Abstract: Antenna reflector has a reflector surface which forms a predetermined dish-like shape. The reflector surface includes an inner section which radially extends a first predetermined distance from a main dish axis. This inner section is immovably supported on a fixed backing structure. The reflector surface also includes an outer section comprising a deployable perimeter. A deployable support structure is comprised of a plurality of rib tips hingedly secured to the fixed backing structure, each having an elongated shape, and extending in a direction away from the main dish axis. The rib tips are configured to rotate on hinge members relative to the fixed backing structure from a first position in which the reflector antenna is made more compact for stowage, to a second position in which a diameter of the reflector surface is increased at a time of deployment.

Abstract: An antenna array of a high frequency antenna device includes a plurality of subarrays having the same arrangement. Each subarray includes antennas arranged in rows. Any two adjacent antennas of each of the subarrays respectively have two central points spaced apart from each other by a first interval, and any two adjacent antennas respectively belonging to two of the subarrays respectively have two central points spaced apart from each other by a second interval equal to the first interval. The antenna array is operated in at least one of operation modes, and the operation modes include: any subarray is wirelessly communicated with an external electronic device spaced apart from the corresponding subarray by a first distance; and at least two adjacent subarrays are jointly cooperated to wirelessly communicate with an external electronic device spaced apart from the corresponding subarrays by a second distance greater than the first distance.

Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of antenna elements, a transmitter circuit, and first and second receiver circuits. The transmitter is operable to: transmit, via a first antenna element, a series of signals having a calibration component and each of the signals being generated with a different configuration of the transmitter circuit; and select a configuration for a future transmission based on a signal metric. The first receiver circuit is operable to: receive the signal via a second antenna element; and detect the calibration component in the signal to generate a first calibration signal. The second receiver circuit is operable to: receive the signal via a third antenna element; detect the calibration component in the signal to generate a second calibration signal; combine the first and second calibration signals to generate a combined calibration signal; and generate the signal metric based on the combined calibration signal.

Abstract: A remote radio unit, which includes a housing, a ventilation air channel, and a circuit component, where the housing is a sealed hollow cavity; the ventilation air channel passes through the housing, a top end of the ventilation air channel is connected to a top end surface of the housing in a sealed manner, and a bottom end of the ventilation air channel is connected to a bottom end surface of the housing in a sealed manner; and the circuit component is disposed inside the cavity, and is in contact with an external surface of a side wall of the ventilation air channel, so that heat generated by the circuit component is dissipated through the ventilation air channel.

Abstract: An antenna module of a wireless communication system is provided. The antenna module includes a radiator comprising a top face to which a radio wave is radiated, a dielectric material disposed on a bottom face of the radiator, the bottom face of the radiator being opposite to the top face of the radiator, a feeding unit disposed on a bottom face of the dielectric material, the feeding unit being configured to supply an electric signal to the radiator through the dielectric material, and a support unit disposed on the bottom face of the dielectric material, the support unit comprising a metallic material.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least a plurality of antenna modules mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The PCB includes a plurality of holes embedded with a heat sink. Each antenna module comprises an antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) antenna cells that are mounted on a first surface of the antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of packaged circuitry that are mounted on a second surface of the antenna substrate. The plurality of packaged circuitry are electrically connected with the plurality of 3-D antenna cells. Furthermore, each antenna module is mounted on the plurality of holes via a corresponding packaged circuitry of the plurality of packaged circuitry.

Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises a main body and an antenna. The main body comprises a first casing, a second casing and a hinge. The antenna comprises a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a balun transformer. The first metal layer formed at the first casing has a first bending side edge. The second metal layer formed at the second casing has a second bending side edge. A tapered slot is formed between the second bending side edge and the first bending side edge, and comprises a necking end and a flaring end. The balun transformer disposed in the first casing, the second casing or the hinge has one signal input terminal and two signal output terminals, receives a feed signal and a ground signal via the signal input terminal to generate two balanced signals, and respectively outputs the balanced signals via the signal output terminals.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a small cell, and more particularly it relates to a small cell pole system, a method for installing a small cell pole system, and to a system and method for mounting components within a capsule in the small cell pole system. The small cell pole system includes an adjustable pole assembly, a capsule with pre-installed communication components, and a base. The mounting system includes a frame including a backplane and a locking bar and one or more removable cards configured to hold a communications component or another associated device.

Abstract: Multiple frequency agile antenna structures are described. Each of the structures allows for tuning the antenna by changing its shape geometry (without changing the overall length of the antenna) and altering the frequency characteristics using variable capacitors. This is done by allowing control of the resonant frequency of the antenna with one main tunable capacitor and for independently varying the frequency and bandwidth of the antenna structure with the use of additional tunable capacitors embedded in the antenna structure.

Abstract: An antenna system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes one or more antennas, a reflector, and a control system. The control system is configured to determine a density of antenna towers near the UAV, determine a position for an active antenna of the one or more antennas based on the density, and adjust the active antenna to the determined position. In some embodiments, the antenna system further includes one or more switches, each of the one or more antennas is a different distance from the reflector, and the switches are used to adjust the active antenna to the determined position by selecting a one of the one or more antennas closest to the determined position as the active antenna. In some embodiments, the antenna system further includes an actuator and the active antenna is moved to the determined position using the actuator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a directional antenna module comprising: at least one antenna array having at least two antenna elements connected to a 180-degree hybrid providing an inphase summation signal and an out-of-phase summation signal of the antenna signals received from the antenna elements and a switching element adapted to switch between the inphase summation signal and the out-of-phase summation signal output by said 180-degree hybrid in response to a direction finding mode control signal (DFM-CRTL) to provide an antenna output signal at an antenna module output of said directional antenna module. The present invention further relates to a method for direction finding of a signal source.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a communication circuit, a first antenna element formed in a first rewiring layer covering a first surface of the semiconductor chip and connected to the communication circuit, and a second antenna element formed in a second rewiring layer covering a second surface on the side opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor chip and connected to the communication circuit.

Abstract: An antenna device mounted to an automobile includes an antenna component and an amplifier board provided with an amplifier to amplify signals received by the antenna component. The antenna component includes a metal plate and a resonance point adjusting coil having a first end connected to the metal plate, the resonance point adjusting coil being connected to an input terminal of the amplifier board at the first end via the metal plate. The impedance of the antenna component is adjustable by the mount angle of the resonance point adjusting coil to the antenna component.

Abstract: A data communications system is disclosed for a vehicle having an exterior surface and an interior space, the data communications system including a support frame positionable within the interior space of the vehicle. A case is movable between an open and a closed position and includes a mounting system, the case mountable to the exterior surface of the vehicle via the mounting system. The system includes a power supply and a router device communicated with the power supply, one or more of the power supply and the router device mounted to the support frame. An antenna array is mounted within the case, the antenna array communicated with the router device, the antenna array including at least two cellular antennas.

Abstract: A slot array antenna includes: an electrically conductive member having an electrically conductive surface and slots therein, the slots being arrayed in a first direction which extends along the conductive surface; a waveguide member having an electrically conductive waveguide face which opposes the slots and extends along the first direction; and an artificial magnetic conductor extending on both sides of the waveguide member. At least one of the conductive member and the waveguide member includes dents on the conductive surface and/or the waveguide face, the dents each serving to broaden a spacing between the conductive surface and the waveguide face relative to any adjacent site. The dents include a first, second, and third dents which are adjacent to one another and consecutively follow along the first direction. A distance between centers of the first and second dents is different from a distance between centers of the second and third dents.

Abstract: A dual band antenna module including a first radiator, a second radiator, a first filter and a second filter is provided. The first radiator resonates to generate a first frequency band and includes a first feeding end and a first ground end. The second radiator resonates to generate a second frequency band and includes a second feeding end and a second ground end. The first filter is extended from the first feeding end in a direction away from the first radiator and used for filtering the second frequency band. The second filter is extended from the second feeding end in a direction away from the second radiator and used for filtering the first frequency band.

Abstract: A cavity-backed slot antenna is disclosed that includes a stripline. The stripline includes a conductive strip between two ground planes separated by a dielectric. The conductive strip feeds the cavity-backed slot antenna. The stripline also includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment has a first characteristic impedance. The second segment is proximate the cavity-backed antenna and has a second characteristic impedance different than the first characteristic impedance. The second characteristic impedance provides impedance for matching a load impedance of the cavity-backed slot antenna.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a stacked patch radiator having (i) a lower patch and (ii) an upper patch located above and separated from the lower patch. The upper patch includes first and second conductive patches that are separated from one another. The apparatus also includes a heating circuit integrated in the stacked patch radiator. At least a portion of the heating circuit is positioned between the first and second conductive patches of the upper patch. The stacked patch radiator can be configured to radiate at a specified frequency band and can have a thickness that is less than one tenth of wavelengths within the specified frequency band. The upper patch can include conductive vias electrically connecting the conductive patches. The conductive patches and the conductive vias can form an isolation cage configured to reduce a signal loss associated with a presence of at least the portion of the heating circuit between the conductive patches.

Abstract: A vehicle antenna device has a high noise-resistance performance even in high-frequency bands and capable of preventing breakage of a connector due to corotation at the time of fastening/fixing. The vehicle antenna device includes a vehicle exterior antenna and a vehicle interior antenna module. The vehicle interior antenna module includes a circuit board, a module side coaxial connector, a housing and a protecting fixing part. When the vehicle interior antenna module is fastened/fixed to the vehicle exterior antenna through a roof, the protecting fixing part slidably fixes the circuit board to the housing with pressing force that the circuit board is slid where force applied to the module side coaxial connector is larger than a predetermined force if the vehicle exterior antenna and the vehicle interior antenna module corotate due to the fastening and that the circuit board is not slid by vibration of the vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments related to an electronic device including a coil. The electronic device may include: a housing including a first face facing a first direction and a second face facing a second direction different from the first direction; and a flexible printed circuit board and a control circuit disposed between the first and second faces. The flexible printed circuit board may include a first coil including at least one turn, a second coil including at least one turn, and a third coil including at least one turn. At least a part of the second coil may surround a first portion of the first coil, a second portion of the first coil may surround at least a part of the second coil, a third portion of the first coil may surround the second portion of the first coil, and at least a part of the third coil may be disposed between at least a part of the second portion of the first coil and at least a part of the third portion of the first coil.