Abstract: An antenna device and an antenna module having the antenna device are provided and adapted to receive and transmit signals. The antenna device includes a first medium layer, a conductive ground hole, a first antenna circuit, a second antenna circuit and first conductive hole. The conductive ground hole penetrates the first medium layer. The first antenna circuit is disposed on a first surface of the first medium layer to surround the conductive ground hole. The second antenna circuit is disposed on a second surface of the first medium layer which is positioned distal to the first antenna circuit to surround the conductive ground hole. The first conductive hole penetrates the first medium layer. The first conductive hole has one end electrically connected to a second end of the first antenna circuit. The first conductive hole has the other end electrically connected to a first end of the second antenna circuit.

Abstract: A compact patch antenna array for mobile terminal applications comprising: a plurality of radiators mounted on one surface of a dielectric, with a ground plane being mounted on the other side of the dielectric. Beneath the ground plane, another dielectric with feeding network is placed. Other embodiments are described and shown in FIG. 2.

Abstract: An antenna device having a settable directional characteristic and a method for operating an antenna device. The antenna device according to the present invention includes a feed signal provision unit, with the aid of which a first, second, third and fourth electrical feed signal may be provided, the electrical feed signals being coherent with one another and having phases relative to one another which are adapted to set the settable directional characteristic of the antenna device, the phases being adaptable with the aid of a feed signal adaptation unit; a plurality of antenna columns, each antenna column including a respective plurality of electrically connected antenna elements; the electrical feed signals being conductable for inducing the antenna elements of the antenna columns to emit electromagnetic waves having the set directional characteristic.

Abstract: An electronic device housing may have a rear housing wall that forms a metal ground plane. A slot may be formed in the metal ground plane. The slot may have one or more open ends along an edge of the ground plane. A near-field communications loop antenna may overlap the slot. The near-field communications loop antenna may have one or more turns. A current path through the metal ground plane may form one of the turns in the near-field communications loop antenna. The slot may form portions of non-near-field-communications antennas in addition to the near-field communications loop antenna. The slot in the non-near-field-communications antennas may be fed using an indirect antenna feed structure. Components such as a capacitor and inductor may help allow non-near-field communications antenna and the near-field communications antenna to be formed from common portions of the metal ground plane.

Abstract: A microwave system comprising a center fed parabolic reflector; a radio transceiver, said transceiver disposed on a circuit board and coupled to a radiator, said radiator disposed on the circuit board and extending orthogonally from a surface of the circuit board. Embodiments also include directors on the circuit board and a sub-reflector comprising a thin plate disposed on a weather proof cover and said sub-reflector having a substantially concave surface with a focus directed towards the radiator. The circuit board may be physically integrated within the feed mechanism of the center fed parabolic reflector and the radio transceiver is configured to provide OSI layer support.

Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first radiation arm, a second radiation arm, a feed end, and a ground end. The second radiation arm is perpendicularly connected to the first radiation arm. The first radiation arm and the second radiation arm jointly form a junction, both the feed end and the ground end are positioned adjacent to the junction.

Abstract: An example method may involve forming, in a first metal layer, a first half of waveguide channels including an input waveguide channel, a plurality of wave-dividing channels, and a plurality of wave-radiating channels. The input waveguide channel may include an input port for receiving electromagnetic waves into the waveguide channels, and the first half of the plurality of wave-radiating channels may include wave-directing members configured to propagate sub-portions of waves from the first metal layer to another metal layer. The method may also involve forming, in a second metal layer, a second half of the waveguide channels. The second half of the wave-radiating channels may include pairs of output ports configured to radiate the sub-portions of waves out of the second metal layer. The method may further involve fastening the first metal layer to the second metal layer so as to substantially align the halves of the waveguide channels.

Abstract: An antenna includes a dielectric multilayer substrate that includes a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer different from the first conductor layer, the first conductor layer including a first conductor, the first conductor including a first split ring part, the first split ring part surrounding a first opening part and being divided by a first split part, and a power feed line that is provided on the second conductor layer, the power feed line including a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the first split ring part, the second end spanning the first opening part and extending to a region opposing the first conductor.

Abstract: An antenna device, including a circuit board, electronic components, a functional component module, an antenna module and a feed line, is provided. The electronic components are disposed on the circuit board and include a microprocessor and a wireless communication chip. The functional component module includes a carrier and a metal member disposed on the carrier. The antenna module includes a feed point, a ground point and a radiator, the feed and ground points are disposed on the carrier and electrically connected to both sides of the metal member respectively, and the ground point is electrically connected to the ground layer of the circuit board. The radiator includes at least a part of the metal member, while the feed line can transmit a wireless signal to the feed point to feed into the radiator. Therefore, the metal member can serve as the radiator to conserve the space of accommodating another radiator.

Abstract: A wireless signal at a low frequency is received at a face of a meta-material antenna. An offset carrier, at a high frequency, is received at an opposite direction face of the metal-material antenna. Passive mixers upshift the low frequency wireless signal to a high frequency, at the difference between the low frequency and the offset carrier. The upshifted version of the received low frequency signal is radiated from a second face of the meta-material antenna.

Abstract: An antenna structure includes a metallic member, a radiating portion, and a second matching circuit. The metallic member includes a front frame, a backboard, and a side frame. The side frame defines a slot. The front frame defines a first gap, a second gap, and a fourth gap communicating with the slot and extending across the front frame. A portion of the front frame between the first gap and the second gap forms a first radiating section; another portion between the second gap and the fourth gap forms a third radiating section. The radiating portion crosses the second gap and connects to the first radiating section and the third radiating section; an end of the second matching circuit electrically connects to the radiating portion, the other end connects to a ground. A wireless communication device using the antenna structure is provided.

Abstract: A two-dimensional antenna includes a ground plane, a primary radiator element, and at least one switchable radiator element. The ground plane comprises an electrically conductive material and is electrically coupled to an electrical ground. The primary radiator element is disposed in a coplanar relationship to said ground plane and is electrically coupled to a signal path of a transceiver. The at least one switchable radiator element is disposed in a coplanar relationship to the ground plane and the primary radiator element and is selectably electrically couplable to one of the signal path of the transceiver and the electrical ground.

Abstract: The present invention resides in a reconfigurable antenna. The antenna comprises a balanced antenna and an unbalanced antenna mounted on a supporting substrate, with both the balanced antenna and the unbalanced antenna located at the same end of the substrate. The antenna may be configured as a chassis antenna for use in a portable device or configured for Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) applications.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first region corresponding to a first part of the electronic device, and a second region corresponding to a second part of the electronic device. The second region has a lower temperature than that of the first region. An antenna is located over at least the first region and optionally the second region of the electronic device. A conductor is arranged over at least the first region of the electronic device to transmit heat from the first region to the second region. The conductor operates in conjunction with the antenna and is adjacent to at least a part of the antenna to prevent the conductor from interfering with the antenna.

Abstract: A satellite system includes directional antenna with a gain pattern response having nulls where interfering adjacent satellite signals would be received. Using an electronically scanned array (ESA), sub-arrays of the ESA sample interfering adjacent satellite signals and then filter the sampled signals from the primary single received by the ESA. Digital signal processing increases the accuracy of the filtering process by analyzing the interfering adjacent satellite signal to determine the angle-of-arrival of the signal.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a miniaturized dual-polarized base station antenna, comprising a radiation device and a feeding unit. The feeding unit comprises two coaxial cables and two vertical baluns consisting of two conductors, and the radiation device is supported on a reflecting plate. The radiation device consists of four crossed oscillators and four groups of symmetric striplines, and the four groups of symmetric striplines are in the center of the radiation device and connected to the crossed oscillators and feed the four crossed oscillators in a matched manner. In the center of the radiation device, the adjacent conductors of the four groups of symmetric striplines are connected to each other to form an end-to-end connected closed conductor ring, and a top conductor sheet on the center of the radiation device is a square or circular metal member.

Abstract: Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for electrically tuning radiators in a portable device. The electrical tuning implements platform independent radiating elements or antennas in a portable device.

Abstract: A housing apparatus is described which comprises a hollow conductor which is adapted for guiding an electromagnetic wave having a predeterminable wavelength and which comprises an edge surface which extends substantially perpendicularly to the propagation direction of an electromagnetic wave guided by the hollow conductor, wherein the housing apparatus comprises both a wall element and a protection apparatus having a bearing surface. The wall element holds the protection apparatus on an end of the hollow conductor by means of a pressing force.

Abstract: An antenna mast assembly with an alignment plumb is provided which allows for increased speed and accuracy in aligning antenna masts. The antenna mast assembly includes an antenna mast. An upper end of the mast extends in a first direction and a lower end of the mast extends in a second direction with an angle between the first and second directions. The bend in the mast creates the angle between the upper and lower ends. The upper end of the mast is connected to an antenna. The mast also includes an orientation indicator near its lower end and aligned with the first direction. The mast assembly also includes a foot configured to couple the lower end of the mast to a mounting surface and a plumb coupled to the foot. The plumb includes a plumb indicator that aligns with the mast orientation indicator and indicates that the upper end of the mast is orientated vertically.

Abstract: An antenna includes a first electrical conductor that is shaped to form a spiral between its first and second ends that remain electrically unconnected such that the first electrical conductor so-shaped is maintained as an unconnected single-component open-circuit having inductance and capacitance. In the presence of a time-varying electromagnetic field, the first electrical conductor so-shaped resonates to generate a harmonic electromagnetic field response having a frequency, amplitude and bandwidth. A second electrical conductor includes a loop portion overlapping at least a portion of the spiral. The second electrical conductor is electrically isolated from the first electrical conductor. A radio frequency transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving electromagnetic energy is electrically coupled to the second electrical conductor.