Plural Patents (Class 343/776)
  • Patent number: 11963293
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a circuit board structure with a waveguide is provided. The method includes: providing a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, a third substrate unit, and two adhesive layers, the first substrate unit including a first dielectric layer and a first conductive layer, the first conductive layer including a first shielding area and two first artificial magnetic conductor areas disposed on two sides of the first shielding area; the second substrate unit including a second dielectric layer and a second conductive layer, the second conductive layer including a second shielding area; the third substrate unit defining a first slot, and the adhesive layer defining a second slot; stacking the first substrate unit, one of the adhesive layers, the third substrate unit, another one of the adhesive layers, and the second substrate unit in that order; pressing the intermediate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOARDTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chien-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 11876295
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes: an electromagnetically reflective structure having an electrically conductive structure and a plurality of electrically conductive electromagnetic reflectors that are integrally formed with or are in electrical communication with the electrically conductive structure; wherein the plurality of reflectors are disposed relative to each other in an ordered arrangement; and, wherein each reflector of the plurality of reflectors forms a wall that defines and at least partially circumscribes a recess having an electrically conductive base that forms part of or is in electrical communication with the electrically conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ROGERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gianni Taraschi, Kristi Pance, Shawn P. Williams, Karl E. Sprentall, Stephen O′Connor, Murali Sethumadhavan, Michael S. White
  • Patent number: 11527838
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new dual polarized array waveguide antenna configured above a signal processing substrate and sequentially including an antenna array substrate, a coupling substrate and a waveguide body. The antenna array substrate includes a plurality of patches, each of which having a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion coupled to the signal processing substrate. The top surface of the coupling substrate includes a plurality of coupling pads corresponding to the patches, and each coupling pad is configured above an intersection area of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion. The waveguide body includes a plurality of waveguide channels passing through the waveguide body and corresponding to the coupling pads. Each waveguide channel has a first ridge pair and a second ridge pair projecting from wall surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ting-Rui Zhang, Yu-Cheng Chen, Li-Ching Lin, Sheng-Feng Yeh, You-Hua Wu, Tung-Yi Wu
  • Patent number: 11387554
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, circuits, devices, assemblies and systems for facilitating wireless communication, both satellite and terrestrial. According to embodiments, there may be provided a integrated bidirectional phased array including multiple antenna element clusters, wherein each antenna cluster may be comprised of a set of antenna elements disposed in proximity to one another and connected to one another through an intra-cluster signal distribution line. Antenna element clusters may be connected to one another and to a main signal line through a network of inter-cluster signal distribution lines as least some of which may include electrically controllable signal phase shifters. A first set of antenna element clusters may be connected to a transmission signal line, forming a TX antenna and a second set of antenna elements clusters may be connected to a receive signal line. Antenna elements may be disposed on a common surface, or parallel surfaces, in an interlaced manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: GET SAT COMMUNICATIONS LTD
    Inventors: Oleg Roitberg, Kfir Benjamin, Luca Marcaccioli, Simone Montori, Roberto Sorrentino
  • Patent number: 11380998
    Abstract: Example radar systems are presented herein. A radar system may include radiating elements configured to radiate electromagnetic energy and arranged symmetrically in a linear array. The radiating elements comprise a set of radiating doublets and a set of radiating singlets. The radar system also includes a waveguide configured to guide electromagnetic energy between each of the plurality of radiating elements and a waveguide feed. The waveguide feed is coupled to the second side of the waveguide at a center location between a first half of the plurality of radiating elements and a second half of the plurality of radiating elements. The waveguide feed is configured to transfer electromagnetic energy between the waveguide and a component external to the waveguides. The radar system may also include a power dividing network defined by the waveguide and configured to divide the electromagnetic energy transferred by the waveguide feed based on a taper profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventor: Jamal Izadian
  • Patent number: 11374321
    Abstract: A differential antenna includes a substrate formed of non-radio-frequency material and a pair of conductive microstrip lines formed on the substrate. A metallic sheet is supported and spaced apart from the pair of conductive microstrip lines by a plurality of support elements to form an air gap. The metallic sheet is patterned to include a plurality of differential radiating gaps disposed along the longitudinal axis of the antenna and above a gap between the pair of conductive microstrip lines. Multiple rows of metallic vias are formed in the substrate disposed and spaced apart laterally with respect to the gap between the pair of conductive microstrip lines to define two propagation air cavities in which radiation can propagate. The differential antenna is configured such that the radiation is differential-mode, second-order radiation, which is emitted from the differential antenna at the differential radiating gaps in the metallic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: VEONEER US, INC.
    Inventors: Majid Ahmadloo, Arnold Mobius
  • Patent number: 11355859
    Abstract: The present disclosures provide methods and apparatuses for a metamaterial antenna structure having a plurality of super elements of slotted transmission lines. The metamaterial antenna structure has an aperture structure with apertures positioned in a specific orientation relative to a centerline of the aperture structure and configured to propagate transmission signals from a distributed feed network through the apertures. The metamaterial antenna structure also has a transmission array structure comprising a plurality of transmission lines coupled to the aperture structure and configured to propagate the transmission signals from the aperture structure through one or more slots in the transmission array structure, in which the apertures of the aperture structure are interposed between the slots. The metamaterial antenna structure also has a radiating array structure coupled to the transmission array structure and configured to radiate the transmission signals from the transmission array structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Chiara Pelletti, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 11303052
    Abstract: An interconnection assembly for a switching device includes at least one cable with a core having a first dielectric material at least partially surrounded by a second dielectric material having a refractive index different from the first dielectric material. A first connector part is positioned with respect to an antenna and includes a fan-out element and at least one hollow conductor arranged between the antenna and the core of the cable wherein the hollow conductor extends in the fan-out element to guide a signal between the antenna and the core of the cable, wherein the hollow conductor includes a first port aligned with the antenna and a second port, and when. assembled is in communication with the core of the cable, At least one second connector part is interconnected to position the core of the cable in a connected position relative to the second port of the hollow conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HUBER+SUHNER AG
    Inventor: Ulf Hügel
  • Patent number: 11276654
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to remove heat from an integrated circuit (IC) device die by directing heat through a waveguide to a heat sink. Embodiments provide the waveguide mounted on top of a package containing the IC device die. The waveguide is thermally coupled to the IC device die. The waveguide transports the heat to a heat sink coupled to the waveguide and located adjacent to the package on top of a printed circuit board on which the package is mounted. Embodiments provide both thermal dissipation of the generated heat while at the same time maintaining good radio frequency (RF) performance of the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael B. Vincent, Antonius Johannes Matheus de Graauw, Giorgio Carluccio, Waqas Hassan Syed, Maristella Spella
  • Patent number: 11217885
    Abstract: A wireless device includes a shell and an array antenna. The shell is configured with a low reflection structure. The array antenna disposed inside the shell, and the low reflection structure is located within a radiation range of the array antenna after beam scanning. The low reflection structure includes a plurality of slots arranged periodically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Fang-Yao Kuo, Che-Yang Chiang, Wen-Chiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11209247
    Abstract: A radiation source for emitting an electromagnetic HPEM microwave pulse contains a microwave generator for generating the pulse. The generator has a generator opening for outputting the pulse. A horn structure is provided for shaping the pulse. The horn structure has an input opening, which is connected to the generator opening and is intended to radiate in the pulse, and an emission opening for emitting the shaped pulse. The generator contains at least two pulse sources for respectively generating a pulse component. The pulse is the sum of the pulse components. A radiation device contains such a radiation source and a control device for triggering the pulse sources in a temporally synchronized manner for the purpose of respectively emitting a pulse component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Stark, Martin Hertel
  • Patent number: 11139586
    Abstract: An antenna features a plurality of single emitters which in the x- and y-direction form an antenna array with an aperture. The single emitters are separated from each other by separating walls. At least a portion of the separating walls features an interference site that interrupts the otherwise planar aperture in the z-direction. However, the separating walls which cross the x-direction (and thus separate neighboring single emitters in the x-direction) differ from the separating walls in the y-direction with respect to their wall thickness. In addition, the single emitters feature a separation in the x-direction of less than A. The x-, y- and z-directions are each aligned orthogonal to each other. Due to the asymmetrical wall thickness the single emitters in the x-direction can be placed more closely to each other, so that when using the phase-controlled single emitters the emission characteristic can be displaced in this x-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: LISA DRÄXLMAIER GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Mössinger
  • Patent number: 11139572
    Abstract: This application provides a feed apparatus, a dual-band microwave antenna, and a dual-band antenna device. The feed apparatus includes a low-frequency feed and a high-frequency feed. The high-frequency feed is embedded into the low-frequency feed. The low-frequency feed includes a plurality of low-frequency array elements arranged in an array. The high-frequency feed includes a plurality of high-frequency array elements arranged in an array. At least one high-frequency array element is embedded into the low-frequency array element, and the low-frequency array element and each high-frequency array element embedded into the low-frequency array element have a common waveguide wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Luqi Zhang, Rui Lyu, Xin Luo
  • Patent number: 11128054
    Abstract: An array antenna assembly includes a frame support structure and a plurality of line replaceable units that each include a panel having a front surface on which a plurality of radiating elements are disposed, and a rear surface opposing the front surface, and a bracket that extends from the rear surface and has orthogonal flanges that are engageable with the frame support structure to align the line replaceable unit within the array antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Phillip W. Thiessen
  • Patent number: 11108128
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substantially planar component carrier and a microstrip which is applied to a surface of the component carrier. The microstrip extends towards a connection transition which is arranged on a lateral edge of the component carrier. A waveguide portion of an antenna element which is produced by a 3D printing process is coupled to this connection transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Ziegler, Enric Miralles Navarro
  • Patent number: 11075466
    Abstract: Parabolic reflector antennas advantageously support low side lobe radiation patterns for ETSI class 4 performance, by utilizing: (i) metal choke plates adjacent a distal end of a dielectric cone within a sub-reflector assembly, (ii) “lossy” material feed boom waveguide sleeves and/or (iii) extended length cylindrical shields lined with radiation absorbing materials. Relatively shallow and large diameter parabolic reflectors having an F/D ratio of greater than about 0.25 may be provided with one or more of the identified (i)-(iii) enhancements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Ronald J. Brandau
  • Patent number: 11063476
    Abstract: A microstrip antenna for use in a wireless power transmission system and a method for forming the microstrip antenna are described. The antenna includes a first multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top and bottom surfaces of the first multi-layer PCB include a first electrically conductive material. The antenna includes a second multi-layer PCB that includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top and bottom surfaces of the second multi-layer PCT include a second electrically conductive material. A first plurality of vias each substantially pass through the top and bottom surfaces of the first multi-layer PCB. A second plurality of vias each substantially pass through the top and bottom surfaces of the second multi-layer PCB. The antenna further comprises a dielectric slab that is configured to receive the first multi-layer PCB and the second multi-layer PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Energous Corporation
    Inventors: Alister Hosseini, Saman Kabiri, Evangelos Kornaros, Michael A. Leabman
  • Patent number: 11038265
    Abstract: A semiconductor-based beamforming antenna is provided. The beamforming antenna includes: a waveguide having a silicon medium formed between metal and forming a waveguide path; at least one diode array disposed in the waveguide, the at least one diode array being driven according to an applied electrical signal to reflect an incident signal by acting as a conductive reflecting wall; a radiator connected to the waveguide and radiating a beam corresponding to a signal reflected by the at least one diode array or an incident signal; and a feeder for supplying an electrical signal into the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young Kyun Cho, Cheol Ho Kim, Bong Hyuk Park, Kwangchun Lee, Seok Bong Hyun
  • Patent number: 11024975
    Abstract: A multi-band orthomode transducer device comprises a three-dimensional housing. The three-dimensional housing encompasses at least two orthomode transducers, each orthomode transducer being assigned to three ports of which a first port relates to a first polarization, a second port relates to a second polarization and a third port relates to a combination of the first and second polarizations. Each of the orthomode transducers has a waveguide connected with the three ports. The waveguides of the orthomode transducers are located in the three-dimensional housing without intersecting each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH Co. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Christian Riedel
  • Patent number: 10998636
    Abstract: An antenna includes a coupling device having first and second coupling plates, e.g. rectangular plates, connected at opposite ends of a conducting bar that acts as a stripline signal feed. A radio-frequency (RF) source may be connected to the conducting bar via a signal feed network. Multiple instances of the device may be arranged vertically in an antenna array assembly to operate together such that the radiation pattern of the antenna assembly is generally directed horizontally. The array may operate to provide a relatively flat azimuthal gain up to 180° across the UHF or VHF bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Benedikt Scheid, Yan Cao, Ernest Fardin
  • Patent number: 10992041
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a dual-frequency feed-source module and a dual-frequency microwave antenna, wherein the dual-frequency feed-source module mainly comprises two coaxially arranged waveguides, the two waveguides respectively provide microwave energy of two different frequency bands to radiating portions for feeding, so that the antenna can be operated in different frequency bands at the same time. The combination of the two coaxial waveguides, a reflector and other structures can form different microwave antennas such as a feedforward dual-band microwave antenna and a feedback Cassegrain dual-band microwave antenna. The invention feeds microwave energy through the two waveguides, so that the antenna can be operated in two frequency bands at the same time, thus greatly expanding an application range of the microwave antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junaid Syed, Stephen Simms
  • Patent number: 10965041
    Abstract: A horn-type of electromagnetic dual polarized antenna, having an asymmetric radiation pattern is provided. More specifically, the radiation pattern in the azimuth plane will have a wider beam width while the radiation pattern in the elevation plane will have a narrower beam width, and the radiation patterns for the horizontal and vertical polarizations are substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: RF ELEMENTS S.R.O
    Inventors: Juraj Taptic, Martin Marcincak, Pavol Capek
  • Patent number: 10964992
    Abstract: There is disclosed in one example an electromagnetic wave launcher apparatus, including: an interface to an electromagnetic waveguide; a first launcher configured to launch a high-frequency electromagnetic signal onto a first cross-sectional portion of the waveguide; and a second launcher configured to launch a lower-frequency electromagnetic signal onto a second cross-sectional portion of the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Georgios Dogiamis, Adel A. Elsherbini, Henning Braunisch, Gilbert W. Dewey, Telesphor Kamgaing, Hyung-Jin Lee, Johanna M. Swan
  • Patent number: 10944182
    Abstract: A method of forming a flat panel array antenna includes the steps of: (a) providing a digitized design for a flat panel array, the flat panel array comprising a plurality of geometric features that vary in area along a thickness dimension of the flat panel array; (b) subdividing the digitized design into a plurality of thin strata stacked in the thickness dimension; (c) forming a thin layer of material corresponding to one of the thin strata; (d) fixing the thin layer of material; and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) to form a flat panel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ian Thomas Renilson, Claudio Biancotto, David J. Walker
  • Patent number: 10854969
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, circuits, devices, assemblies and systems for facilitating wireless communication, both satellite and terrestrial. According to embodiments, there may be provided a integrated bidirectional phased array including multiple antenna element clusters, wherein each antenna cluster may be comprised of a set of antenna elements disposed in proximity to one another and connected to one another through an intra-cluster signal distribution line. Antenna element clusters may be connected to one another and to a main signal line through a network of inter-cluster signal distribution lines as least some of which may include electrically controllable signal phase shifters. A first set of antenna element clusters may be connected to a transmission signal (TX) line, thereby forming a TX antenna. A second set of antenna element clusters may be connected to a receive signal (RX) line, thereby forming a second RX antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: GETSAT COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Oleg Roitberg, Kfir Benjamin, Luca Marcaccioli, Simone Montori, Roberto Sorrentino
  • Patent number: 10840605
    Abstract: A combiner network is provided. A combiner network may include a corporate combiner. The corporate combiner may include a first plurality of radiation elements. The corporate combiner may include a first H-plane combiner connected to the first plurality of radiation elements and connected by a U-bend to a first E-plane combiner. The corporate combiner may include a second H-plane combiner connected to the first E-plane combiner. The corporate combiner may further include a first port. A plurality of corporate combiners may be assembled together as a combiner network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Optisys, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hollenbeck, Robert Smith
  • Patent number: 10826166
    Abstract: The radar system includes a split-block assembly comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion form a seam, where the first portion has a top side opposite the seam and the second portion has a bottom side opposite the seam. The system includes at least one port located on a bottom side of the second portion. Additionally, the system includes radiating elements located on the top side of the first portion, wherein the radiating elements are arranged in a plurality of arrays. Yet further, the system includes a set of waveguides in the split-block assembly configured to couple each array to at least one port. Furthermore, the split-block assembly is made from a polymer and where at least the set of waveguides, the at least one port, and the plurality of radiating elements include metal on a surface of the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Chen, Adam Brown, Jamal Izadian
  • Patent number: 10777907
    Abstract: An antenna array including a printed circuit board having a plurality of printed circuit board launchers, and an array of antenna horns configured to couple with the printed circuit board, one or more antenna horns of the array of antenna horns includes a frame having at least one aperture forming a cup structure that circumscribes a respective printed circuit board launcher, the frame having a first end coupled to the printed circuit board and a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end and extending from the printed circuit board, and a plurality of compliant coupling members extending longitudinally from the first end, the plurality of compliant coupling members being coupled with respective receiving apertures of the printed circuit board such that coupling of plurality of compliant coupling members and the respective receiving apertures solely couples the one or more antenna horns to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kyle A. Woolrich, Jay Stuart Spence, Shihchang Wu
  • Patent number: 10665931
    Abstract: An antenna array includes multiple array modules. Each array module includes at least on antenna element including a horn antenna coupled to a polarizer, and a two-piece waveguide filter. The two-piece waveguide filter includes a folded-back waveguide coupled to the horn antenna at one end and to a circuit layer at the other end. The horn antenna includes a multi-mode horn antenna. The two-piece waveguide filter includes a first piece and a second piece that are separately molded. A footprint of the two-piece waveguide filter is within a footprint of an aperture of the horn antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik Lier, Jason Stewart Wrigley, Arun Kumar Bhattacharyya, Timothy Patrick Wink, James F. Mulvey
  • Patent number: 10605986
    Abstract: A digital system has a dielectric core waveguide that has a longitudinal dielectric core member. The core member has a body portion and a transition region, with a cladding surrounding the dielectric core member. The body portion of the core member has a first dielectric constant. The transition region of the core member has a graduated dielectric constant value that gradually changes from the first dielectric constant value adjacent the body portion to a third dielectric constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Juan Alejandro Herbsommer, Benjamin S. Cook
  • Patent number: 10559888
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for separating the uplink signal from the downlink signal in a satellite communication system. A communication terminal for satellite communications is provided, comprising a reflector having a prime focus; a first feed located at the prime focus of the reflector and in optical communication with the reflector; a frequency-selective surface module having a reflected focus and located at a point along a communication path between the main reflector and the first feed; and a second feed located at the reflected focus of the frequency-selective surface module and in optical communication with the frequency-selective surface module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Jackson, Peter Hou
  • Patent number: 10511100
    Abstract: A radio-frequency responsive device includes a dielectric substrate having a first side and an opposite second side. A Van Atta array reflector is printed on the first side of the dielectric substrate. The Van Atta array reflector reflects an incident signal at a predetermined radio frequency at an incident angle. A conductive ground layer is disposed adjacent the second side of the dielectric substrate. In a method of making a radio-frequency responsive device, a Van Atta array reflector is printed on a first side of a dielectric substrate. A conductive ground layer is applied to a second side of the dielectric substrate, in which the second side is opposite the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Jimmy Hester, Emmanouil Tentzeris
  • Patent number: 10451388
    Abstract: This invention allows combining broadband GW(10+9 Watt), peak power to achieve MV/m(10+6 Volt/meter), and GV/m(10+9 Volt/meter), radiated E-fields, in the range of air or vacuum breakdown in the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including optical frequencies and beyond. Use of many antennas and independently triggered generators allows achieving GV/m field, while by preventing the E-field induced breakdown it provides control of peak power and energy content at targets. The achieved broadband MV/m E-field levels and energy density significantly exceed levels required for destruction of distant electronic targets; therefore this invention radically improves the effectiveness of the electromagnetic weapons. Furthermore, collimating multiplicity of MV/m beams allows reaching GV/m E-field that exceeds by orders of magnitude the air or vacuum breakdown needed for broadband plasma excitation at resonance plasma frequencies in the 300 GHz range, permitting energy efficient plasma research leading to fusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventor: Andrew Stan Podgorski
  • Patent number: 10454186
    Abstract: A microwave antenna for two-way communication via a satellite is presented. The antenna may feature lightweight plastic construction that may allow the antenna to be highly dynamic, to feature high tracking capabilities and to require a much simpler drive construction. The presented antenna may provide high reliability at a reasonable cost. Such antenna may be highly suitable for on-the-move communication applications. The antenna may be used for supporting airborne communication systems operative via satellites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.
    Inventors: Victor Liudmilov Boyanov, Vesselin Nikolov Peshlov, Mario Ganchev Gachev
  • Patent number: 10439442
    Abstract: A microstrip antenna for use in a wireless power transmission system and a method for forming the microstrip antenna are described. The antenna includes a first multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top and bottom surfaces of the first multi-layer PCB include a first electrically conductive material. The antenna includes a second multi-layer PCB that includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top and bottom surfaces of the second multi-layer PCT include a second electrically conductive material. A first plurality of vias each substantially pass through the top and bottom surfaces of the first multi-layer PCB. A second plurality of vias each substantially pass through the top and bottom surfaces of the second multi-layer PCB. The antenna further comprises a dielectric slab that is configured to receive the first multi-layer PCB and the second multi-layer PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Energous Corporation
    Inventors: Alister Hosseini, Saman Kabiri, Evangelos Kornaros, Michael Leabman
  • Patent number: 10425152
    Abstract: A satellite communication system includes a communication terminal and a ground station. The ground station is configured to communicate with the communication terminal through a satellite communication path between the ground station and the communication terminal via a satellite. The ground station includes a diversity switch and an electronic controller. The diversity switch is configured to switch the satellite communication path from a first satellite communication path to a second satellite communication path different from the first satellite communication path. The electronic controller is configured to transmit an offset value of network parameters of the first and second satellite communication paths to the communication terminal through the second satellite communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Satyajit Roy, George Choquette
  • Patent number: 10389161
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission antenna includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with a first transmission line that conducts a first power transmission signal. A dielectric resonator that is mechanically coupled to the PCB is configured to radiate the first power transmission signal. A first feed element that is electronically coupled to the first transmission line and to the dielectric resonator is configured to receive the power transmission signal via the first transmission line and excite the dielectric resonator with the first power transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Energous Corporation
    Inventors: Alister Hosseini, Saman Kabiri, Evangelos Kornaros, Michael A. Leabman
  • Patent number: 10333218
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining and applying true time delay (TTD) values for compensating for free-space path length differences between a phased array and a reflector in wideband communication are disclosed. TTD values are determined for individual and groups of antenna elements in phased array fed reflector (PAFR) antennas based distances from a focal region of the reflector. The distance from the focal region of the reflector and the offset of the phased array from the reflectors focal plane can be used to determine path length differences. Corresponding TTD values for antenna elements are then determined based on the path length difference associated with the antenna elements. Each antenna element can be coupled to a TTD element to provide the corresponding TTD value to the signals received by and generated by the antenna elements of the phased array. The TTD elements include transverse electromagnetic (TEM) mode mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventor: Donald L Runyon
  • Patent number: 10333216
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antenna apparatus which allows adjusting a directional pattern to a desired direction through a simple switching without employing a complicated feed structure of an array antenna and a vehicle having the same. The antenna apparatus includes a power feed unit, a waveguide through which a radio signal provided from the power feed unit propagates, a plurality of antenna elements including radiation slots from which the radio signal propagating through the waveguide is radiated and configured to be shifted by a predetermined angle and stacked, and a switching unit configured to switch at least one of the power feed units included in the plurality of antenna elements in order to select at least one of the plurality of antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Dongjin Kim
  • Patent number: 10305197
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication device includes an antenna having a feed point and an aperture. A feedline is coupled to the feed point of the dielectric antenna. A multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transceiver is coupled to feedline, the MIMO transceiver facilitating a transmission of first electromagnetic waves to the feed point of the antenna, wherein the first electromagnetic waves are guided by the feedline, wherein the first electromagnetic waves propagate along the feedline via a plurality of guided wave modes without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the first electromagnetic waves convey first data in accordance with one or more MIMO techniques and wherein the first electromagnetic waves generate first free-space wireless signals at the aperture of the antenna in accordance with the one or more MIMO techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Giovanni Vannucci, Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 10295313
    Abstract: This invention allows combining broadband GW(10+9 Watt), peak power to achieve MV/m(10+6 Volt/meter), and GV/m(10+9 Volt/meter), radiated E-fields, in the range of air or vacuum breakdown in the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including optical frequencies and beyond. Use of many antennas and independently triggered generators allows achieving GV/m field, while by preventing the E-field induced breakdown it provides control of peak power and energy content at targets. The achieved broadband MV/m E-field levels and energy density significantly exceed levels required for destruction of distant electronic targets; therefore this invention radically improves the effectiveness of the electromagnetic weapons. Furthermore, collimating multiplicity of MV/m beams allows reaching GV/m E-field that exceeds by orders of magnitude the air or vacuum breakdown needed for broadband plasma excitation at resonance plasma frequencies in the 300 GHz range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Inventor: Andrew Stan Podgorski
  • Patent number: 10276931
    Abstract: A reduced profile panel antenna is disclosed. A panel antenna configured according to an embodiment includes two opposing antenna arms disposed over a ground plane. The antenna arms include one or more corrugated or folded sections to increase the electrical path of the antenna arms within fixed physical dimensions (e.g., length and width) of the panel antenna. The panel antenna also includes passive filters to provide current loop paths of varying lengths for selected frequency ranges. Longer loop paths are employed for signals at lower frequencies (i.e., longer wavelengths) and shorter loop paths are employed for signals at higher frequencies (i.e., shorter wavelengths). The panel antenna further includes a ferrite plane disposed between the ground plane and the antenna arms to suppress radio frequency (RF) signal reflections and allow for a reduced antenna profile or thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory J. Wunsch
  • Patent number: 10247662
    Abstract: Technologies are described for providing optical analysis systems using an integrated computational element that has a surface patterned to selectively reflect or transmit different wavelengths by differing amounts across a spectrum of wavelengths. In one aspect, a measurement tool contains an optical element including a layer of material patterned so that the optical element selectively transmits or reflects, during operation of the measurement tool, light in at least a portion of a wavelength range by differing amounts, the differing amounts being related to a property of a sample. The wavelength range can include wavelengths in a range from about 0.2 ?m to about 100 ?m. Additionally, the sample can include wellbore fluids and the property of the sample is a property of the wellbore fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Gao, Michael T. Pelletier, David L. Perkins, Neal Gregory Skinner
  • Patent number: 10205213
    Abstract: An antenna array configuration is provided with h-plane splitters between ends of a feeding network and radiating elements e.g. horns, thereby to reduce the distance between the centers of the horns to less than one wavelength which results in a better side lobe level. A method of manufacturing upper and lower plates together constituting an antenna is also provided, typically making each plate in a single operation, by dividing the feeding network's waveguides at the center where there are no cross currents so as not to disturb propagation in the feeding network. The radiating elements, h-plane splitters and upper half of the feeding network may be fabricated in one plate without undercuts hence simplifying manufacture of the plate which may for example be formed using a simple molding machine or a 3 axis-CNC machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MTI WIRELESS EDGE, LTD.
    Inventor: Israel Saraf
  • Patent number: 10170823
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a GNSS stacked patch antenna located in a metal cavity and a matching parasitic element, the matching parasitic element includes a set of conductors not connected to the antenna. Each conductor has an external end and internal end, the external ends being conductively coupled to the housing of the cavity. The conductors of the matching parasitic elements can be radially arranged. External ends of conductors are additionally connected to each other by a ring-shaped conductor. Internal ends of conductors can be connected to capacitive elements, which can be discrete capacitors and/or segments of conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitry Vitalievich Tatarnikov, Andrey Vitalievich Astakhov, Pavel Petrovich Shamatulsky
  • Patent number: 10158182
    Abstract: A first waveguide guides a first radio wave whose electric field is vibrated in a first direction along a second direction. A second waveguide guides the first radio wave along the second direction and is cascade connected to the first waveguide. An input and output end multiplexes the first radio waves from the first and second waveguides and outputs the multiplexed radio wave, and outputs the first radio wave branched off from a radio wave from outside to the first and second waveguides. A first waveguide shift portion is shifted from the first waveguide in the first direction. A second waveguide shift portion is shifted from the second waveguide in the first direction. The vibration directions of electric fields of radio waves passing through the end parts of the first and second waveguide shift portions are rotated by 90° about a third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Iwanaka
  • Patent number: 10103450
    Abstract: Package structures are provided for integrally packaging antennas with semiconductor RFIC (radio frequency integrated circuit) chips to form compact integrated radio/wireless communications systems that operate in the millimeter-wave and terahertz frequency ranges. For example, a package structure includes an RFIC chip, and an antenna package bonded to the RFIC chip. The antenna package includes a glass substrate, at least one planar antenna element formed on a first surface of the glass substrate, a ground plane formed on a second surface of the glass substrate, opposite the first surface, and an antenna feed line formed through the glass substrate and connected to the at least one planar antenna element. The antenna package is bonded to a surface of the RFIC chip using a layer of adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bing Dang, Duixian Liu, Jean-Olivier Plouchart, Peter Jerome Sorce, Cornelia Kang-I Tsang
  • Patent number: 10050336
    Abstract: An integrated slot waveguide antenna array for a radar system. The antenna array may include substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) elements, transmit, receive and processing electronics in a lightweight, low-cost, highly integrated package. The combination of antenna layout, specific dimensions of SIW features, including vias, terminal edges and slot placement may allow an efficient transmit and receive radar pattern as well as consistent, reliable and low cost manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Wang, David C. Vacanti
  • Patent number: 10020567
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first antenna body formed as a hollow cylindrical shape having a first outer surface, a first inner surface and a first radiation surface formed in a circular shape, a second antenna body accommodating the first antenna body inside the second antenna body, the second antenna body formed as a hollow cylindrical shape with a second outer surface, a second inner surface and a second radiation surface formed in a ring shape, a plurality of first partitions, and a plurality of second partitions, wherein a plurality of first radiation apertures, formed by the plurality of first partitions for radiating a first radio wave, is formed on the first radiation surface, and a plurality of second radiation apertures, formed by the plurality of second partitions for radiating a second radio wave, is formed on the second radiation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Dongjin Kim
  • Patent number: 9954282
    Abstract: A waveguide transmitting an electromagnetic wave having an electric field that oscillates in a first direction in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The waveguide includes rectangular waveguide portions, and a protruding wall and a retracted wall that connect a rectangular waveguide portion to another rectangular waveguide portion. Each of the rectangular waveguide portions has a tubular shape extending in the second direction, and an inner wall of each rectangular waveguide portion has a rectangular cross section. The rectangular waveguide portions are arranged in the second direction, and inner spaces of the rectangular waveguide portions are connected to each other. The protruding wall extends from one of a pair of side surfaces of the rectangular waveguide portion opposed in a third direction toward the other of the pair of side surfaces, the third direction being perpendicular to the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC ELESYS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Abe