Abstract: A dual band frequency selective radiator array includes a high band radiator array disposed on a dielectric layer for transmitting and receiving high band radar signals; a low band radiator array disposed on a front side of the high band radiator array for transmitting and receiving low band radar signals; a frequency selective surface (FSS) tuned to the high band radar signals forming a surface of the low band radiator array and passes the high band radar signals to the high band radiator array; and a single aperture disposed in front of the low band radiator array, the high band radiator array and the FSS for both the low band radiator array and the high band radiator array for transmitting and receiving the radar signals.

Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a sensor for sensing a physical configuration of the IHS, the physical configuration dependent upon a position of a hinge of a housing of the IIS. A first proximity sensor probe may sense whether a first biological entity element is proximate to a first antenna of the IHS, and a second proximity sensor probe may sense whether a second biological entity element is proximate to a second antenna of the IHS. The IHS may reconfigure use of at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna in response to the sensing of at least one of the first proximity sensor probe and the second proximity sensor probe.

Abstract: According to one embodiment an antenna apparatus includes: a first conductor layer; a second conductor layer; a dielectric layer between the first and the second conductor layers; a plurality of first conductor vias corresponding to a first direction; a plurality of second conductor vias opposed to the first conductor vias corresponding to the first direction; and a plurality of first openings in the first direction in a region of the first conductor layer between the first and the second conductor vias. A plurality of third conductor vias are part of the plurality of first conductor vias and are arranged along the first openings. Positions of the third conductor vias in a second direction are different from positions of others of the first conductor vias in the second direction, the second direction is substantially orthogonal to the first direction and is substantially parallel to the first conductor layer.

Abstract: An antenna arrangement includes a directional antenna assembly, the directional antenna assembly comprising a directional antenna intended to be mounted on an interface delimited by a stationary support structure, the directional antenna generally extending according to a main axis perpendicular to the plane defined by the interface, wherein the antenna arrangement further comprises a rotatable base mounted on the interface, the rotatable base comprising a pole integral with the rotatable base, the pole extending in the direction of the main axis, the rotatable base being rotatable about the main axis 11, a rotation of the rotatable base actuating the rotation of the pole about the main axis.

Abstract: Disclosed herein includes a wireless device including a first antenna configured to perform wireless communication, a second antenna configured to perform wireless communication, and a parasitic antenna. The first antenna may have a feed connected to a first impedance tuner that is connected to a first ground planes. The second antenna may have a feed connected to a second impedance tuner. The parasitic antenna may be disposed between the first and second antennas, with a feed connected to a third impedance tuner that is connected to a second ground plane. The first, second and third impedance tuners may be adjusted to configure the first, second and parasitic antennas to achieve a same resonant frequency.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including an antenna module. The electronic device may include: a housing constituting an external appearance of the electronic device, a support member including a first bridge, a printed circuit board coupled to one surface of the support member, a first antenna constituting a first part of the housing and connected to the support member through the first bridge, a second antenna constituting a second part of the housing, a cut-off portion separating the first antenna and the second antenna, and a first connection member and a second connection member coupled to the first bridge. The first connection member may be connected to a ground of the printed circuit board through a first capacitor and may be disposed closer to the cut-off portion than the second connection member connected to the ground of the printed circuit board through a second capacitor. Other embodiments are also possible.

Abstract: A system, in a programmable active reflector (AR) device associated with a first radio frequency (RF) device and a second RF device, receives a request and associated metadata from the second RF device via a first antenna array. Based on the received request and associated metadata, one or more antenna control signals are received from the first RF device. The programmable AR device is dynamically selected and controlled by the first RF device based on a set of criteria. A controlled plurality of RF signals is transmitted, via a second antenna array, to the second RF device within a transmission range of the programmable AR device based on the associated metadata. The controlled plurality of RF signals are cancelled at the second RF device based on the associated metadata.

Abstract: A lensed multi-beam base station antenna may include a plurality of linear arrays of radiating elements, a plurality of reflectors, a sidelobe suppressor, and a lens. Each array may include a plurality of radiating elements (e.g., two or more radiating elements) that extends forwardly from a planar section of a respective reflector. The sidelobe suppressor may comprise radiofrequency (RF) absorber material that absorbs energy that is emitted by a first of the arrays and that is directed toward a reflector underneath a second of the arrays. The sidelobe suppressor may comprise a RF choke that reduces the RF energy emitted by a first of the arrays that is directed toward a reflector underneath a second of the arrays.

Abstract: The disclosed structures and methods are directed to antenna systems configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal in and from different directions. An antenna for transmission of electromagnetic (EM) waves comprises a phased array and a metastructure. The phased array has radiated elements configured to radiate the EM waves. The metastructure is located at a phased array distance from the phased array to receive the EM waves at the first angle and to transmit the EM waves at a second angle, the second angle being larger than the first angle. The metastructure comprises three impedance layers arranged in parallel to each other and each impedance layer comprising a plurality of metallization elements. Each metallization element has a first dipole and a pair of first capacitance arms located on each end of the first dipole approximately perpendicular to the first dipole.

Abstract: The concepts, systems, circuits and techniques described herein are directed toward a spiral antenna which may be provided using additive manufacturing technology so as to provide an antenna capable of operation at frequencies which are higher than spiral antennas manufactured using standard photo-etch or printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing processes.

Abstract: An engine starting device includes a board on which a pin header serving as an on-board component is mounted, a case member that has a tubular shape and that is disposed so as to surround the board, and an antenna coil that is disposed in the case member and that is electrically connected to an antenna terminal partly embedded in the pin header serving as an on-board component.

Abstract: In order to reduce large sidelobes that may result from using a base station antenna with increased electronic downtilt, base station antennas according to the present disclosure may have a plurality of modules in which the columns of radiating elements of at least one of the modules are staggered or offset with respect to each other. For example, a multi-beam cellular antenna may include an antenna array having a plurality of modules, each module comprising at least three columns of radiating elements each having first polarization radiators, wherein the columns of radiating elements of at least one of the modules are staggered with respect to each other; and an antenna feed network configured to couple at least a first input signal and a second input signal to each first polarization radiator of each of the radiating elements included in a first of the plurality of modules.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a transceiver, first and second antennas, and a passive radio-frequency power distribution circuit. The distribution circuit may have a first port coupled to the transceiver, a second port coupled to the first antenna, and a third port coupled to the third antenna. The distribution circuit may include a transformer coupled between the ports. The transformer may have at least two intertwined inductors formed from conductive traces on a dielectric substrate. The intertwined inductors may be concentric about a common point. The intertwined inductors may extend from the common point to the second and third ports. The intertwined inductors may have a coil or spiral shape and may wind around the common point at least once. Intertwining the inductors may serve to minimize the lateral footprint of the distribution circuit in the device.

Abstract: A radome-reflector assembly includes a generally domed reflector having a peripheral rim and a radome assembly. The radome assembly includes: an annular ring having a front wall and a side wall: a disk that fits within the ring: and an RF-compliant absorber, wherein the rim of the reflector fits within the side wall. The radome assembly further comprises a clip that engages the rim and the ring to secure the reflector to the radome assembly.

Abstract: Antenna test systems and methods are disclosed. An antenna test system as disclosed herein can include an X-Y isolation structure that defines a plurality of unit cells, a plurality of coupling elements, with at least one coupling element within each unit cell, and a Z isolation structure. The size and general configuration of the unit cells are selected to allow the individual antenna elements of an array antenna to be placed within a unit cell. Each unit cell thus isolates an antenna element. The disclosed methods include passing energy between antenna elements and corresponding unit cells to characterize the performance of the antenna. An antenna test system as disclosed herein enables the costs associated with testing phased array antenna systems, including but not limited to antennas used in 5G communication systems, to be reduced as compared to prior techniques.

Abstract: An electronic device may have a first conductive sidewall at an upper end, a second conductive sidewall at a lower end, and a conductive rear wall. First and second antennas may be formed at the upper end and may include slots with edges defined by the first sidewall and the rear wall. Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth antennas may be formed at the lower end and may include slots with edges defined by the second sidewall and the rear wall. Each antenna may cover multiple frequency bands. First order and third order modes of the slots may contribute to the frequency responses of the third through sixth antennas. A display controller may be mounted at the lower end and may impose a lower limit on the frequencies covered by the third through sixth antennas. The first and second antennas may cover lower frequencies than the third through sixth antennas.

Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a driven element, a first set of antenna elements disposed a first distance from the driven element such that each element of the first set of antenna elements is equidistant from adjacent elements of the first set of antenna elements, and a second set of antenna elements disposed a second distance from the driven element such that each element of the second set of antenna elements is equidistant from adjacent elements of the second set of antenna elements, the second distance being larger than the first distance. The antenna assembly includes or is operably coupled to a selector module configured to select one element of the first set of antenna elements as a selected director, and select one element of the second set of antenna elements as a selected reflector by effectively shortening a length of the selected director and effectively lengthening the selected reflector.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a dielectric substrate, a ground plate arranged on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, an antenna part arranged on a second surface of the dielectric substrate, and a reflecting part. The reflecting part is arranged around the antenna part and has a plurality of conductor patches each functioning as a reflecting plate. The plurality of conductor patches form a plurality of blocks aligned along a predetermined block arrangement direction. The plurality of blocks are configured such that phases of reflected waves at an operating frequency are different for each of the blocks and phase differences of reflected waves between adjacent blocks are non-uniformly different for each of the adjacent blocks.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a node using at least one lens antenna for efficient, effective, and simultaneous multiple beam routing. The node may include a switch matrix communicatively coupling the first antenna with the second antenna. The first antenna may receive and/or transmit one or more directional beams. The second antenna may transmit and/or receive other one or more directional beams. The node may further include a controller configured to control the switch matrix for the coupling. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A method (10) for restoring a microwave link is provided. The method (10) is performed by a network entity (7) and comprises receiving (11) information from a node (3) controlling a microwave antenna (5), the information indicating that an obstacle is at least partly obscuring the microwave antenna (5), and instructing (12), based on the received information, an unmanned aerial vehicle (6) adapted for maintenance work to fly to a given location for removing the obstacle on the microwave antenna (5). A method (40) in a network node (3), a method (70) in an unmanned aerial vehicle (6) and devices are also provided.