Patents by Inventor Jouni Vesa Juhani Karkinen

Jouni Vesa Juhani Karkinen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9281562
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first port configured to couple to a first location on an antenna; a second port configured to couple to a second location on the antenna; a switch configured to switch between a first electrical configuration in which the first port is coupled to radio circuitry, and a second electrical configuration in which the second port is coupled to the radio circuitry; first reactive circuitry configured to impedance match the antenna with the radio circuitry at a first operational resonant frequency band; and second reactive circuitry, different to the first reactive circuitry, and configured to impedance match the antenna with the radio circuitry at a second operational resonant frequency band, different to the first operational resonant frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jouni Vesa Juhani Karkinen, Marko Tapio Autti
  • Publication number: 20140152522
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first port configured to couple to a first location on an antenna; a second port configured to couple to a second location on the antenna; a switch configured to switch between a first electrical configuration in which the first port is coupled to radio circuitry, and a second electrical configuration in which the second port is coupled to the radio circuitry; first reactive circuitry configured to impedance match the antenna with the radio circuitry at a first operational resonant frequency band; and second reactive circuitry, different to the first reactive circuitry, and configured to impedance match the antenna with the radio circuitry at a second operational resonant frequency band, different to the first operational resonant frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jouni Vesa Juhani Karkinen, Marko Tapio Autti
  • Publication number: 20120032853
    Abstract: An apparatus for a direction finding system is described. The apparatus includes at least three antenna elements. Each antenna element faces in a facing direction different than the other antenna elements. An individual antenna element has a substantially smooth polarization gain in the corresponding facing direction. Each antenna element includes a feeding branch, a parasitic branch and a back plate. The parasitic branch and the feeding branch are disposed in a first plane perpendicular to the feeding direction. The back plate is disposed in a second plane parallel to the first plane and the second plane is behind the first plane. The apparatus may be used to receive at least one signal from a transmitter. A distance and a direction from the apparatus to the transmitter may be determined based at least in part on the received at least one signal. Methods and computer readable media are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Jouni Vesa Juhani Karkinen