Resonators (distributed Parameter Type) Patents (Class 333/219)
  • Publication number: 20100259343
    Abstract: A resonator having respective electrode planes of first and second internal electrodes disposed so as to be substantially parallel to a line of magnetic force of a magnetic field. In the resonator, respective electrode planes of first and second external electrodes are disposed so as to be substantially parallel to the line of magnetic force of the magnetic field in planes different from the electrode planes of the first and second internal electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Atsushi Toujo
  • Publication number: 20100244991
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communication circuit unit, a transmission path, a ground, a coupling electrode, and a resonating unit. The resonating unit includes a first resonating unit connected to the transmission path and a second resonating unit having one end connected to the first resonating unit and another end short-circuited to the ground, the second resonating unit having terminals of the coupling electrode connected thereto. A microdipole is formed of a line segment connecting a center of charges stored in the coupling electrode and a center of mirror-image charges stored in the ground. The high-frequency signal is transmitted to a distant side disposed so as to face the communication device with an angle ? formed relative to a direction of the microdipole being approximately 0 degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Takanori WASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20100201460
    Abstract: The resonator includes first high-impedance wiring plate-like, arranged parallel to top-surface ground electrode; second high-impedance wiring plate-like, arranged so as to face first high-impedance wiring; first columnar conductor electrically connecting first high-impedance wiring to second high-impedance wiring; first low-impedance wiring arranged between first high-impedance wiring and second high-impedance wiring; second columnar conductor electrically connecting first high-impedance wiring to first low-impedance wiring; second low-impedance wiring arranged between first low-impedance wiring and second high-impedance wiring; and third columnar conductor electrically connecting second high-impedance wiring to second low-impedance wiring, to reduce the area size the resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Tamura, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20100156569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a MEMS resonator having at least one mode shape comprising: a substrate (2) having a surface (12), and a resonator structure (1), wherein the resonator structure (1) is part of the substrate (2), characterized in that the resonator structure (1) is defined by a first closed trench (3) and a second closed trench (3), the first trench (3) being located inside the second trench (3) so as to form a tube structure (1) inside the substrate (2), and the resonator structure (1) being released from the substrate (2) only in directions parallel to the surface (12). The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such a MEMS resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Marc Sworowski, Patrice Gamand, Pascal Philippe
  • Patent number: 7742793
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to provide appropriate coupling between resonators in an HTS microstrip filter are disclosed. Primary and secondary couplings between a pair of resonators are utilized. With a given spacing, the primary coupling is fixed, while the secondary coupling can have different magnitude. In addition, the secondary coupling can have the same phase or opposite phase as the primary coupling. With different combinations, large or small bandwidth filters can be made without very small or very large spacing between resonators. The same cross coupling layout configuration may be designed to achieve either positive or negative results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Conductus, Inc.
    Inventor: Shen Ye
  • Publication number: 20100148890
    Abstract: An acoustic wave element includes: resonators 2 each including an electrode to excite acoustic waves; a power supply wiring portion 3 that is disposed so as to connect the resonators 2 electrically; a piezoelectric substrate 4 on which the resonators 2 and the power supply wiring portion 3 are formed; a second medium 5 that is formed on the piezoelectric substrate 4 so as to cover the resonators 2; and a third medium 6 that is formed on the piezoelectric substrate 4 so as to cover at least the second medium 5 and the power supply wiring portion 3. A side surface 34 of the power supply wiring portion 3 that is in contact with a surface of the piezoelectric substrate 4 forms an obtuse first angle ? with respect to the surface 4a of the piezoelectric substrate 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazunori Inoue, Takashi Matsuda, Michio Miura, Suguru Warashina
  • Publication number: 20100141530
    Abstract: A dipole antenna array comprising a ground plane, at least one dipole antenna including an active antenna element and a grounded antenna element, at least one reflector and integrated electronics, wherein the active antenna element is isolated from the ground plane and extends substantially perpendicular to the ground plane and the grounded antenna element extends in a direction substantially opposite to the active antenna element, the ground plane is contained within the area bounded by the reflector; the integrated electronics include at least one of a signal down converter and a signal up-converter, and at least some of the integrated electronics are contained in a space defined by at least one of a portion of the ground plane and a portion of the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SENSIS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Stephen E. McMAHON
  • Patent number: 7728702
    Abstract: A device includes at least one ultra-small resonant structure; and shielding constructed and adapted to shield at least a portion of said ultra-small resonant structure with a high-permeability magnetic material. The magnetic material is formed from a substance selected from a non-conductive magnetic oxide such as a ferrite; a cobaltite, a chromite, and a manganite. The magnetic material may be mumetal, permalloy, Hipernom, HyMu-80, supermalloy, supermumetal, nilomag, sanbold, Mo-Permalloy, Ultraperm, or M-1040.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Virgin Islands Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Gorrell
  • Publication number: 20100123530
    Abstract: An apparatus for wireless power transmission is disclosed. According to an exemplary aspect, the wireless power transmission apparatus includes a high Q low frequency near magnetic field resonator having characteristics of a metamaterial. Accordingly, manufacturing of a compact power supply capable of wirelessly supplying power to mobile communication terminals or multimedia terminals is possible. By using a zeroth-order resonator with a DNG or ENG structure, a small-sized power supply with a simple configuration may be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok Park, Sang-wook Kwon, Jea-shik Shin, Young-tack Hong
  • Publication number: 20100117456
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of transmitting power wirelessly that include driving a high-Q non-radiative resonator at a value near its resonant frequency to produce a magnetic field output, said non-radiative-resonator formed of a combination of resonant parts, including at least an inductive part formed by a wire loop, and a capacitor part that is separate from a material forming the inductive part, and maintaining at least one characteristic of said resonator such that its usable range has a usable distance over which power can be received, which-distance is set by a detuning effect when a-second resonator gets too close to said resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Aristeidis Karalis, Andre B. Kurs, Robert Moffatt, John D. Joannopoulos, Peter H. Fisher, Marin Soljacic
  • Publication number: 20100109815
    Abstract: A method is for manufacturing a microelectromechanical system resonator having a semiconductor device and a microelectromechanical system structure unit formed on a substrate. The method includes: forming a lower electrode of an oxide-nitride-oxide capacitor unit included in the semiconductor device using a first silicon layer; forming, using a second silicon layer, a substructure of the microelectromechanical system structure unit and an upper electrode of the oxide-nitride-oxide capacitor unit included in the semiconductor device; and forming, using a third silicon layer, a superstructure of the microelectromechanical system structure unit and a gate electrode of a complementary metal oxide semiconductor circuit unit included in the semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo INABA, Akira SATO, Toru WATANABE, Takeshi MORI
  • Patent number: 7710222
    Abstract: A signal input/output line 101 is used for input and output of a signal. A first resonating part 102 is connected to the signal input/output line 101 at one end and is opened at the other end. A second resonating part 103 is connected to a ground conductor 105 at one end and is opened at the other end. A connecting line 104 has a predetermined length and is connected to a point of connection between the signal input/output line 101 and the first resonating part 102 at one end and is connected to a predetermined point on the second resonating part 103 at the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Koizumi, Kei Satoh, Shoichi Narahashi
  • Publication number: 20100102639
    Abstract: The electromagnetic energy transfer device includes a first resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply. The first resonator structure has a first Q-factor. A second resonator structure is positioned distal from the first resonator structure, and supplies useful working power to an external load. The second resonator structure has a second Q-factor. The distance between the two resonators can be larger than the characteristic size of each resonator. Non-radiative energy transfer between the first resonator structure and the second resonator structure is mediated through coupling of their resonant-field evanescent tails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: John D. Joannopoulos, Aristeidis Karalis, Marin Soljacic
  • Publication number: 20100096934
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of transferring electromagnetic energy that includes providing a first electromagnetic resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply, said first resonator structure having a first mode with a resonant frequency ?1, an intrinsic loss rate ?1, and a first Q-factor Q1=?1/(2?1), providing a second electromagnetic resonator structure being positioned distal from said first resonator structure and not electrically wired to the first resonator structure, said second resonator structure having a second mode with a resonant frequency ?2, an intrinsic loss rate ?2, and a second Q-factor Q2=?2/(2?2), and transferring electromagnetic energy from said first resonator structure to said second resonator structure over a distance D that may be smaller than each of the resonant wavelengths ?1 and ?2 corresponding to the resonant frequencies ?1 and ?2, respectively. The electromagnetic resonator structures may be designed to have Q1>100 and Q2>100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: John D. Joannopoulos, Aristeidis Karalis, Marin Soljacic
  • Publication number: 20100097163
    Abstract: A resonator having a three dimensional Defected Ground Structure (DGS) in the transmission line includes a substrate installed at the center of the resonator floating in the air through supporting members installed on both ends of the substrate; a transmission line for transmitting signals installed on the upper surface of the substrate; an upper ground plane member installed on the upper surface of the substrate with predetermined interval from the surface of the substrate, wherein a DGS pattern with a predetermined shape is formed on each portion of the body of the ground plane member symmetrically with respect to the transmission line to form a resonator; a lower ground plane member installed on the lower surface of the substrate with predetermined interval from the surface of the substrate, wherein a DGS pattern with a predetermined shape is formed on each portion of the body of the ground plane member symmetrically with respect to the transmission line to form a resonator; an upper cover installed closel
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Im-Seob SHIN, In-Sun KIM, Si-Chan RYOO, Bon-Joong KOO
  • Publication number: 20100090786
    Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical-system resonator, includes: a substrate; a fixed electrode formed on the substrate; and a movable electrode, arranged facing the fixed electrode and driven by an electrostatic attracting force or an electrostatic repulsion force that acts on a gap between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. An internal surface of a support beam of the movable electrode facing the fixed electrode has an inclined surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHOGO INABA, AKIRA SATO
  • Publication number: 20100079221
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resonator and a filter that reduce the resonator radiation loss so as to achieve a high Q value that is inherent to a low-loss material while maintaining high power handling capability. In this manner, both high power handling capability and a high Q value can be achieved at the same time. The resonator is a microstripline structure and includes a line structure formed with resonance lines in which current standing waves are generated in a resonant state in a line, and currents in each two adjacent lines flow in the opposite directions from each other, and a connection line that connects the resonance lines at the portions having in-phase voltages among the nodes of the current standing waves of the resonance lines in the resonant state. The filter includes resonators of the same type as the above resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Noritsugu Shiokawa, Hiroyuki Kayano
  • Patent number: 7688162
    Abstract: A microstrip filter having a plurality of hairpin microstrip resonators each having two substantially rectangular legs connected at one end and generally configured in a “U” shape. The microstrip filter may comprise a first of the plural resonators operatively connected to a first feed point, a second of the plural resonators operatively connected to a second feed point, and a third of the plural resonators operatively connected between the first and second resonators where an end portion of one of the legs of one of the resonators is tapered so that a thickness of the one leg is greater at one end of the one leg than at another end of the one leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Harris Stratex Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Shruthi Soora
  • Publication number: 20100059692
    Abstract: Spiral coils generate very powerful electromagnetic fields by operating with two different but simultaneous resonant behaviors. Quarter-wave resonance is established by adjusting the frequency (and wavelength) of a radiofrequency (RF) voltage source until the length of the spiral conductor is equal to ¼ of the wavelength of the alternating voltage. This generates an electromagnetic standing wave with at least one peak node and at least one null node. Inductive-capacitive (L/C) resonance is established by optimizing the thickness and width of the wire ribbon used to make the spiral coil. When inductance and capacitance are balanced, the current response will synchronize with the voltage input, creating in-phase behavior, minimal total impedance, and maximal power output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Richard T. Quick, II
  • Patent number: 7671707
    Abstract: A bandstop filter where variation in characteristics is suppressed to minimum and which realizes an increased production yield. The physical length of a line joint portion between a main line and an oscillator can be enlarged by providing an impedance non-continuous structure portion in a strip conductor of the oscillator. In comparison to the case where the impedance non-continuous structure portion is not provided, the width of a joint slit required to obtain an equal joint amount can be enlarged. When the joint slit width is enlarged, variation in filter characteristics caused by pattern accuracy can be reduced because of the enlarged joint slip width, thus improving a filter yield. This means that pattern accuracy requirement for production is loosened. Freedom in selecting a dielectric substrate is increased, which also provides an advantage that a filter can be produced using a less expensive dielectric substrate with not very high pattern accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsu Ohwada, Hiroshi Osakada, Hideyuki Oh-Hashi
  • Publication number: 20100039193
    Abstract: There is herein disclosed an interdigital capacitor, an inductor, and an LH transmission line and a coupler using the interdigital capacitor and the inductor. The interdigital capacitor comprises two finger sets which are substantially disposed in parallel with each other. Fingers of each finger set are overlapped at outer edges thereof with each other to thereby generate capacitance. The inductor is formed substantially spirally inside the transmission line, so that it can have a large inductance in a compact shape and can be used in a broad frequency band. The LH transmission line has a broad frequency band in a compact shape, which includes interdigital capacitors connected in series with each other and inductors connected in parallel with each other. In addition, the coupler employing the LH transmission line has an excellent couplability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Byung Hoon Ryou, Won Mo Sung, Gi Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20100019868
    Abstract: A material including a conductor may be rolled to form a resonant element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, John Brian Pendry, David Schurig, David R. Smith, Clarence T. Tegreene, Thomas Allan Weaver
  • Patent number: 7652548
    Abstract: There is included: N (N?2) resonators formed by laminating a plurality of conductor patterns and dielectric layers alternately and arranged in an at least partially overlapped manner when viewed in the laminating direction to be coupled electromagnetically to each other; and input and output lines 3 and 4 coupled, respectively, to two resonators 1 and 2 selected among the N resonators, in which one end of each of the N resonators is grounded, and the length of each of the N resonators in the signal propagation direction is basically ?/4, where ? represents a propagation wavelength inside the dielectric layers at approximately the center frequency of the pass band. A wider pass bandwidth, size and loss reduction, and a large amount of attenuation within a narrow band can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Katsurou Nakamata
  • Publication number: 20090322444
    Abstract: A resonator device includes a plurality of resonators which are connected in series. An inductor and a capacitor are connected in parallel with at least one of the plurality of resonators. At least another one of the plurality of resonators has no inductor or capacitor connected in parallel therewith. Therefore, a sufficiently large attenuation outside the passband can be attained when the resonator device is used in a filter. Furthermore, the resonator device can be reduced in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhira TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20090327188
    Abstract: At least one resonator is disclosed having a plurality of nanoscale resonator elements, the at least one resonator having at least two, different resonant frequencies and configured to provide at least two signals in response to an input signal and at least two adders configured to weight the signals with respective weights and to add weighted signals so as to produce an output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Tapani Ryhanen, Mark Welland
  • Patent number: 7629867
    Abstract: A filter element includes a flat dielectric substrate, a ground electrode on a back main surface of the dielectric substrate, resonant lines each having a shorting end in the vicinity of a border between a side of the dielectric substrate and the ground electrode and extending from the side to a front main surface of the dielectric substrate. The resonant lines and the ground electrode constitute strip-line resonators. In any of the strip-line resonators, the line width of the resonant-line side portion is different from the line width of the resonant-line main-surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiguchi, Yukihiro Kitaichi
  • Publication number: 20090295406
    Abstract: The invention relates to MEMS resonators. In one embodiment, an integrated resonator and sensor device comprises a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) resonator, and an anchor portion coupled to the MEMS resonator and configured to allow resonance of the MEMS resonator in a first plane of motion and movement of the MEMS resonator in a second plane of motion. In other embodiments, additional apparatuses, devices, systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Florian SCHOEN, Markus LOEHNDORF
  • Publication number: 20090284330
    Abstract: A quasi-lumped resonator apparatus that makes use of an inductive portion having a plurality of spines extending therefrom along at least a portion of a length thereof, and a capacitive portion electrically and physically coupled to an end of the inductive portion. The capacitive portion has a plurality of spaced apart capacitive fringe plates extending therefrom. A housing is included for enclosing the inductive and capacitive portions. In another aspect a method is disclosed for forming a quasi-lumped resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Paul J. Tatomir, Christ P. Tzelepis
  • Publication number: 20090267709
    Abstract: The electromagnetic energy transfer device includes a first resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply. The first resonator structure has a first Q-factor. A second resonator structure is positioned distal from the first resonator structure, and supplies useful working power to an external load. The second resonator structure has a second Q-factor. The distance between the two resonators can be larger than the characteristic size of each resonator. Non-radiative energy transfer between the first resonator structure and the second resonator structure is mediated through coupling of their resonant-field evanescent tails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: John D. Joannopoulos, Aristeidis Karalis, Marin Soljacic
  • Publication number: 20090267710
    Abstract: The electromagnetic energy transfer device includes a first resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply. The first resonator structure has a first Q-factor. A second resonator structure is positioned distal from the first resonator structure, and supplies useful working power to an external load. The second resonator structure has a second Q-factor. The distance between the two resonators can be larger than the characteristic size of each resonator. Non-radiative energy transfer between the first resonator structure and the second resonator structure is mediated through coupling of their resonant-field evanescent tails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: John D. Joannopoulos, Aristeidis Karalis, Marin Soljacic
  • Publication number: 20090239752
    Abstract: A superconducting device comprises a dielectric substrate, and a plane-figure type resonator pattern made of a superconductive material and formed on a first face of the dielectric substrate. The resonator pattern has a notch at least a portion of which is round.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Akasegawa, Manabu Kai, Teru Nakanishi, Kazunori Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 7592886
    Abstract: A dielectric porcelain composition of the present invention includes a first component and second component. If the first component is represented by the general formula of xBaO-yNd2O3-zTiO2-wBi2O3 (provided that x+y+z+w=100), x, y, z, and w satisfy 12?x?16, 12?y?16, 65?z?69, and 2?w?5, respectively. The second component includes 30 to 37 wt % of BaO, 33 to 46 wt % of SiO2, 8 to 12 wt % of La2O3, 3 to 7 wt % of Al2O3, 0 to 1 wt % of SrO, 0 to 10 wt % of Li2O, 0 to 20 wt % of ZnO, and 7 wt % or less of B203. The compounding ratio of the second component is between 10 wt % and 30 wt % when the sum of the first and second components is 100. In addition, 0.1 to 1 parts by weight of Li2O and 3 to 10 parts by weight of ZnO, relative to 100 parts by weight of the sum of the first and second components, is also contained as a third component. An average particle diameter of the dielectric mixed powder forming dielectric porcelain composition before firing is 0.9 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Saito, Hiroshi Kagata, Hidenori Katsumura, Muneyuki Sawada
  • Patent number: 7579836
    Abstract: A resonator for magnetic resonance applications has a conductor element proceeding in an extension direction, that operates with a resonance current at a resonance frequency oscillating therein in the extension direction. The conductor element is tuned to the resonance frequency and has an overall length in the extension direction that is smaller than half of the wavelength of the resonance frequency. The conductor element is a multi-layer conductor with layers that are electrically insulated from each other that, in said extension direction, have layer ends that are capacitively coupled with each other. During operation of the conductor element at the resonance frequency, respective layer currents flow in the layers in the extension direction that are substantially equal in magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wilfried Schnell, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 7579835
    Abstract: A resonator for magnetic resonance applications has a conductor element that extends from a first conductor end to a second conductor end. During operation of the conductor element at a resonance frequency, a resonance current-oscillates from the first conductor end to the second conductor end and back. The conductor ends are coupled with one another via a circuit that tunes the conductor element to the resonance frequency. The conductor element is fashioned as a multi-layer conductor with a number of layers that have first and second layer ends at the conductor ends. The circuit causes layer currents that are of equal magnitudes to flow in the layers themselves during active operation of the conductor element at the resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wilfried Schnell, Markus Vester
  • Patent number: 7576628
    Abstract: A low-pass filter (10) is provided. The low-pass filter includes an input part (100), an output part (120), a high impedance part (140), a first low impedance part (160), and a second low impedance part (180). The input part is electronically connected to the high impedance part for input of electromagnetic signals thereinto. The output part is electronically connected to the high impedance part for output of electromagnetic signals therefrom. The input part and the output part are asymmetrical to a resonator defined by the high impedance part, the first low impedance part and the second low impedance part. One end of the high impedance part is electronically connected to the first low impedance part, the other end of that is electronically connected to the second low impedance part. Wherein the high impedance part is disposed partly between the first low impedance part and the second low impedance part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsin-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20090201106
    Abstract: A harmonic suppression resonator comprises a plurality of waveguide resonators that resonate in TE mode, in which harmonic suppression resonator, adjoining resonators are coupled via a plurality of coupling windows. Four coupling windows 33bc1, 33bc2, 33bc3 and 33bc4 are provided between a resonant region 51b and a resonant region adjoining the resonant region 51b. These coupling windows allow fundamental wave modes of the adjoining resonators to be coupled mainly by magnetically coupling. The coupling windows 33bc3 and 33bc4 allow second harmonic modes of the adjoining resonators to be electrically coupled, and the coupling windows 33bc1 and 33bc2 allow the second harmonic modes of the adjoining resonators to be magnetically coupled. By causing the amount of the electrically coupling and the amount of the magnetically coupling to be substantially equal, the coupling of the second harmonic modes is negated, whereby propagation of the second harmonic is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Iio, Mitsuru Makihara, Hiroshi Nagata, Yoshinobu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7573357
    Abstract: A coupling conductor for a YIG filter or YIG oscillator, which may be produced from a metallic foil by eroding, laser cutting and/or etching of a metallic foil. The coupling conductor includes at least one curved section, which at least partially surrounds a YIG element and at least one conductor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hohenester, Claus Tremmel
  • Patent number: 7573358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tunable microwave arrangement (10) comprising a microwave/integrated circuit device (11) and a substrate (6). It comprises a layered structure disposed between said microwave/integrated circuit device and said substrate (5), said layered structure acting as a ground plane and it comprises at least one regularly or irregularly patterned first metal layer (1), at least one second metal layer (3), at least one tunable ferroelectric film layer (2), whereby said layers are so arranged that the ferroelectric film layers) (2) is/are provided between the/a first metal layer (1) and the/a second metal layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Spartak Gevorgian, Thomas Lewin, Dan Kuylenstierna
  • Publication number: 20090195332
    Abstract: The electromagnetic energy transfer device includes a first resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply. The first resonator structure has a first Q-factor. A second resonator structure is positioned distal from the first resonator structure, and supplies useful working power to an external load. The second resonator structure has a second Q-factor. The distance between the two resonators can be larger than the characteristic size of each resonator. Non-radiative energy transfer between the first resonator structure and the second resonator structure is mediated through coupling of their resonant-field evanescent tails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: John D Joannopoulos, Aristeidis Karalis, Marin Soljacic
  • Publication number: 20090195333
    Abstract: The electromagnetic energy transfer device includes a first resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply. The first resonator structure has a first Q-factor. A second resonator structure is positioned distal from the first resonator structure, and supplies useful working power to an external load. The second resonator structure has a second Q-factor. The distance between the two resonators can be larger than the characteristic size of each resonator. Non-radiative energy transfer between the first resonator structure and the second resonator structure is mediated through coupling of their resonant-field evanescent tails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: John D Joannopoulos, Aristeidis Karalis, Marin Soljacic
  • Publication number: 20090189716
    Abstract: A filter device with transmission zeros is provided according to the present invention, which has an odd mode resonant frequency and an even mode resonant frequency. The filter device includes: a substrate, a metallic rectangular ring, a signal couple-in/couple-out module, and a metallic ground plane, wherein the surface of said metallic ground plane is parallel to the plane enclosed by said metallic rectangular ring, and said metallic rectangular ring applied to the filter device of the present invention has a perimeter shorter than or equal to the wavelength corresponding to the mean of said odd mode resonant frequency and said even mode resonant frequency, thereby allowing said filter device of the present invention, in a situation of specific bandpass frequency, to reduce its perimeter to about half of the perimeter of conventional annular rectangular dual mode filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hsin-Chia Lu, Tian-Wei Huang, Chih-Chao Chang, Jia-Wei Cheng, Chien-Hsien Lee
  • Publication number: 20090184783
    Abstract: A resonant structure is provided, including a first terminal, a second terminal which faces the first terminal, a wire unit which connects the first terminal and the second terminal, a third terminal which is spaced apart at a certain distance from the wire unit and which resonates the wire unit, and a potential barrier unit which is formed on the wire unit and which provides a negative resistance component. Accordingly, transduction efficiency can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL AND ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yun-kwon Park, Sung-Woo Hwang, Jea-Shik Shin, Byeoung-Ju Ha, Jae-Sung Rieh, In-Sang Song, Yong-Kyu Kim, Byeong-Kwon Ju, Hee-Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 7561012
    Abstract: A pair of balanced terminals is connected to a pair of interdigital-coupled quarter-wave resonators in an electronic device. This electronic device has a first resonance mode that resonates at a first resonance frequency f1 higher than a resonance frequency f0 in each of the pair of quarter-wave resonators when establishing no interdigital-coupling, and a second resonance mode that resonates at a second resonance frequency f2 lower than the resonance frequency f0. The second resonance frequency f2 of a low frequency is set as an operating frequency. This provides an electronic device and a filter that facilitate miniaturization and enable a balanced signal to be transmitted with superior balance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 7558608
    Abstract: A superconducting device comprises a dielectric substrate, and a plane-figure type resonator pattern made of a superconductive material and formed on a first face of the dielectric substrate. The resonator pattern has a notch at least a portion of which is round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Akasegawa, Manabu Kai, Teru Nakanishi, Kazunori Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 7557678
    Abstract: A base element for a YIG band-pass filter or a YIG oscillator is formed from a non-magnetic material and comprises filter chambers, which are formed in the base element, wherein the filter chambers are connected to one another by channels, and YIG elements are disposed in the filter chambers and electromagnetically coupled by coupling loops disposed in the filter chambers. Slots into which contact lugs connected to the coupling loops extend, are formed in the base element. Recesses intersect the slots and and are used to accommodate a solder mass. The contact lugs are fixed in the recesses by the solder mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hohenester, Claus Tremmel
  • Patent number: 7551046
    Abstract: A band pass filter (10) mounted on a base plate (20) includes a loop-step resonator (12), an input portion (100), and an output portion (150). The input portion is electronically connected to the loop-step resonator for inputting electromagnetic signals thereto. The output portion is electronically connected to the loop-step resonator for outputting electromagnetic signals therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia-Hao Mei
  • Publication number: 20090153273
    Abstract: An energy transferring system including a source-side resonator, an intermediate resonant module, and a device-side resonator is provided. The three resonators substantially have the same resonant frequency for generating resonance. The energy on the source-side resonator is coupled to the intermediate resonant module, such that non-radiative energy transfer is performed between the source-side resonator and the intermediate resonant module. The energy coupled to the intermediate resonant module is further coupled to the device-side resonator, such that non-radiative energy transfer is performed between the intermediate resonant module and the device-side resonator to achieve energy transfer between the source-side resonator and the device-side resonator. The coupling coefficient between the intermediate resonant module and its two adjacent resonators is larger than the coupling coefficient between the source-side resonator and the device-side resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Jung Chen, Chih-Lung Lin, Zuei-Chown Jou
  • Patent number: 7541896
    Abstract: A stacked resonator and a filter are provided which are capable of achieving miniaturization and minimum loss, and also capable of transmitting a balanced signal with superior balance characteristics. There are provided a pair of quarter-wave resonators which are interdigital-coupled to each other. One quarter-wave resonator is constructed of a plurality of conductor lines which are stacked and arranged so as to establish a comb-line coupling. By the stacked arrangement so as to establish a comb-line coupling of the plurality of conductor lines, the conductor thickness of this quarter-wave resonator can be increased virtually thereby reducing the conductor loss. Similarly, the other quarter-wave resonator is constructed of a plurality of conductor lines stacked and arranged so as to establish a comb-line coupling, and hence the conductor thickness of this quarter-wave resonator can be increased virtually thereby reducing the conductor loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 7539369
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a substrate side waveguide formed on a substrate; and a plurality of optical elements fixed on the substrate. The substrate side waveguide and an optical element side waveguide formed in each of the plurality of optical elements forms a continuous optical waveguide path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7538641
    Abstract: A high frequency electromagnetic circuit is disclosed as being patterned on a metallic or superconducting film on top of a dielectric in a plurality of configurations. A part of the circuit such as the characteristic strip or slot of the configurations is shaped in a novel space-filling geometry which allows a significant size reduction of a circuital component. Miniature transmission lines, capacitors, inductors, resistors, filters, and oscillators can be manufactured this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Fractus, S.A.
    Inventors: Carles Puente Baliarda, Juan Manuel O'Callaghan Castella, Edouard Jean Louis Rozan, Juan Carlos Collado Gomez, Nuria Duffo Ubeda