Including Balanced Doublet-type Antenna Patents (Class 343/730)
  • Publication number: 20100309068
    Abstract: An antenna includes a dipole radiator region forming a series resonant tank having a first quality factor value Q1, and a loop compensator/radiator region integral with the dipole region and forming a parallel resonant tank having a second quality factor value Q2 that is substantially equal to Q2. The antenna may be a conductive sheet antenna (e.g., comprising copper tape) having a generally “A” shaped structure with a discontinuity in a middle segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Duron, Richard Knadle
  • Publication number: 20100302112
    Abstract: An antenna for circular polarization having an electrical dipole radiator which is oriented essentially parallel to an electrically conductive base surface in a plane of symmetry SE oriented perpendicular to the electrically conductive base surface. The dipole is in connection with a slot radiator which is configured in an electrically conductive base surface, with its longitudinal expanse along the intersection line between the plane of symmetry SE and the electrically conductive base surface. The slot radiator connection location is formed by means of connection points situated at the longitudinal edges and lying opposite one another. The electrical dipole radiator and the slot radiator are tuned to one another in their resonance frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: DELPHI DELCO ELECTRONICS EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan LINDENMEIER, Heinz LINDENMEIER, Jochen HOPF, Leopold REITER
  • Publication number: 20100283694
    Abstract: A composite antenna achieves favorable radiation characteristics and favorable communication performance, and can be used in short distance communication as well as long distance communication. The composite antenna includes a dipole antenna having an elongated shape, a loop antenna including at least one pair of opposing end portions, and a connection portion arranged to connect the dipole antenna and a point of the loop antenna at which the amplitude of a current flowing in the loop antenna has a maximum value. The dipole antenna performs long distance communication utilizing an electric field, and the loop antenna performs short distance communication utilizing a magnetic field. This composite antenna may be used as a wireless IC device in RFID systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noboru KATO
  • Publication number: 20100259456
    Abstract: A multi-layer reactively loaded isolated magnetic (IMD) dipole with improved bandwidth and efficiency characteristics to be used in wireless communications and other applicable systems. The multi-layer IMD antenna comprises a first element positioned above a ground plane, a second element positioned above a ground plane and coupled to the first portion. Reactive components are integrated into one or both elements to optimize the frequency response of the antenna. The range of frequencies covered to be determined by the shape, size, and number of elements in the physical configuration of the components. Portions of or the entire ground plane can be removed beneath the elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: ETHERTRONICS, INC
    Inventors: Laurent Desclos, Sebastian Rowson, Jeffrey Shamblin, Young Cha, Chulmin Han, Byoeng Sug Kwak
  • Publication number: 20100194651
    Abstract: A multi-input multi-output antenna according to the present invention comprises a dipole antenna and a multi-slot antenna for inputting and outputting signals; wherein the multi-slot antenna has at least one metal sheet having an L-shaped section, which has a bend formed in the middle part thereof and has a vertical section and a horizontal section provided on the both sides respectively, and a slot which connects the vertical section and the horizontal section is disposed on the metal sheet, and the vertical section and the horizontal section have a notch having an opening formed therein respectively; thereby to make up an antenna capable of effectively isolating an input frequency from an output frequency without interfering with signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventor: Shi-Lin Huang
  • Publication number: 20100182211
    Abstract: The invention concerns a multi-layer film element (1) and a process for the production of such a film element. The multi-layer film element (1) has at least one flexible dielectric layer (16) and one or more electrically conductive layers (15, 17) each comprising an electrically conductive material. The layer thickness of the electrically conductive layer or layers is in each case less than 20 ?m. The electrically conductive layer or layers are shaped in pattern form for forming two or more conductor structures which are coupled together to afford an antenna structure galvanically connected to an electric circuit (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & CO. KG
    Inventor: John Anthony Peters
  • Patent number: 7760150
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an antenna apparatus whose directional characteristic can be switched 90 degrees conforming to the communication mode at the same time as the frequency band can be switched in response to the communication mode for application to a multiband radio for covering different communication modes such as voice communications and data communications, and a radio using the antenna apparatus. An antenna apparatus 1 of the invention includes linear radiator 2, 3; a first linear director 4; and first and second linear conductors 5 and 6 connected at one end to the radiator 2, 3and at an opposite end to the first director 4 through switches 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Junji Sato
  • Publication number: 20100103061
    Abstract: A unidirectional wireless antenna with a front-to-back ratio of 20 dB comprises a loop antenna and a dipole antenna interconnected by a metallic element and printed on a printed circuit board. The antenna is small in size but provides good unidirectional transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Edward Kai Ning YUNG, Pak Wai CHAN, Hang WONG
  • Publication number: 20100097280
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a transponder device (10) having an antenna arrangement and a chip (13) disposed on an antenna substrate (11), wherein the antenna arrangement comprises at least a first antenna unit formed as a loop antenna (16) that is connected electrically conductively to contact surfaces (14, 15) of the chip via conductor ends of an antenna conductor (17) that is used for the formation of the loop antenna, and wherein the antenna arrangement besides the first antenna unit comprises at least one further antenna unit formed as a dipole antenna (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Smartrac IP B.V.
    Inventors: Glen Zirbes, Scott Stole, Martin Kuschewski
  • Patent number: 7599714
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus may increase or extend the range of wireless communication cells for a given throughput in a downlink of a wireless communication system. When transmitting data in a downlink of a plurality of access point cells in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the range of the downlink may be increased for a given throughput under one or more radiated power constraints. The method includes providing a plurality of antennas at an access point to transmit the data to a wireless unit under at least one of a first and a second radiated power constraints. The method further includes using the plurality of antennas for beamforming over a group of sub-carriers subject to the first and/or second radiated power constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventor: Alexandr Kuzminskiy
  • Publication number: 20090231222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable compact antenna formed from a first dipole type radiating element operating in a first frequency band and comprising a first and at least one second conductive arm, differentially supplied, the first arm, referred to as cold arm, forming at least one cover for an electronic card and the second arm, referred to as hot arm, being linked to the cold arm at the level of the supply. According to the invention, the hot arm comprises at least one slot resonating in a second frequency band such as the GSM band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Jean-Francois Pintos, Ali Louzir
  • Publication number: 20090231208
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna can be realized by using a common antenna element with a simple configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Egawa, Yoshio Koyanagi, Hiroshi Haruki
  • Patent number: 7580000
    Abstract: In a folded dipole antenna, both ends of a first dipole portion with a feeding portion are connected to both ends of a second dipole portion so that a slot portion may be formed, and the first and the second dipole portion have a width for generating a linearly-polarized wave in a slot mode (in a longitudinal direction) when an RFID chip is mounted on the feeding portion. A terminal of a chip is actually connected to an antenna terminal of the feeding portion of the folded dipole antenna to realize a tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Kai, Toru Maniwa, Takashi Yamagajo
  • Patent number: 7561112
    Abstract: A composite antenna device includes a ground board, an unbalanced antenna, a balanced antenna. The unbalanced antenna includes a first feeding point coupled with the ground board, a first radiator having a second end and a first end connected with the first feeding point, and a load conductor connected with the second end. The balanced antenna includes a second feeding point, a second radiator connected with the second feeding point, and a third radiator connected with the second feeding point. The load conductor has a shape symmetrical about a straight line which passes through the first feeding point and which is perpendicular to the ground board. The second radiator and the third radiator are placed at positions symmetrical to each other about the straight line, respectively, and have shapes symmetrical to each other about the straight line. The composite antenna has a large isolation between the unbalanced antenna and the balanced antenna, accordingly having a small size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Motohiko Sako
  • Publication number: 20090115672
    Abstract: A diversity antenna for use with a portable host device such as a laptop computer, for example as part of a PCMCIA card pluggable into the laptop computer to enable wireless computer by the laptop computer, includes a main antenna and a diversity antenna. Various configurations for these antennas are possible, including the use of a balanced dipole as the main antenna element and a split diversity antenna for the diversity antenna element. The diversity antenna provides high isolation between the antenna elements and isolation from interfering self-noise generated by the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: SIERRA WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventor: Paul A. Nysen
  • Publication number: 20090115673
    Abstract: A diversity antenna for use with a portable host device such as a laptop computer, for example as part of a PCMCIA card pluggable into the laptop computer to enable wireless computer by the laptop computer, includes a main antenna and a diversity antenna. Various configurations for these antennas are possible, including the use of a balanced dipole as the main antenna element and a split diversity antenna for the diversity antenna element. The diversity antenna provides high isolation between the antenna elements and isolation from interfering self-noise generated by the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventor: Paul A. Nysen
  • Publication number: 20090109104
    Abstract: There is disclosed an antenna device comprising a pair of physically and electrically symmetrical radiating elements configured for cooperative operation as a balanced antenna, and a third radiating element configured for operation as an unbalanced antenna The balanced antenna may be configured for operation in a first frequency band, and the unbalanced antenna may be configured for operation in a second frequency band Embodiments of the disclosed antenna device provide multiband operation close to a conductive groundplane and are strongly resistant to detuning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: ANTENOVA LIMITED
    Inventors: Jonathan Ide, Simon Philip Kingsley, Steven Gregory O'keefe, Seppo Saario, Devis Iellici, Robert Walter Schlub, Brian Collins
  • Publication number: 20080062054
    Abstract: A complex antenna adapted for used in a electronic device, comprises a rod antenna, a helical antenna, a dipole antenna comprising a radiating element and a grounding element, and a feeding line. The feeding line comprises an inner conductor electrically connecting to the radiating element at a first joint position and an outer conductor electrically connecting to the grounding element at a second joint position. The first joint position is tightly covered by a insulating tubular element for avoiding to be destroyed and oxidized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Yun-Long Ke, Yao-Shien Huang, Shang-Jen Chen, Chen-Ta Hung, Po-Kang Ku
  • Patent number: 7339542
    Abstract: An ultra-broadband antenna system is disclosed. The antenna system is a single tubular antenna structure comprising an asymmetrical dipole fed with a biconical dipole. The biconical dipole covers the high frequency spectrum, while the asymmetrical dipole covers intermediate frequencies. The invention further relates to a combination of the two dipole structures such that together they act as a monopole to cover the low frequency spectrum. A first RF connector attaches to the asymmetrical dipole and the biconical dipole, and a second RF connector excites the combination of the two dipoles as one large monopole. A choke minimizes interference between the asymmetrical/biconical dipoles and the monopole. The resulting frequency span is greater than 500:1, providing operation over the range of 20 MHz to 10 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: FIRST RF Corporation
    Inventor: Farzin Lalezari
  • Patent number: 7170449
    Abstract: An antenna system for ground penetrating radar, comprising at least two orthogonally mounted transmitter antenna elements (1, 2) and at least two orthogonally mounted receiver antenna elements (3, 4), in which the antenna elements consist of triangular monopoles formed by adding metal surfaces to a plate carrier (6), made of fiberglass substrate, that is mounted on the bottom side of a layer of radar absorbing material (7), wherein the upper side of the absorber is covered by a metallic ground plane (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: 3D-Radar AS
    Inventor: Egil Eide
  • Patent number: 7088298
    Abstract: An antenna system (100) comprising a first electromagnetic radiator (102) and a second electromagnetic radiator (104) is provided. The first electromagnetic radiator incorporates an off-center series feed (112) at a pre-defined distance from a first end (114) of the antenna system. The second electromagnetic radiator incorporates a shunt feed (120) at a second pre-defined distance from a second end (122) of the antenna system. The first electromagnetic radiator is used primarily for plural band transmission-reception and the second electromagnetic radiator for antenna diversity band reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Yiu Kwong Chan
  • Patent number: 6999028
    Abstract: An antenna design for radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags. More particularly, the present invention relates to design for RFID tags particularly operating in the ultra high frequency (“UHF”) operating band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: William C. Egbert
  • Patent number: 6859176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual-band omnidirectional antenna for wireless LANs. The antenna has a planar dielectric substrate, and first and second conductive patterns. The planar dielectric substrate has two parallel surfaces. The first conductive pattern is arranged on one surface of the substrate, and is provided with a first feeder line arranged on a longitudinal central line of the substrate and a plurality of radiating elements connected to the first feeder line and designed such that some of them operate in a high frequency band (4.9 to 5.85 GHz frequency band), and others thereof operate in a low frequency band (2.4 to 2.5 GHz frequency band).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignees: Institute Information Technology Assessment
    Inventor: Jong-In Choi
  • Publication number: 20040017320
    Abstract: A dipole antenna (linearly-polarized antenna) is housed in a lower casing and a patch antenna (circularly-polarized antenna) is housed in an upper casing. The upright position of the upper casing, which is supported above the upper casing, can be changed. Thus, the effect of polarization diversity can be expected in addition to the effect of spatial diversity, so that the susceptibility to multipath influence is reduced. Also, an appropriate adjustment of the direction of the patch antenna allows the patch antenna to perform signal transmission to and/or reception from above and/or below which cannot be performed by the dipole antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dou Yuanzhu
  • Patent number: 6515628
    Abstract: A dual polarization patch antenna comprising a patch, first and second pairs of orthogonally disposed probes feeding said patch, and a first feed network for feeding said first pair of probes from a first feed point. The first feed network comprises a first feed path from said first feed point to a first probe, a second feed path from said first feed point to a second probe, said second feed path being of a different electrical length to said first feed path such as to cause cancellation of signals from said first and second probes at said second pair of probes, and a first frequency dependent element provided in said first feed path for maintaining the desired cancellation over a desired frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur George Roberts
  • Patent number: 6329951
    Abstract: An antenna system for a portable transceiver device comprises an antenna structure for transmitting and receiving RF signals. The antenna structure includes multiple feeding ports having a common structure fully coupling multiple antennas together. This antenna structure is made of a conductor that can be surface mounted over a nonplanar surface. When the conductor is mounted on a nonplanar surface, the antenna structure extends in three dimensional space around the portable communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Geyi Wen, Yihong Qi, Perry Jarmuszewski
  • Patent number: 6154184
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone which is capable of having a better gain characteristic and also capable of achieving a better circularly polarized characteristic over a wide range is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Endo, Isamu Chiba, Shuji Urasaki
  • Patent number: 6078295
    Abstract: An antenna for use with low-band, mid-band and high-band signals, including a coaxial member, a low-band and mid-band signal input connected between one end of the coaxial member outside conductor and the device chassis ground, and a high-band signal input connected between one end of the coaxial member outside conductor and the corresponding end of the coaxial member inside conductor. A first isolation filter adapted to block low-band and mid-band signals from the coaxial member is between the coaxial member and the high-band signal input. A parallel resonant circuit is at the other end of the coaxial member outside conductor and a solid conductor is connected to the parallel resonant circuit and to the other end of the coaxial member inner conductor. The low-band signal input is disconnected from high-band signals by, for example, an RF switch or a second isolation filter between the coaxial member and the low-band signal input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventor: Walter D. Rawle
  • Patent number: 5793336
    Abstract: A conformal antenna assembly disclosed has a first antenna portion sensitive to a UHF band of frequencies. A thin, flat, low-profile, weather-resistant housing encloses the first antenna portion. The housing has a conformal back surface that conforms to the shape of a support surface on which said housing is mounted. The housing has an arrangement to mount the housing to a support surface. In one form the housing is flat to mount on the side of a building and in another form is double curved to mount on the back of a satellite dish. A coaxial cable has a center conductor and a tubular outer conductor with an insulator between the conductors. The center conductor and outer conductor are connected at one end to the first antenna portion. The inner conductor terminates at the other end in an end terminal to conduct signals from the first antenna portion to the end terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Antennas America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin O. Shoemaker, Randall P. Marx
  • Patent number: 5543808
    Abstract: A dual-band antenna in which EHF signals are connected to one end of a wauide and radiated from the other and wherein a half-dipole for VHF signals is connected to the radiating end of the waveguide and the other half-dipole for VHF is formed by a shield that is coaxial with and surrounds all of the waveguide except the radiating end. VHF signals are coupled to the half-dipole formed by the shield via a matching network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Bernard E. Feigenbaum, Francis G. Loso
  • Patent number: 5465099
    Abstract: A detectable device attachable to a movable item for detecting movement. Radio waves having a predetermined frequency are received by the detectable device, and radio waves having a harmonic frequency of the received waves are reradiated from the detectable device. The detectable device comprises a dipole antenna for receiving radio waves with said predetermined frequency, a diode connected in parallel to feed points of the dipole antenna for generating an electric current having a harmonic frequency of said received radio waves. A loop antenna is provided whose feed points are connected in parallel to feed points of the diode for converting the electric current having the harmonic frequency to radio waves for transmitting the radio waves at the harmonic frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Nippon Information Industry Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Mitsui, Noriyuki Akaba, Yukitsugu Shimokawa
  • Patent number: 5457469
    Abstract: A broadband antenna system includes a frequency-dependent antenna and a frequency-independent antenna rotatably coupled to the frequency-dependent antenna. The antenna system may be arranged such that a dipole or monopole antenna is rotatably coupled to the inner or outer termination points of a spiral antenna, which is, in turn, movably coupled to a base. When the dipole antenna is coupled to the outer termination points of the spiral antenna, the elements of the spiral antenna may be extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: RDI Electronics, Incorporated
    Inventors: James A. Diamond, Maurice Diamond
  • Patent number: 5289198
    Abstract: A double-folded monopole is used on a linear antenna to produce a traveling-wave distribution of current. The double fold is positioned one-quarter wavelength from the end of the antenna. The resultant antenna has three radiating elements that are orthogonal with respect to each other. The orthogonal folded dipoles each consist of five segments designed so that the currents have comparable magnitudes and are in phase to provide near hemispherical coverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Edward E. Altshuler
  • Patent number: 5257032
    Abstract: A broadband antenna system including a frequency-dependent antenna and a frequency-independent antenna coupled to the frequency-dependent antenna. The antenna system can be arranged so that a dipole or monopole antenna is coupled to the inner or outer termination points of a spiral antenna. When the dipole antenna is coupled to the outer termination points of the spiral antenna, the elements of the spiral antenna may be extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: RDI Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Diamond, Maurice Diamond
  • Patent number: 5166697
    Abstract: The antenna system includes a complementary "bowtie" dipole-slot antenna, the antenna having symmetrical halves about a plane of symmetry. The two halves of the antenna are slanted at the plane of symmetry such that the total included angle between the halves is between 70 degrees and 120 degrees. A ground plane is positioned between the halves of the antenna extending through the plane of symmetry. A circuit is included for independently exciting the halves of the antenna. In a second embodiment the ground plane incorporates a pair of notch antennas. Thus, both vertical and horizontal polarization can be achieved independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Lockheed Corporation
    Inventors: Eduardo E. Viladevall, William N. Moule
  • Patent number: 5136303
    Abstract: A pair of bands are each secured at one end to one side of a case wherein a radio receiver is housed, and a monopole antenna having a length of 0.005.lambda. has one end connected to the feeding point of the radio receiver and its other end exposed to the outside of the case to form a contact portion for contact with the human body. A first helical antenna is supported to the one of the bands lengthwise thereof and is connected at one end to the feeding point. A second helical antenna is supported to the other band lengthwise thereof and is connected at one end to the common potential point of the radio receiver. The first and second helical antennas resonate, as one antenna, with the wavelength .lambda. used by the radio receiver, and their pitch P and helix area A are selected so that P<500A/.lambda. and P>150A/.lambda..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Keizo Cho, Kenichi Kagoshima, Kouichi Tsunekawa, Hitoshi Itakura
  • Patent number: 4658260
    Abstract: A plural band telescopic antenna, including a band for frequencies much higher than the frequencies of the AM/FM band, is realized by making one telescopic section into a dipole high frequency antenna with its coaxial cable feed line extending through the telescopic antenna to the feed point of the one section. A double-tuned dipole embodiment and different arrangements for coupling the feed line through a rotational drive force applying mechanism are shown. In one embodiment, the line feed is also used for coupling mechanical extension and retraction forces to the one section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignees: AT&T Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventor: Robert E. Myer
  • Patent number: 4598296
    Abstract: A vertically oriented dipole antenna system for filling in overhead radiation or reception coverage with equidirectional-linear polarization (a linearly polarized field vector which lies in the plane of the system's vertical and horizontal axes) having, in combination, a balanced vertically oriented cylindrical dipole the inner adjacent ends of the elements of which are connected to supplemental conductors at points near the inner end of one element substantially ninety degrees apart along the circumference of the element and each extending outward a distance of the order of 0.15 of the wavelength of the mean frequency with which the antenna is to be operated and at an acute angle of the order of 33.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Chu Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Faigen, Michael Eovine, David Thombs
  • Patent number: 4451829
    Abstract: An antenna, particularly suitable for two-way communication between a communication satellite and an aircraft in flight, having a circular polarization response, comprising a T-matched dipole element producing a pattern polarized parallel to the axis of the aircraft fuselage, and having a slot therein which is separately excited to produce an E field orthogonally polarized with respect to the pattern of the dipole. By exciting the dipole and the slot in phase quadrature, the combined patterns provide circular polarization as is necessary for satellite communications. The shape of the antenna enclosure has a very low drag and favorable aerodynamic characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Lockheed Corporation
    Inventors: Clarence W. Stuckey, Jr., Robert A. Meyers, deceased
  • Patent number: 4382260
    Abstract: The two channel transmit only antenna includes a balanced antenna and a ground plane disposed between the two radiators of the balanced antenna. The two radiators are fed by a three wire arrangement having one conductor connected to ground and the ground plane and two conductors each connected to a different one of the two radiators. A first channel filter is coupled between a first source providing a first transmit signal in a first frequency channel and one of the two conductors and a second filter is coupled between a second source providing a second transmit signal in a second frequency channel and the other of the two conductors. At least one resistor is connected between the two radiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph C. Ranghelli
  • Patent number: 4340891
    Abstract: A communication system for receiving signals from both relatively low power level portable transmitters and relatively high power mobile transmitters wherein the receiving antenna utilizes selectively gain controlled vertically and horizontally polarized elements for enhancing signals from the portable transmitters and from longer range mobile transmitters while, at the same time, degrading signals from near field mobile transmitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: James P. Phillips
  • Patent number: 4032921
    Abstract: A broad-band antenna device comprising a variable aperture element which radiates or receives signals in the high frequency portion of the band and a pair of fixed aperture elements which radiate or receive signals in the low frequency portion, the variable aperture element comprising a planar spiral antenna element with a double winding which is electrically coupled to the fixed aperture elements comprising a pair of oppositely positioned center fed slot antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: American Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas V. Sikina, Jr., Robert H. Schafer, Robert T. Klopach
  • Patent number: 3952310
    Abstract: Crossed dipole antenna apparatus configured so that the ends of adjacent dipoles are connected together to form a version of folded dipole antennas wherein there are slot antennas between adjacent dipole antennas. The combination slot and dipole antennas provide relatively broadband usable frequency range with acceptable radiation patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Leslie V. Griffee, Mardis V. Anderson