Patents Examined by Michael Bouizza
  • Patent number: 10074903
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus may be provided that includes: a radiating metal; a ground which is connected to the radiating metal; a first impedance which forms a first path by being connected between the radiating metal and the ground, has an impedance value which is changed depending on a frequency, and opens the first path in response to a predetermined frequency, and a second impedance which forms a second path parallel with the first path by being connected between the radiating metal and the ground, has an impedance value which is changed depending on a frequency, and short-circuits the second path in response to the predetermined frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Bumkyum Kim, Taeyeop Lee, Youngho Cho, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 10074891
    Abstract: A thin, flexible antenna module is provided for use in a smartphone. When the antenna module is assembled in the smartphone, the antenna module provides an MST antenna and an NFC antenna. For this, the antenna module includes a flexible PCB containing coils and further includes a magnetic sheet engaged with flexible PCB. The flexible PCB and the magnetic sheet are attached to each other to form a single body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Sung Kang, Jung Min Kim, Kyoung Jun Choi, Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9923271
    Abstract: Described embodiments include an antenna system and method. The antenna system includes at least two surface scattering antenna segments. Each segment includes a respective electromagnetic waveguide structure, and a respective plurality of electromagnetic wave scattering elements. The wave scattering elements are distributed along the waveguide structure, have an inter-element spacing substantially less than a free-space wavelength of a highest operating frequency of the antenna segment, have a respective activatable electromagnetic response to a propagating guided wave, and are operable in combination to produce a controllable radiation pattern. A gain definition circuit defines a series of at least two radiation patterns selected to facilitate a convergence on an antenna radiation pattern that maximizes a radiation performance metric. An antenna controller sequentially establishes each radiation pattern. A receiver receives the desired field of view signal and the undesired field of view signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9882286
    Abstract: A cylindrical antenna includes: a hollow cylinder having a height, an inner radius b, an axis, a cylindrical surface, and two ends; a ground plane on one end of the cylinder; an antenna wire extending from a center of the cylinder at one end on a ground plane along the axis and ending below the height of the cylinder; and a layer of near zero index (NZI) metamaterial surrounding and adjacent to the cylindrical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: David A. Tonn
  • Patent number: 9865916
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes an antenna holder, a radiating body, a feed portion, and a grounding portion. The antenna holder includes a plurality of surfaces. The feed portion is positioned on one surface of the antenna holder and electronically connected to a first end of the radiating body. The ground portion is positioned on one surface of the antenna holder and electronically connected to a second end of the radiating body so as to form a loop antenna. An electronic element is surrounded by the loop antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tze-Hsuan Chang, Cho-Kang Hsu
  • Patent number: 9859617
    Abstract: An antenna methodology where a set of antennas are formed that take the shape of a mobile wireless device and can be integrated into the outer housing of the mobile device. Tuning points are integrated into the design to provide the capability to compensate for hand effects and loading while the mobile device and antenna are touched by the user. The body then becomes a part of the antenna and acts as an anchor for the poles within the matching circuit. These antennas are actively tuned based on detection criteria while dynamically tracking system performance. The structure is based on a loaded loop coupled to an isolated magnetic dipole (IMD) element. The loop is actively tuned according to design rules residing in a processor in the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ETHERTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Laurent Desclos, Sung-Soo Nam, Ji-Chul Lee, Sung Hawan, Chun-Su Yoon
  • Patent number: 9812790
    Abstract: An antenna system is provided comprising first, second, and third loop antennas, each antenna having a respective loop area and spaced apart from the other antennas. The first and third antennas are configured and driven to form a first independent balanced feed point that is substantially isolated from the second antenna, which is configured to be driven from a second balanced feed point. A sum of the first and second respective loop areas, at a sum port in operable communication with the first and second balanced feed points, is substantially equivalent to the third respective loop area. An automatic control system is configured to automatically and independently adjust, via the balanced feed points, at least one of amplitude and phase for at least one of the three loop antennas, to help to substantially maximize suppression of RFI for a sum of signals from the first and second balanced feed points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas G. Lavedas
  • Patent number: 9812779
    Abstract: Modulation patterns for surface scattering antennas provide desired antenna pattern attributes such as reduced side lobes and reduced grating lobes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventors: Pai-Yen Chen, Tom Driscoll, Siamak Ebadi, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Melroy Machado, Milton Perque, Jr., David R. Smith, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov
  • Patent number: 9806415
    Abstract: Modulation patterns for surface scattering antennas provide desired antenna pattern attributes such as reduced side lobes and reduced grating lobes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventors: Pai-Yen Chen, Tom Driscoll, Siamak Ebadi, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Melroy Machado, Milton Perque, Jr., David R. Smith, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov
  • Patent number: 9806416
    Abstract: Modulation patterns for surface scattering antennas provide desired antenna pattern attributes such as reduced side lobes and reduced grating lobes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventors: Pai-Yen Chen, Tom Driscoll, Siamak Ebadi, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Melroy Machado, Milton Perque, Jr., David R. Smith, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov
  • Patent number: 9806414
    Abstract: Modulation patterns for surface scattering antennas provide desired antenna pattern attributes such as reduced side lobes and reduced grating lobes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventors: Pai-Yen Chen, Tom Driscoll, Siamak Ebadi, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Melroy Machado, Milton Perque, Jr., David R. Smith, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov
  • Patent number: 9793597
    Abstract: A multi-frequency antenna comprising an IMD element, one or more active tuning elements and one or more parasitic elements. The IMD element is used in combination with the active tuning and parasitic elements for enabling a variable frequency at which the antenna operates, wherein, when excited, the parasitic elements may couple with the IMD element to change an operating characteristic of the IMD element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Ethertronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Shamblin, Chulmin Han, Rowland Jones, Sebastian Rowson, Laurent Desclos
  • Patent number: 9761947
    Abstract: A flattened antenna oscillator structure has a square frame with an opening in the middle of a lower side. Two vertical oscillator leads parallel to left and right sides are symmetrically arranged inside the frame. Lower ends of the vertical oscillator leads extend into the opening to form feeder contacts. The left and right sides of the frame have plural inward extending matching leads connected with the vertical oscillator leads. The pair of leads at the uppermost end is connected with the upper ends of the vertical oscillator leads. The layout of the antenna oscillator improves the anti-deformation ability of a whole antenna while combining different frequency bands and different frequencies, which improves the signal reception and receiving quality of the antenna oscillator. A variety of modulation structures are further arranged to maximize the receiving power of the antenna and reduce the loss caused by mutual interference between signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ANTOP TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ruidian Yang
  • Patent number: 9735476
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus includes a first antenna array and a second antenna array. The first antenna array includes multiple first radiating elements for transmitting radio signals of a first frequency. The second antenna array includes multiple second radiating elements for transmitting radio signals of a second frequency, wherein the first and second radiating elements are arranged in a staggered manner; wherein each of the first radiating elements is disposed between two of the second radiating elements; and wherein each of the second radiating elements is disposed between two of the first radiating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: I-Ru Liu, Chih-Chang Hsieh, Yi-Chang Chen, Yang-Te Fu, Chang-Cheng Liu, Chun-Teng Hsu
  • Patent number: 9728843
    Abstract: Antenna including a wire made of a conducting polymer. The wire is sewn into fabric material in a selected pattern. A preferred conducing polymer is polypyrrole. It is also preferred that the wire be encased in a non-conductive, low dielectric plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ian W. Hunter, Lauren Montemayor, Eli Travis Paster, Priam Pillai, Bryan P. Ruddy
  • Patent number: 9722307
    Abstract: A terminal antenna structure, the antenna structure includes: a dielectric plate, a metal plate, a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feeding strip, and a feeding point, where the metal plate covers a dielectric plate; the CPW feeding strip and the feeding point are disposed on the dielectric plate; the feeding point is disposed at one end of the feeding strip, and the feeding point is connected to the metal plate to implement feed connection between the CPW feeding strip and the metal plate; a hole is opened on the metal plate, and the hole includes a first part and a second part on one side of the first part close to the center of the metal plate or on two sides of the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lintao Jiang, Yi Fan, Yao Lan, Jie Qi
  • Patent number: 9715007
    Abstract: An antenna array for use with an X-band weather radar system comprises a printed circuit board, a plurality of antenna elements, and a plurality of integrated circuit packages. The printed circuit board includes a first side and an opposing second side. The antenna elements are configured to transmit and receive radio waves at frequencies in the X-band. The antenna elements are electrically connected to the first side of the printed circuit board and positioned thereon in a two-dimensional array. A center of each antenna element is located on a point of a grid with grid points orthogonally spaced apart. Each integrated circuit package includes a transmitter electronic circuit and a receiver electronic circuit that are each in electronic communication with one antenna element. Each integrated circuit package is positioned on the first side of the printed circuit board to underlie one antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Garmin International, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam G. Lohoefener, David R. Metzger
  • Patent number: 9711852
    Abstract: Modulation patterns for surface scattering antennas provide desired antenna pattern attributes such as reduced side lobes and reduced grating lobes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventors: Pai-Yen Chen, Tom Driscoll, Siamak Ebadi, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Melroy Machado, Milton Perque, Jr., David R. Smith, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov
  • Patent number: 9705208
    Abstract: An antenna device includes coil antennas each including a coil conductor wound around a winding axis and a planar conductor that includes at least one edge and that is superposed with at least a portion of each of the coil antennas when viewed in plan. Winding axes of the plurality of coil antennas are parallel or substantially parallel to each other and so as to extend along a surface of the planar conductor, first coil opening ends of coil openings of the coil antennas in a direction in which the winding axes extend are contiguous with the edge and the coil antennas are connected such that magnetic fields generated by the coil antennas are in phase with each other. When W represents a width of the planar conductor, A represents a central spacing of the coil antennas and B represents a distance from a center of a coil antenna to a side of the planar conductor, A?( 3/10)W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Ito
  • Patent number: 9698484
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically adjusting a plurality of tunable passive antennas, for instance a plurality of tunable passive antennas of a radio transceiver using several antennas simultaneously. The invention also relates to an automatically tunable antenna array using this method. An automatically tunable antenna array of the invention has 4 user ports, and comprises: 4 tunable passive antennas, the 4 tunable passive antennas operating simultaneously in a given frequency band and forming a multiport antenna array; 4 sensing units; 4 feeders; a signal processing unit delivering a tuning instruction; and a tuning control unit, the tuning control unit receiving the tuning instruction from the signal processing unit, the tuning control unit delivering tuning control signals to the tunable passive antennas, the tuning control signals being determined as a function of the tuning instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Tekcem
    Inventors: Frédéric Broyde, Evelyne Clavelier