Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for ring-shaped devices with combined battery and antenna. In one embodiment, an example device may include an inner shell, and an outer shell coupled to the inner shell, where the outer shell and inner shell together form a first side portion, a second side portion, and a lower portion of the ring-shaped device. The device may include an antenna element coupled to the outer shell and the inner shell, where the antenna element forms an upper portion of the ring-shaped device, a battery disposed adjacent to the antenna element, and a flexible printed circuit assembly disposed along the first side portion, wherein the flexible printed circuit assembly is coupled to the antenna element and the battery.

Abstract: A nozzle cap includes a cap body defining a first body end and a second body end, the cap body defining a circumferential wall extending from the first body end towards the second body end; an antenna cover circumferentially overlapping a portion of the circumferential wall, the antenna cover defining an inner cover surface facing the circumferential wall, an antenna cavity defined between the inner cover surface and the portion of the circumferential wall; and an antenna printed circuit board (“PCB”) strip positioned within the antenna cavity, the antenna PCB strip secured in facing engagement with the inner cover surface.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a plurality of antenna parts configured to receive or transmit a wireless signal, a communication control part configured to control transmitting or receiving the wireless signal via at least any of the plurality of antenna parts, and a casing housing the communication control part, in which each of the plurality of antenna parts is held near each of a plurality of partial regions normal directions of which cross each other or the normal directions of which are mutually twisted in outer faces of the casing, and transmit or receive a first wireless signal and a second wireless signal propagating in directions substantially orthogonal to the partial regions and having mutually different polarization directions.

Abstract: An antenna device, an electronic apparatus and a method for antenna switching are disclosed by embodiments of the present disclosure. The antenna device includes: a near field communication chip configured to provide a differential excitation current; a ground plane forming a conductive path thereon; a plurality of first conductive assemblies; a first switch configured to selectively be in communication one or more of the first conductive assemblies; a second conductive assembly. The communicating first conductive assembly, the conductive path, and the second conductive assembly together constitute a conductive loop for transmission of the differential excitation current.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing that includes a first plate, a second plate facing a direction opposite the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, an antenna structure that includes a plurality of dielectric layers perpendicular to the side member and parallel to the first plate, a first array of conductive plates aligned in a first direction perpendicular to the first plate at a first dielectric layer of the dielectric layers, a second array of conductive plates spaced from the first array and aligned in the first direction at the first dielectric layer, wherein the second array is farther from the first plate than the first array, at least one ground plane positioned on at least one of the dielectric layers and interposed between the first array and the second array, when viewed from above the side member, and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first array and the second array and configured to transmit and/or rece

Abstract: Disclosed are an antenna reflective net and an antenna reflective net mounting structure. Sliding slots are provided on side walls of the antenna reflective net mounting structure respectively. Protrusions of a base of the antenna reflective net slide into the sliding slots, and the size of the sliding slot is adapted to that of the protrusion. The protrusion is fixed in the sliding slot along a direction vertical to the sliding slot. A baffle block is provided at a distal end of the sliding slot. The baffle block restricts the protrusion from sliding along the direction of the distal end. Moreover, a limit part of an elastic pressing member of the antenna reflective net mounting structure restricts the protrusion from sliding along the direction of the entrance end of the sliding slot after the protrusion enters the sliding slot. Therefore, the antenna reflective net is easily mounted in the antenna reflective net mounting structure with high stability.

Abstract: A nozzle cap includes a cap body defining a first body end and a second body end, the cap body defining a circumferential wall extending from the first body end towards the second body end; an antenna cover circumferentially overlapping a portion of the circumferential wall, the antenna cover defining an inner cover surface facing the circumferential wall, an antenna cavity defined between the inner cover surface and the portion of the circumferential wall; and an antenna printed circuit board (“PCB”) strip positioned within the antenna cavity, the antenna PCB strip secured in facing engagement with the inner cover surface.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate that is spaced from the first conductive plate and is disposed parallel to the first conductive plate, a conductive element that is disposed in a space between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate, a wireless communication circuit that is electrically connected with the first conductive plate and the conductive element, and a printed circuit board that is coupled with at least one side of the first conductive plate, at least one side of the second conductive plate, and one end of the conductive element. The wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit/receive a first radio frequency (RF) signal having a vertical polarization characteristic using the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate and to transmit/receive a second RF signal having a horizontal polarization characteristic using the conductive element.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises a housing comprising a first plate and a second plate facing away from to the first plate; and a substrate disposed between the first plate and the second plate and comprising a first side facing the first plate and a second side facing the second plate, wherein the substrate comprises, a first conductive plate disposed on a first insulating layers and facing the second side; a conductive pattern disposed on a second insulating layer, wherein the second conductive layer is between the first conductive layer and the first side; a second conductive plate disposed on a third insulating layer between the second insulating layer and the first side, and when the second plate is viewed from above the second side, the second plate at least partially overlaps with the first conductive plate; a ground plate disposed on a fourth insulating layer, wherein the fourth insulating layer is between the third insulating layer and the first side; a conductive via constr

Abstract: An antenna module includes: an IC package including an IC; first and second antenna portions including respective patch antenna patterns, respective feed vias connected to the respective patch antenna patterns, and respective dielectric layers surrounding the respective feed vias; and a connection member having an upper surface on which the first and second antenna portions are disposed and a lower surface on which the IC package is disposed, the connection member forming an electrical connection path between the IC and the feed via of the first antenna portion and an electrical connection path of the second antenna portion. The connection member includes a first region disposed between the IC package and the first antenna portion, a second region on which the second antenna portion is disposed, and a third region electrically connecting the first and second regions and being more flexible than the dielectric layer of the first antenna portion.

Abstract: Various examples and schemes pertaining to a closed-loop antenna with multiple grounding points are described. An apparatus includes an electromagnetic (EM) wave interface device capable of radiating and sensing EM waves. The EM wave interface device includes a feeding port, a first grounding port coupled to an electric ground, and a second grounding port coupled to the electric ground. A first electrically-conductive path connected between the feeding port and the first grounding port forms a closed-loop antenna. A second electrically-conductive path connected between the feeding port and the second grounding port forms a non-radiative closed-loop path. A length of the first electrically-conductive path is greater than a length of the second electrically-conductive path.

Abstract: A connected dielectric resonator antenna array (connected-DRA array) operational at an operating frequency and associated wavelength, includes: a plurality of dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs), each of the plurality of DRAs having at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material; wherein each of the plurality of DRAs is physically connected to at least one other of the plurality of DRAs via a relatively thin connecting structure, each connecting structure being relatively thin as compared to an overall outside dimension of one of the plurality of DRAs, each connecting structure having a cross sectional overall height that is less than an overall height of a respective connected DRA and being formed from at least one of the at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material, each connecting structure and the associated volume of the at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material forming a single monolithic portion of the connected-DRA array.

Abstract: Antenna elements are described that may include a radiator, a feeding portion, a first impedance transformer, a balun, and a second impedance transformer. The first impedance transformer, balun, and second impedance transformer may be disposed above a ground plane of an antenna array to reduce a bulk of the array. The array can also include a dielectric top layer for loading apertures of the antenna array. The antenna elements can also include anomaly suppressors can be provided to cancel common-mode resonances from the radiators.

Abstract: Lensed antennas are provided that include a plurality of radiating elements and a lens positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation from at least one of the radiating elements, the lens comprising a composite dielectric material. The composite dielectric material comprises expandable gas-filled microspheres that are mixed with an inert binder, dielectric support materials such as foamed microspheres and particles of conductive material that are mixed together.

Abstract: An information handling system comprising a processor, a memory, and a wireless adapter with a first and second antenna feed operatively connected to the wireless adapter for communicating on a plurality of wireless links and disposed on a circuit board having a trench through one or more metallic layers with a perimeter edge dimension extending from an outer edge of the circuit board into the circuit board where the first antenna feed mounted adjacent to a first side of the trench of the circuit board and operatively connected to a first antenna and the second antenna feed mounted adjacent to a second side of the trench of the circuit board opposite to the first side and the second antenna feed operatively connected to a second antenna.

Abstract: A radar sensor module includes a substrate, at least one transmit antenna formed on a surface of the substrate, and at least one receive antenna formed on the surface of the substrate. A radome is disposed over the surface of the substrate and the at least one transmit antenna and the at least one receive antenna, such that a gap is located between the surface of the substrate and an underside of the radome in which a portion of radiation emitted from the at least one transmit antenna can propagate. At least one trench is formed in the underside of the radome and is electromagnetically coupled to the gap, the at least one trench being sized, shaped and positioned with respect to the gap such that the portion of radiation emitted from the at least one transmit antenna is substantially prevented from propagating toward the receiving antenna.

Abstract: The housing includes a first base portion and a second base portion which are conductive respectively. The first base portion and the second base portion are disposed in contact. The antenna element is connected to the antenna ground. The antenna ground is formed on the antenna board. The gasket is located between the first base portion and the antenna ground in a height direction of the housing, and is conductive. The fixing member fixes the second base portion and the antenna ground so that the second base portion and the antenna ground are electrically connectable to each other in a state where the gasket is in contact with the first base portion and the antenna ground.

Abstract: A communication device includes a ground element, an antenna structure, a first reflector, a second reflector, a first tuning element, and a switch element. The first reflector is disposed adjacent to the antenna structure. The second reflector is disposed adjacent to the antenna structure. The second reflector is separate from the first reflector. The switch element is coupled to the first tuning element. When the switch element is enabled, the switch element couples the first tuning element to the first reflector or the second reflector. When the switch element is disabled, the first tuning element is separate from the first reflector and the second reflector.

Abstract: A Fresnel phase lens for a 5G antenna is described herein. The Fresnel phase lens includes a glass-ceramic material having a first major surface and a second major surface. The first major surface and the second major surface define a thickness therebetween, and the first major surface defines a plane. The glass-ceramic material includes a first plurality rings having first ring surfaces in the plane and a second plurality of rings having second ring surfaces at a first depth into the thickness and below the plane. The glass ceramic material is transparent to electromagnetic radiation having a frequency of from 20 GHz to 100 GHz.

Abstract: A monopole-radiating element of antenna has a single order fractal signal feed. No series or shunt impedance matching elements are connected to the radiating element to control the antenna operating parameters.