Michael G Pettus

US Patent:

7460014, Dec 2, 2008

Filed:

Jun 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/158624

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Pettus - Aptos CA, US

Assignee:

Vubiq Incorporated - Aliso Viejo CA

International Classification:

G08B 13/14

US Classification:

3405721, 3405724, 3405391, 340 101, 34082569, 34082572, 235436, 23546213

Abstract:

A system and method for encoding and decoding information by use of radio frequency antennas. The system includes one or more interrogator devices and RFID data tags. The RFID data tags include a plurality of antenna elements which are formed on a substrate or directly on an object. The antenna elements are oriented and have dimensions to provide polarization and phase information, whereby this information represents the encoded information on the RFID tag. The interrogator device scans an area and uses radar imaging technology to create an image of a scanned area. The device receives re-radiated RF signals from the antenna elements on the data tags, whereby the data tags are preferably represented on the image. The re-radiated RF signals preferably include polarization and phase information of each antenna element, whereby the information is utilized using radar signal imaging algorithms to decode the information on the RF data tag.

US Patent:

7498940, Mar 3, 2009

Filed:

Jun 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/158689

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Pettus - Aptos CA, US

Assignee:

Vubiq, Inc. - Aliso Viejo CA

International Classification:

G08B 13/14

US Classification:

3405721, 3405724, 3405391, 340 101, 34082569, 34082572, 235436, 23546213

Abstract:

A system and method for encoding and decoding information by use of radio frequency antennas. The system includes one or more interrogator devices and RFID data tags. The RFID data tags include a plurality of antenna elements which are formed on a substrate or directly on an object. The antenna elements are oriented and have dimensions to provide polarization and phase information, whereby this information represents the encoded information on the RFID tag. The interrogator device scans an area and uses radar imaging technology to create an image of a scanned area. The device receives re-radiated RF signals from the antenna elements on the data tags, whereby the data tags are preferably represented on the image. The re-radiated RF signals preferably include polarization and phase information of each antenna element, whereby the information is utilized using radar signal imaging algorithms to decode the information on the RF data tag.

US Patent:

7768457, Aug 3, 2010

Filed:

Feb 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/070281

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Pettus - Dana Point CA, US
James Robert Amos Bardeen - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Vubiq, Inc. - Aliso Viejo CA

International Classification:

H01Q 1/38

US Classification:

343700MS, 343702, 343872, 343753, 343909

Abstract:

An integrated antenna and chip package and method of manufacturing thereof. The package includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface, The second surface is configured to interface the chip package to a circuit board. A second substrate of the package is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and is made of a dielectric material. One or more antennas are disposed on the second substrate and a communication device is coupled to the antenna, wherein the communication device is disposed on the second substrate in substantially the same plane as the antenna. A lid is coupled to the first substrate and is configured to encapsulate the antenna and the communication device. The lid has a lens that is configured to allow radiation from the antenna to be emitted therethrough and a shoulder configured to transfer heat produced from the communication device.

US Patent:

7868841, Jan 11, 2011

Filed:

Apr 11, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/786761

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Pettus - Dana Point CA, US

Assignee:

Vubiq Incorporated - Aliso Viejo CA

International Classification:

H01Q 9/16

US Classification:

343793

Abstract:

A full-wave di-patch antenna having two half-wave patch antennas located such that the feed points are facing one another and are brought out to a balanced transmission line having two conductors of microstrip feed lines. The phase of the current and the voltage is inverted 180 degrees between the two patches relative to the mechanical structure. The physical spacing of the two patches from center-to-center is one guide wavelength long. The two patches are disposed on a dielectric substrate which is in turn disposed over a ground plane. The two patches can take any of a number of shapes including a rectangle.

US Patent:

7929474, Apr 19, 2011

Filed:

Jun 23, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/214985

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Pettus - Dana Point CA, US
James Robert Amos Bardeen - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Vubiq Incorporated - Aliso Viejo CA

International Classification:

H04B 7/00

US Classification:

370310, 455 412

Abstract:

A wireless millimeter wave backplane network and method comprises a first circuit board that has a first module thereon, wherein the first circuit board is coupled to a high speed backplane. The network includes a first communication node that is coupled to the first module and which is disposed on the first circuit board. The network includes a second circuit board that has a second module thereon, wherein the second circuit board is coupled to the high speed backplane. The network includes a second communication node that is coupled to the second module and disposed on the second circuit board, wherein the first and second modules wirelessly communicate using millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation with one another via the first and second communication nodes.

US Patent:

8385461, Feb 26, 2013

Filed:

Apr 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/764084

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Pettus - Laguna Niguel CA, US
Larry Bruce Nadeau - Laguna Niguel CA, US

Assignee:

Vubiq, Inc. - Aliso Viejo CA

International Classification:

H04L 27/00

US Classification:

375295, 375259, 375261, 375298

Abstract:

A system and method including deriving a subcarrier frequency from a binary data stream having a clock frequency, wherein the subcarrier frequency is substantially the same as the clock frequency; gating the subcarrier frequency using the data stream to produce a modulated OOK signal; determining a OOK subcarrier center frequency based on the modulated OOK signal with the clock frequency; delaying the modulated OOK signal relative to the binary data stream by a predetermined amount to produce a delayed modulated OOK signal; conditioning the modulated OOK signal and the delayed modulated OOK signal to create a differential transition signal in an I channel and a Q channel to provide a stable amplitude signal level reference at an input to an I and Q vector modulator.

US Patent:

8422414, Apr 16, 2013

Filed:

Apr 12, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/084964

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Pettus - Dana Point CA, US
James Robert Amos Bardeen - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Vubiq Incorporated - Aptos CA

International Classification:

H04B 7/00

US Classification:

370310, 455 412, 361788

Abstract:

A wireless millimeter wave backplane network and method comprises a first circuit board that has a first module thereon, wherein the first circuit board is coupled to a high speed backplane. The network includes a first communication node that is coupled to the first module and which is disposed on the first circuit board. The network includes a second circuit board that has a second module thereon, wherein the second circuit board is coupled to the high speed backplane. The network includes a second communication node that is coupled to the second module and disposed on the second circuit board, wherein the first and second modules wirelessly communicate using millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation with one another via the first and second communication nodes.

US Patent:

8477070, Jul 2, 2013

Filed:

Aug 3, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/849713

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Pettus - Laguna Niguel CA, US
James Robert Amos Bardeen - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Vubiq, Inc. - Aliso Viejo CA

International Classification:

H01Q 1/38

US Classification:

343700MS, 343872, 343873

Abstract:

An integrated antenna and chip package and method of manufacturing thereof. The package includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface, The second surface is configured to interface the chip package to a circuit board. A second substrate of the package is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and is made of a dielectric material. One or more antennas are disposed on the second substrate and a communication device is coupled to the antenna, wherein the communication device is disposed on the second substrate in substantially the same plane as the antenna. A lid is coupled to the first substrate and is configured to encapsulate the antenna and the communication device. The lid has a lens that is configured to allow radiation from the antenna to be emitted therethrough and a shoulder configured to transfer heat produced from the communication device.