Wave transmission lines and networks inventions 12/07

20070296516 - Spin-wave architectures: Nano-scale and multi-scale computational architectures using spin waves as a physical mechanism for device interconnection are provided. Solid-state spin-wave computing devices using nano-scale and multi-scale computational architectures comprised of a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs are described where such devices are configured to simultaneously transmit data elements... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070296517 - Stripline directional coupler having a wide coupling gap: The provided stripline directional coupler, having two coupling conductors galvanically isolated with respect to a grounding layer at zero potential, includes, in particular, a multilayer conductor pattern having at least three metallic layers separated by at least two dielectric insulating layers; a first metallic layer forming the coupling conductor, and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070296518 - Cross-polar and co-polar transceiver: A transceiver allowing transmission of a co-polar transmit signal and simultaneous reception of co-polar receive and cross-polar receive signals. An integrated orthogonal mode transducer and diplexer module containing a plurality of filters between a feed port, co-polar transmission port, co-polar reception port and cross-polar reception port is mounted within the... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20070296519 - Power combiner/splitter: A distributed combiner/splitter having a first line formed of a first planar winding in a first conductive level and of a second planar winding in a second conductive level, and a second line formed of a third planar winding interdigited with the first winding in the first level, and of... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070296520 - High-frequency module: A high-frequency module is integrally formed from at least some circuit components defining a first wireless system using a first frequency band and at least some circuit components defining a second wireless system using a second frequency band. The high-frequency module includes a multilayer substrate including a plurality of stacked... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070296522 - Elastic wave filter device and duplexer: In an elastic wave acoustic device, input ends of first to third longitudinally coupled resonator surface acoustic wave filters are connected to an unbalanced signal terminal, the output end of the first longitudinally coupled resonator surface acoustic wave filter, and a first IDT defining a first output terminal of the... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070296523 - Piezoelectric filter, antenna duplexer, and communications apparatus employing piezoelectric resonator: A piezoelectric filter comprises a substrate and a plurality of piezoelectric resonators provided on the same substrate. Each piezoelectric resonator comprises a cavity formed in the substrate, a lower electrode formed on the substrate, covering the cavity, a piezoelectric material layer formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070296521 - Duplexer: The invention relates to a duplexer with a transmit-receive path, which branches on the output side into a receive path and a transmit path. The receive path is preferably designed on the input side for transmitting an asymmetric signal and on the output side for transmitting a symmetric signal. A... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070296524 - Integrated phase shifter of differential signals in quadrature: A distributed phase shifter including: a first planar winding having its ends defining accesses in phase opposition; a second planar winding coupled with the first one and grounded by a first capacitive element; a third planar winding in a conductive level different from that receiving the first winding and electrically... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070296525 - Band-pass filter circuit: A band pass filter circuit, wherein the band pass filter passes a frequency band between a first cutoff frequency and a second cutoff frequency with respect to an input frequency of an input signal, the band pass filter circuit includes: a first resonant circuit; a second resonant circuit; a third... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070296526 - Microelectromechanical resonator structure, and method of designing, operating and using same: A micromechanical resonator structure including a plurality of straight or substantially straight beam sections that are connected by curved or rounded sections. Each elongated beam section is connected to another elongated beam section at a distal end via the curved or rounded sections thereby forming a geometric shape having at... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070296527 - Temperature controlled mems resonator and method for controlling resonator frequency: There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a temperature compensated microelectromechanical resonator as well as fabricating, manufacturing, providing and/or controlling microelectromechanical resonators having mechanical structures that include integrated heating and/or temperature sensing elements. In another aspect, the present invention is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070296528 - Elastic wave device: An elastic wave device includes at least one IDT electrode provided on a piezoelectric substrate. The at least one IDT electrode includes first and second electrode fingers arranged next to each other in a propagation direction of elastic wave. The side edges of at least the electrode finger of the... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070296529 - Dielectric resonator circuits: The invention is a dielectric resonator circuit comprising a housing; first, second, and third resonators positioned substantially in a row within the housing with said second resonator positioned between the first and third resonators, wherein the resonators are positioned relative to each other such that a field generated in each... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070296530 - Power regulators: An apparatus for use with a power generator includes a first power splitter having an input port, wherein the input port is configured to connect to a power generator, a second power splitter having an output port, wherein the output port is configured to connect to a device that receives... Agent: Varian Medical Systems Technologies, Inc. C/o Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070296531 - Waveguide quick disconnect clamp: A waveguide quick disconnect clamp includes a first arm and a second arm, both arms having a first end, a second end, and a jaw pivotally connected to the second end. Each of the first and second arm jaws has a generally flat engaging face defining two generally parallel elongated... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070290765 - Connector structure: A connector structure suitable for a high-frequency signal transmission is provided. The connector structure includes a printed circuit board for transferring and processing high-frequency signals, and being electrically connected to a transmission cable, so as to transmit the signals. Here the electrical connection between the ground line of the transmission... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070290766 - Balun: A balun includes an input line for receiving an unbalanced signal, an output line for receiving the unbalanced signal from the input line and outputting a balanced signal, and a ground. The input line and the output line are formed in the same layer, and the ground is formed in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070290767 - Impedance transformation and filter using bulk acoustic wave technology: A system, apparatus and method for providing filtering functionality and impedance transformation within a BAW resonator network are disclosed. In particular, a BAW resonator network is designed to provide band pass capability and a transformation between its input impedance and output impedance. By effectively integrating impedance matching functionality within the... Agent: North Weber & Baugh LLP

20070290768 - Ridge-waveguide filter and filter bank: A ridge-waveguide filter with a signal input port at a first end and a signal output port at a second end contains a cascade assembly of metal-bounded ridge-waveguide sections with interspersed metal-bounded evanescent-mode coupling regions, and also contains low-loss ridge-waveguide port coupling networks to impedance-match the ends of the assembly... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20070290769 - Harmonic termination of power amplifiers using baw filter output matching circuits: A system, apparatus and method for providing filtering functionality and impedance transformation within a BAW resonator network are disclosed. In particular, a BAW resonator network is designed to provide bandpass capability and a transformation between its input impedance and output impedance. By effectively integrating impedance matching functionality within the BAW... Agent: North Weber & Baugh LLP

20070290770 - Surface acoustic wave device and communication device: A surface acoustic wave device includes front stage and rear stage surface acoustic wave elements, a signal wiring connecting between the front stage and rear stage surface acoustic wave elements, a reference potential wiring connected with the rear stage surface acoustic wave element and a capacitor made of an insulator... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070290771 - Grounding strategy for filter on planar substrate: The invention provides a grounding strategy for electronic components. In particular, the present provides ground connections in thin-film electronic components by connecting one group of one or more resonators to one ground connection and connecting a second group of one or more resonators to another ground connection.... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070290772 - Across-trench circuitry for high-speed signal transmission: An across-trench circuit for high-speed signal transmission applicable to a multi-layer circuit board, such as high-speed digital circuit board, for installing an across-trench signal transmission circuit on the high-speed digital circuit board is disclosed, wherein a pair of coplanar waveguide circuit formed on both sides of signal circuit crossing a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070290773 - Electromechanical switch with partially rigidified electrode: An electromechanical switch with a rigidified electrode includes an actuation electrode, a suspended electrode, a contact, and a signal line. The actuation electrode is disposed on a substrate. The suspended electrode is suspended proximate to the actuation electrode and includes a rigidification structure. The contact is mounted to the suspended... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070290774 - Phase change control devices and circuits for guiding electromagnetic waves employing phase change control devices: A circuit for guiding electromagnetic waves includes a substrate for supporting components of the circuit. The circuit includes a control device which includes a first conductive element on the substrate for connection to a first component of the circuit and a second conductive element on the substrate for connection to... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20070285187 - Semiconductor device interconnecting unit, semiconductor device and high-frequency module: A semiconductor device interconnecting unit configured to input/output a high-frequency signal having a millimeter wave band to/from a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor or device interconnecting unit includes a part of a band pass filter configured to pass therethrough the high-frequency signal having a millimeter wave band by using... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070285188 - Substrate for semiconductor package: A substrate for a semiconductor package comprises a dielectric substrate, a circuit pattern, and an electromagnetic band gap (EBG) pattern. The circuit pattern is formed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate and is connected to ground via a ground connection. The electromagnetic band gap (EBG) pattern comprises a... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20070285189 - Marchand balun with air bridge: The present invention provides a microwave and millimeter-wave balun. This balun is different from the conventional planar Marchand balun by using three edge-coupled lines instead of two edge-coupled lines and adding a pair of broadside coupled-lines. The broadside couple-lines are achieved by stacking two lines fully overlapped; the upper line... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070285190 - High-frequency circuit device, high-frequency module, and communication apparatus: A high-frequency circuit device, a high-frequency module, and a communication apparatus, which prevent generation of an undesired wave to prevent electrical power loss and undesired coupling, are provided. The high-frequency circuit device includes a first slot line and a second slot line, which are provided at respective surfaces of a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070285191 - Piezoelectric resonator with an efficient all-dielectric bragg reflector: A piezoelectric resonator with an acoustic Bragg reflector that includes alternating layers of high and low acoustic impedance materials. The high and low acoustic impedance dielectric materials make up electrically insulating layers.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070285192 - Light source device and image displaying apparatus using the same: A light source device comprises a waveguide, an electrodeless lamp, a probe, and conversing means. The waveguide is formed to contain a medium enabling a microwave to resonate and has a surface and an aperture cavity with an aperture opened at a predetermined position of the surface. The electrodeless lamp... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070285193 - Bandpass filter: A bandpass filter (BPF) configured in 3-D structures for filtering signals of ultra wide bands is disclosed, the BPF comprising sequentially stacked first to fourth dielectric substrates, wherein the first dielectric substrate is formed at a bottom surface thereof with a first ground pattern, the second dielectric substrate is formed... Agent: Royal W. Craig, Esq. Ober/kaler

20070285194 - Connection device and method for its use: Embodiments of the present invention provide a connection device for the transmission of optical and/or electrical signals, specifically for medical purposes, featuring a cable and a coupling element, which is designed to couple to a matching counterpart on the coupling side. The coupling side exhibits an inner part, having a... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070279146 - Flexible microwave transmission line: A power amplifier (power amplifier) having multiple solid state sub-amplifiers connected in parallel between the power amplifier input and the power amplifier output are described. The signal input to the power amplifier is provided to an RF splitter connected between the power amplifier input connector and the input of each... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070279145 - Passive part: A dielectric substrate includes a filter unit, a non-balance/balance conversion unit, and a connection unit for electrically connecting the filter unit to the non-balance/balance conversion unit which are formed in the dielectric substrate. A first resonator has an electrode formed on the main surface of a fourth dielectric layer and... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070279147 - Wide-band directional coupler: A directional coupler having a first structure with distributed lines having a first conductive line intended to convey a main signal between two end terminals and having a second conductive line, coupled to the first one, intended to convey a secondary signal proportional to the main signal; and a second... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070279148 - Microwave combiner/splitter: A power amplifier (power amplifier) having multiple solid state sub-amplifiers connected in parallel between the power amplifier input and the power amplifier output are described. The signal input to the power amplifier is provided to an RF splitter connected between the power amplifier input connector and the input of each... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070279149 - Rf telemetry for an active medical device such as an implant or programmer for an implant: RF telemetry for an active medical device such as active implant or programmer for such implant. The device includes at least one RF antenna (14), and at least one RF telemetry transmitter/receiver (44) with, for coupling to the antenna, an associated band rejection filter (54). The band rejection filter (54)... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070279150 - Ceramic monoblock filter with inductive direct-coupling and quadruplet cross-coupling: A ceramic monoblock filter including a direct signal path defined by at least four spaced-apart through-hole resonators in combination with ground bars extending between the through-hole resonators and a separate quadruplet cross-coupling alternate signal path defined by two conductive pads located adjacent the first and fourth ones of the through-hole... Agent: Daniel J. Deneufbourg Cts Corporation

20070279151 - Adjustable delay transmission line: A transmission line includes a signal conductor and at least one varactor diode capacitively coupled to the signal conductor. The transmission line's signal path delay is a function of its shunt capacitance, and the varactor's capacitance forms a part of the transmission line's shunt capacitance. The transmission line's signal path... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20070279152 - Thin film piezoelectric resonator and method of manufacturing same: A thin film piezoelectric resonator includes: a substrate having an opening portion which passes through from a top surface to a bottom surface of the substrate, and an aperture which is provided distant from the opening portion; a resonance section having a lower electrode provided on the opening portion of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070279154 - Filter having multiple piezoelectric thin-film resonators: A filter includes multiple piezoelectric thin-film resonators each having a substrate, a lower electrode formed on the substrate, a piezoelectric film formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric film so that the upper electrode and the lower electrode face each other across the piezoelectric... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070279153 - Piezoelectric resonator structures and electrical filters: Film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) stacked FBARs (SBARS) including at least two curved edges are disclosed.... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070279155 - Film bulk acoustic resonator, filter, and fabrication method thereof: A film bulk acoustic resonator includes a substrate; an acoustic reflector portion formed on the substrate; and an acoustic resonator portion including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode which are sequentially stacked on the acoustic reflector portion, An uppermost layer of the acoustic reflector portion which... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070279156 - Saw filter with improved selection or insulation: Between the two acoustic tracks of a SAW filter constructed on the surface of a piezoelectric substrate, a metallic shielding structure is positioned and connected to ground in order to shield two transducers positioned in different tracks. In this way crosstalk within a filter is prevented and the stop-band selection... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070279157 - Surface acoustic wave resonator filter with longitudinally coupled transducers: A surface acoustic wave filter includes an acoustic track bounded by reflectors, at least a first input transducer and at least a second input transducer acoustically coupled to the acoustic track that are connected in parallel and connected to an asymmetric input port, at least two first output transducers acoustically... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070279158 - Reducing suck-out insertion loss: An electrical connector including a lead frame assembly of a first dielectric material that includes a pocket filled with a second dielectric material. A first ground reference, which may be either a ground contact or conductor or a virtual ground defined between signal contacts of a differential signal pair, extends... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP