose the values of the mode indices m, n and l. The fast rotation, the rotation frequency of which is equal to an operational microwave frequency, is accomplished by setting the temporal phase difference ?Ø and the azimuthal angle ?? between two microwave input ports P and Q as functions of m, n and l. The slow rotation of frequency ?? (typically 1-1000 Hz), is established by transforming dual field inputs ? cos ??t and ±? sin ??t in the orthogonal input system into an oblique system defined by the angle ?? between two microwave ports P and Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Hideo Sugai, Toan Tran, Soonam Park, Dmitry Lubomirsky
  • Patent number: 10276905
    Abstract: A non-contact frequency automatic tuning filter with an antileakage chamber includes a first casing with a first cavity formed at a first opening of the first casing, a moving part, and a second cavity. The second cavity has a second casing, a chamber formed in the second casing, and second and third openings penetrating through the second casing. The moving part is plugged from the third opening into the first cavity or from the third opening into a space between the third opening and the first cavity. The second opening proximate to the moving part constitutes a part of the chamber. The second casing has a spacing portion proximate to the moving part for separating the moving part and chamber. The first and second casings are not in contact with the moving part. The invention can prevent leakage of electromagnetic waves and unstable frequency shifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Inventors: Chien-Chih Li, Jen-Ti Peng, Shih-Gong Ciou, Cheng-Lung Wu, Ruei-Yang Syu, Jui-En Fan
  • Patent number: 10224588
    Abstract: A multiplex filter has at least n filter chambers which are surrounded by a housing and/or at least one insert positioned in the housing. A metal dividing device is constructed in each of the n filter chambers, dividing each filter chamber into m resonator chambers, wherein m?2. The resonator chambers are coupled perpendicular to the H fields and/or parallel to the central axis or with a component essentially perpendicular to the H fields and/or parallel to the central axis. A common connection is guided into the first filter chamber via a first opening in the housing, and is coupled in the same to the m resonators of the m resonator chambers. As a result of the fact that the coupling is established perpendicular to the H field, the resonator can have a very compact construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kathrein SE
    Inventor: Frank Weiβ
  • Patent number: 10211501
    Abstract: A high-frequency filter consists of a housing, which includes resonators, each of which has at least one dielectric. The n resonators are arranged along a central axis. The n resonators are isolated from one another by at least n?1 isolation devices. The n?1 isolation devices have coupling openings, through which a coupling is established at a right angle to or with one component predominantly at a right angle to the H field. A first signal line terminal is inserted into the first resonator chamber through a first opening in the housing and is in contact with the respective dielectric there. In addition or alternatively, a second signal line terminal is inserted into the nth resonator chamber through a second opening in the housing and is in contact with the respective dielectric there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kathrein SE
    Inventor: Frank Weiß
  • Patent number: 9865909
    Abstract: An exemplary cavity resonator has a resonant frequency and includes a conductive body containing a cavity and a plate attached to the body enclosing the cavity. The position of a conductive tuning mechanism that protrudes into the cavity affects the tuning of the resonant frequency of the cavity resonator. A portion of the enclosed cavity is made of a shape memory alloy (SMA) material that has been trained to have a coefficient of thermal expansion that results in dimensional changes of the portion as the temperature varies so that the dimensional changes produce changes in the resonant frequency that counteract the combined change in the resonant frequency due to dimensional changes with temperature associated with the other portions of the enclosed cavity made of materials other than SMA material. This results in a stable resonant frequency versus temperature characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Edward Chan
  • Patent number: 9799938
    Abstract: A cavity filter includes a threaded resonator and a threaded filter body to improve the coupling of radio frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yin-Shing Chong, Peter A. Casey, Yunchi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9614264
    Abstract: The present invention provides multi-resonator cavity filters in which one or more patch elements are introduced into the coupling apertures between resonators, reducing the strength of the electric field in the aperture gap while maintaining the coupling strength from resonator to resonator. This reduced field strength reduces the sensitivity of the resonators to gap-thickness variations, and allows use of the filter in high-power applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: MesaplexxPty Ltd
    Inventors: David R. Hendry, Steven J. Cooper, Peter B. Kenington
  • Patent number: 9466864
    Abstract: An RF duplexer waveguide filter module for the transmission and filtering of TX and RX RF signals comprising a substrate with TX and RX filter assemblies mounted thereon. One or both of the TX and RX filter assemblies comprises an RF waveguide filter assembly including a plurality of blocks of dielectric material coupled together in a side-by-side relationship. Each of the blocks of dielectric material defines at least one slit and at least one internal RF signal transmission window. One or both of the end blocks defines a step and a through-hole terminating in an opening in the step. In one embodiment, the RF duplexer waveguide filter module additionally comprises an RF antenna waveguide filter extending between and coupling the TX and RX filter assemblies to an antenna RF signal transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandre Rogozine, Reddy Vangala, Nam Phan
  • Patent number: 9343792
    Abstract: A band-pass filter for microwave is provided that can be frequency-tuned the filter comprising an input resonator comprising a metal input cavity and an input dielectric element, an output resonator comprising a metal output cavity and an output dielectric element, an input excitation means (S1) of elongate shape, an output excitation means of elongate shape, the input resonator and the output resonator being coupled, characterized in that the input dielectric element and the output dielectric element have a recess, the input excitation means penetrates the recess of the input dielectric element the output excitation means penetrates the recess of the output dielectric element, the input dielectric element is capable of carrying out a rotation about an input rotation axis, the rotations of the dielectric elements allowing the modification of the central frequency of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: Thales, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique—CNRS, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales—CNES
    Inventors: Aurelien Perigaud, Damien Pacaud, Nicolas Delhote, Olivier Tantot, Stephane Bila, Serge Verdeyme, Laetitia Estagerie
  • Patent number: 9263785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a waveguide tuning device (1) arranged for mounting in a waveguide structure (2) which has a longitudinal extension (L) and comprises a first inner wall (3), a second inner wall (4), a third inner wall (5) and a fourth inner wall. The inner walls are arranged such that a rectangular cross-section is obtained for the waveguide structure. The first inner wall (3) and the second inner wall (4) have a first length (b) and are facing each other. The third inner wall (5) and the fourth inner wall (6) have a second length (a) and are facing each other. The electrical field (E) is parallel to the main surfaces of the first inner wall (3) and the second inner wall (4). The tuning device (1) is electrically controllable and arranged for mounting at the first inner wall (3) and/or the second inner wall (4). The present invention also relates to a tunable waveguide structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Per Ligander, Simone Bastioli, Luca Pelliccia, Ove Persson, Roberto Sorrentino
  • Patent number: 9099787
    Abstract: A microwave antenna comprises an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements. An antenna element comprises a cover, a hollow waveguide formed within the cover for guiding microwave radiation at an operating frequency between a first open end portion and a second end portion arranged opposite the first end portion, a septum arranged centrally and along the longitudinal direction within the waveguide and separating said waveguide into two waveguide portions, a substrate arrangement arranged at the second end portion within the cover, said substrate arrangement comprising a ground plane and line structures arranged on both sides of and at a distance from said ground plane and a substrate integrated waveguide, a waveguide transition arranged between said hollow waveguide and said substrate integrated waveguide, an integrated circuit arranged within said cover and electrically contacted to said ground plane and said line structures, and terminals electrically contacted to said integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Marcel Blech
  • Patent number: 9030278
    Abstract: A method of tuning the frequency of a waveguide filter including the step of removing dielectric material from one or both of the first and second opposed exterior side surfaces of the waveguide filter to cause a change in the center frequency of the waveguide filter. In one embodiment, dielectric material is removed from one or both of the first and second opposed exterior side surfaces of the waveguide filter in unequal amounts wherein the tuned waveguide filter includes first and second slits defined in the respective first and second opposed exterior side surfaces which extend unequal first and second distances into the body of the waveguide filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventor: Reddy R. Vangala
  • Patent number: 9024705
    Abstract: A cavity filter having two series of resonance chambers bilaterally connected between an antenna port and two opposing signal input/output ports in a resonant space therein, each series of resonance chambers having the last resonance chamber thereof connected to the antenna port and the first resonance chamber thereof connected to the respective signal input/output port and kept in communication with the associating last resonance chamber through one respective channel and the second resonance chamber thereof kept in communication with the last second resonance chamber thereof through one respective channel to provide cross-coupling feedback, getting better stop-band flatness and improving signal quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Universal Microwave Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, Wei-Hong Hsu, Tsung-Han Chang
  • Publication number: 20150116057
    Abstract: An apparatus to filter electromagnetic waves includes a cavity and one or more tuning circuits. The cavity is configured to receive the electromagnetic waves and has a resonant frequency. The one or more tuning circuits are disposed proximate to or in the cavity. The one or more tuning circuits and the cavity are configured to filter the electromagnetic waves and the resonant frequency of the cavity is based on the one or more tuning circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Vahid Miraftab
  • Patent number: 8988171
    Abstract: A bandpass filter of the present invention includes: rectangular waveguides which are divided into two in a center of a broad plane; and a metal plate which has a substantially ladder shape, is disposed between the rectangular waveguides in parallel with a narrow plane of the rectangular waveguides, and has a pair of beams and plurality of fins that connect the pair of beams. At least one other waveguide is formed by dividing a waveguide path within the rectangular waveguides vertically with respect to a direction which is parallel with the broad plane. At least three resonators are formed within the rectangular waveguides by the metal plate, and each of the other waveguides couples resonators together which crosses at least one of the plurality of resonators so as to form a pole outside a pass band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takafumi Kai
  • Patent number: 8975985
    Abstract: A frequency-tunable microwave bandpass filter including a wave guide having a rectangular cross-section and including a stationary first conductive portion I and a movable second conductive portion II. The first portion includes first conductive partitions having one or more conductive obstacles related to complementary openings in the section of the guide that forms capacitive irises. The first partitions are transversely mounted, at the propagation of the wave in the guide, define cavities in the longitudinal direction of the guide, are rigidly connected to the first portion and the second conductive partitions that have one or more openings defining capacitive irises, and, in combination with the adjacent guide lengths, form immitance inverters. The first partitions form a series of resonating cavities coupled by the immitance inverters. A means ensures electrical contact between the conductive portions I and II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventor: Bernard Meuriche
  • Patent number: 8928433
    Abstract: A waveguide filter comprises a dielectric board on at least one of the two E-planes of a rectangular waveguide. The dielectric board comprises a conductive pattern formed on one surface thereof and having a slit extending in a signal propagation direction, and a ground pattern formed on the other surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Taketoshi Jinnai
  • Patent number: 8912867
    Abstract: A waveguide filter, comprising a housing defining a passage through which electromagnetic waves can travel and a plurality of adjustable projections extending through the housing into the passage. The passage is absent any fixed protrusions. The plurality of adjustable projection s comprises a set of coupling projections, wherein each pair of adjacent coupling projections in the set of coupling projections defines there between a resonant cavity. Each coupling projection in the set of coupling projections acts as a coupling element for at least one resonant cavity and is adjustable for trimming the coupling of that at least one resonant cavity. The plurality of adjustable projections further comprises a set of tuning projections, wherein a tuning projection from the set of tuning projections is positioned between each pair of adjacent coupling projections and is adjustable for trimming a resonance frequency of an associated resonant cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Apollo Microwaves, Ltd.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Frenna
  • Publication number: 20140361853
    Abstract: A structure and method for adjusting the bandwidth of a ceramic waveguide filter comprising, in one embodiment, a monoblock of dielectric ceramic material defining respective steps and respective input/output through-holes extending through the monoblock and the respective steps. In one embodiment, the steps are defined by notches in the monoblock and the input/output through-holes define openings terminating in the notch. The bandwidth of the ceramic waveguide filter may be adjusted by adjusting the height/thickness and direction of the steps relative to an exterior surface of the monoblock and/or the diameter of the input/output through-holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: CTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Reddy Vangala
  • Patent number: 8878635
    Abstract: A tunable band-pass filter includes: a rectangular waveguide including a first and a second waveguide parts, which are acquired by dividing the rectangular waveguide along an E-plane of the rectangular waveguide at a center position of an H-plane in the rectangular waveguide; a metal plate sandwiched by the first and the second waveguide parts in such a way as to be parallel to the E-plane; at least one dielectric plate arranged in the rectangular waveguide in such a way as to extend in a longitudinal extension direction of the metal plate; and a drive mechanism changing a relative position relationship between the dielectric plate and the metal plate from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Miyamoto, Sumio Ueda
  • Publication number: 20140263179
    Abstract: A system includes a tuning element comprising a shaft and a tuning stub. The tuning stub includes a surface with a center point. The shaft is connected to the surface of the tuning stub at a location that is offset from the center point. A waveguide includes an opening into an inner portion of the waveguide. The shaft passes through the opening and the tuning stub is arranged in the inner portion of the waveguide. A first actuator selectively rotates the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Carlo Waldfried, Orlando Escorcia, William Hansen
  • Patent number: 8797126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tunable microwave arrangement (100) comprising a waveguide arrangement and tuning elements comprising a number of varactors for tuning an electromagnetic signal input to the waveguide arrangement. It comprises a substrate (1), a layered structure (20) comprising at least two conducting layers (2,3) and at least one dielectric layer (4) which are arranged in an alternating manner. The layered structure is arranged on the substrate (1) such that a first of said conducting layers (2) is closest to the substrate (1). It also comprises at least one surface mounted waveguide (5), a second of the conducting layers (3), most distant from the substrate, being adapted to form a wall of the surface mounted waveguide (5), which wall incorporates said tuning elements which are arranged to enable control of surface currents generated in said wall, hence loading the waveguide (5) with a tunable, controllable impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Spartak Gevorgyan, Anatoli Deleniv, Thomas Lewin, Per Ligander
  • Publication number: 20140210573
    Abstract: A filter includes a case, a number of resonant columns received in the case, a partition walls received in the case and located between the adjacent resonant columns, a number of blend strips fastened on the partition walls, and a cover covering on the case. The cover defines a number of regulating through hole corresponding to the resonant columns and the blend strips and includes a number of regulating bolts passing through the regulating through hole to couple with the resonant columns and the blend strips. The regulating bolts move upwards and downwards in the regulating through holes to regulate a transmission zero of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: RUEI-YUN HUNG
  • Patent number: 8648676
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for providing a tunable substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) for which a parameter of at least some element or portion thereof may be altered or varied to alter the propagation of a signal propagating through the SIW thereby achieving a tunable SIW. In some embodiments a plurality of capacitively variably loaded transverse slots achieve the tunability for the SIW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University
    Inventors: Ramesh Abhari, Kasra Payandehjoo, Asanee Suntives
  • Publication number: 20140015626
    Abstract: A millimeter waveband filter is provided with a resonator formed by a pair of electric wave half mirrors in a transmission line of a waveguide allowing electromagnetic waves in a predetermined frequency range of a millimeter waveband to propagate in a TE10 mode, and allows frequency components centering on the resonance frequency of the resonator to pass therethrough. A high-pass filter which has a transmission line reduced in size so as to have a cutoff frequency matching an upper limit of a lower rejection band of a filter passband is formed in a transmission line between the end of the waveguide and the electric wave half mirror, thereby increasing the attenuation of the lower rejection band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi Kawamura, Akihito Otani
  • Patent number: 8598969
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a piezo-electrically actuated membrane (ex.—a tuner) configured for use with a tunable cavity filter. The piezo-electrically actuated tuner may be formed of printed circuit board materials and may be placed over the cavities of the tunable cavity filter. Further, the piezo-electrically actuated tuner may promote high level performance of the tunable cavity filter, while allowing the tunable cavity filter to be tunable across wide bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Anders P. Walker, Thomas J. Journot, Todd A. Freeman, John C. Mather, Jonathan A. Lovseth
  • Publication number: 20130314179
    Abstract: A transmission line which allows electromagnetic waves in a predetermined frequency range of a millimeter waveband to propagate in a TE10 models formed by a first waveguide and a second waveguide. A resonator is formed by electric wave half mirrors fixed to the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The second waveguide has a structure in which a first transmission line forming body has a plate shape and has a square hole forming the first transmission line formed to pass therethrough from one surface toward an opposite surface, a second transmission line forming body has a plate shape and has a square hole forming the second transmission line formed to pass therethrough from one surface toward an opposite surface, and the first transmission line forming body and the second transmission line forming body are connectable and separable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kawamura, Akihito Otani, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20130169384
    Abstract: A frequency-tunable microwave bandpass filter including a wave guide having a rectangular cross-section and including a stationary first conductive portion I and a movable second conductive portion II. The first portion includes first conductive partitions having one or more conductive obstacles related to complementary openings in the section of the guide that forms capacitive irises. The first partitions are transversely mounted, at the propagation of the wave in the guide, define cavities in the longitudinal direction of the guide, are rigidly connected to the first portion and the second conductive partitions that have one or more openings defining capacitive irises, and, in combination with the adjacent guide lengths, form immitance inverters. The first partitions form a series of resonating cavities coupled by the immitance inverters. A means ensures electrical contact between the conductive portions I and II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventor: Bernard Meuriche
  • Publication number: 20130135063
    Abstract: The millimeter waveband filter includes: a transmission line that is formed by a waveguide which propagates electromagnetic waves with a predetermined frequency range of a millimeter waveband from one end to the other end in a TE10 mode; and a pair of radio-wave half mirrors that are disposed opposite each other with a space interposed therebetween so as to block the inside of the transmission line and have planar shapes and a characteristic of transmitting a part of the electromagnetic waves with the predetermined frequency range and reflecting a part thereof. In the electromagnetic waves incident from the one end side of the transmission line, a frequency component centered on a resonant frequency of a resonator, which is formed between the pair of radio-wave half mirrors, is selectively output from the other end of the transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Anritsu Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130135064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a waveguide tuning device (1) arranged for mounting in a waveguide structure (2) which has a longitudinal extension (L) and comprises a fist inner wall (3), a second inner wall (4), a third inner wall (5) and a fourth inner wall. The inner walls are arranged such that a rectangular cross-section is obtained for the waveguide structure. The first inner wall (3) and the second inner wall (4) have a first length (b) and are facing each other. The third inner wall (5) and the fourth inner wall (6) have a second length (a) and are facing each other. The electrical field (E) is parallel to the main surfaces of the first inner wall (3) and the second inner wall (4). The tuning device (1) is electrically controllable and arranged for mounting at the first inner wall (3) and/or the second inner wall (4). The present invention also relates to a tunable waveguide structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Per Ligander, Simone Bastioli, Luca Pelliccia, Ove Persson, Roberto Sorrentino
  • Publication number: 20130113578
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resonance tube includes: mixing powder materials, to form homogeneous powder particles, where the powder materials comprise iron powder with a weight proportion of 50% to 90%, at least one of copper powder and steel powder with a weight proportion of 1% to 30%, and an auxiliary material with a weight proportion of 1% to 20%; pressing and molding the powder particles, to form a resonance tube roughcast; sintering the resonance tube roughcast in a protective atmosphere, to form a resonance tube semi-finished product; and electroplating the resonance tube semi-finished product, to form the resonance tube. In the method, the resonance tube, and the filter according to embodiments of the present invention, the resonance tube is manufactured by using multiple powder materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20120293282
    Abstract: A waveguide filter, comprising a housing defining a passage through which electromagnetic waves can travel and a plurality of adjustable projections extending through the housing into the passage. The passage is absent any fixed protrusions. The plurality of adjustable projection s comprises a set of coupling projections, wherein each pair of adjacent coupling projections in the set of coupling projections defines there between a resonant cavity. Each coupling projection in the set of coupling projections acts as a coupling element for at least one resonant cavity and is adjustable for trimming the coupling of that at least one resonant cavity. The plurality of adjustable projections further comprises a set of tuning projections, wherein a tuning projection from the set of tuning projections is positioned between each pair of adjacent coupling projections and is adjustable for trimming a resonance frequency of an associated resonant cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Giuseppe Frenna