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公开(公告)号:US10976708B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-13
申请号:US16871835
申请日:2020-05-11
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Juan Alejandro Herbsommer , Bichoy Bahr , Argyrios Dellis , Adam Joseph Fruehling
Abstract: A clock apparatus includes: (a) a gas cell, including a continuous path cavity including a sealed interior for providing a signal waveguide; (b) an apparatus for providing an electromagnetic wave to travel along the continuous path cavity and for circulating around the continuous path cavity back toward and past a point of entry of the electromagnetic wave in the continuous path cavity; (c) a dipolar gas inside the sealed interior of the cavity; and (d) receiving apparatus for detecting an amount of energy in the electromagnetic wave, wherein the amount of energy is responsive to an amount of absorption of the electromagnetic wave as the electromagnetic wave passes through the dipolar gas.
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公开(公告)号:US10886590B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-05
申请号:US16136109
申请日:2018-09-19
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Baher Haroun , Juan Alejandro Herbsommer , Gerd Schuppener , Swaminathan Sankaran
Abstract: An interposer that acts as a buffer zone between a transceiver IC and a dielectric waveguide interconnect is used to establish two well defined reference planes that can be optimized independently. The interposer includes a block of material having a first interface region to interface with an antenna coupled to an integrated circuit (IC) and a second interface region to interface to the dielectric waveguide. An interface waveguide is formed by a defined region positioned within the block of material between the first interface region and the second interface region.
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公开(公告)号:US10809668B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-20
申请号:US16400010
申请日:2019-04-30
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Adam Joseph Fruehling , Juan Alejandro Herbsommer , Argyrios Dellis
Abstract: A millimeter wave apparatus, with a substrate, a transceiver in a first fixed position relative to the substrate, and a gas cell in a second fixed position relative to the substrate. The clock apparatus also comprises at least four waveguides.
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公开(公告)号:US20200321677A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-08
申请号:US16716642
申请日:2019-12-17
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Hassan Omar Ali , Juan Alejandro Herbsommer , Benjamin Stassen Cook , Vikas Gupta , Athena Lin , Swaminathan Sankaran
Abstract: A device includes a multilayer substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. An integrated circuit is mounted on the second surface of the multilayer substrate, the integrated circuit having transmission circuitry configured to process millimeter wave signals. A substrate waveguide having a substantially solid wall is formed within a portion of the multilayer substrate perpendicular to the first surface. The substrate waveguide has a first end with the wall having an edge exposed on the first surface of the multilayer substrate. A reflector is located in one of the layers of the substrate and is coupled to an edge of the wall on an opposite end of the substrate waveguide.
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公开(公告)号:US20200272107A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16871835
申请日:2020-05-11
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Juan Alejandro Herbsommer , Bichoy Bahr , Argyrios Dellis , Adam Joseph Fruehling
Abstract: A clock apparatus includes: (a) a gas cell, including a continuous path cavity including a sealed interior for providing a signal waveguide; (b) an apparatus for providing an electromagnetic wave to travel along the continuous path cavity and for circulating around the continuous path cavity back toward and past a point of entry of the electromagnetic wave in the continuous path cavity; (c) a dipolar gas inside the sealed interior of the cavity; and (d) receiving apparatus for detecting an amount of energy in the electromagnetic wave, wherein the amount of energy is responsive to an amount of absorption of the electromagnetic wave as the electromagnetic wave passes through the dipolar gas.
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公开(公告)号:US20200241480A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-30
申请号:US16844819
申请日:2020-04-09
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Bichoy Bahr , Argyrios Dellis , Juan Alejandro Herbsommer , Baher Haroun
Abstract: A clock generator includes a hermetically sealed cavity and clock generation circuitry. A dipolar molecule that exhibits a quantum rotational state transition at a fixed frequency is disposed in the cavity. The clock generation circuitry is configured to generate an output clock signal based on the fixed frequency of the dipolar molecule. The clock generation circuitry includes a detector circuit, a multiplier, and reference oscillator control circuitry. The detector circuit is coupled to the cavity, and is configured to generate a detection signal representative of an amplitude of a signal at an output of the cavity. The multiplier is coupled to the detector circuit, and is configured to multiply the detection signal with a mixing signal to produce a derivative of the detection signal. The reference oscillator control circuitry is configured to set a frequency of a reference oscillator based on the derivative of the detection signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20200166404A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-28
申请号:US16203536
申请日:2018-11-28
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Adam Joseph Fruehling , Benjamin Stassen Cook , Simon Joshua Jacobs , Juan Alejandro Herbsommer
Abstract: Millimeter wave energy is provided to a spectroscopy cavity of a spectroscopy device that contains interrogation molecules. The microwave energy is received after it traverses the spectroscopy cavity. The amount of interrogation molecules in the spectroscopy cavity is adjusted by activating a precursor material in one or more sub-cavities coupled to the spectroscopy cavity by a diffusion path to increase the amount of interrogation molecules or by activating the getter material in one or more sub-cavities coupled to the spectroscopy cavity by a diffusion path to decrease the amount of interrogation molecules.
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公开(公告)号:US10424523B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-24
申请号:US15697505
申请日:2017-09-07
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Adam Joseph Fruehling , Juan Alejandro Herbsommer , Simon Joshua Jacobs , Benjamin Stassen Cook
IPC: H01L23/08 , B81C1/00 , H01L21/768
Abstract: A method for forming a sealed cavity includes bonding a non-conductive structure to a first substrate to form a non-conductive aperture into the first substrate. On a surface of the non-conductive structure opposite the first substrate, the method includes depositing a first metal layer. The method further includes patterning a first iris in the first metal layer, depositing a first dielectric layer on a surface of the first metal layer opposite the non-conductive structure, and patterning an antenna on a surface of the first dielectric layer opposite the first metal layer. The method also includes creating a cavity in the first substrate, depositing a second metal layer on a surface of the cavity, patterning a second iris in the second metal layer, and bonding a second substrate to a surface of the first substrate opposite the non-conductive structure to thereby seal the cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US10416095B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-17
申请号:US16024028
申请日:2018-06-29
Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Inventor: Juan Alejandro Herbsommer , Robert Floyd Payne
Abstract: A dielectric waveguide (DWG) may be used to identify a composition of a material that is in contact with the DWG. A radio frequency (RF) signal is transmitted into a dielectric waveguide located in contact with the material. The RF signal is received after it passes through the DWG. An insertion loss of the DWG is determined. The presence of the material may be inferred when the insertion loss exceeds a threshold value. The composition of the material may be inferred based on a correlation with the insertion loss. Alternatively, a volume of the material may be inferred based on a correlation with the insertion loss.
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公开(公告)号:US20190204787A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-04
申请号:US16234494
申请日:2018-12-27
Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Inventor: Juan Alejandro Herbsommer , Bichoy Bahr , Argyrios Dellis , Adam Joseph Fruehling
Abstract: A clock apparatus with: (i) a gas cell, including a continuous path cavity including a sealed interior for providing a signal waveguide; (ii) an apparatus for providing an electromagnetic wave to travel along the continuous path cavity and for circulating around the continuous path cavity back toward and past a point of entry of the electromagnetic wave in the continuous path cavity; (iii) a dipolar gas inside the sealed interior of the cavity; and (iv) receiving apparatus for detecting an amount of energy in the electromagnetic wave, wherein the amount of energy is responsive to an amount of absorption of the electromagnetic wave as the electromagnetic wave passes through the dipolar gas.
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