General Electric Company

Globalfoundries U.S. Inc.

Globalfoundries Inc.

Current Lighting Solutions, LLC

Selaka Bandara Bulumulla

Christopher Judson Hardy

Joseph Alfred Iannotti

Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo

Michael Joseph Dell'Anno

Ileana Hancu

Seung-Kyun Lee

Benjamin V Fasano

Michael James Hartman

Florian Wiesinger

Kenneth William Rohling

Steven William Wik

Koushik Ramachandran

Laura Irene Sacolick

Jeffrey Michael Ashe

Glen Peter Koste

Robert Steven Stormont

David Mulford Shaddock

Richard Louis Frey

Yongjae Lee

David Patrick Calder

Glenn A Forman

Daniel Qi Tan

Fraser Robb

Andrew Michael Roach

Desmond Teck Beng Yeo

Danijel Maricic

Todd Ryan Tolliver

Meena Ganesh

S M Shajedul Hasan

Eric William Fiveland

William Thomas Dixon

William Chester Platt

Mahesh Raveendranatha Panicker

Tanya Andreeva Atanasova

Roland Bátai

Gábor Balint Törös

Md Sayed Kaysar Bin Rahim

James Patrick Carneal

Seung Kyun Lee

Karthikeyan Veeraswamy Sathyamurthy

Gábor Fehér

Róbert Horváth

Michael Joseph Dell'anno

Disclosed are embodiments of a microelectronics package that includes: first and second substrates (each having first and second sides); a chip; and a multi-element antenna connected to the chip. The chip is mounted on the first side of the first substrate. A first antenna element of the antenna is on the second side of the first substrate and electrically connected to the chip. The first side of the second substrate is adhered to the second side of the first substrate (i.e., covering the first antenna element). A second antenna element of the antenna is on the second side of the second substrate overlaying the first antenna element and physically separated therefrom by at least one ultra-low-K dielectric region within the first side of the second substrate and/or the second side of the first substrate. Optionally, the package includes multiple chips and/or multiple antennas. Also disclosed are associated method embodiments.

Microelectronics package with ultra-low-K dielectric region between stacked antenna elements

An apparatus, method, and system, the apparatus including a housing; a light source, disposed in the housing, including at least one source of illumination; a radio frequency (RF) transmitter located on or in the housing; and at least one directional radiating element at least partially enclosed by the housing and coupled to RF transmitter, the at least one directional radiating element directing a RF signal transmitted by the RF transmitter in a predetermined direction away from the housing.

Luminaire having a beacon and a directional antenna

The present disclosure relates to packaging of integrated circuit chips for semiconductor devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to packaging of multiple chips for silicon photonics devices. The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip, an inductor positioned over the PIC chip, and a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) chip positioned over the PIC chip. The inductor has a first terminal end and a second terminal end, and the first terminal end is connected to the PIC chip.

Semiconductor devices and methods of forming same

A system includes a control system. The control system includes a processor configured to receive a first signal from a light source within an industrial facility. The first signal includes a unique identification code configured to indicate at least a partial identity of a human resource within the industrial facility. The processor is configured to determine a proximity of the human resource with respect to the light source based at least in part on a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the first signal, and to generate an indication of a location of the human resource within the industrial facility based on the determined proximity of the human resource to the light source.

Systems and methods for tracking location in industrial facilities

An engine communication system for aircraft engines having a nacelle with two cowlings extending annularly about the aircraft engine and defining a radially outward surface thereof, and at least one sensor positioned radially inward from the nacelle. The system includes a cowling gap positioned between the two cowlings when coupled together, and an engine control device communicatively coupled to the sensor and configured to at least one of receive engine data from the sensor and receive instruction data from a transmitter device positioned radially outward from the cowling gap. The system also includes a linearly polarized antenna communicatively coupled to the engine control device and positioned radially inward from the cowling gap and extending radially outward toward the cowling gap. The antenna is configured to at least one of receive and transmit the engine data and the instruction data through the cowling gap.

Wireless aircraft engine communication system

An engine monitoring system for an aircraft engine having a nacelle extending annularly thereabout and a sensor positioned radially inward therefrom. The system includes an engine control device coupled communicatively to the sensor and configured to receive engine data from the sensor and/or receive instruction data from a transmitter device positioned radially outward from a nacelle radially outward surface. The system also includes a composite panel including at least a portion of the nacelle and a ground plane positioned radially inward from the nacelle radially outward surface, the composite panel including an antenna coupled communicatively to engine control device and a radome positioned radially outward from ground plane. The antenna is configured to at least one of receive engine data from the engine control device and transmit engine data to a receiver device, and receive instruction data from the transmitter device and transmit instruction data to the engine control device.

Wireless aircraft engine monitoring system

A system includes a multi-nuclear magnetic resonance (MR) receiving coil, wherein the receiving coil includes a frequency tuning component configured operate the receiving coil at either a first frequency or a second frequency. The receiving coil also includes an impedance matching component configured to maintain a substantially constant impedance of the receiving coil when the receiving coil is operated at either the first frequency or the second frequency. Furthermore, the receiving coil is configured to measure a first nucleus when operated at the first frequency, and wherein the receiving coil is configured to measure a second nucleus when operated at the second frequency.

Multi-nuclear receiving coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

A wireless actuator circuit configured to actuate a micro electromechanical system (MEMS) switch is provided. The wireless actuator circuit includes a transmitter portion and a receiver portion operatively coupled to the transmitter portion. The transmitter portion includes an oscillator device configured to generate a signal at a determined frequency and a first antenna operatively coupled to the oscillator device to receive a modulated signal. Further, the receiver portion includes a second antenna configured to receive the modulated signal from the transmitter portion, a radio frequency power detector configured to detect the modulated signal and a comparator configured to produce a control signal in response to the modulated signal detected by the radio frequency power detector to toggle the MEMS switch.

Wireless actuator circuit for wireless actuation of micro electromechanical system switch for magnetic resonance imaging

A system includes a capacitor unit having one or more capacitors within a body of the capacitor unit, wherein the capacitor unit comprises at least two bushings. The system includes a monitoring system having a first antenna. The monitoring system is configured to couple to the at least two bushings to form a resonant frequency (LC) circuit having a capacitance based at least in part on an effective capacitance of the capacitor unit. The monitoring system is configured to send a first signal to a radio frequency (RF) reader at a frequency based at least in part on the effective capacitance of the capacitor unit via the first antenna. The first signal is associated with health of the capacitor unit.

Systems and methods for monitoring capacitor banks

A system includes a first electronic device configured to attach to an industrial machine or one or more areas of an industrial facility. The first electronic device is configured to transmit a signal indicative of a potentially hazardous condition with respect to personnel of the industrial facility. The system also includes a second electronic device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device and configured to attach to a hardhat of the personnel of the industrial facility. The second electronic device is configured to receive the signal from the first electronic device, determine whether a parameter of the signal is above a threshold, and generate an alarm when the parameter of the signal is above the threshold. The alarm is configured to indicate the potentially hazardous condition to the personnel.

Systems and methods for safety and proximity sensing in industrial environments

Systems and methods for determining electrical properties using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are provided. One method includes applying an ultra-short echo time (TE) pulse sequence in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system and acquiring a complex BBquantity from an object following the application of the ultra-short TE pulse sequence, where Bis a complex amplitude of a transmit radio-frequency (RF) magnetic field and Bis a complex amplitude of a receive RF magnetic field. The method also includes estimating, with a processor, one or more electrical properties of the object using the complex amplitudes of the transmit RF magnetic field and the receive RF magnetic field.

Systems and methods for determining electrical properties using magnetic resonance imaging

Exemplary embodiments are directed to estimating an electrical property of tissue using Magnetic Resonance (MR) images. In exemplary embodiments, complex MR images of a target tissue are obtained. An estimated value of an electrical property of the target tissue is determined based on complex values of the pixels in the complex MR images. The complex values are proportional to the product of the transmit radio frequency magnetic field and the receive RF magnetic field.

Determining electrical properties of tissue using complex magnetic resonance images

A system for inductively communicating signals in a magnetic resonance imaging system is presented. The system includes first array of primary coils configured to acquire data from a patient positioned on a patient cradle. Furthermore, the system includes a second array of secondary coils operatively coupled to the first array of primary coils. Moreover, the system includes a third array of tertiary coils disposed at a determined distance from the second array of secondary coils. In addition, the system includes a tuning unit operatively coupled to the third array of tertiary coils by a cable having a quarter-wave electrical wavelength and configured to control the first array of primary coils through impedance transformation, where the second array of secondary coils is configured to inductively communicate the acquired data to the third array of tertiary coils.

System and method for inductively communicating data

An imaging system is presented. The imaging system includes a storage structure that stores a first sheet of coils inside a cradle, wherein the storage structure includes a plurality of first set of rotatable bodies and a plurality of second set of rotatable bodies, and a plurality of springs that are coupled to one or more of the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies, wherein the first sheet of coils is disposed around the plurality of first set of rotatable bodies, the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies and the plurality of springs, and wherein a first end of the first sheet of coils protrudes out of the cradle.

Sheet of surface coils for imaging applications

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Selaka Bandara Bulumulla