Patents Examined by David E Lotter
  • Patent number: 12062855
    Abstract: A dual-polarized radiating element for abase station antenna includes a first dipole radiator that comprises a first dipole arm and a third dipole arm and a second dipole radiator that comprises a second dipole arm and a fourth dipole arm. The radiating element further includes a first inductor that is coupled between the first dipole arm and the second dipole arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
    Inventor: Haifeng Li
  • Patent number: 12062840
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted antenna system according to the present invention comprises: a first antenna system in which a plurality of first antenna elements disposed in a structure mounted on a vehicle perform multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO); and a second antenna system in which a plurality of second antenna elements attached to a side surface of a polyhedron disposed in the structure perform beamforming, wherein the disposed plurality of first antenna elements are formed, in the front and back of the polyhedron, on a substrate erected at a predetermined angle to the structure, and thus, the present invention may provide an antenna array optimized in terms of spacing between antenna elements in a flat-type vehicle antenna provided with an LTE antenna system and a 5G antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongkon Kim, Changwoo Son, Cheolsoo Jeon, Sunin Jeong
  • Patent number: 12057647
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a first board, a connecting board, a second board, an antenna radiator, and a circuit reference ground. The first board at least includes a first end. The connecting board has a first and a second connection end. The second board includes a second end and a bottom end. The second board and the connecting board are made of different materials. The antenna radiator extends along the extending direction of the connecting board and the second board, and defines a first and a second radiation end. The circuit reference ground extends along the extending direction of the first board, the connecting board, and the second board, and defines a first reference end formed on the first board and a second reference formed on the second board. The circuit reference ground and the antenna radiator are spaced apart and form an interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Merry Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Sheng Liao, Tien-Fu Hung, Ming-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 12051860
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoongeon Kim, Seungtae Ko, Hyunjin Kim, Jungmin Park, Junsig Kum, Youngju Lee
  • Patent number: 12046819
    Abstract: A slot antenna assembly for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The assembly includes a first slot antenna having a first slot through a substrate from an outer surface of the substrate to an inner surface of the substrate. The assembly also includes a second slot antenna including a second slot through the substrate from the outer surface of the substrate to the inner surface of the substrate. An isolator includes at least one of an isolation slot and a conductor. The isolation slot includes a substrate isolation slot which extends through the substrate between the first and second slot antennas; and a conductor. The conductor connects the inner surface of the substrate between the first and second antennas to an opposite inner surface of an opposite substrate opposite the inner surface between the first and second antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Maruti Tamrakar, Sagar Gupta, Jayprakash Thakur, Prasanna Pichumani
  • Patent number: 12046809
    Abstract: A superconductive vortex valve apparatus and related methods of operation are disclosed. A superconductive vortex valve (SVV) apparatus has a thin film formed from a superconducting material positioned on a substrate. A receive antenna is positioned on the thin film. A resonant cavity is positioned proximate to the substrate, the thin film, and the receive antenna. A broadcast antenna is in electromagnetic connection with the receive antenna and is positioned proximate to the thin film. A radio frequency (RF) power supply is configured to supply electrical power to the broadcast antenna. A magnetic bias is applied to the thin film in a location proximate to the resonant cavity. The SVV may be embedded within a resonant circuit which may be driven with pulse width modulation (PWM), such as with a resonant circuit driven with PWM which has two PWM-driven resonant circuits in series driven in quadrature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventor: Aaron Datesman
  • Patent number: 12040565
    Abstract: A omnidirectional antenna includes a substrate; a dielectric resonator element arranged on the substrate; a feed circuit operably coupled with the dielectric resonator element and operable to facilitate operation of the omnidirectional antenna in a first frequency band; and a feed probe operably coupled with the dielectric resonator element and operable to facilitate operation of the omnidirectional antenna in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kwok Wa Leung, Peng Fei Hu
  • Patent number: 12040547
    Abstract: An electronic device having an antenna according to an embodiment is provided. The electronic device may include a radiator configured by stacking metal patterns on different layers of a multi-layer substrate, and a ground layer arranged on the different layers of the multi-layer substrate and operating as ground for the radiator. At least some of the metal patterns may be vertically interconnected, and any one of the metal patterns may be connected to a feeding pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungmin Woo, Dongik Lee
  • Patent number: 12034220
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device capable of ensuring an installation space for components related to an antenna and eliminating a dead zone of a signal transmitted or received by the antenna by tilting an antenna unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: In Ho Kim, Seong Man Kang, Hyoung Seok Yang, Yong Hee Han, Young Ji Hong, Dae Myung Park
  • Patent number: 12027752
    Abstract: An electronic device including a first body, a second body, and at least one cavity antenna module is provided. The second body has a pivot side and a plurality of non-pivot sides, and the pivot side is connected pivotally to the first body. The cavity antenna module includes a metal cavity body and a first antenna structure. The metal cavity body is disposed in the second body and has an opening. A distance between one of the non-pivot sides and the metal cavity body is smaller than a distance between the pivot side and the metal cavity body, and the opening faces the one of the non-pivot sides. The first antenna structure is disposed in the opening of the metal cavity body, and the first antenna structure includes a feeding portion, a radiating portion, and a ground portion connected with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jhih-Ciang Chen, Shih-Chia Liu, Yen-Hao Yu, Li-Chun Lee, Chih-Heng Lin, Je-Wei Liao, Chun-Cheng Chan, Jui-Hung Lai
  • Patent number: 12027784
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a printed circuit board including a circuit configured to determine a position based on a navigation signal, and a dipole antenna element mounted on the printed circuit board and configured to receive the navigation signal. Further, the antenna device includes an L-shaped parasitic antenna element, wherein the dipole antenna element and a long-side element of the L-shaped parasitic antenna element are placed parallel to each other but at a position not in line with each other, and an end of a short-side element of the L-shaped antenna element is placed in close proximity to an end of the dipole antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Hirano, Masato Tsuchiya, Shinya Yamamoto, Raita Nakanishi, Tomoyuki Kuge
  • Patent number: 12027775
    Abstract: An antenna array system and a method for making the antenna system. The system includes at least two antenna elements serving as transmitter elements, and at least two antenna elements serving as receiver elements. Each of the transmitter antenna and receiver antenna elements include a pair of curved arms, wherein a first arm in the pair of curved arms is configured to be connected from a signal trace of the antenna system. The second arm in the pair of curved arms is configured to be connected to a ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Tensorcom, Inc.
    Inventor: Guang-Fu Cheng
  • Patent number: 12027773
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to radio engineering, and more specifically to a wide scanning patch antenna array. The technical result consists in extending the scanning range of the antenna array, increasing its efficiency and reducing losses. An antenna array is provided. The antenna array includes a printed circuit board on which at least two patch antennas are located, each having at least one feeding port, wherein, the patch antennas are rotated relative to each other around the normal in the center of symmetry of the patch antenna in such a way that the corresponding feeding ports of the patch antennas related to the same polarization are rotated by 180 degrees relative to each other, wherein the phases of the signals applied to said feeding ports rotated relative to each other, differ by 180 degrees plus a phase shift for scanning control, a dielectric radome located above the printed circuit board, and passive beamforming elements of the array elements, located on the radome above the patch antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Evtyushkin, Elena Aleksandrovna Shepeleva
  • Patent number: 12015207
    Abstract: An antenna comprises a printed circuit board that includes a central feed point and a plurality of antenna elements formed therein, where the antenna elements extending radially from the central feed point. Each antenna element comprises a feed line that is coupled to the central feed point, the feed line including a feed conductor and a ground conductor, and at least two dipole radiators coupled to the feed line, each dipole radiator comprising a first dipole arm that is coupled to the feed conductor and a second dipole arm that is coupled to the ground conductor. A first length of a first of the dipole radiators is different than a second length of a second of the dipole radiators. Each of the dipole radiators is fed in-phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Ruckus IP Holdings LLC
    Inventor: James W. Jervis
  • Patent number: 12015205
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transparent antenna and a communication system, and belongs to the field of communication technology. The transparent antenna of the present disclosure includes: a first backplane and at least one radiating structure. The first backplane includes a first dielectric layer, a first electrode layer, a plurality of first transmission lines and a plurality of second transmission lines. The radiating structure includes a first antenna dielectric plate and a second antenna dielectric plate, where the first antenna dielectric plate includes a second dielectric layer, a first radiating element and a first balun feed structure. The second antenna dielectric plate includes a third dielectric layer, a second radiating element and a second balun feed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunnan Jin, Chunnan Feng, Yong Li, Haoyang Zhang, Zhifeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12015193
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, connected to the second plate or integrally formed with the second plate, and including a first portion comprising a conductive material, wherein the first portion of the side member includes a plurality of through-holes aligned in a first direction substantially parallel to the first plate and a non-conductive material inside the through-holes; a structure disposed inside the space to face the through-holes and including at least one conductive path; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the conductive path. Various other embodiments inferred from the specification are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dongyeon Kim, Seongjin Park, Sehyun Park, Sumin Yun, Myunghun Jeong, Jehun Jong, Jaehoon Jo
  • Patent number: 12009589
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a housing and a metal line that is disposed on an outer surface of the housing or is embedded in the housing, and the metal line is configured to receive or send an electromagnetic wave signal. The metal line acts as an antenna of the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Chan Yang, Chien-Ming Lee, Hanyang Wang, Yi-Hsiang Liao, Lizhong Huang, Guangxiang Zhu, Bin Yu
  • Patent number: 12009592
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna system mounted on a vehicle according to the present invention. The antenna system comprises: a first printed circuit board (PCB) having a metal pattern and a dielectric region; a second PCB on which a plurality of antennas are disposed; and a slot antenna configured to radiate a signal through a slot region formed adjacent to a junction portion of the first PCB and the second PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Changwon Yun, Kangjae Jung, Jaewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12009572
    Abstract: A package includes an upper level mounted to a lower level. The upper level includes a stack formed by insulating layers and conductive elements and includes a first conductive track of an antenna. A plastic element rests on the stack. A first cavity is defined in the plastic element. A second conductive track of the antenna is located on a wall of the plastic element (for example, in or adjacent to the first cavity). A second cavity is also defined in the plastic element surrounding the first cavity. A third conductive track of the antenna is located on a wall of the plastic element (for example, in the second cavity). A third cavity is delimited between the upper and lower levels and an integrated circuit chip is mounted within the third cavity and electrically connected to the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventors: Romain Coffy, Georg Kimmich
  • Patent number: 12003018
    Abstract: A thin, flexible antenna module is provided for use in a smartphone. When the antenna module is assembled in the smartphone, the antenna module provides an MST antenna and an NFC antenna. For this, the antenna module includes a flexible PCB containing coils and further includes a magnetic sheet engaged with flexible PCB. The flexible PCB and the magnetic sheet are attached to each other to form a single body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: AQ Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Kyoung Jun Choi, Sae Rom Lee