Telecommunications
12 patents and publications covering high-speed point-to-point connectivity, modular integrated waveguide, and antenna innovations (2010–2024).
Patents
Vubiq Networks' Patent Portfolio
The company leverages over a decade of millimeter wave innovation and 30 years of wireless engineering expertise. Founder and CTO Mike Pettus participated in the FCC's Millimeter Wave Communications Working Group during the mid-90s to help establish the 60 GHz operating rules.
19
US technology patents
1
US patent application publication
2
European technology patents
60 GHz
First integrated Tx/Rx in a single module
Portfolio summary
Millimeter wave components and system-level communications
19 US technology patents, one US technology patent application publication, and two European technology patents — spanning telecommunications, wireless data centers, RFID, and integrated transmitter/receiver modules.
Wireless Data Centers & Cloud Computing
5 continuation-in-part patents addressing chip-to-chip, blade-to-blade, and server-to-server communications without cables or switches (2011–2019).
Radio Frequency Identification
5 patents for chipless RFID tags using millimeter wave hyperimaging radar techniques (2008–2022).
Integrated Transmitter/Receiver with Antenna
2 patents covering the V60RX/TX110 60 GHz surface-mount BGA module (2010–2013).
Telecommunications
Our patented component and system-level solutions for the telecommunications market, including the Modular Integrated Waveguide technology that separates digital from analog components.
- US 7,768,457 — Issued August 3, 2010. Integrated Antenna and Chip Package and Method of Manufacturing thereof.
- US 7,868,841 — Issued January 11, 2011. Full-Wave DI-Patch Antenna.
- US 8,385,461 — Issued February 26, 2013. On-Off Keying using Vector Modulation.
- US 8,477,070 — Issued July 2, 2013. Integrated Antenna and Chip Package and Method of Manufacturing thereof.
- US 9,088,058 — Issued July 21, 2015. Waveguide Interface with a Launch Transducer and a Circular Interface Plate.
- US 9,893,406 — Issued February 13, 2018. A Method of Forming a Waveguide Interface by Providing a Mold to Form a Support Block of the Interface.
- US 10,320,047 — Issued June 11, 2019. Waveguide Assembly Comprising a Molded Waveguide Interface Having a Support Block for a Launch Transducer That Is Coupled to a Communications Device through a Flange Attached to the Interface.
- EP 2467897 B1 — Issued March 7, 2019. Precision Waveguide Interface.
- US 10,818,997 — Issued October 27, 2020. Waveguide Interface and Printed Circuit Board Launch Transducer Assembly and Methods of Use Thereof.
- US 11,689,298 — Issued June 27, 2023. Methods of Aligning an Articulated Antenna Device.
- US 11,936,087 — Issued March 19, 2024. Printed Circuit Board with First and Second Surfaces Configured for Waveguide Coupling a Diplexer Mounted on the First Surface to a Transmitter and a Receiver Mounted on the Second Surface.
- US 2022/0132352 A1 — Published April 28, 2022. API Driven Remote Radiofrequency Front End Device and Methods of Use Thereof.
Wireless data center Continuation in Part (CIP) patents
Covering chip-to-chip, blade-to-blade, and server-to-server communications without cables and switches.
- US 7,929,474 — Issued April 19, 2011. System and Method for Wireless Communication in a Backplane Fabric Architecture.
- US 8,422,414 — Issued April 16, 2013. System and Method for Wireless Communication in a Backplane Fabric Architecture.
- US 8,897,184 — Issued November 25, 2014. System and Method for Wireless Communication in a Backplane Fabric Architecture.
- US 9,537,794 — Issued January 3, 2017. System and Method for Wireless Communication in a Backplane Fabric Architecture.
- EP 2737718 B1 — Issued April 9, 2019. System and Method for Wireless Communication in a Backplane Fabric Architecture.
RFID hyperimaging patents
A chipless RFID tag that approaches the cost of printing a bar code, with hundreds of data bits in the size of a postage stamp — read and physically located using millimeter wave hyperimaging radar.
- US 7,460,014 — Issued December 2, 2008. RFID System Utilizing Parametric Reflective Technology.
- US 7,498,940 — Issued March 3, 2009. RFID System Utilizing Parametric Reradiated Technology.
- US 10,839,179 — Issued November 17, 2020. Multimode Millimeter Wave RFID Systems and Methods of Use Thereof (23 Claims).
- US 11,216,625 — Issued January 4, 2022. High Bit Density Millimeter Wave RFID Systems, Devices, and Methods Thereof.
- US 11,288,468 — Issued March 29, 2022. Multimode Millimeter Wave RFID Systems and Methods of Use Thereof (33 Claims).
Integrated transmitter and receiver technology patents
The Vubiq Networks V60RX/TX110 was the world's first millimeter wave integrated transmitter and receiver with antenna in a single BGA module.
Documents
Patent portfolio executive summaries
Wireless Fabric Patents — Executive Summary
Summary of the Vubiq Networks wireless fabric architecture patent portfolio for data center and cloud computing applications.
Download PDF — Wireless Fabric Patents — Executive SummaryRFID Hyperimaging Patents — Executive Summary
Summary of the Vubiq Networks millimeter wave RFID hyperimaging patent portfolio.
Download PDF — RFID Hyperimaging Patents — Executive SummaryThe future
Making millimeter wave ubiquitous
At Vubiq Networks, we will continue to create unique, patented solutions that break the traditional molds of millimeter wave wireless broadband applications. Future spectrum allocations above 100 GHz are now being planned to bring unprecedented bandwidths into existence. We will welcome these exciting new frontiers with innovation and solutions for applications that are yet to be imagined.
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