公开(公告)号：US20050024268A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-03

申请号：US10843677

申请日：2004-05-10

申请人： William McKinzie ,  James Scott ,  Jeramy Marsh ,  Gregory Mendolia ,  Yizhen Lin

发明人： William McKinzie ,  James Scott ,  Jeramy Marsh ,  Gregory Mendolia ,  Yizhen Lin

IPC分类号： H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q21/29 ,  H01Q21/30 ,  H01Q1/38

CPC分类号： H01Q21/29 ,  H01Q9/0421 ,  H01Q21/30

摘要： A multiband antenna includes at least two resonators that are driven directly and resonate in different frequency bands and a parasitically coupled resonator that resonates in one of the frequency bands. The coupled resonator is grounded with a conductive trace at one end and is thus not directly fed by the RF feed of the antenna. The coupled resonator increases the efficiency bandwidth near the frequency of operation for the coupled resonator. The antenna is fabricated from a stamped metal that is bent around or overmolded by a spacer layer. A clip formed integrally with the antenna by bending a portion of the ground plane permits attachment to the metal shield of the display of a laptop computer and is thus grounded along its length.

摘要翻译： 多频带天线包括至少两个直接驱动并在不同频带中谐振的谐振器和在一个频带中谐振的寄生耦合谐振器。 耦合谐振器在一端用导电迹线接地，因此不被天线的RF馈电直接馈送。 耦合谐振器增加耦合谐振器的工作频率附近的效率带宽。 该天线由冲压的金属制成，该金属被间隔层弯曲或者被模制成间隔层。 通过弯曲接地平面的一部分与天线一体地形成的夹子允许附着到膝上型计算机的显示器的金属屏蔽上，并因此沿其长度接地。

公开(公告)号：US08744384B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-03

申请号：US12952395

申请日：2010-11-23

申请人： Gregory Mendolia ,  James Andrew Martin, III ,  Izz Khayo ,  Cornelis Frederik Du Toit ,  Heinz Bachmann ,  William McKinzie

发明人： Gregory Mendolia ,  James Andrew Martin, III ,  Izz Khayo ,  Cornelis Frederik Du Toit ,  Heinz Bachmann ,  William McKinzie

IPC分类号： H04B1/04

CPC分类号： H03H7/40 ,  H01P5/04 ,  H01Q1/242 ,  H01Q1/50 ,  H03F1/56 ,  H03F3/60 ,  H03H7/38 ,  H04B1/0458

摘要： An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising an input port and a dynamic impedance matching network capable of determining a mismatch at the input port and dynamically changing the RF match by using at least one matching element that includes at least one voltage tunable dielectric capacitor. The matching network may be a “Pi”, a “T”, or “ladder” type network and the apparatus may further comprise at least one directional coupler capable of signal collection by sampling a portion of an incident signal, a reflected signal or both. In an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus may also include a control and power control & logic unit (PC LU) to convert input analog signals into digital signals and sensing VSWR phase and magnitude and processing the digital signals using an algorithm to give it a voltage value and wherein the voltage values may be compared to values coming from the coupler and once compared and matched, the values may be passed to a Hi Voltage Application Specific Integrated Circuit (HV ASIC) to transfer and distribute compensatory voltages to the matching network elements. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供了一种装置，其包括输入端口和动态阻抗匹配网络，其能够通过使用至少一个匹配元件来确定输入端口处的失配并动态地改变RF匹配，该匹配元件包括至少一个电压可调电介质 电容器。 匹配网络可以是“Pi”，“T”或“梯形”型网络，并且该装置还可以包括至少一个定向耦合器，其能够通过对入射信号的一部分，反射信号或两者进行采样来进行信号采集 。 在本发明的一个实施例中，该装置还可以包括控制和功率控制与逻辑单元（PC LU），用于将输入的模拟信号转换成数字信号，并且使用算法给VSWR相位和幅度并处理数字信号 电压值，并且其中电压值可以与来自耦合器的值进行比较，并且一旦比较和匹配，则该值可以被传递到高电压专用集成电路（HV ASIC），以将补偿电压传输和分配给匹配网络 元素。 公开了另外的实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20050029632A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-10

申请号：US10794185

申请日：2004-03-03

申请人： William McKinzie ,  Shawn Rogers

发明人： William McKinzie ,  Shawn Rogers

IPC分类号： H01L23/58 ,  H01L23/62 ,  H01P1/16 ,  H04B3/04 ,  H05K20060101 ,  H05K1/16

CPC分类号： H01P1/2005 ,  H01P1/16 ,  H05K1/162 ,  H05K2201/093 ,  H05K2201/09309 ,  H05K2201/09663

摘要： Apparatus for suppressing noise and electromagnetic coupling in the printed circuit board of an electronic device includes an upper conductive plate and an array of conductive coplanar patches positioned a distance t2 from the upper conductive plate. The distance t2 is chosen to optimize capacitance between the conductive coplanar patches and the upper conductive plate for suppression of noise or electromagnetic coupling. The apparatus further includes a lower conductive plate a distance t1 from the array of conductive coplanar patches and conductive rods extending from respective patches to the lower conductive plate.

摘要翻译： 用于抑制电子设备的印刷电路板中的噪声和电磁耦合的设备包括上导电板和位于与上导电板的距离t2的导电共面片的阵列。 选择距离t2以优化导电共面贴片和上导电板之间的电容，以抑制噪声或电磁耦合。 该装置还包括一个与导电共面贴片阵列相距一定距离t1的下导电板，以及从相应贴片延伸到下导电板的导电棒。

公开(公告)号：US20070090398A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-26

申请号：US11583212

申请日：2006-10-18

申请人： William McKinzie

发明人： William McKinzie

IPC分类号： H01L31/00

CPC分类号： H01P1/20 ,  H01P1/2005 ,  H05K1/0218 ,  H05K1/0231 ,  H05K1/0233 ,  H05K1/0236 ,  H05K1/0239 ,  H05K1/162 ,  H05K1/165 ,  H05K1/181 ,  H05K2201/093 ,  H05K2201/09318 ,  H05K2201/09609 ,  H05K2201/09663 ,  H05K2201/09672 ,  H05K2201/0969 ,  H05K2201/09718 ,  Y10T29/49018 ,  Y10T29/49117 ,  Y10T29/4913 ,  Y10T29/49155

摘要： A hybrid electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure for broadband suppression of noise on printed wiring boards includes an array of coplanar patches interconnected into a grid by series inductances, and a corresponding array of shunt LC networks connecting the coplanar patches to a second conductive plane. This combination of series inductances and shunt resonant vias lowers the cutoff frequency for the fundamental stopband. The series inductances and shunt capacitances may be implemented using surface mount component technology, or printed traces. Patches may also be interconnected by coplanar coupled transmission lines. The even and odd mode impedances of the coupled lines may be increased by forming slots in the second conductive plane disposed opposite to the transmission line, lowering the cutoff frequency and increasing the bandwidth of the fundamental stopband. Coplanar EBG structures may be integrated into power distribution networks of printed wiring boards for broadband suppression of electromagnetic noise.

摘要翻译： 用于宽带抑制印刷电路板上的噪声的混合电磁带隙（EBG）结构包括通过串联电感互连到电网中的共面贴片阵列，以及将共面贴片连接到第二导电平面的相应阵列的分流LC网络。 串联电感和并联谐振通孔的组合降低了基波阻带的截止频率。 串联电感和分流电容可以使用表面贴装元件技术或印刷迹线实现。 补片也可以通过共面耦合传输线相互连接。 可以通过在与传输线相对布置的第二导电平面中形成槽，降低截止频率并增加基带阻带的带宽来增加耦合线的偶模和奇模阻抗。 共面EBG结构可以集成到用于宽带抑制电磁噪声的印刷线路板的配电网络中。

公开(公告)号：US20060086809A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-27

申请号：US11155894

申请日：2005-06-20

申请人： Wayne Shanks ,  William McKinzie

发明人： Wayne Shanks ,  William McKinzie

IPC分类号： G06K19/06 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G08B13/14

CPC分类号： G06K19/07796 ,  G06K7/10178 ,  G06K7/10336

摘要： A method, system, and apparatus for reading RFID tags in a stack of objects is described. For example, a pallet may hold a stack of objects, with one or more of the objects coupled to a RFID tag. A RFID reader may be used to read the tags in the stack. However, tagged objects in the middle of the stack may be difficult to read due to the RF signal loss passing through objects in the stack. A waveguide may be used to guide radio waves to locations in the pallet stack. For example, the waveguide can replace a slipsheet that is conventionally placed between horizontal layers of cases in the pallet stack.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于在物体堆叠中读取RFID标签的方法，系统和装置。 例如，托盘可以容纳一堆物体，其中一个或多个对象耦合到RFID标签。 可以使用RFID读取器来读取堆栈中的标签。 然而，由于射频信号丢失通过堆栈中的对象，堆栈中间的标记对象可能难以读取。 可以使用波导来将无线电波引导到托盘堆叠中的位置。 例如，波导可以代替通常放置在托盘堆叠中的壳体的水平层之间的滑移片。

公开(公告)号：US20050030137A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-10

申请号：US10868382

申请日：2004-06-15

申请人： William McKinzie ,  Rodolfo Diaz ,  Victor Sanchez ,  Eric Caswell

发明人： William McKinzie ,  Rodolfo Diaz ,  Victor Sanchez ,  Eric Caswell

IPC分类号： H01F10/06 ,  H01Q15/00 ,  H01F1/00

CPC分类号： H01Q15/008 ,  H01F10/06 ,  H01F10/205

摘要： A magnetically-loaded artificial magnetic conductor surface provides enhanced bandwidth. The structure includes in one embodiment a thumbtack structure with a spacer layer that is loaded with a barium-cobalt hexaferrite based artificial magnetic material. Specifically, the geometry consists of a ground plane covered with thinly sliced ferrite tiles that are metallized and stacked. Each tile has a metal via running through its center that is electrically connected to the plated metallized surfaces. A foam spacer layer resides above the ferrite tiles. Atop the foam spacer layer rests a capacitive surface, which can be realized as a single layer array of metal patches, a multiple layer array of overlapping patches or other planar capacitive geometry.

摘要翻译： 磁性负载人造磁导体表面提供增强的带宽。 该结构在一个实施例中包括具有间隔层的图钉结构，其间装载有基于钴酸钴的六铁基的人造磁性材料。 具体来说，几何形状由覆盖有薄金属化和堆叠的薄片状铁素体砖的接地层组成。 每个瓦片具有穿过其中心的金属通孔，其电连接到镀覆的金属化表面。 泡沫隔离层位于铁氧体砖的上方。 在泡沫间隔层顶部放置电容表面，其可以实现为金属贴片的单层阵列，重叠贴片的多层阵列或其他平面电容几何形状。

公开(公告)号：US20070285326A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-13

申请号：US11653644

申请日：2007-01-16

申请人： William McKinzie

发明人： William McKinzie

IPC分类号： H01Q9/00 ,  H01Q13/10

CPC分类号： H01Q9/0407 ,  H01Q5/321 ,  H01Q9/0421 ,  H01Q9/145 ,  H01Q23/00

摘要： An embodiment of the present invention an apparatus, comprising an apparatus, comprising an adaptively-tuned antenna including a variable reactance network connected to the antenna, an RF field probe located near the antenna, an RF detector to sense voltage from the field probe, a controller that monitors the RF voltage and supplies control signals to a driver circuit and wherein the driver circuit converts the control signals to bias signals for the variable reactance network.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例包括一种装置，包括：自适应调谐天线，包括连接到天线的可变电抗网络，位于天线附近的RF场探测器，用于感测来自场探测器的电压的RF检测器， 控制器，其监视RF电压并将控制信号提供给驱动器电路，并且其中驱动器电路将控制信号转换成用于可变电抗网络的偏置信号。

公开(公告)号：US20070197180A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-23

申请号：US11653639

申请日：2007-01-16

申请人： William McKinzie ,  Heniz Bachmann ,  Greg Mendolia

发明人： William McKinzie ,  Heniz Bachmann ,  Greg Mendolia

IPC分类号： H04B1/06 ,  H04B7/00

CPC分类号： H03H7/40 ,  H03H7/38 ,  H04B1/0458

摘要： An embodiment of the present invention an apparatus, comprising an adaptive impedance matching module (AIMM) adapted to minimize the magnitude of an input reflection coefficient seen at an RFin port under boundary conditions of a variable load impedance ZL, a tuner connected to the AIMM and including a plurality of variable reactance networks with independent control signals, wherein node voltages are sampled within the tuner; and a microcontroller or digital signal processor (DSP) calculates complex reflection coefficient information from the sampled voltages, the microcontroller or DSP providing a coarse and fine tune function that feeds bias signals to control impedance matching.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例包括一种自适应阻抗匹配模块（AIMM），该自适应阻抗匹配模块适于在可变负载阻抗Z的边界条件下最小化在端口处的RF <！ - SIPO < 连接到AIMM并且包括具有独立控制信号的多个可变电抗网络的调谐器，其中在调谐器内采样节点电压; 微控制器或数字信号处理器（DSP）从采样电压计算复数反射系数信息，微控制器或DSP提供粗调和微调功能，将偏置信号馈送到控制阻抗匹配。

公开(公告)号：US20070120223A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-31

申请号：US11698401

申请日：2007-01-26

申请人： William McKinzie ,  Shawn Rogers

发明人： William McKinzie ,  Shawn Rogers

IPC分类号： H01L29/00

CPC分类号： H01P1/2005 ,  H01P1/16 ,  H05K1/162 ,  H05K2201/093 ,  H05K2201/09309 ,  H05K2201/09663

摘要： Apparatus for suppressing noise and electromagnetic coupling in the printed circuit board of an electronic device includes an upper conductive plate and an array of conductive coplanar patches positioned a distance t2 from the upper conductive plate. The distance t2 is chosen to optimize capacitance between the conductive coplanar patches and the upper conductive plate for suppression of noise or electromagnetic coupling. The apparatus further includes a lower conductive plate a distance t1 from the array of conductive coplanar patches and conductive rods extending from respective patches to the lower conductive plate.

摘要翻译： 用于抑制电子设备的印刷电路板中的噪声和电磁耦合的设备包括上导电板和位于与上导电板相距一定距离t 2的导电共面片的阵列。 选择距离t 2 2以优化导电共面贴片和上导电板之间的电容，以抑制噪声或电磁耦合。 该装置还包括一个下导电板，与导电共面贴片的阵列和从各个贴片延伸到下导电板的导电棒的距离t 1> 1。

公开(公告)号：US20050224912A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-13

申请号：US10802664

申请日：2004-03-17

申请人： Shawn Rogers ,  William McKinzie

发明人： Shawn Rogers ,  William McKinzie

IPC分类号： H01L23/50 ,  H01L29/00 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/11 ,  H05K1/16 ,  H05K3/42

CPC分类号： H01L23/50 ,  H01L23/552 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/19105 ,  H01L2924/3011 ,  H05K1/0216 ,  H05K1/0231 ,  H05K1/116 ,  H05K1/162 ,  H05K3/429 ,  H05K2201/0191 ,  H05K2201/09481 ,  H05K2201/09618 ,  H05K2201/09672 ,  H05K2201/09681 ,  H05K2201/09781 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A printed circuit board (PCB) uses arrays of chip capacitors over the entire surface of the PCB. The PCB includes an upper conductive surface routing signals to components of the PCB, a lower conductive surface, vias between the upper and lower surfaces, and a layer of patches disposed between the upper and lower surfaces to which the vias and chip capacitors are connected. The chip capacitors connect the vias to the upper conductive surface. The use of chip capacitors in a periodic lattice extends the frequency range for suppressing noise in power planes of isolated capacitors from several hundred MHz or less to 4 GHz. Combining the capacitors along with the buried patches extends the low frequency cutoff of high frequency reference noise suppression circuits to 50 MHz or less.

摘要翻译： 印刷电路板（PCB）在PCB的整个表面上使用芯片电容器阵列。 PCB包括向PCB的组件的上导电表面路由信号，下导电表面，上表面和下表面之间的通孔以及布置在通孔和片式电容器连接到的上表面和下表面之间的一层贴片。 芯片电容器将通孔连接到上导电表面。 在周期性晶格中使用片式电容器将隔离电容器的电源平面中的噪声抑制在几百MHz或更小到4GHz的频率范围内。 将电容器与埋地片组合在一起，将高频参考噪声抑制电路的低频截止延伸到50 MHz或更小。