Patents Examined by Amal Patel
  • Patent number: 11264704
    Abstract: A base station antenna is provided, including at least two antenna sub-arrays. Each antenna sub-array includes a circuit board and two antenna oscillators. The circuit board includes a circuit substrate, and a first and second power divider disposed on a surface of the circuit substrate. The first and second power divider include a first, second and third end. Each antenna oscillator includes two pairs of first and second oscillator units of which polarizations are orthogonal. The second and third end of the first power divider are respectively electrically connected to the first oscillator unit of a first and second antenna oscillator. The second and third end of the second power divider is respectively electrically connected to the second oscillator unit of the first and second antenna oscillator. Two antenna oscillators form a 4T4R transceiving mode. The base station antenna of the present disclosure has the advantage of simple feeding mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lulong Li, Hua Jiang
  • Patent number: 11264717
    Abstract: A dual-band antenna, a wireless local area network (WLAN) device, and a method for manufacturing a dual-band antenna, where the dual-band antenna includes a conductive plane, a smooth curved-surface assembly joined onto the conductive plane, and a feed pin connected to the smooth curved-surface assembly. The conductive plane is configured to function as a first antenna, for receiving and sending a radio frequency signal of a first frequency band, and the smooth curved-surface assembly is configured to function as a second antenna, for receiving and sending a radio frequency signal of a second frequency band. Hence, a curved surface of a surface of the curved-surface assembly that is used as the second antenna transits smoothly. Therefore, a current is distributed relatively evenly, and radiation efficiency is relatively high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Zhou, Bo Yuan, Xingfeng Jiang, Kun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11258182
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to reflectarray antenna for enhanced wireless applications. The reflectarray antenna has a ground conductive plane, a dielectric substrate coupled to the ground conductive plane, and a patterned conductive plane coupled to the dielectric substrate and comprising an array of cells to generate an antenna gain. In some aspects, each cell in the array of cells includes a reflector element with a predetermined custom configuration and configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and to generate an RF return beam at a predetermined direction. Other examples disclosed herein relate to a portable reflectarray and a method of fabricating a reflectarray antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Taha Shahvirdi Dizaj Yekan, Maha Achour
  • Patent number: 11245178
    Abstract: A WIFI antenna, including: a dipole including a first radiator and a second radiator that are arranged opposite to and spaced apart from each other; a feeding port provided at adjacent ends of the first radiator and the second radiator; a balun structure including a first access portion, a second access portion provided opposite to the first access portion, and an intermediate portion connecting the first access portion with the second access portion, and the intermediate portion having an annular structure; the first access portion of the balun structure is connected to the first radiator at the feeding port, and the second access portion is connected to the second radiator at the feeding port. Setting of the WIFI antenna provides characteristics of omnidirectional radiation, high gain and high physical stability, which not only improves the gain, but also fully covers the WIFI frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yachuan Shen, Lei Zheng, Yongsheng Peng, Hongjun Wang
  • Patent number: 11245181
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for wireless power transfer and communications are provided. In one embodiment, a wireless power transfer system comprises an external transmit resonator configured to transmit wireless power, an implantable receive resonator configured to receive the transmitted wireless power from the transmit resonator, and communications antenna in the implantable receive resonator configured to send communication information to the transmit resonator. The communications antenna can include a plurality of gaps positioned between adjacent conductive elements, the gaps being configured to prevent or reduce induction of current in the plurality of conductive elements when the antenna is exposed to a magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Gerald Heppell
  • Patent number: 11245198
    Abstract: A radar antenna includes parasitic elements for influencing the radiation characteristics of the radar antenna, the radiation characteristics of the radar antenna being dependent upon the spatial position of the parasitic elements relative to the radar antenna and phase positions (?1, ?2, ?3) of energies radiated off the radar antenna and the parasitic elements. The radar antenna is designed using microstrip technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Astyx GmbH
    Inventors: Benedikt Schulte, Andre Giere
  • Patent number: 11233314
    Abstract: A mobile terminal comprises: a terminal body; and a first antenna device and a second antenna device disposed at one side of the terminal body in an adjacent manner, and formed to operate at different frequency bands, wherein the first antenna device and the second antenna device are provided with conductive members each having a slit at one side thereof, and wherein the conductive members form part of an appearance of the terminal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunmo Kang, Kangjae Jung, Sungjoon Hong, Byungwoon Jung, Sungjung Rho
  • Patent number: 11228097
    Abstract: An apparatus for exchanging liquid crystal (LC) between two areas of an antenna array and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an antenna element array having a plurality of radiating radio-frequency (RF) antenna elements formed using portions of first and second substrates with a liquid crystal (LC) therebetween, and a structure between the first and second substrates and outside the area of the RF antenna elements to collect LC from an area between the first and second substrates forming the RF antenna elements due to LC expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Howard Linn, Cagdas Varel, Felix Chen
  • Patent number: 11228115
    Abstract: Apparatus for Manufacture and In-Space Assembly of Antennas comprising: a prefabricated primary reflector center section; a trusselator truss assembler; a phased feed array; wherein said prefabricated reflector center section, trusselator, and phased feed array are fixedly connected to one another; a self-positioning and orienting tool; a truss extending from said trusselator; a secondary reflector attached to said truss; robotic arms; a nibbler end effector mounted on one of said robotic arms; a grapple end effector mounted on one of said robotic arms; a mold for casting a piece of a primary reflector; a power cube; a solar array providing power to said power cube; refabricator plus; and an ESPA ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Tethers Unlimited Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Hoyt
  • Patent number: 11228086
    Abstract: An antenna package comprising a chip package including a plurality of feed lines, a first half antenna subassembly electrically coupled to the feed lines, and a second half antenna subassembly electrically coupled to the feed lines, wherein the first and second half antenna subassemblies point away from each other in a direction substantially perpendicular to the chip package. The antenna subassemblies may be millimeter (mm) wave antennas covering from approximately 24 to 43.5 GHz. The antenna subassemblies include a flex substrate formed from printed circuit boards (PCB) or flex-film PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Jon Lasiter, Ravindra Vaman Shenoy, Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, Seong Heon Jeong, Jeremy Darren Dunworth
  • Patent number: 11196173
    Abstract: Subreflectors for frequency-reuse types of satellite communication system which cover the S and C bands take the form of a three-dimensional waveguide with cross dipoles on each end, where each branch of each dipole is electrically connected by conductor that passes through the center of a substrate that fills the volume of the waveguide. The frequency selective surface sub-reflector is configured to permit the S-band antenna to transmit therethrough with an insertion loss of less than 0.5 decibels, and to reflect transmissions of the C-band antenna with transmissions through the frequency selective surface sub-reflector being less than 15 decibels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hatem Malek Rmili, Majed Nour, Raj Mittra, Asim Ghalib
  • Patent number: 11177566
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a dielectric cover and a phased antenna array for conveying millimeter wave signals. A conductive pocket may be mounted to the cover. The pocket may include a conductive rear wall and conductive sidewalls that extend from a periphery of the rear wall to the cover. The array may be mounted to the rear wall and may convey signals through the cover. The sidewalls may extend from the cover at non-zero angles with respect to the normal axis of the cover. The shape of the pocket and the cover may be selected so that the pocket is non-resonant at frequencies handled by the array, to mitigate destructive interference within the pocket, to block surface waves from propagating along the cover, and to tweak the radiation pattern of the array to exhibit a desired shape and directionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jiangfeng Wu, Lijun Zhang, Siwen Yong, Yi Jiang, Mattia Pascolini
  • Patent number: 11171405
    Abstract: A planar flexible ultra-wide band (UWB) RF antenna includes a flexible non-electrically-conductive substrate and at least one antenna patch having electrically conductive metal positioned on one side of the flexible non-electrically-conductive substrate and having geometry defining a wirelessly transmitted UWB signal. The antenna may electrically couple with an RF transmitter circuit formed on a second side of the flexible substrate and controlled by a microcontroller circuit, formed on the second side, to transmit a radio signal. The RF tag may include at least one decoupling circuit directly electrically connected to the RF antenna and having a decoupling frequency that is different from a transmitting frequency of the antenna. The decoupling circuit transfers power from the antenna when the antenna receives capacitive power from an external non-electrical contact charger operating at the decoupling frequency and having at least one plate of similar geometry to the at least one antenna patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ISOLYNX, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander T. Farkas
  • Patent number: 11152709
    Abstract: An antenna assembly, a wireless-communication-enabled device and an intelligent home or office appliance including such antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes an antenna including an antenna body and a feeder, and at least one functional module arranged to operate with a function different from that provided by the antenna; wherein the at least one functional module includes at least one electrical connection module arranged to connects with an external electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kwok Wa Leung, Lei Guo, Kim Fung Tsang
  • Patent number: 11145985
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body and a feed device. A conductive housing of the first body includes a first closed slot, a second closed slot, a feed point and a ground point. The feed device includes a circuit substrate, a feed portion, a ground portion, a first connection portion and a second connection portion. The circuit substrate includes a first surface, a second surface, first conductive holes and second conductive holes, and the first surface faces the conductive housing. The feed portion and the ground portion are disposed on the second surface. The feed portion is electrically connected to the feed point, and the ground portion is electrically connected to the ground point. The feed device and the conductive housing form an antenna. The antenna operates in first and second bands through first and second paths formed by the first and the second closed slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Ching-Hsiang Ko, Chao-Hsu Wu, Shih-Keng Huang, Cheng-Hsiung Wu, Ya-Jyun Li
  • Patent number: 11145953
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises a housing comprising: a front surface plate; a rear surface plate spaced apart from the front surface plate opposite thereto; and a side surface member surrounding a space between the front surface plate and the rear surface plate, wherein at least a portion of the side surface member comprises at least one conductive portion disposed between a first nonconductive portion and a second nonconductive portion; at least one wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the conductive portion; a conductive plate disposed in the space, and comprising a slot having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the conductive portion; a conductor disposed on the conductive plate; and at least one conductive member dividing the slot into a plurality of portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Sik Kim, Ho-Yeon Kim, Hyeontae Cho, Ji-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11145955
    Abstract: A wireless handheld or portable device includes an antenna system operable in a first frequency region and a higher, second frequency region. The antenna system comprises an antenna structure, a matching and tuning system, and an external input/output (I/O) port. The antenna structure comprises at least one radiating element including a connection point, a ground plane layer including at least one connection point, and at least one internal I/O port. At least one radiating element of the antenna structure protrudes beyond the ground plane layer. The antenna structure features at any of its internal I/O ports when disconnected from the matching and tuning system an input return loss curve having a minimum at a frequency outside the first frequency region of the antenna system. The matching and tuning system modifies the impedance of the antenna structure and provides impedance matching to the antenna system in the first and second regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Ignion, S.L.
    Inventors: Jaume Anguera Pros, Ivan Sanz, Carles Puente Baliarda, Josep Mumbru
  • Patent number: 11133605
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a ground plane, a feeding connection element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, and a shorting radiation element. The feeding connection element is coupled to a signal source. The first radiation element and the second radiation element are coupled to the feeding connection element. The second radiation element and the first radiation element substantially extend in opposite directions. The third radiation element is coupled to the ground plane. The third radiation element partially surrounds the second radiation element. The shorting radiation element is coupled between the feeding connection element and the third radiation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventor: Shih-Chiang Wei
  • Patent number: 11108129
    Abstract: An antenna assembly, a wireless-communication-enabled device and an intelligent home or office appliance including such antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes an antenna including an antenna body and a feeder, and at least one functional module arranged to operate with a function different from that provided by the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kwok Wa Leung, Lei Guo, Kim Fung Tsang
  • Patent number: 11095037
    Abstract: An antenna module includes: a connection member including at least one wiring layer and at least one insulating layer; an integrated circuit (IC) disposed on a first surface of the connection member and electrically connected to the at least one wiring layer; an antenna package including antenna members configured to transmit or receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, a feed vias each having one end electrically connected to a respective one of the antenna members and another end electrically connected to the at least one wiring layer, and a dielectric layer having a height greater than a height of the at least one insulating layer, and having a first surface facing a second surface of the connection member; and dielectric members disposed in positions corresponding to the antenna members on the second surface of the antenna package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo Il Kim, Yong Ho Baek, Jin Seon Park, Young Sik Hur