Patents Examined by Dimary S Lopez Cruz
  • Patent number: 12294147
    Abstract: A communications device may include an RF device, and an antenna coupled to the RF device. The RF device may have a conductive ground plane, a conductive support rod carried by the conductive ground plane and extending outwardly therefrom, and a conductive body coupled to and surrounding the conductive support rod. The conductive body may have a helical slot to define a helical slot radiating antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: Francis E. Parsche
  • Patent number: 12292529
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a transmitting antenna including a transmission channel, a transmitting antenna including a transmission channel, a transmitting antenna including a transmission channel, a transmitting antenna including a transmission channel, and a receiving antenna including reception channels. An interval between the transmitting antenna and the transmitting antenna is wider than an overall width of the receiving antenna. An interval between the transmitting antenna and the transmitting antenna is narrower than an interval between adjacent channels among the reception channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Maruyama, Mitsuru Kirita, Shigeo Udagawa
  • Patent number: 12294141
    Abstract: Base station antenna calibration boards are provided. A base station antenna calibration board includes directional couplers and radio frequency (RF) transmission lines that are coupled to the directional couplers, respectively. Moreover, a first pair of the directional couplers has a coupler section that is between and coupled to a first pair of the RF transmission lines and that has a non-rectangular interior shape. Related base station antennas are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
    Inventors: Lakshminarayana Pollayi, Kumara Swamy Kasani, Ligang Wu
  • Patent number: 12283754
    Abstract: An electronic device and an antenna device are provided. The electronic device includes a metal frame defined with multiple gaps, and the multiple gaps divide the metal frame into multiple independent frame segments used as antenna bodies supporting frequency bands of communication standards. At least three frame segments of the multiple frame segments support a 5G frequency band, at least one frame segment of the at least three frame segments further supports an MHB frequency band of LTE, and at least one frame segment except the at least three frame segments of the multiple frame segments supports the MHB frequency band of LTE. At least one frame segment supporting the MHB frequency band of LTE except the at least three frame segments supporting the 5G frequency band is used for achieving a 5G NSA communication standard together with the at least three frame segments supporting the 5G frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Huanhong Liu, Haijun Tang
  • Patent number: 12283752
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of OAM antennas, and provides a frequency re-configurable OAM antenna in S band and a frequency reconfiguration method. The OAM antenna includes a lower dielectric substrate and multiple array units. Each array unit includes a metal patch, an upper dielectric substrate, an outer loop, an inner loop, a coaxial feeder, four metal probes, and four diodes. In the present disclosure, bias states of all the diodes of each array unit are controlled by applying a voltage; when all the diodes are in forward bias states, the antenna works at a high frequency; and when all the diodes are in reverse bias states, the antenna works at a low frequency. The frequency re-configurable OAM antenna in S band in the present disclosure has features of frequency reconfiguration and two OAM radiation modes, and has a stable gain over a broadband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Anhui University
    Inventors: Zhixiang Huang, Sixian Qian, Jie Wu, Kaikun Niu, Yi Li, Shuyang An, Xingang Ren, Lixia Yang, Xianliang Wu
  • Patent number: 12278439
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for antenna placement and antenna arrangement to improve space saving in an antenna system that includes a plurality of antennas. In an embodiment, a common transmission line medium provides a feeding network for one antenna of the antenna system and a signal return path for a second antenna of the antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Huang, Ping Shi, Xiaoyin He
  • Patent number: 12272877
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, an antenna structure, and a support member. The housing provides a front surface, a rear surface, and a side surface of the electronic device. The antenna structure may be located in an inner space of the housing. The antenna structure may include a printed circuit board having a first surface facing the front surface and a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first surface, and can include at least one antenna element. The support member may be combined with the housing. The antenna structure may be disposed on the support member. The support member on which the antenna structure is disposed may be inserted into a recess provided in a sidewall of the housing providing the side surface. The sidewall may include a connection portion, which may be combined with a front plate of the housing providing the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bongsuk Choi, Minchang Shim, Soli Jung
  • Patent number: 12272863
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, an antenna structure disposed in an inner space of the housing, a wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space, and a first bracket. The antenna structure includes a substrate having a first substrate surface facing in a first direction and a second substrate surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first substrate surface, and a plurality of chip antennas sequentially arranged on the first substrate surface in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the plurality of chip antennas includes an antenna element and is separated in the third direction from remaining chip antennas by separation spaces. The first bracket includes first and second protrusions that protrude in the second direction to correspond to the first substrate surface of the substrate. The protrusions are aligned, in the third direction, with the separation spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghee An, Pilwon Seo, Bitna Kim, Haewon Sung, Yongwon Cho, Junhee Han, Jeongseob Kim, Hyunsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 12261364
    Abstract: An antenna module, a metamaterial structure and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a glass material layer and an antenna module. The antenna module includes a substrate, at least one radiating element and a metamaterial structure. The metamaterial structure includes a metamaterial substrate, a plurality of first metal conductors, and a plurality of second metal conductors. The first metal conductors are disposed on the first surface of the metamaterial substrate and are spaced apart at intervals from each other, and the second metal conductors are disposed on the second surface of the metamaterial substrate and are spaced apart at intervals from each other. The first metal conductors respectively correspond to the second metal conductors. Shapes of the first metal conductors are different from shapes of the second metal conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Jin Chen, Tsun-Che Huang, Jia-Hung Su
  • Patent number: 12255389
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transparent antenna and a device. The transparent antenna includes: a first polymer layer; a first transparent antenna, wherein the first transparent antenna includes an antenna body and a partition region, and one side of the first polymer layer is provided with a grid-like conductive wire to form the antenna body; a second polymer layer, wherein the second polymer layer is provided at one side, where the first transparent antenna is provided, of the first polymer layer; and a second transparent antenna, wherein the second transparent antenna is provided at one side of the second polymer layer away from the first transparent antenna, the second transparent antenna includes an antenna body, and one side of the second polymer layer away from the first transparent antenna is provided with a grid-like conductive wire to form the antenna body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SHINE OPTOELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lidong Liu, Yulong Gao, Weiying Bao
  • Patent number: 12249764
    Abstract: A transparent electromagnetic wave focusing device is provided, which includes a plurality of metamaterial unit cells arranged to form a metamaterial array plate, and each metamaterial unit cell includes a plurality of metal layers and a plurality of transparent substrates stacked alternately. Each of the metal layers has a comb-tooth pattern, and the plurality of metamaterial unit cells correspond to a plurality of comb-tooth pattern combinations, respectively. The metamaterial array plate has an incident surface and an exit surface opposite to each other, and for an incident electromagnetic wave with a predetermined operating frequency band incident from the incident surface, the metamaterial unit cells correspond to a plurality of compensation phase differences, such that the incident electromagnetic wave that passes through the exit surface are focused on a reference point. The comb-tooth pattern combinations vary with the corresponding compensation phase differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chin-Hsien Wu, Wei-Tung Yang, Tsun-Che Huang
  • Patent number: 12224487
    Abstract: A trailing wire antenna connector comprising: a spool; a trailing line and a conductive socket. The trailing line is configured to be wound around the spool and consists of a non-conductive line segment joined to a conductive wire segment via a conductive plug. The non-conductive line segment is connected to the spool. The conductive socket is configured to be mounted to a fuselage so as to be electrically insulated from the fuselage and electrically connected to a feed line of an RF receiver. The conductive socket has an opening through which the conductive wire segment may pass but that is too small for the conductive plug to pass such that when the conductive plug comes into contact with the conductive socket the conductive wire segment is electrically connected to the feed line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: David Carlos Dawson
  • Patent number: 12224496
    Abstract: A signal transmission apparatus is provided in the present disclosure, including: a substrate, and a BLUETOOTH antenna and WI-FI antennas which are provided on a same side edge of the substrate. At least two branches of the WI-FI antennas are provided, and the BLUETOOTH antenna and the WI-FI antennas are provided at intervals. According to the present disclosure, the BLUETOOTH antenna and the WI-FI antennas are provided on the same side edge of the substrate, and the BLUETOOTH antenna and the WI-FI antennas are provided at intervals, so that all the antennas of the signal transmission apparatus are provided at an edge of a terminal board, thereby facilitating signal transmission and solving a problem in the prior art that the BLUETOOTH antenna and the WI-FI antennas are respectively provided on two side edges of the substrate, affecting data transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Liuzhong Yin, Zitong Wang, Bin Zhang
  • Patent number: 12224490
    Abstract: A horn antenna for a millimeter wave comprises: a horn radiator including a radiation part having an opening formed therein to radiate a feed signal, and a multi-layer PCB coupling part coupled to lower and side portions of the radiation part to provide a feed signal; and a multi-layer PCB coupled to a lower portion of the multi-layer PCB coupling part to provide a feed signal, wherein a slot and a groove connected to the slot and extending in a direction parallel to the multi-layer PCB are formed in the multi-layer PCB coupling part, wherein a feed line vertically overlapping the slot and the groove is formed on a first layer substrate, which is the uppermost layer of the multi-layer PCB, wherein the opening extends in a direction parallel to the multi-layer PCB, and wherein a ‘¬’-shaped waveguide extending from the slot is formed in the horn radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SENSORVIEW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Nam Kim, Hong Il Yoo, Chul-Keun Park, Chan-Woo Park, Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12218408
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are antenna boards, antenna modules, and communication devices. For example, in some embodiments, an antenna board may include: an antenna feed substrate including an antenna feed structure, wherein the antenna feed substrate includes a ground plane, the antenna feed structure includes a first portion perpendicular to the ground plane and a second portion parallel to the ground plane, and the first portion is electrically coupled between the second portion and the first portion; and a millimeter wave antenna patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Trang Thai, Sidharth Dalmia, Raanan Sover, Josef Hagn, Omer Asaf, Simon Svendsen
  • Patent number: 12206169
    Abstract: An antenna module includes two antenna units, two isolation members, and a grounding member. Each antenna unit consists of two feeding ends, two first radiators, and two second radiators. The isolating members are disposed between the first and second portions of each antenna unit. The grounding member is disposed beside the two antenna units and the two isolation members. A first slot is formed among each first radiator, the second radiator, and the grounding member. The two second radiators are connected to the third radiator. A third slot is formed between the second radiator and the second portion. The two antenna units are symmetric to the fourth slot in a mirrored manner, and the two first portions have widths gradually changing along an extending direction of the fourth position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chao-Hsu Wu, Cheng-Hsiung Wu, Chia-Hung Chen, Shih-Keng Huang, Hau Yuen Tan, Sheng-Chin Hsu, Tse-Hsuan Wang, Hao-Hsiang Yang
  • Patent number: 12191584
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a ground element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a dielectric substrate, a first feeding element, a second feeding element, a third feeding element, and a fourth radiation element. The dielectric substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The first radiation element is disposed on the first surface. The second radiation element is adjacent to the first radiation element, and is separate from the first radiation element. The first feeding element has a first feeding port, and is coupled to the first radiation element. The second feeding element has a second feeding port, and is coupled to the first radiation element. The third feeding element has a third feeding port, and is coupled to the first radiation element. The fourth feeding element has a fourth feeding port, and is coupled to the first radiation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventor: Chun-Lin Huang
  • Patent number: 12191557
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a metal back cover and an antenna module. The metal back cover includes a slot. The antenna module is located in the metal back cover. The antenna module includes a first radiator, second radiator, third radiator, fourth radiator, and fifth radiator. The first radiator has a feeding end. The second radiator connected to the first radiator has a contact portion which is connected to the metal back cover. The third radiator is connected to the second radiator and is located beside the first radiator. The third radiator has a first grounding terminal. The fourth radiator is connected to the second radiator and has a second grounding terminal. The fifth radiator is connected to the third radiator and the fourth radiator. Distances between the feeding end and the slot, the first grounding terminal and the slot, and the second grounding terminal and the slot all range from 3.5 mm to 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Hau Yuen Tan, Chao-Hsu Wu, Chen-Kuang Wang, Chih-Fu Chang, Tsung-Chi Tsai, Shih-Keng Huang, Tse-Hsuan Wang, Sheng-Chin Hsu
  • Patent number: 12183975
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: a parabolic reflector; a dielectric support pedestal; a sub-reflector connected to an upper part of the dielectric support pedestal; and a waveguide connected to a lower part of the dielectric support pedestal, wherein the parabolic reflector has a curved surface in which a ratio of a focal length to a diameter is greater than a preset value, and at least one corrugation configured to suppress a cross polarization is formed in a region of the dielectric support pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Byung Chul Park, Seung Ho Kim, Kun Sup Kwon, Jong Wan Heo, Sung Jae Lee, Ki Min Hwang
  • Patent number: 12155123
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a plate-shaped radiating element that radiates a radio wave polarized in an X-axis direction, a grounding electrode (GND), and a dielectric substrate that carries the radiating element and the grounding electrode (GND). In the dielectric substrate, dielectric in designated regions, which are included in adjustment regions that are located on the outer side with respect to first boundary planes and on the outer side with respect to second boundary planes, is thinner than dielectric in a non-adjustment region. The first boundary planes are planes extending on end faces of the radiating element on the respective sides in an X-axis direction (polarization direction) and being orthogonal to the X-axis direction. The second boundary planes are planes extending on end faces of the radiating element on the respective sides in a Y-axis direction and being orthogonal to the first boundary planes and to the Y-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Gouchi