Patents Examined by Anh N Ho
  • Patent number: 11967754
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a display panel in which an active area and a peripheral area are defined and an antenna with at least a portion overlapping the active area. The antenna includes a first pattern portion having a first characteristic impedance and a first mesh structure, a second pattern portion, and a third pattern portion. The second pattern portion is disposed adjacent to the first pattern portion and has a second characteristic impedance different from the first characteristic impedance and a second mesh structure. The third pattern portion is disposed adjacent to the second pattern portion and has a third characteristic impedance different from the second characteristic impedance and a third mesh structure. The second characteristic impedance has a value between the first characteristic impedance and the third characteristic impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLGY)
    Inventors: Jae-Kyoung Kim, WonSang Park, Gangil Byun, Jinmyeong Heo
  • Patent number: 11962094
    Abstract: The present description concerns a polarization cell (109) comprising a rectangular conductive plane having an off-centered opening, a terminal of application of an input signal located inside of the opening, a first switching element coupling the terminal to a first region of the conductive plane located in the vicinity of a first corner of the conductive plane and a second switching element coupling the terminal to a second region of the conductive plane located in the vicinity of a second corner of the conductive plane, the first and second corners being coupled by a same side of the conductive plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Antonio Clemente
  • Patent number: 11942687
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an antenna with a tension cord network coupled to a plurality of anchor points of a perimeter hoop structure. The methods comprise: using the tension cord network to support a flexible antenna reflector surface such that a given shape of the flexible antenna reflector surface is provided; and allowing locations of the anchor points to change relative to the tension cord network while the antenna is in use. The flexible antenna reflector surface is held taut when the locations of the anchor points change relative to the tension cord network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Eagle Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Philip J. Henderson, Robert M. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11936121
    Abstract: An ultra wide band antenna includes: a first antenna body including: a first planar portion; a first tapered side portion; and a first cylinder; and a second antenna body including: a second planar portion; a second tapered side portion; and a second cylinder, and a connecting portion connecting at least one of the first planar portion and the first tapered side portion on a back side of the first antenna body to at least one of the second planar portion and the second tapered side portion on a back side of the second antenna body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Uriel Zvi Odes
  • Patent number: 11923605
    Abstract: A millimeter-wave antenna for 5G applications is provided which includes an upper outer layer with a plurality of first radiating elements arranged spaced apart from each other on a first dielectric sublayer, a first inner layer arranged below the upper outer layer and having a plurality of through slots for conveying, towards the first radiating elements feeding signals to be radiated, a second inner layer arranged below and adjacent to the first inner layer having a dielectric sublayer on which there is arranged a plurality of conductive lines for conducting the feeding signals to be radiated towards the first radiating elements, a further inner layer arranged below and adjacent to the second inner layer, and a plurality of first through openings each formed on the further inner layer in a position corresponding to the position of an associated through slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ASK INDUSTRIES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Cerretelli, Agnese Mazzinghi, Angelo Freni, Fabio Casoli, Andrea Notari, Stefano Lenzini, Luca Vincetti
  • Patent number: 11916315
    Abstract: Various embodiments that relate to a circular disk configured to radiate a signal. The radiating disk can include edge openings. Within these edge openings power supplies can rest. When the power supplies function, they can cause the circular disk to radiate with either a dipole pattern or a cardioid pattern. A controller can manage how these power supplies function depending on if the dipole pattern or the cardioid pattern is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Brandon Underwood, Glenn Minko
  • Patent number: 11909096
    Abstract: An adjustable antenna positioning system feed is disclosed herein. The adjustable antenna positioning system feed includes a feed base, a splash plate assembly, and a feed insert. The feed base is configured to be coupled to a reflector. The splash plate assembly is configured to be removably coupled to the feed base. The adjustable antenna positioning system feed is in a primary arrangement when directly coupled. The feed insert is positioned between the feed base and the splash plate. The adjustable antenna positioning system feed is in a secondary arrangement when the feed insert is coupled with the feed base and the splash plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Antenna Research Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Ayotte, Sandeep Palreddy, Scott Weber, Tyler McSorley, Nicholas Keith
  • Patent number: 11894605
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first conductive portion, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing at a designated round-trip distance and configured to include a second conductive portion overlapping at least a part of the first conductive portion in a slide-in state, a wireless communication circuit disposed in the electronic device and electrically connected to the first conductive portion, and at least one electrical connection structure disposed in a second space of the second housing and configured to electrically connect the second conductive portion to the first conductive portion in the slide-in state. The wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal in at least one frequency band through the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion in the slide-in state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunsuk Kim, Youngmin Kang, Jooyoung Kang, Sanghyuk Park, Soohyun Seo, Moonchul Shin, Seungjoon Lee, Hojin Jung, Nakhyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11881615
    Abstract: An antenna device for a vehicle, the antenna device includes; an antenna; a camera; and a case that accommodates the antenna and the camera, wherein the antenna includes a capacitance loading element disposed at a position separate from the camera, and when the capacitance loading element is divided into a short-distance-side portion and a long-distance-side portion based on a distance from the camera, a length of a first portion of the short-distance-side portion is shorter than a length of a second portion of the short-distance-side portion in a height direction, in which the first portion overlaps the camera in top view and/or side view while the second portion does not overlap the camera in top view and/or side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Komori, Yuzou Harada
  • Patent number: 11879922
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an antenna arrangement for 4.5G or 5G base station testing purposes. The antenna elements are placed in concentric rings and in a star-shaped arrangement around a center spot. All antenna elements within the same ring are controlled by the same amplitude and phase control signal. The test system processor also selects dedicated rings into use and switches the rest of the rings off. The ring spacing, i.e. the mutual antenna element distance along the same radial line will be determined based on highest frequency within the desired wide frequency band. A bowtie dipole type of antenna can be used. The antenna elements can be fixed on a printed circuit board, and thus, they remain mechanically stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Orbis Systems Oy
    Inventors: Mika Kiiskilä, Tuomo Tolonen, Matti Tervo
  • Patent number: 11870158
    Abstract: An ultra-wideband antenna for a wireless headphone is provided, which includes a first portion and a second portion. One side of the first portion has at least two slots. The second portion is laterally adjacent to and separated from the first portion. The second portion includes a main body portion and an extension portion, and one side of the main body portion is close to the at least two slots, and another side of the main body portion is connected to the extension portion, in which an included angle between the main body portion and the extension portion is in a range of between 85 degrees and 135 degrees. A wireless headphone including the above-mentioned ultra-wideband antenna is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Tai Pan, Chun-Kai Wang, Yih-Shiuan Shin, Chi-Chan Lee, Yen-Tsung Fu
  • Patent number: 11862868
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a multi-feed antenna including a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, four supporting conductor structures and four feeding conductor lines. The second conductor layer has a first center position and is spaced apart from the first conductor layer at a first interval. The four electrically connected sections respectively extend from different side edges of the second conductor layer toward the first center position, so that the second conductor layer forms four mutually connected radiating conductor plates. The four feeding conductor lines are all located between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The four feeding conductor lines and the four supporting conductor structures form an interleaved annular arrangement. The four feeding conductor lines excite the second conductor layer to generate at least four resonant modes. The at least four resonant modes cover at least one identical first communication band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kin-Lu Wong, Wei-Yu Li, Wei Chung
  • Patent number: 11855345
    Abstract: An antenna system is provided. Such antenna system includes a first Vivaldi antenna element positioned in a first plane and including first and second radiating elements and a first slot disposed between the first and second radiating elements. The antenna system also includes a first signal feed electrically coupled across the first slot at a first location and a first conductive strip positioned in a second plane offset from and parallel to the first plane. The first conductive strip is positioned in the second plane such that a first longitudinal axis of the first conductive strip runs parallel to a first central axis of the first slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PCTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Gunnels
  • Patent number: 11817630
    Abstract: The present invention provides wideband millimeter-wave SIW-fed FPC filtering antenna comprising a partially reflecting surface (PRS) and a filtering source configured to radiate a millimeter-wavelength electromagnetic wave. The filtering source comprises a conductive reflecting plane configured to work with the PRS to form a Fabry-Perot cavity; radiating elements including a pair of shorted radiating patches electrically connected to a ground plane through a pair of probes; and a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) feeding structure coupled to the pair of radiating patches through a coupling aperture. The SIW-fed FPC filtering antenna has the advantages of wider bandwidth, higher directivity/gain, reduced structural complexity, compact size and appropriate feeding type for millimeter-wave applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Haotao Hu, Chi Hou Chan
  • Patent number: 11799204
    Abstract: A convertible notebook computer includes a metal mechanism element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, a first parasitic element, a second parasitic element, a third parasitic element, and a dielectric substrate. The metal mechanism element has a closed slot. The first radiation element has a feeding point. The second radiation element is coupled to the first radiation element. The third radiation element is coupled to the first radiation element. The first parasitic element is adjacent to the second radiation element. The second parasitic element is adjacent to the third radiation element. The third parasitic element is adjacent to the first radiation element. An antenna structure is formed by the closed slot of the metal mechanism element, the first radiation element, the second radiation element, the third radiation element, the first parasitic element, the second parasitic element, and the third parasitic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kun-Sheng Chang, Ching-Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 11791562
    Abstract: A ring focus antenna system has an ultra-wide bandwidth for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic (EM) signals. The system includes a main reflector having an axis of rotation and a splash plate feed assembly consisting of a waveguide and a sub-reflector which is substantially aligned with the axis of rotation. The sub-reflector has surfaces that include segments of a displaced ellipse, having a first focal point which coincides with an ISO phase center located inside the waveguide and a second focal point located on a ring focus of the main reflector. A dielectric support for the sub-reflector has a shaped boundary which eliminates refraction at the dielectric-air interface. In one embodiment, the ultra-wide bandwidth includes EM frequencies belonging to Ku-band and Ka-band communication frequencies. The waveguide may be configured as a quad-ridged polarizing waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ORBIT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Alon Leib, Hanan Keren, Shlomo Levi, Itzik Krepner
  • Patent number: 11784414
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a biconical antenna assembly for electromagnetic compatibility testing. The biconical antenna assembly has an antenna feeding point, a first antenna structure and a second antenna structure. The first antenna structure and the second antenna structure extend from the antenna feed point towards opposite directions. The biconical antenna assembly includes at least one additional capacitive structure that is attached to a most distal point of the first antenna structure or the second antenna structure from the antenna feed point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Raimon Goeritz
  • Patent number: 11782082
    Abstract: An over-the-air (OTA) measurement system for testing a device under test, with a plurality of feed antennas, a test location for the device under test, and a reflector array with a main reflector and a sub-reflector. The plurality of feed antennas face the sub-reflector. The reflector array is located such that a signal path is established between the plurality of feed antennas and the test location via the sub-reflector and the main reflector. The sub-reflector has at least one focal point. The plurality of feed antennas include a first feed antenna and at least one second feed antenna. The first feed antenna is associated with the focal point of the sub-reflector. The at least one second feed antenna is located offset from the focal point of the sub-reflector. Further, a method of testing a device under test over-the-air is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Corbett Rowell
  • Patent number: 11784404
    Abstract: A structure containing an antenna with an orientation which can be changed when one part of a two-part structure is turned relative to the other on a rotating shaft includes first and second structures as the two parts. The second structure is rotatably connected to the first structure through the rotating shaft, and the second structure comprises an antenna plate. When the second structure is rotated relative to the first structure, the rotated antenna plate allows a wider range of wavelength frequencies within the rotation range of the second structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Zhengzhou Wanmayun Electronic Technology CO., Ltd., HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-Duo Yuan, Liu-Jun Jiang
  • Patent number: 11742593
    Abstract: A wideband bisector antenna has a plurality of antenna elements disposed in horizontal rows, a left beam bi-sector array segment at one section of the antenna comprising a plurality of the horizontal rows of elements, and a right beam bi-sector array segment at one section of the antenna comprising a plurality of the horizontal rows of elements. At least one horizontal row on the antenna is shared in both the left beam bi-sector array segment and the right beam bi-sector array segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Communication Components Antenna Inc.
    Inventor: Nasrin Hojjat