Waveguide Type Patents (Class 333/239)
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Patent number: 12148969Abstract: A cable is provided which has a dielectric medium forming a chamber which can also be filled by the dielectric medium. The cable additionally has a first dielectric waveguide element and a second dielectric waveguide element. The first dielectric waveguide element is arranged at a distance from the second dielectric waveguide element. The first dielectric waveguide element runs along a longitudinal direction of the cable through the chamber formed by the dielectric medium, and the second dielectric waveguide element runs along the longitudinal direction of the cable through the chamber formed by the dielectric medium. The polarization direction of the first dielectric waveguide element differs from the preferred polarization direction of the second dielectric waveguide element.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: LEONI KABEL GMBHInventors: Erwin Köppendörfer, Thorsten Fink, Dominik Dorner, Felix Distler
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Patent number: 12117646Abstract: An anti-resonant hollow-core fiber comprising a first tubular, cladding element which defines an internal cladding surface, a plurality of second tubular elements which are attached to the cladding surface and together define a core with an effective radius, the second tubular elements being arranged in spaced relation and adjacent ones of the second tubular elements having a spacing therebetween, and a plurality of third tubular elements, each nested within a respective one of the second tubular elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: University of SouthamptonInventors: Francesco Poletti, Seyedmohammad Abokhamis Mousavi
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Patent number: 12085751Abstract: Some implementations described herein include a photonics integrated circuit device including a photonics structure. The photonics structure includes a waveguide structure and an optical attenuator structure. In some implementation, the optical attenuator structure is formed on an end region of the waveguide structure and includes a metal material or a doped material. In some implementations, the optical attenuator structure includes a gaussian doping profile within a portion of the waveguide structure. The optical attenuator structure may absorb electromagnetic waves at the end of the waveguide structure with an efficiency that is improved relative to a spiral optical attenuator structure or metal cap optical attenuator structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Wei-kang Liu, Chih-Tsung Shih, Hau-Yan Lu, YingKit Felix Tsui, Lee-Shian Jeng
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Patent number: 12057613Abstract: Waveguides and methods for manufacturing a waveguide that include forming a first channel in a first layer of dielectric material, the first channel comprising one or more walls; forming a second channel in a second layer of dielectric material, the second channel comprising one or more walls; depositing electrically conductive material on the one or more walls of the first channel; depositing electrically conductive material on the one or more walls of the second channel; arranging the first layer adjacent to the second layer to form a stack with the first channel axially aligned with and facing the second channel; and heating the stack so that the conductive material on the one or more walls of the first channel and the conductive material on the one or more walls of the second channel connect to form the waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventor: Daniel Scott Krueger
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Patent number: 12057612Abstract: A waveguide includes: a substrate; a first ground wire; a second ground wire; a signal wire; and a compensation structure. The first ground wire, the second ground wire, and the signal wire are disposed on the substrate at intervals, and the signal wire is located between the first ground wire and the second ground wire. The compensation structure is configured to contact at least one of the substrate, the first ground wire, the second ground wire, or the signal wire; and the compensation structure comprises a superconducting material.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding LimitedInventors: Hua Xu, Jin Qin
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Patent number: 12057614Abstract: Disclosed is a dielectric waveguide. A fibre core of the dielectric waveguide is formed by a first fibre core and a second fibre core. The first fibre core and the second fibre core have an intersection in the cross-section of the dielectric waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: LEONI KABEL GMBHInventors: Dominik Dorner, Thorsten Fink, Erwin Köppendörfer, Yannick Ramser, Felix Distler
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Patent number: 11996600Abstract: Antenna arrays and structures for propagating electromagnetic signals. A waveguide cross-section is disclosed that may be implemented as a hollow irregular hexagonal metal structure that receives an electromagnetic signal and propagates the electromagnetic signal through the hollow hexagonal metal structure. The waveguide may be fabricated using metal additive manufacturing techniques and include one or more downward facing and unsupported surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Optisys, Inc.Inventors: Michael Hollenbeck, Robert Smith
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Patent number: 11962087Abstract: This document describes a single-layer air waveguide antenna integrated on a circuit board. The waveguide guides electromagnetic energy through channels filled with air. It is formed from a single layer of material, such as a sheet of metal, metal-coated plastic, or other material with conductive surfaces that is attached to a circuit board. A portion of a surface of the circuit board is configured as a floor of the channels filled with air. This floor is an electrical interface between the circuit board and the channels filled with air. The single layer of material is positioned atop this electrical interface to define walls and a ceiling of the channels filled with air. The single layer of material can be secured to the circuit board in various ways. The cost of integrating an air waveguide antenna on to a circuit board this way may be less expensive than other waveguide-manufacturing techniques.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AGInventors: Scott D. Brandenburg, David Wayne Zimmerman, Mark William Hudson, Sophie Macfarland
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Patent number: 11955711Abstract: A redirecting structure for electromagnetic waves, the redirecting structure comprising a first reflection passage formed between a first conductive element and a second conductive element, and an antenna structure comprising an antenna element and a radiation passage extending from the antenna element in a first direction. The antenna structure is connected to the first reflection passage at a first interface, the first reflection passage extending in a second direction different from the first direction. A first reflective structure is associated with an interior of the first reflection passage and is arranged at a predetermined distance from the first interface such that electromagnetic waves propagating from the antenna structure into the first reflection passage are reflected to the radiation passage by the first reflective structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Janne Ilvonen, Alexander Khripkov, Jari Kristian Van Wonterghem, Ruiyuan Tian
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Patent number: 11936111Abstract: An antenna array with a layered structure having a base layer with a metamaterial structure, a printed circuit board (PCB) layers, a feed layer arranged on the opposite side of the PCB from the RF IC(s), and a radiating layer arranged on the feed layer. The radiating layer having a plurality of radiating elements. The metamaterial structure is arranged to attenuate electromagnetic radiation propagating between the at least two adjacent waveguides in the frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GAPWAVES ABInventors: Thomas Emanuelsson, Yang Jian, Ashraf Uz Zaman, Wai Yan Yong
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Patent number: 11824248Abstract: A shielded bridge for a coplanar waveguide (CPW) includes a signal bridge extending from a first terminal of the CPW to a second terminal of the CPW. The signal bridge has a raised central portion that extends over a separate signal conductor. The shielded bridge for the CPW also includes a ground bridge extending from a first ground plane on a first side of the separate signal conductor to a second ground plane on a second side of the separate signal conductor. The ground bridge is positioned between the signal bridge and the separate signal conductor.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Oskar Painter, Seyed Mohammad Mirhosseini Niri, Eun Jong Kim, Alp Sipahigil, Vinicius Thaddeu dos Santos Ferreira, Andrew J. Keller, Mahmoud Kalaee, Michael T. Fang
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Patent number: 11700689Abstract: A circuit board includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a plurality of plating through holes, at least one first intermediate layer and at least one second intermediate layer. The first layer and the second layer are used as reference voltage planes. A plurality of transmission wires are disposed on the third layer. The transmission wires are coupled to a wireless signal transceiver and a plurality of antenna arrays; wherein the third layer is disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The plating through holes are disposed at sides of the third layer, wherein the plurality of plating through holes are configured to connect the first reference voltage plane with the second reference voltage plane. The first intermediate layer is disposed between the first layer and the third layer, and the second intermediate layer is disposed between the second layer and the third layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Che-Jung Chang, Chia-Chu Ho, Wei-Hong Gao
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Patent number: 11677130Abstract: A waveguide for receiving an incident electromagnetic wave (EMW) having an operating frequency ? includes an array of spaced apart unit cells arranged along the waveguide. The unit cells are configured to resonantly couple to the incident EMW and radiate an EMW at the operating frequency propagating inside and along the waveguide. Each unit cell is configured to couple to the incident EMW with a first coupling efficiency and includes a dielectric body configured to couple to the incident EMW with a second coupling efficiency and one or more metal layers disposed on and partially covering the dielectric body. The second coupling efficiency is substantially smaller than the first coupling efficiency. A communication system includes the waveguide and a transceiver configured to emit an EMW having the operating frequency ?.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Jaewon Kim, Dipankar Ghosh, Craig W. Lindsay, Matthew S. Stay
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Patent number: 11664568Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include waveguides. In an embodiment, a waveguide comprises a conductive shell and a first ridge within the conductive shell. In an embodiment, the first ridge extends away from the conductive shell. In an embodiment, the waveguide further comprises a first core over the first ridge, where the first core comprises a first dielectric material with a first permittivity. In an embodiment, the waveguide may further comprise a second core embedded in the first core, where the second core comprises a second dielectric material with a second permittivity that is greater than the first permittivity.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Cooper S. Levy, Chintan S. Thakkar, James E. Jaussi, Bryan K. Casper
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Patent number: 11664562Abstract: A redirecting device for mm-waves includes an input section, an output section disposed at 90 degrees to the input section, and a waveguide member extending from the input section to the output section. The waveguide member is a rigid dielectric material.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbHInventors: Christian Rusch, Bert Bergner
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Patent number: 11592596Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a space of invisibility, which comprises: (a) providing a metamaterial plate having a subwavelength thickness, said metamaterial plate having bottom and top surfaces; (b) radiating the bottom surface of the metamaterial plate by a primary radiation thereby to form a space of invisibility above the top surface of the metamaterial plate, said space of invisibility being located within a space of a secondary radiation above the metamaterial plate which is in turn formed as a result of said primary radiation passing through metamaterial plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: B.G. Negev Technologies & Applications Ltd. at Ben-Gurion UniversityInventor: Alina Karabchevsky
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Patent number: 11476566Abstract: A structure for wireless communication having a plurality of conductor layers, an insulator layer separating each of the conductor layers, and at least one connector connecting two of the conductor layers wherein an electrical resistance is reduced when an electrical signal is induced in the resonator at a predetermined frequency. The structure is capable of transmitting or receiving electrical energy and/or data at various near and far field magnetic coupling frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.Inventors: Vinit Singh, Christine A. Frysz
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Patent number: 11456516Abstract: An electronic device and associated methods are disclosed. In one example, the electronic device can include an assembly having asymmetrically situated conductors. In selected examples, the assembly includes a ground plane, a central shield portion, a first side shield portion on a first side, a second side shield portion on a second side, a first conductor asymmetrically situated between the central shield portion and the first side shield portion, a second conductor asymmetrically situated between the central shield portion and the second side shield portion, and dielectric within the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Ling Li Ong, Kin Wai Lee, Bok Eng Cheah, Yang Liang Poh, Yean Ling Soon
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Patent number: 11394098Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a waveguide for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals, comprising: a first dielectric part comprising a dielectric; a conductor part covering a part of the first dielectric part; and a second dielectric part surrounding the first dielectric part and the conductor part.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And TechnologyInventors: Hyeon Min Bae, Ha Il Song
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Patent number: 11342649Abstract: The THz waveguides disclosed herein are used to transmit signals having a THz frequency in the range from 0.1 THz to 10 THz and include an alumina core surrounded by an optional cladding. The core may have a diameter (D1) in the range from 10 ?m to 500 ?m and may be comprised of a ceramic ribbon having a dielectric constant (Dk). The optional cladding may have a dielectric constant (Dk) less than the core. The THz waveguides can be formed using a continuous firing process and nano-perforation technology that enables access to a wide form factor range. In one example, rectangular waveguides, or ribbons, may be fabricated in the 10 ?m to 200 ?m thick range at widths in the range from sub-millimeters to several meters and lengths in the range from millimeters to several hundred meters.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Michael Edward Badding, Ming-Jun Li, Karan Mehrotra, Cheng-Gang Zhuang
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Patent number: 11335999Abstract: A structure for wireless communication having a plurality of conductor layers, an insulator layer separating each of the conductor layers, and at least one connector connecting two of the conductor layers wherein an electrical resistance is reduced when an electrical signal is induced in the resonator at a predetermined frequency. The structure is capable of transmitting or receiving electrical energy and/or data at various near and far field magnetic coupling frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.Inventors: Vinit Singh, Christine A. Frysz
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Patent number: 11264687Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies that include a lithographically-defined substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) component, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate portion having a first face and an opposing second face; and an SIW component that may include a first conductive layer on the first face of the package substrate portion, a dielectric layer on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer on the dielectric layer, and a first conductive sidewall and an opposing second conductive sidewall in the dielectric layer, wherein the first and second conductive sidewalls are continuous structures.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Georgios Dogiamis, Adel A. Elsherbini
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Patent number: 11255934Abstract: A magnetic resonance RF receive coil with non-conductive waveguides for data transfer between the RF coil antennas and the channel aggregator is described. The non-conductive waveguide for each channel includes a plastic waveguide transferring data between a millimeter wave transmitter and a millimeter wave receiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Spring, Yoshinori Hamamura, Ernie Zepeda
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Patent number: 11189898Abstract: A waveguide and a communication system including the waveguide are described. The waveguide is configured to propagate an electromagnetic wave having an operating frequency along the waveguide. The waveguide includes a substrate having a first dielectric constant, and an array of spaced apart unit cells at least partially embedded in the substrate and arranged along the waveguide. Each of a plurality of the unit cells in the array of spaced apart unit cells has a first transmission parameter S121 having a lowest resonant frequency ?1 and includes a dielectric body and one or more electrically conductive layers disposed on and partially covering the dielectric body. The dielectric body has a second dielectric constant greater than the first dielectric constant at the operating frequency and has a second transmission parameter S221 having a lowest resonant frequency ?2 greater than ?1.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Jaewon Kim, Dipankar Ghosh, Craig W. Lindsay, Matthew S. Stay
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Patent number: 11075436Abstract: An RF joint rotating about an axis of rotation (Z) includes a number N, greater than or equal to 1, of RF transmission channels, a first, internal surface of symmetry of revolution about the axis (Z) and of RF transmission having a first, internal radius r1, and a second, external surface of symmetry of revolution about the axis (Z) and of RF transmission having a second, external radius r2, strictly less than the first, internal radius r1.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignees: THALES, CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALESInventors: Dimitri Vynohradov, Jérôme Brossier, Benjamin Monteillet, Jérôme Lorenzo, Nicolas Ferrando
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Patent number: 11056757Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a radio-frequency member in which an inner peripheral surface of a cavity in a die includes a functional-region section that provides the radio-frequency member, a gate opens in a first wall surface of the inner peripheral surface of the cavity, an overflow expands in a direction in which a second wall surface of the inner peripheral surface extends is opened in the second wall surface, the functional-region section is located in a main flow region, the functional-region section includes a plurality of rod forming holes, a distance between edges of openings of at least two rod forming holes is smaller than depths of both of the two rod forming holes, a metal material in a fluid state is injected into the cavity through the gate, and a portion of the metal material flows outside of the cavity from the overflow.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventor: Takumi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11031668Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can have a first dielectric material for propagating electromagnetic waves guided by the first dielectric material, and a second dielectric material disposed on at least a portion of an outer surface of the first dielectric material for reducing an exposure of the electromagnetic waves to an environment that adversely affects propagation of the electromagnetic waves on the first dielectric material. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J. Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Patent number: 11011814Abstract: A transmission line includes a post-wall waveguide which includes a dielectric substrate on which a pair of post-walls is formed and a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer opposed to each other with the dielectric substrate interposed therebetween and in which a region surrounded by the pair of post-walls, the first conductor layer, and the second conductor layer is a waveguide region, a waveguide tube having a hollow rectangular shape, being connected with the first conductor layer so as to cover an opening portion formed in a side wall, and in which an inside communicates with the waveguide region through an opening formed in the first conductor layer, and a wire member which is arranged such that through the opening, a first end is located inside the dielectric substrate and a second end is located in the waveguide tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Uemichi, Ning Guan
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Patent number: 10992015Abstract: A transmission line includes a post-wall waveguide which includes a dielectric substrate on which a pair of post-walls is formed and a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer opposed to each other with the dielectric substrate interposed therebetween, and in which a region surrounded by the pair of post-walls, the first conductor layer, and the second conductor layer is a waveguide region, a waveguide tube having a hollow rectangular shape, being connected with the first conductor layer to cover an opening portion formed in a side wall, and in which an inside communicates with the waveguide region through an opening formed in the first conductor layer, a blind via formed in the dielectric substrate such that one end is disposed inside the opening, and a pole member including a post member connected to the one end of the blind via and a support member supporting the post member.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Uemichi
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Patent number: 10978773Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a guided wave launcher includes a dielectric cable having an unexposed dielectric core portion that is surrounded by a dielectric cladding portion. The unexposed dielectric core portion is configured to receive a first electromagnetic wave at the end of the dielectric cable and to guide the first electromagnetic wave along the first unexposed dielectric core portion. An exposed dielectric core portion of the dielectric cable, that is not surrounded by the dielectric cladding portion, is configured to couple a portion of the first electromagnetic wave to a transmission medium in proximity to the exposed dielectric core portion, wherein the portion of the electromagnetic wave coupled to the transmission medium propagates as a second electromagnetic wave along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas M. Willis, III, Paul Shala Henry
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Patent number: 10944146Abstract: The invention provides a dielectric waveguide for transmitting millimeter waves or sub-millimeter waves. The dielectric waveguide is easily processed and connected even when having a small diameter, and can provide a connection structure exhibiting low transmission and return losses of high frequency signals. The dielectric waveguide includes a dielectric waveguide body and a dielectric waveguide end having a lower permittivity than the dielectric waveguide body. The dielectric waveguide body and the dielectric waveguide end are seamlessly and monolithically formed from the same material.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Dai Fukami, Taku Yamanaka, Masahiro Horibe, Yuto Kato, Ryo Sakamaki
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Patent number: 10938087Abstract: There is provided an antenna structure for a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. The antenna structure includes a substrate, and an antenna structure disposed on the substrate. The antenna includes a peripheral frame portion, a first strip section disposed at a first side of the peripheral frame portion, and a second strip section disposed at a second side of the peripheral frame portion. In particular, the first strip section and the second strip section each includes multiple spaced-apart strip portions extending from a first part of the peripheral frame portion to a second part of the peripheral frame portion. There is also provided a method of manufacturing the antenna structure, an RFID reader system including the antenna structure, and an RFID system including the RFID reader system and an RFID tag.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchInventors: Xianming Qing, Zhining Chen, Chean Khan Goh
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Patent number: 10879577Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer electromagnetic waveguide that includes a plurality of layers forming guide channels for an electromagnetic wave, and at least one transition device including at least one dielectric layer between two guide channels, referred to as coupled guide channels, extending as an extension. Each transition device includes at least one adaptation channel extending in a longitudinal direction, and each adaptation channel is defined by two electrically conductive walls. At least one wall extends along the dielectric spacer layer from one end of the coupled guide channel, over a length suitable for optimizing the transmission of an electromagnetic wave between the two coupled guide channels.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES CNES, LE CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, L'UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1Inventors: Nicolas Capet, Francesco Foglia Manzillo, Karim Tekkouk, Ronan Sauleau, Mauro Ettorre
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Patent number: 10833730Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, providing, by a power supply of a communication device, energy to a transmitter of the communication device, wherein the power supply directly obtains the energy from a transmission medium via a capacitive divider and a DC converter, and wherein the communication device includes an insulator that electrically insulates the transmission medium from a utility structure supporting the communication device; generating, by the transmitter of the communication device, a signal; and inducing according to the signal, by a coupler of the communication device, an electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg
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Patent number: 10782388Abstract: A radar sensing system for a vehicle includes a radar sensor disposed at the vehicle so as to sense exterior of the vehicle. The radar sensor includes a plurality of transmitters that transmit radio signals and a plurality of receivers that receive radio signals. The received radio signals are transmitted radio signals that are reflected from an object. A processor is operable to process an output of the receivers. The radar sensor includes a printed circuit board having circuitry disposed thereat. The printed circuit board includes two HF-laminate layers and a copper layer disposed between the HF-laminate layers. At least one waveguide is established through the copper layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Wilhelm Johann Wolfgang Woehlte
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Patent number: 10749237Abstract: A method for manufacturing a substrate integrated waveguide for a millimeter wave signal is disclosed. In the method, a gold layer is disposed on a top surface of the silicon substrate using a lift-off process. Next, two parallel rows of substantially equal spaced vias are formed in the silicon substrate using a through-silicon-via etching process. Then, a copper layer is disposed on the bottom side of the silicon substrate and on interior surfaces of each via. The separation between the copper layer and the gold layer define a height of the substrate integrated waveguide, while the separation between the two parallel rows of substantially equal spaced vias define a width of the substrate integrated waveguide. In some implementations the length of the substrate defines a length of the substrate integrated waveguide, and the length, width, and height define a resonator that is resonant at a millimeter wave frequency.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventor: Kiryung Shin
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Patent number: 10627014Abstract: A casing spacer which allows for the positioning of a carrier pipe or set of carrier pipes in a desirable location inside a casing pipe.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Inventors: Damian Daigle, Joseph E. Wilson, Miguel Regato, Tom Forlander
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Patent number: 10573951Abstract: A split resonator and a printed circuit board (PCB) including the same are disclosed. The split resonator is mounted to one side of the PCB to improve the electromagnetic shielding effect, and absorbs a radiation field emitted to the outer wall of the PCB. The PCB includes: a substrate on which one or more electronic components are populated; a dielectric substrate mounted to one side of the substrate; one pair of conductors provided in the dielectric substrate, spaced apart from the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate by a predetermined distance, and arranged to face each other; and a connection portion configured to interconnect the one pair of conductors, and arranged in parallel to the thickness direction of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soon Yong Lee, Yeon Sik Yu, Il Kim, Keon Young Seo, Min-Goo Seo, Jae-Deok Lim, Si Ho Jang, Hyun-Tae Jang
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Patent number: 10560144Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving first electromagnetic waves via a transmission medium without utilizing an electrical return path, and inducing second electromagnetic waves at an interface of the transmission medium without the electrical return path. In an embodiment, the first and second electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency range. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Bennett, Paul Shala Henry, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J. Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Patent number: 10560152Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for exchanging electrical signals and guided electromagnetic waves between customer premises equipment and service provider equipment to provide uplink and/or downlink communication services. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Martin Birk, Paul Shala Henry
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Patent number: 10544893Abstract: Pipeline segments can contain cables, such as communication cables (e.g., fiber optic cables) within insulation material surrounding the pipeline segments. Cables can be embedded within the insulation material, run through conduits embedded within the insulation material, placed in channels formed in the insulation material, or otherwise. Channels containing one or more cables can be filled with supplemental insulation material, thus securing the cables within the channels. Pipelines created as disclosed herein can enable data transfer between distant points without the need to lay fiber optic cable in addition to the pipeline. Further, fiber optic cable embedded thusly can be used to sense conditions in the pipeline, such as leaks, seismic activity, strain, and temperature information.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Todd J. Green, Alexis Wachtel, II, William Markus
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Patent number: 10505252Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication system, includes a first coupler configured to guide a first communication signal conveying first data to an interior of a cable, wherein the first coupler is further configured to generate first guided electromagnetic waves in response to the first communication signal, wherein the first guided electromagnetic waves are guided by a structure within the cable and propagate within the cable without requiring an electrical return path; wherein the cable comprises a plurality of uninsulated conductors that are stranded together, wherein the plurality of uninsulated conductors form a plurality of interstitial areas that are bounded by conductive surfaces of at least three of the plurality of uninsulated conductors, and wherein the structure comprises one of the plurality of interstitial areas.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Bruce E. Stuckman, Paul Shala Henry, Giovanni Vannucci, Thomas M. Willis, III, Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Donald J. Barnickel, Martin Birk, Shikik Johnson
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Patent number: 10498044Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure having a feedline, and a dielectric antenna coupled to the feedline. A first structural feature of an aperture of the dielectric antenna and a second structural feature of a junction between the feedline and the dielectric antenna can be configured to increase a front-to-back ratio of wireless signals received by the aperture of the dielectric antenna and received outside a reception area of the aperture of the dielectric antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Thomas M. Willis, III, Farhad Barzegar, Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J. Barnickel
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Patent number: 10483609Abstract: A digital system has a dielectric core waveguide that is formed within a multilayer substrate. The dielectric waveguide has a longitudinal dielectric core member formed in the core layer having two adjacent longitudinal sides each separated from the core layer by a corresponding slot portion formed in the core layer The dielectric core member has the first dielectric constant value. A cladding surrounds the dielectric core member formed by a top layer and the bottom layer infilling the slot portions of the core layer. The cladding has a dielectric constant value that is lower than the first dielectric constant value.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Robert Floyd Payne, Gerd Schuppener, Juan Alejandro Herbsommer
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Patent number: 10454150Abstract: A radio frequency waveguide is disclosed. The radio frequency waveguide includes: a dielectric including an exterior input surface, an exterior output surface and other exterior surfaces; and a metal disposed on the other exterior surfaces of the dielectric, wherein the dielectric is voidless and adapted to propagate radio frequency radiation from the exterior input surface to the exterior output surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Peter Hou, Hamad Alsawaha, Thomas Jackson, Bingqian Lu, Yilin Mao
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Patent number: 10374657Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example a communication device that includes first and second waveguide devices that provide communications via electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium without utilizing an electrical return path, where the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium. The communication device can include a housing supporting a first plurality of antennas and a second plurality of antennas. The communication device can include a support structure physically connecting the first and second waveguide devices with the housing. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: David M. Britz, John W. MacNeill, David DeVincentis, Robert Bennett, Paul Shala Henry, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Thomas M. Willis, III, Donald J. Barnickel
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Patent number: 10312596Abstract: A dual-polarization, circularly-polarized artificial-impedance-surface antenna has two adjacent tensor surface-wave waveguides (SWGs), a waveguide feed coupled to each of the two SWGs and a hybrid coupler having output ports, each output port of the hybrid coupler being connected to the waveguide feeds coupled to the two SWGs, the hybrid coupler, in use, combining the signals from input ports of the 90° hybrid coupler with phase shifts at its output ports.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLCInventor: Daniel J. Gregoire
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Patent number: 10307792Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer includes an active layer. The active layer includes an array of piezoelectric pillars configured for emitting and receiving ultrasound and an attenuation portion surrounding sidewalls of the piezoelectric pillars and configured for attenuating a part of the ultrasound emitted from the sidewalls of the piezoelectric pillars. The present disclosure also relates to an ultrasonic fingerprint recognition sensor and an electronic device having the ultrasonic transducer.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: NANCHANG O-FILM BIO-IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Anpeng Bai, Wensi Sun
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Patent number: 10299368Abstract: Apparatus, and corresponding method, relates generally to a microelectronic device. In such an apparatus, a first conductive layer is for providing a lower interior surface of a circuit structure. A plurality of wire bond wires are interconnected to the lower interior surface and spaced apart from one another for providing at least one side of the circuit structure. A second conductive layer is for providing an upper interior surface of the circuit structure spaced apart from the lower interior surface by and interconnected to the plurality of wire bond wires. The plurality of wire bond wires, the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer in combination define at least one opening in the at least one side for a signal port of the circuit structure. Such circuit structure may be a signal guide circuit structure, such as for a signal waveguide or signal cavity for example.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Invensas CorporationInventors: Shaowu Huang, Javier A. Delacruz
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Patent number: 10276908Abstract: An electromagnetic wave transmission board comprises a substrate. The substrate comprises a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, and the first dielectric layer is stacked on the second dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer together form a wave guiding space. The wave guiding space is configured for transmitting electromagnetic wave.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yu-Wei Huang, Shih-Hsien Wu, Wei-Chung Lo