Radio Wave Absorber Patents (Class 342/1)
  • Patent number: 11894613
    Abstract: Vehicles with adjustable metamaterial systems, integrated on the outside or inside of their non-conductive fuselage, have the ability to control their radar cross section dynamically for the purposes of evading detection or spoofing their size by looking larger or more numerous. The frequency response of a metamaterial system can be obtained by combining the RF properties of the individual metamaterial layers that comprise it. A first metamaterial layer that can controllably switch between transmissive and reflection in a relevant frequency band and a second absorptive layer results in a controllable radar cross-section with the ability of controlling the amplitude of the reflected radar pulse. The first layer can be modulated with a repetitive waveform to change the phase of a reflected wave that results in a doppler shift in frequency. The frequency of the modulation can result in a change in range, velocity, or combinations of both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Notch, Inc.
    Inventor: Shahriar Khushrushahi
  • Patent number: 11866616
    Abstract: Provided a wave-absorbing impregnation glue liquid, including: two-component epoxy resin, a solvent, a polyether siloxane, and a carbon powder; wherein a mass ratio of the two-component epoxy resin to the solvent is 1:3˜1:5, a mass ratio of the two-component epoxy resin to the carbon powder is 3:1˜6:1, and a mass fraction of the polyether siloxane in the wave-absorbing impregnation glue liquid is 0.05%˜0.2%. A wave-absorbing impregnation glue liquid, a wave-absorbing honeycomb and their preparation methods are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: LUOYANG INSTITUTE OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, LUOYANG CUTTING EDGE EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Zhiya Zhao, Lu Zhang, Yunxiang Zhang, Yan Hou
  • Patent number: 11839069
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet which includes a sheet-shaped fibrous substrate and carbon nanotubes positioned in a space inside in a thickness direction of the sheet-shaped fibrous substrate, wherein the fibrous substrate is composed of organic fibers, the carbon nanotubes comprise single-walled carbon nanotubes as a main component, and the electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet has an electrical conductivity of 0.7 S/cm or more and 20 S/cm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Yamagishi, Mitsugu Uejima
  • Patent number: 11767220
    Abstract: The invention pertains to the use of porous, chemically interconnected, isotropic carbon-nanofibre-comprising carbon networks for electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI). The invention also relates to a A composite assembly comprising a thermoplastic, elastomeric and/or thermoset polymer matrix and at least 15 wt%, preferably at least 20 wt%, more preferably 20 - 80 wt% of porous, chemically interconnected, crystalline carbon-nanofibres comprising carbon networks based on the total assembly weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CarbonX IP 7 B.V.
    Inventors: Rutger Alexander David van Raalten, Daniela Sordi, Laure Aude Marie Suzanne Hannebicque, Zhen Liu
  • Patent number: 11757201
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an MXene-based terahertz wave broadband super-strong absorbing foam, and belongs to the technical field of electromagnetic functional materials. The MXene-based terahertz wave broadband super-strong absorbing foam includes a porous polymer foam and a MXene nanosheet attached onto the porous polymer foam, wherein the MXene nanosheet is attached onto the porous polymer foam in a coating form, a film forming form and a suspension form; the average pore diameter of the porous polymer foam ?500 ?m, the thickness of the porous polymer foam ?10 mm, and the filling mass of the MXene nanosheet is less than 50% of the mass of the absorbing foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    Inventors: Qiye Wen, Wenchao Shui, Xu Xiao, Yang Xing, Qinghui Yang, Huaiwu Zhang, Jianmin Li
  • Patent number: 11609254
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for electromagnetically sensitive equipment includes a housing defining a testing chamber. The housing blocks transmission of electromagnetic waves from an external environment into the testing chamber and reduces reflection of electromagnetic waves within the testing chamber. The testing apparatus also includes a tube defining an air flow path between the testing chamber and the external environment. The tube blocks transmission of electromagnetic waves from the external environment into the air flow path. The tube includes a proximal end coupled to an opening in the housing such that the air flow path is fluidly coupled to the testing chamber via the opening, a distal end opposing the proximal end, and a bent segment extending between the proximal end and the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jr-Yi Shen, Sammer Al-Robaee, Ruska Patton, Jia-Woei Chen
  • Patent number: 11508674
    Abstract: Radio frequency (“RF”) absorbing devices used as RF termination devices or free space absorbers, for example, are formed with a planar wafer made of an inorganic thermally conductive material. The planar wafer has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A metallized resistive film is disposed on the first surface. A metallized reflective heat sink is disposed on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert L. Reynolds, Martin W. Bieti, Robert Choo
  • Patent number: 11456539
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an absorbing metamaterial, including a plurality of metamaterial units that are periodically arranged, where the metamaterial unit includes: a first loop disposed on a first plane; and a second loop disposed on a second plane, where the first plane is perpendicular to the second plane, so that the first loop and the second loop are orthogonal. According to the foregoing technical solution in the disclosure, wave absorption in a large angle range can be implemented while ensuring wideband wave absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KUANG-CHI CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Zhiya Zhao, Kangqiang Chen, Sucheng Li
  • Patent number: 11403513
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of training a student machine learning system comprises receiving data indicating execution of an expert, determining one or more actions performed by the expert during the execution and a corresponding state-action Jacobian, and training the student machine learning system using a linear-feedback-stabilized policy. The linear-feedback-stabilized policy may be based on the state-action Jacobian. Also a neural network system for representing a space of probabilistic motor primitives, implemented by one or more computers. The neural network system comprises an encoder configured to generate latent variables based on a plurality of inputs, each input comprising a plurality of frames, and a decoder configured to generate an action based on one or more of the latent variables and a state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: DeepMind Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Leonard Hasenclever, Vu Pham, Joshua Merel, Alexandre Galashov
  • Patent number: 11404793
    Abstract: A product includes a nanostructure having a core and a shell. The core has a coercive field of at least 3 kOe and the shell has a saturation magnetization of at least 50 emu per gram. A product includes a nanostructure having a core and a shell. The shell has a coercive field of at least 3 kOe and the core has a saturation magnetization of at least 50 emu per gram. A method includes forming core/shell nanostructures and forming millimeter wave absorbers including the core/shell nanostructures and a support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jinkyu Han, Thomas Han
  • Patent number: 11378685
    Abstract: This disclosure enables various technologies for determining space object attitude stabilities from radar cross-section statistics. In particular, such determinations can be made via employing various phased-array radars with various fields of views, which can monitor various space objects (e.g., satellites, space debris, rocket bodies, space stations) over various periods of time (e.g., minutes, hours, days, weeks, months) as the space objects come into the fields of views. For example, a technique for estimating attitude stability of low-Earth RSOs using RCS statistics from various radars (e.g., group of radars, phased-array radar network). Assuming a non-isotropic shape, an Earth-oriented RSO can have an elevation-angle dependent RCS when viewed from a ground-based radar. Therefore, an RSO attitude stability can be tested by looking for a difference in a median or mean RCS when the RSO is viewed at different elevation angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LeoLabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Stevenson, Michael Nicolls, Chris Rosner
  • Patent number: 11331006
    Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smart device having an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. Memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures an image frame from the optical sensing instrument. The image frame is then converted into a designated image frame format, which is provided to a pose estimator. A two-dimensional dataset is received from the pose estimator. The system then converts, using inverse kinematics, the two-dimensional dataset into a three-dimensional dataset, which includes time-independent static joint positions, and then calculates, using the three-dimensional dataset, the position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Physmodo, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael Lloyd Gingrich, Gregory Murray Smith
  • Patent number: 11295882
    Abstract: Some variations provide a magnetically anisotropic structure comprising a hexaferrite film disposed on a substrate, wherein the hexaferrite film contains a plurality of discrete and aligned magnetic hexaferrite particles, wherein the hexaferrite film is characterized by an average film thickness from about 1 micron to about 500 microns, and wherein the hexaferrite film contains less than 2 wt % organic matter. The hexaferrite film does not require a binder. Discrete particles are not sintered or annealed together because the maximum processing temperature to fabricate the structure is 500° C. or less, such as 250° C. or less. The magnetic hexaferrite particles may contain barium hexaferrite (BaFe12O19) and/or strontium hexaferrite (SrFe12O19). The hexaferrite film may be characterized by a remanence-to-saturation magnetization ratio of at least 0.7. Methods of making and using the magnetically anisotropic structure are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Shanying Cui, Xin N. Guan, Adam F. Gross, Florian G. Herrault
  • Patent number: 11289238
    Abstract: A solvent-free electroconductive composition may be used to make electroconductive lines on a surface of a substrate or electroconductive plugs within via holes of a substrate. The solvent-free electroconductive composition is generally made of about 40 to about 95 wt % of a conductive component, about 4 to about 30 wt % of a polymer or oligomer comprising a reactive functional group, up to about 20 wt % of a monomeric diluent comprising a reactive functional group, and up to about 3 wt % of a curing agent. In some instances, the solvent-free electroconductive composition further includes up to about 3 wt % of a lubricating compound. Substrates made using solvent-free electroconductive compositions may be used in printed circuit boards, integrated circuits, solar cells, capacitors, resistors, thermistors, varistors, resonators, transducers, inductors, and multilayer ferrite beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HERAEUS PRECIOUS METALS NORTH AMERICA CONSHOHOCKEN LLC
    Inventor: Seigi Suh
  • Patent number: 11284505
    Abstract: A printed circuit board comprising a main body, a first insulation layer, and an anti-electromagnetic interference (EMI) coating is provided. The first insulation layer covers the main body and comprises a predetermined area. The anti-EMI coating covers the predetermined area, and comprises wave-absorption powders and an adhesive material. A motherboard with the printed circuit board is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Ping-Han Tsou, Li-Chien Wan
  • Patent number: 11264712
    Abstract: A radar sensor module includes a substrate, at least one transmit antenna formed on a surface of the substrate, and at least one receive antenna formed on the surface of the substrate. A radome is disposed over the surface of the substrate and the at least one transmit antenna and the at least one receive antenna, such that a gap is located between the surface of the substrate and an underside of the radome in which a portion of radiation emitted from the at least one transmit antenna can propagate. At least one trench is formed in the underside of the radome and is electromagnetically coupled to the gap, the at least one trench being sized, shaped and positioned with respect to the gap such that the portion of radiation emitted from the at least one transmit antenna is substantially prevented from propagating toward the receiving antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: VEONEER US, INC.
    Inventor: Majid Ahmadloo
  • Patent number: 11205839
    Abstract: A beamforming antenna assembly is provided. The beamforming antenna assembly includes a mirror glass coated with a material, and a beamforming antenna disposed on a portion of the mirror glass. A pattern is formed on the portion of the mirror glass so that a beam radiated from the beamforming antenna passes therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoongeon Kim, Seungtae Ko, Taesik Yang, Juneyong Young
  • Patent number: 11092666
    Abstract: A millimeter wave radar unit includes a housing including a first opening and a second opening, a millimeter wave radar mounted to the housing in such a manner as to close the first opening of the housing, and a cover including a cover main body as an emblem and being mounted to the housing in such a manner as to cover the second opening of the housing, with a millimeter wave to be emitted from the millimeter wave radar, transmitted through the cover main body and illuminate an exterior side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukui, Yuhki Kuramitsu, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10995509
    Abstract: Lightweight shielded enclosures and systems provide a high level of acoustic, RF, EMI and EMP protection. Such enclosures and systems include one or more lightweight, non-conductive beams arranged to support a shielded covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Cordes
  • Patent number: 10983207
    Abstract: Optical modality configured to simulate measurements of the radar cross-section of targets, dimensioned to be conventionally-measured in the RF-portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, with sub-micron accuracy. A corresponding compact optical system, with a foot-print comparable with a tabletop, employing optical interferometric time-of-flight approach to reproduce, on a substantially shorter time-scale, radar-ranging measurements ordinarily pertaining to the range of frequencies that are at least 103 times lower than those employed in the conventional RF-based measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventors: Pierre Alexandre Blanche, Remington Spencer Ketchum, Pedro Enrique Alcaraz
  • Patent number: 10911099
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a device having a non-conductive body with first and second ports that are electrically insulated from each other; a first antenna coupled to the first port; and a second antenna coupled to the second port. When the first and second ports are coupled to first and second transmission mediums, respectively: the first and second transmission mediums are electrically insulated from each other, a first electromagnetic wave conveying information and propagating along the first transmission medium causes the first antenna to transmit an RF signal to the second antenna, the RF signal conveys the information, the RF signal received at the second antenna causes a communication signal to be communicated via the second transmission medium, the communication signal conveys the information, and the first electromagnetic wave propagates along the first transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Mark Neil Evans
  • Patent number: 10899895
    Abstract: A method for preparing coated metal nanoparticles, each nanoparticle comprising a core constituted of at least one metal M and a layer constituted of at least one polymer, the layer coating the metal core. The method comprises the steps: (a1) preparing a solution A comprising the at least one metal M in the form of cations Mn+, n being an integer comprised between 1 and 3, each metal M being a transition metal of atomic number comprised between 21 and 30, a polyol, and a noble metal salt; (a2) preparing a solution B comprising at least one organic monomer of the at least one polymer, in an organic solvent; (b) mixing solutions A and B, this mixture being heated to the boiling temperature of the polyol; and (c) recovering the coated metal nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Mohammed Benwadih, Jacqueline Bablet, Olivier Poncelet, Jonathan Skrzypski
  • Patent number: 10871564
    Abstract: An assembly for a detection system for a vehicle in an environment has a radar sensor positioned around a central boresight axis. The radar sensor includes an RF board with at least one antenna and a support bracket configured to secure the detection system to the vehicle. The support bracket has sloped walls forming a radiation aperture between the RF board and the environment. The sloped walls have distal ends distal to the radar sensor. A plurality of sloped flaps extend from the distal ends and slope inwardly from the distal ends towards the boresight axis to intercept radiation within the radiation aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Veoneer US, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Kocharyan, Kai Yang, Andrew Oftedal
  • Patent number: 10782401
    Abstract: Optical modality configured to simulate measurements of the radar cross-section of targets, dimensioned to be conventionally-measured in the RF-portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, with sub-micron accuracy. A corresponding compact optical system, with a foot-print comparable with a tabletop, employing optical interferometric time-of-flight approach to reproduce, on a substantially shorter time-scale, radar-ranging measurements ordinarily pertaining to the range of frequencies that are at least 103 times lower than those employed in the conventional RF-based measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventor: Pierre Alexandre Blanche
  • Patent number: 10784574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna, which can improve a front-to-rear ratio and cross-polarization isolation without changing a structure of a reflection panel. The antenna includes an antenna element and a reflection panel. The antenna element is disposed on the reflection panel. The antenna further includes a wave-absorbing material layer. The wave-absorbing material layer is disposed on one side of an outer surface, back to the antenna element, of the reflection panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced Technology
    Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Tian Zhou, MuSen Li, Dong Wei
  • Patent number: 10754026
    Abstract: Surface treatment methods for improving electromagnetic interaction characteristics and related assemblies. In some embodiments, a vehicle RADAR assembly may comprise a RADAR module, a housing, and a surface having a plurality of parallel grooves defining a plurality of pointed projections. The plurality of grooves may be configured to decrease the reflectivity of electromagnetic radiation from the RADAR module relative to the housing and/or to de-cohere reflected radiation. In some embodiments, the grooves may be specifically sized and/or shaped to improve upon the RADAR signal interaction characteristics of the housing or other element having the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Veoneer US, Inc.
    Inventor: Clyde M. Callewaert
  • Patent number: 10718859
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relates to a radar device, and more particularly, to a radar device having a structure that reduces the influence of an internal reflected wave, which is capable of preventing a target sensing performance from being deteriorated by a reflected wave reflected within the radar device, while having a cover structure that is capable of protecting an antenna from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyeon Dong Cho
  • Patent number: 10701848
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber capable of holding excellent performance over a long period of time, the electromagnetic wave absorber includes: a dielectric layer B including a polymer film and having a first surface and a second surface; a resistive layer A formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer Band containing indium tin oxide as a main component; and an electrically conductive layer C formed on the second surface of the dielectric layer B and having a sheet resistance lower than that of the resistive layer A, wherein the indium tin oxide in the resistive layer A contains 20 to 40 wt. % of tin oxide based on the total weight of the indium tin oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Yamagata, Hironobu Machinaga, Takehiro Ui, Hiroichi Ukei, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
  • Patent number: 10620254
    Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing influence of electromagnetic waves comprises an electromagnetic wave radiation unit configured to radiate electromagnetic waves, a drone control unit configured to transmit to a target drone control information for controlling the target drone, an information receiving unit configured to receive status information indicating an operation state of the target drone as a response to the control information and an electromagnetic wave influence analyzing unit configured to determine the influence of the electromagnetic waves on the target drone by comparing the control information and the status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Myoung-Won Jung, Woo Sang Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Sung Hyun Baek
  • Patent number: 10617046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetic wave absorbing body which is a sheet-like electromagnetic wave absorbing body in which particles including a soft magnetic material are dispersed in a matrix including a non-metal material, in which the electromagnetic wave absorbing body satisfies a relationship: ???, in which ? is a parameter given by Equation (1): ?=Ad(??)0.5/(??+???/?), in which d is a thickness of the electromagnetic wave absorbing body, ?, ??, ?, and ?? are a permittivity of the electromagnetic wave absorbing body, a loss term of ?, a permeability of the electromagnetic wave absorbing body, and a loss term of ?, respectively, and A is equal to 8×104/?(?/m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Saito, Yu Nakama, Mikiko Tsutsui, Tadashi Hattori
  • Patent number: 10594028
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array for conveying millimeter wave signals. The array may be mounted to a substrate that includes transmission line layers having a first dielectric permittivity and antenna layers having a second dielectric permittivity that is less than the first dielectric permittivity. A ground plane may be interposed between the antenna layers and the transmission line layers. The array may be mounted to the antenna layers and transceiver circuitry may be mounted to the transmission line layers. Transmission line traces may be formed on the transmission line layers. The relatively high permittivity of the first set of dielectric layers may allow the transmission line traces to be routed relatively close together with minimal electromagnetic interference. The relatively low permittivity of the second set of dielectric layers may allow the array to operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency, gain, and bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Siwen Yong, Yi Jiang, Jiangfeng Wu, Lijun Zhang, Mattia Pascolini
  • Patent number: 10559887
    Abstract: A wavelength selective structure for selectively reflecting or absorbing incident electromagnetic visible or infrared radiation. The wavelength selective structure includes a wavelength selective structure with a plurality of layers, including a compound layer forming a plurality of surface elements, an electrically isolating intermediate layer, wherein the compound layer is in contact with a first surface of the electrically isolating intermediate layer, and a continuous electrically conductive layer in contact with a second surface of the electrically isolating intermediate layer. The compound layer includes at least one metallic layer and at least one dielectric layer. The selective surface has at least one resonance band for selectively reflecting or absorbing visible or infrared radiation based on a resonant electromagnetic coupling between the plurality of surface elements and the continuous electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: FLIR SURVEILLANCE, INC., INDIANA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Irina Puscasu, William Schaich
  • Patent number: 10536228
    Abstract: A test system for testing a wireless device under test in a test chamber. The device under test may be located on a bottom of the test chamber, and a measurement antenna may be mounted on a bottom or a side wall of the test chamber. Further, a reflector may be mounted on a ceiling of the test chamber. Accordingly, a signal path for testing the device under test may be established by reflecting the wireless signals between the device under test and the measurement antenna by the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Benoit Derat
  • Patent number: 10520365
    Abstract: A detector for terahertz electromagnetic waves includes a terahertz optomechanical transducer to transform an incident electromagnetic wave, having a terahertz frequency within a terahertz frequency band, into a measurable mechanical response; and a detection device for detecting an output signal. The terahertz optomechanical transducer includes a first element and an opposite element forming with the first element a capacitive gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, UNIVERSITE PARIS DIDEROT
    Inventors: Ivan Favero, Chérif Belacel, Stefano Barbieri, Djamal Gacemi, Yanko Todorov, Carlo Sirtori
  • Patent number: 10524351
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printed circuit board (PCB) including a set of stacked metallization layers separated by a set of stacked electrical-insulating layers, respectively, wherein the set of stacked metallization layers includes top metallization layer, bottom metallization layer, and intermediate metallization layer; a via electrically coupled to the top metallization layer, the intermediate metallization layer, and the bottom metallization layer, wherein the top metallization layer, a portion of the via between the top metallization layer and the intermediate metallization layer, and the intermediate metallization layer are configured to route a data signal between a signal-in and a signal-out; and an electromagnetic absorbing material configured to reduce an intensity of a reflected signal resulting from the data signal propagating downward along a stub of the via and reflecting off the bottom metallization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Douglas Bruce White
  • Patent number: 10454160
    Abstract: There is provided an antenna device configured to be shaped as a sheet. The antenna device includes an antenna portion provided on one surface of the sheet and configured to implement at least one of transmission of a transmission wave and reception of a reflected wave from a target, and an absorption unit provided on the other surface of the sheet and configured to absorb spurious.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventor: Takahiro Shinojima
  • Patent number: 10454180
    Abstract: An isolation barrier for reducing coupling between a transmitting antenna on a platform and a receiving antenna on the same platform. The isolation barrier expands the isolation capabilities of radar absorbing material (RAM) to the low frequency region by integrating dielectric loaded corrugations with the RAM. The isolation barrier includes a plurality of corrugations, each including a channel with two conductive walls and a conductive base, having a depth greater than a quarter of the wavelength corresponding to the low-frequency limit of the shared operating frequency band of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna. A layer of radar absorbing material (RAM) covers the corrugations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Jacob Kim, Charles M. Rhoads
  • Patent number: 10319485
    Abstract: A radioprotective unwoven fabric is a sheet in which metal fibers are three-dimensionally and randomly stacked, the metal fibers each comprising a metal material having a specific gravity higher than a specific gravity of lead. The metal fibers may comprise a tungsten wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Sugita, Masahiro Matsumoto, Tomohiro Kanazawa, Tsuyoshi Terada
  • Patent number: 10297380
    Abstract: A wireless power receiving apparatus which wirelessly charges power according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a soft magnetic layer which is laminated on the substrate and is formed with a plurality of patterns including at least 3 lines radiated from predetermined points, and a coil which is laminated on the soft magnetic layer and receives electromagnetic energy radiated from a wireless power transmitting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Yeon Kim, Seok Bae, Jai Hoon Yeom, Sang Won Lee, Ji Yeon Song
  • Patent number: 10205864
    Abstract: A near field light includes a substrate; and an epsilon near zero (ENZ) material layer, which is arranged on the substrate and is formed of a material with a dielectric constant that includes a real part having a value of zero or a value very close to zero with respect to a light of a designated wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jisoo Kyoung
  • Patent number: 10148005
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for making volumetric electromagnetic components are disclosed. Material accretion devices or apparatus such as a 3D printer can be used to form the volumetric electromagnetic components. The volumetric electromagnetic components can include folded and/or self-similar features such as fractals. The volumetric electromagnetic components can include conductive and/or non-conductive materials. EM energy absorbing systems are described as having a volumetric electromagnetic component embedded within a dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Cohen
  • Patent number: 10096905
    Abstract: A switchable Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) in which the switchable elements are Plasma-shells. Plasma-shells as described herein allow for control or ‘reconfiguration’ of the FSS electromagnetic (EM) properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Imaging Systems Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee W. Cross, Carol Ann Wedding, Daniel K. Wedding, Edwin F. Peters
  • Patent number: 10082571
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes an image-forming optical system aimed forward, an image sensor, an antenna, a first circuit board, a waveguide, an upper case, an information-processing circuit, a second circuit board, a connector, and a power-supply circuit. The connector is disposed at a rear side relative to the image-forming optical system. The power-supply circuit includes at least one capacitor, and a capacitor that is positioned at a highest location out of all of the at least one capacitor is disposed at a rear side relative to the image-forming optical system, which prevents the capacitor from obstructing the visual field of the image-forming optical system. Thus, the image-forming optical system is able to be located close to the power-supply circuit because the monitoring apparatus is very small in height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC ELESYS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoya Takeda
  • Patent number: 10074907
    Abstract: A radar system and method with reduced multipath effects include a first component of a radar sensor module on which at least one antenna element is formed, the at least one antenna element having a surface at which radar radiation is received or transmitted, the at least one antenna element having a radiation aperture. A second component in proximity to the antenna element such that a portion of the radar radiation impinges on the second component comprises an angled surface forming an angle with the surface of the antenna element. The angled surface of the second component comprises a texture such that when the portion of the radiation impinges on the angled surface, the amount of multipath signal propagating through the radiation aperture of the antenna element is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Veoneer US, Inc.
    Inventors: Xueru Ding, Paula Arinello, Jonathan Williams, Richard Leung, Bernard DeMersseman, Arnaud Amadjikpe
  • Patent number: 10001517
    Abstract: Broadband antenna system comprising a plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of amplifiers; wherein every antenna element of said plurality of antenna elements is configured for operating in a predetermined frequency range and is associated with an amplifier of said plurality of amplifiers which is configured for said predetermined frequency range; said plurality of antenna elements covering a broadband range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: L'AVENIR D'OR BV, FUTURE BV
    Inventor: Patrick Walter Joseph Dijkstra
  • Patent number: 9999158
    Abstract: An interface pad for suppressing electromagnetic and radio frequency radiation includes first and second generally opposing sides which define a thickness therebetween, with the interface pad exhibiting thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity, and a hardness of between 10-70 Shore 00 at 20° C. The interface pad is capable of attenuating electromagnetic and/or radio frequency radiation that is commonly associated with interference of electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Sanjay Misra, John Timmerman, Kasyap Seethamraju
  • Patent number: 9991578
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mode suppression in a cavity are provided. In certain implementations, an apparatus comprises a cavity for propagating electromagnetic signals therein, wherein the electromagnetic signals propagate multiple times through the cavity; and an absorbing material applied to a first side of the cavity, wherein the absorbing material absorbs the electromagnetic signals. Further, an apparatus includes at least one transmitting antenna configured to couple electromagnetic energy into the cavity; and at least one receiving antenna configured to couple electromagnetic energy from the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn David Rogers
  • Patent number: 9819093
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorber and an electromagnetic wave anechoic room using the absorbers. The electromagnetic wave absorber has improved electromagnetic wave absorption characteristics at high frequencies in spite of having a hollow structure. The electromagnetic wave absorber includes a hollow shell with a bottom that is a rectangle. A part of a surface of the hollow shell and an outer face of a planar extension lie in planes that are not parallel to any side of the rectangle. At least the plane that is not parallel to any side of the rectangle is included in a surface of an electromagnetic wave absorption member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Saitoh, Yoshihito Hirai, Hiroshi Kurihara, Motonari Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 9814130
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward techniques and configurations for electrical signal absorption in an interconnect stub. In one instance, a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly may comprise a substrate and an interconnect (such as a via) formed in the substrate to route an electrical signal within the PCB. The interconnect may include a stub formed on the interconnect. At least a portion of the stub may be covered with an absorbing material to at least partially absorb a portion of the electric signal that is reflected by the stub. The absorbing material may be selected such that its dielectric loss tangent is greater than one, for a frequency range of a frequency of the reflected portion of the electric signal. A dielectric constant of the absorbing material may be inversely proportionate to the frequency of the reflected electric signal. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shaowu Huang, John J. Abbott
  • Patent number: 9691509
    Abstract: A THz system has a housing configured to minimize both external noise and internal stray THz waves. The housing material is selected according to the frequency range of THz waves to be propagated though the space enclosed by the housing. In general, the housing is made of foam material, such as low relative dielectric constant foam material, especially foam with conductive additives. The relative dielectric constant of foam material is usually approach to 1.0, which may minimize the reflection of THz waves propagating into the housing. The conductive additives may increase the absorption of the THz waves, even other electromagnetic waves, inside the housing. Clearly, by using proper material, such as Expanded Polypropylene (EPP) and/or Styrofoam, with proper conductive additives, such as graphite, carbon, sliver, absorptive particles/dyes, the housing may minimize the interference of undesired stray terahertz-gigahertz waves, even other noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ARCHIT LENS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence Dah-Ching Tzuang, Yen-Ju Wu