Abstract: An isolated magnetic dipole (IMD) antenna system can include an isolated magnetic dipole antenna radiating element including a body portion defining a body plane, the body portion comprising an isolated magnetic dipole element, and one or more angled edge portions disposed along at least one edge of the body portion, the one or more angled edge portions angularly offset with respect to the body plane.

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.

Abstract: An RFID tag is provided with a base member, an antenna portion and an IC chip. A split-ring resonator portion of the antenna portion has a first part and a second part. First end portions of the first part are provided with a first facing portion and a first connection portion, respectively. Second end portions of the second part are provided with a second facing portion and a second connection portion, respectively. The first and the second facing portions are apart from and face each other. A third end portion of the impedance matching portion is connected to the first part between the first facing portion and the first connection portion, and another third end portion is connected to the second part between the second facing portion and the second connection portion. The IC chip is connected to the first connection portion and the second connection portion.

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.

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.

Abstract: A wide band directional antenna includes three elements which are partially aligned, electrically isolated from each other, of which a lower element includes at least one reflector circuit, a middle element comprises at least one dipole circuit connected to a transmission line, and an upper element includes a director circuit, wherein the dipole circuit includes at least one first pair of conductive elements, suitable for forming a minor dipole connected to the transmission line, and at least one second pair of electrically isolated conductive elements, excited with capacitive effect by the minor dipole, in such a way as to form a major dipole.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multiband antenna, in particular for wireless networks, comprising: —a ground plane (7) extending along a longitudinal axis (A), —high band radiating elements (9a) set at the extremities of crosses, inclined at 45° with respect to the longitudinal axis (A), with an arm length being a dyadic fraction of a high-band wavelength (OHB), —low band radiating elements (9b) set at the extremities of crosses, inclined at 45° with respect to the longitudinal axis (A), with an arm length being a dyadic fraction of a low-band wavelength (OLB), characterized in that the high and low band radiating elements (9a, 9b) crosses are arranged along the longitudinal axis (A) of the metallic ground plane (7), in that the antenna comprises tubular separation walls (13) in electric contact with the ground plane (7), and in that the crosses are arranged in a pattern, wherein: —at least part of the high-band radiating elements (9a) are set inside the tubular separation walls (13), —the low-band radiating elem

Abstract: Methods and systems for creating a device having a switch trace are disclosed. The systems and methods described herein may include a device that has a chassis, the chassis having a top and a bottom, at least one antenna affixed to the top of the chassis, a first laser direct structuring-fabricated (LDS) trace, a second LDS trace, and a button, the button connected to the first LDS trace and the top of the chassis, wherein the button is configured to contact the second LDS trace when the button is depressed and complete a circuit between the first LDS trace and the second LDS trace upon contact.

Abstract: To accurately estimate frequency characteristics from structural parameters of a frequency selective surface.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an ultra-wideband non-metal horn antenna, which includes three combinable non-metal elements such as an impedance matching member, a field adjustment member and an outer cover member. The impedance matching member and the field adjustment member are respectively disposed with a first and second groove structures. The field adjustment member is connected between the impedance matching member and the outer cover member. Therefore, the horn antenna of the disclosure can have a more symmetrical radiation pattern, a smaller antenna size, and ultra-wideband performance.

Abstract: Apparatus for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency, RF, signals, particularly for a mobile radio device for a wireless communications system, particularly a cellular communications system, said apparatus comprising a primary antenna module having a first radiation pattern, at least one secondary antenna module having a second radiation pattern, which is different from said first radiation pattern, and a control unit configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate said primary antenna module and/or said at least one secondary antenna module.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an antenna module and an electronic device. The antenna module is used in the electronic device. The electronic device includes a first housing. The antenna module includes a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna. The first antenna is disposed in the first housing and operates at a first frequency band. The second antenna is disposed in the first housing and operates at a second frequency band. The third antenna is disposed in the first housing and is located between the first antenna and the second antenna, and operates at a third frequency band. The first frequency band partially overlaps with the second frequency band, and the third frequency band does not overlap with the first frequency band and the second frequency band.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) test hat. The RF test hat may comprise: a body having a substantially rectangular portion with open forward and aft ends, an end cap, arm and strap assembly, absorber material, a receiving antenna, lens, and upper and lower mesh screens. The end cap may couple to the open forward end of the body. The arm and strap assembly may hingedly couple to the open aft end of the body. The absorber material may be within the end cap. The receiving antenna may be disposed within the first absorber material and may measure the intensity of a beam of electromagnetic radiation. The lens may be located within the middle portion of the body and may spread the beam across a larger surface area of the absorber material. The upper and lower mesh screens may be disposed between the end cap and lens and may comprise openings that are substantially hexagonal in shape.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) test hat. The RF test hat may comprise: a cylinder having forward and aft ends, end cap, arm and strap assembly, first and second absorber materials, a receiving antenna, and lens. The end cap may couple to the forward end of the cylinder. The arm and strap assembly may hingedly couple to the aft end of the cylinder and may be configured to mount the RF test hat onto a pod or transmitting antenna. The first absorber material may be located within the forward end of the cylinder. The second absorber material may be located near the aft end of the cylinder. The receiving antenna, which may be disposed within the first absorber material, may measure the intensity of a beam of electromagnetic radiation. The lens, which may be located within the middle portion of the cylinder, may spread the beam across a larger surface area of the first absorber material.

Abstract: An antenna element includes a first conductor at a first lateral surface of a substrate having a feed line portion and a monopole portion with a neck extending from the feed line portion and a head at a distal end of the neck. The head has a width greater than a width of the neck and greater than a width of the feed line portion. The head has a slot to increase a bandwidth of the first conductor to at least a first frequency band and a second frequency band. A second conductor is provided on the first lateral surface having first and second ground planes and first and second stubs. The ground planes are disposed adjacent to the feed line portion at opposite sides thereof. The stubs are disposed at opposite sides of the ground planes and extend in a direction essentially parallel to the feed line portion. The ground planes and the stubs are arranged relative to the first conductor to form a coplanar waveguide.

Abstract: A deployable antenna structure is provided that, in one embodiment, implements an offset feed, cylindrical parabolic antenna. The antenna structure employs a semi-rigid panel that can transition from a stowed state characterized by the retention of substantial strain energy to a deployed state characterized by less strain energy than in the stowed state but more than if the panel were in a strain-free state and a portion of the panel having a shape that closely conforms to a cylindrical parabolic shape.

Abstract: A bendable antenna is provided. The bendable antenna is adapted to connect a cable. The bendable antenna includes an antenna body, a connection base, a first pivot base, a second pivot base, a first elastic element and a first restriction structure. The connection base is connected to the antenna body. The first pivot base is connected to the connection base, wherein the first pivot base includes a first recess. The second pivot base pivots on the first pivot base. The first elastic element is disposed in the first recess of the first pivot base, wherein the first elastic element is telescoped on the cable. The first restriction structure is connected to the connection base, wherein the first restriction structure pushes the first elastic element to restrict the first elastic element in the first recess.

Abstract: A plug-in device is provided for adapting a building's electrical wiring system as an antenna for receiving radio or over-the air television signals. The device has a plug for insertion into an electrical receptacle in the building, a coaxial connector for providing the communication signal captured by the antenna to a signal receiver, and a plurality of conducting wires extending from the plug to the coaxial connector. The conducting wires comprise first and second wires, and a third wire in electrical contact with the coaxial connector. The first and second wires are electrically insulated from each other and from the third wire to prevent passage of alternating current (AC) power to the signal receiver. The wires are wound to inductively transfer the communication signal captured by the antenna to the third wire for output to the signal receiver via the coaxial connector.

Abstract: An adjustable polarization converter and an electronic device are provided. The adjustable polarization converter includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate and a first electrode on the first base substrate; the second substrate includes a second base substrate and a second electrode on the second base substrate. The first electrode includes a conductive frame and two triangular conductive patches. The conductive frame includes two openings disposed in sequence, and the two triangular conductive patches are disposed in a region surrounded by the conductive frame and are centrally symmetric.

Abstract: A measurement device for measuring performance of at least one antenna system in a first frequency band and in a second frequency band. The measurement device including an outer chamber having inwardly radio frequency reflective walls configured to enclose the antenna system, an inner chamber deployable inside the outer chamber, the inner chamber having radio frequency absorptive walls configured to enclose the antenna system, a first test antenna arrangement arranged inside the outer chamber and configured for a measurement operation in the first frequency band, and a second test antenna arrangement arranged inside the inner chamber and configured for a measurement operation in the second frequency band, thereby enabling measuring performance of the antenna system in a reflective radio frequency environment by the first test antenna arrangement and measuring performance in an essentially anechoic radio frequency environment by the second test antenna arrangement.