Abstract: A collar-mountable antenna for transmitting and receiving signals in a downhole environment, in at least some embodiments, comprises a bobbin having an inner surface and an outer surface, each of the inner and outer surfaces defining multiple slots, conductive wire disposed within the multiple slots on the outer surface of the bobbin, and ferrite disposed within the multiple slots on the inner surface of the bobbin.

Abstract: A system that includes an electromagnetic wave transmission structure having a first end and a second end, conducting components, the conducting components selected from at least one of a network of carbon nanotubes, at least one strip of palladium, at least one strip of platinum or at least one exfoliated graphene sheet, deposited across a location in a wave transmission section of the wave transmission structure (also referred to as a gap), and at least one antenna electromagnetically coupled to the electromagnetic wave transmission structure at one of the first or second end, the antenna and the electromagnetic wave transmission structure being formed by integrated circuit techniques is disclosed.

Abstract: A dual-band antenna includes a substrate, a first antenna assembly, an isolation metal sheet, and a second antenna assembly. The first antenna assembly includes a first and a second planar inverted-F antennas, which are symmetric with each other and disposed on the first side of the substrate. The first planar inverted-F antenna includes a first radiation portion and a first ground portion. The second planar inverted-F antenna includes a second radiation portion and a second ground portion. The isolation metal sheet is coupled between the first ground portion and the second ground portion. The second antenna assembly includes a third and a fourth antennas, which are coupled to the first and the second ground portions, respectively, and are symmetric with each other and are disposed on the second side of the substrate. The first and the second antenna assemblies are operated at a first and a second frequencies, respectively.

Abstract: A communication device including a ground element and an antenna element is provided. The antenna element is disposed adjacent to an edge of the ground element, and a loop structure is formed by the antenna element and the edge of the ground element. The antenna element includes a first and a second metal portions, and a first and second switches. When the first switch is turned on and the second switch is turned off, the first metal portion, the second metal portion, a shorting metal portion and the first switch form a loop antenna with the ground element. When the second switch is turned on and the first switch is turned off, an inverted-F antenna is formed by the second metal portion.

Abstract: Devices and systems are disclosed for a Traffic Collision Avoidance system (TCAS) antenna. In some examples, the TCAS antenna includes two antenna elements, a first plurality of bolt holes, a second plurality of bolt holes, and a third plurality of bolt holes. The first plurality of bolt holes in conjunction with the second plurality of bolt holes enables the TCAS antenna to be mounted to an aircraft in a first orientation. The third plurality of bolt holes in conjunction with the first plurality of bolt holes enable the TCAS antenna to be mounted to the aircraft in a second orientation, and the second orientation is different than the first orientation.

Abstract: An antenna horn includes an upper waveguide ridge and a lower waveguide ridge shaped to provide impedance matching. The antenna horn operates unimodally within a 6:1 instantaneous bandwidth. A circular array of antenna horns produces an enhanced radiation pattern in a horizontal plane with reduced radiating in the direction orthogonal to the horizontal plane. Furthermore, two circular arrays of half-height antenna horns may be arranged on a collinear axis, offset by one half of a sector width as defined by each horn aperture to reduce coupling.

Abstract: A surface-mounted multi-band LTE antenna that covers the frequency band of 698-960 MHz (LTE 700/800/900 bands) and 2400-2500 GHz (WLAN 2.4G band) is disclosed herein. The antenna preferably has high gain and high radiation efficiency, and is used for a variety of wireless communication devices applications. The surface-mounted multi-band LTE antenna has compact size, wide bandwidth, good return loss, high gain and high radiation efficiency, and no matching circuit is needed.

Abstract: A radome for an antenna is provided as a composite of an isotropic outer layer and a structural layer of foamed polymer material. The composite is dimensioned to enclose an open end of the antenna. The radome may be retained upon the antenna by a retaining element and fasteners. The outer layer may be a polymer material with a water resistant characteristic. The structural layer may project inward and/or outward with respect to a plane of the seating surface of the radome.

Abstract: A multiband antenna including a ground plane having at least one periphery, at least one non-radiative slot being formed along the at least one periphery, a first plurality of radiating elements mounted on the ground plane adjacent to the at least one periphery and radiating in a first frequency band and a second plurality of radiating elements mounted on the ground plane adjacent to the at least one periphery and radiating in a second frequency band, the second frequency band being higher than the first frequency band.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of an multiband antenna assembly includes a printed circuit board having a plurality of elements thereon. The plurality of elements may include a radiating element, a matching element, a feed element configured to be operable as a feeding point for the multiband antenna assembly, and a shorting element configured to be operable for electrically shorting the radiating element to ground. The antenna assembly may be operable within at least a first frequency range and a second frequency range different than the first frequency range without requiring any matching lump components coupled to the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A wireless communication device having a stable capacity of an antenna even if a terminal is bent or folded is disclosed. The wireless communication device includes an antenna, a first ground portion to which the antenna is grounded, and a second ground portion that is electrically separated from the first ground portion, and the wireless communication device is bent around a boundary between the first ground portion and the second ground portion.

Abstract: An antenna device is provided. The antenna device may include a conductive radiator pattern formed on one surface of a dielectric substrate, an artificial magnetic conductor layer including at least one unit cell formed on the other surface of the dielectric substrate, and a shorting pin connected to the unit cell. The artificial magnetic conductor layer may be configured to form an induction current of the same phase with regard to a signal current flowing through the conductive radiator pattern.

Abstract: An antenna system and method for fabricating an antenna are provided. The antenna system includes a substrate and an antenna. The antenna includes a conductive particle based material applied onto the substrate. The conductive particle based material includes conductive particles and a binder. When the conductive particle based material is applied to the substrate, the conductive particles are dispersed in the binder so that at least a majority of the conductive particles are adjacent to, but do not touch, one another.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides passive radio frequency (RF) detection systems and methods, which may include various exemplary circuit embodiments, a detection device, and methods associated therewith. The passive RF detection systems and methods provide passive detection of emitted RF energy. In an exemplary embodiment, the passive RF detection systems and methods may include fast switching and low forward-voltage drop diodes, a light emitting diode, a resistor, and an antenna, each of which may be disposed within or outside an external housing or packaging. In another exemplary embodiment, the passive RF detection systems and methods may include a push button switch for selective operation. Advantageously, the passive RF detection systems and methods are configured and operate in a completely passive manner.

Abstract: A three band whip antenna has a base where the whip antenna along its whole length or part of its length, has a lowest frequency band antenna element and an intermediate frequency band antenna element, wherein a highest frequency band antenna is included in the whip antenna at a position closer to base than the intermediate frequency band antenna element.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an antenna array comprised of conical helical antennas with at least one of the antennas being a tilted conical helical antenna. In one embodiment, a tilted conical helical antenna in the array comprises an electrically conductive wire that follows a helical path on a frustum of an oblique elliptical cone in which the axis of the cone is tilted relative to the planar base surface of the cone (i.e., not perpendicular or parallel to the surface) in a plane defined by the axis and a phase center axis of the array. Each of the tilted conical helical antennas in an array is spaced from the phase center axis of the array. The degree of tilt increases the farther an antenna is located from phase center axis.

Abstract: An antenna system for a large appliance is disclosed herein. The antenna system comprises a large appliance having a front surface and a rear surface, a first antenna mounted on the rear surface, a second antenna mounted on the rear surface, a combiner in communication with the first antenna and the second antenna, a radio, a processor, and a wireless access point. The combiner selects the strongest signal of the first antenna and the second antenna to receive a wireless signal from the wireless access point.

Abstract: A pattern antenna, with excellent broadband antenna characteristics, that is formed in a small area is provided. The pattern antenna includes a substrate, a first ground portion formed on a first surface of the substrate, an antenna element portion, a protruding and short-circuiting portion, and a second ground portion. The antenna element portion includes a conductor pattern in which a plurality of bent portions are formed. The conductor pattern is formed on the first surface of the substrate and is electrically connected to the first ground portion. The protruding and short-circuiting portion includes a taper portion with a tapered shape, a protruding portion, and an extended portion extended toward a side opposite to a feed point as viewed in planar view. The second ground portion, with no contact with the taper portion, with such a shape that sandwiches at least a part of a tapered section of the taper portion as viewed in planar view.

Abstract: There is provided a phased array antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements (12) and switching circuitry configured to switch the phased array antenna to an inactive mode. The switching to the inactive mode comprises the switching circuitry connecting random or pseudo-random impedance elements (20) to the antenna elements to reduce the peak backscatter level of the phased antenna array.

Abstract: A hybrid antenna (and related method for manufacturing the antenna) includes a dielectric substrate and a stamping element. The stamping element includes a main radiator, a first holder, a second holder, a feeding element, an extension branch, a first trace, and a first via. The main radiator is substantially disposed above the dielectric substrate. The first holder is coupled to a first end of the main radiator. The second holder is coupled to a second end of the main radiator. The feeding element is coupled to a signal source. The extension branch is substantially disposed below the dielectric substrate, and is coupled between the second holder and the feeding element. The first trace is disposed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate, and the first via is formed through the dielectric substrate, and coupled between an end of the first trace and the first holder.