Patents Examined by Dimary S Lopez Cruz
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Patent number: 11108133Abstract: An antenna system and a mobile terminal implemented with the antenna system are provided. The mobile terminal has a metal frame and a system grounding. The antenna system has at least a first antenna module, a second antenna module, a third antenna module and a fourth antenna module. The first antenna module has a radiating body and a parasitic element coupled to the radiating body. The radiating body is configured to generate a main harmonic, and the parasitic element is configured to generate a parasitic harmonic. The first antenna module further has a first tuning circuit and a second tuning circuit. The antenna system has at least four operation modes. The antenna system of the present invention may achieve carrier aggregation of different LTE frequencies, and may be used as a MIMO antenna system.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Jing Wu, Ke Hua, Haibing Chen
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Patent number: 11102890Abstract: This present disclosure provides an electronic package and a method for manufacturing the same. An antenna board with a limiter is stacked on a circuit board. A support body for holding the antenna board and the circuit board in place is provided between the antenna board and the circuit board, such that in the process of forming the support body, the limiter stops the flow of an adhesive material of the support body, and the adhesive material of the support body is prevented from overflowing onto an antenna structure of the antenna board to make sure that the antenna of the antenna board functions properly.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ying-Chang Tseng, Yuan-Hung Hsu, Chang-Fu Lin
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Patent number: 11088458Abstract: A microstrip antenna is disclosed. The microstrip antenna includes a dielectric substrate with a first relative permittivity, a metal patch, and a magneto-dielectric superstrate. The metal patch is printed on the dielectric substrate, and the magneto-dielectric superstrate is placed above the metal patch.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignees: AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Amir Jafargholi, Ali Jafargholi, Mehdi Veysi, Jun H. Choi
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Patent number: 11081801Abstract: A compact wideband RF antenna for incorporating into a planar substrate, such as a PCB, having at least one cavity with a radiating slot, and at least one transmission line resonator disposed within a cavity and coupled thereto. Additional embodiments provide stacked slot-coupled cavities and multiple coupled transmission-line resonators placed within a cavity. Applications to ultra-wideband systems and to millimeter-wave systems, as well as to dual and circular polarization antennas are disclosed. Further applications include configurations for an antenna based on a monopole element and having a radiation pattern that is approximately isotropic.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: VAYYAR IMAGING LTD.Inventors: Naftali Chayat, Doron Cohen
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Patent number: 11081789Abstract: Base station antennas are provided herein. A base station antenna includes first and second wiper phase shifters. In some embodiments, the base station antenna includes first and second wiper supports that are on the first and second wiper phase shifters, respectively, and the first wiper support includes a portion that is beside and interlocked with a portion of the second wiper support. In some embodiments, the base station antenna includes a first linkage that is on the second wiper phase shifter, and a second linkage that intersects, and is coupled to, the first linkage and is configured to adjust the first and second wiper phase shifters via the first linkage. In some embodiments, the first and second wiper phase shifters are a mirror-image pair of wiper phase shifters. Related methods of operating a base station antenna are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Guomin Ding, Martin Zimmerman, Junfeng Yu, Haifei Qin
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Patent number: 11075455Abstract: An antenna structure, a manufacturing method thereof and a communication device are provided. The antenna structure includes a first base substrate, a second base substrate, a dielectric layer provided between the first base substrate and the second base substrate, an isolation layer, first coplanar electrodes provided on one side of the isolation layer facing the first base substrate, and second coplanar electrodes provided on another side of the isolation layer facing the second base substrate. In the direction perpendicular to the first base substrate, the dielectric layer includes a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, and the isolation layer is provided between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The first coplanar electrodes include first electrodes and second electrodes alternately arranged. The second coplanar electrodes include third electrodes and fourth electrodes alternately arranged.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yongchun Lu, Xinyin Wu, Jianbo Xian, Yongda Ma
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Patent number: 11075444Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that includes a front surface, a rear surface facing away from the front surface, and a side surface surrounding a space between the front surface and the rear surface, wherein the front surface includes a dielectric substance having a first permittivity and the rear surface includes a dielectric substance having a second permittivity, an antenna array that is positioned adjacent to the side surface, radiates a millimeter wave signal, the antenna array including at least one antenna element, a communication circuit that is electrically connected with the antenna array and communicates by using the millimeter wave signal, and an electrical element that is positioned to be spaced from the antenna array by a specified distance such that a radiation pattern of the millimeter wave signal radiated from the antenna array has a directivity toward the side surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung Gil Jeon, Jeong Heum Lee, Jae Bong Chun
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Patent number: 11075442Abstract: Antennas and MIMO antenna systems in a housing of an electronic device are described. Each of the antennas includes a first RF radiating member having a first frequency range and a second RF radiating member having a second frequency range. The first frequency range is 4-5 GHz and the second frequency range is 3-4 GHz, and each antenna has an operating frequency range of at least 3-5 GHz. A plurality of the antennas may be arranged in a housing of an electronic device to form MIMO antenna systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Wang, Enliang Wang
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Patent number: 11063363Abstract: A patch antenna includes: a ground conductor pattern lying in a plane and set to ground potential; a feeding conductor pattern lying in a plane and disposed in a manner so as to face the ground conductor pattern, the feeding conductor pattern having feed points that are opposite to each other with respect to a center point of the feeding conductor pattern; feed lines that are connected in parallel between the feed points and are of different lengths; and a frequency selection circuits disposed on a path of at least one of the feed lines, the frequency selection circuits being configured to allow passage of radio-frequency signals in one frequency band and to attenuate radio-frequency signals in another frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Komura, Yoshiki Yamada
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Patent number: 11063367Abstract: Dual band slot antenna is described. The dual band slot antenna includes a ground plane having a slot, a conductive patch, a dielectric substrate disposed between the conductive patch and the ground plane, and a coaxial cable fastened on the conductive patch to form a first loop region and a second loop region of different sizes for dual band operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Ju-Hung Chen, Shih Huang Wu, Hao Ming Chen
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Patent number: 11063356Abstract: A deployable reflectarray has a plurality of strips arranged in quadrants forming the reflectarray. The copper ground plane and the copper dipoles are supported by facesheets made of epoxy reinforced by quartz fibers. The copper ground plane is separated from the copper dipoles by S-shaped springs made of epoxy reinforced by quartz fibers, which allow folding and deployment of the reflectarray.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Manan Arya, Jonathan Sauder, Richard E. Hodges, Sergio Pellegrino
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Patent number: 11063340Abstract: The present disclosure includes: an RFIC (110A) and an RFIC (110B) that are configured to respectively supply radio-frequency power to a first antenna group and a second antenna group; and a divider that divides a reference frequency signal input thereto and outputs the resulting first radio-frequency signals to the RFIC (110A) and the RFIC (110B). The divider is a Wilkinson-type first divider that is formed of a circuit system of a second impedance that is lower than a first impedance that is an impedance of signal transmission system into which the divider is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Katsuhito Kuroda
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Patent number: 11056767Abstract: An electronic device includes a first antenna configured to transmit and receive a first signal of a first frequency band, and a housing in which the first antenna is accommodated, wherein the housing includes a first conductor having a first slit that at least partially overlaps the first antenna, wherein the first conductor is formed of a metal and at least a portion of the first slit is filled with a metal oxide. Additionally, the electronic device includes a second conductor configured to transmit and receive a second signal of a second frequency band, and a second slit formed between the first conductor and the second conductor, and wherein the second slit is filled with a material that has an external appearance that is different from that of the second conductor.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Inventors: Sung Chul Park, Kyi Hyun Jang, Bum Jin Cho, Kyung Kyun Kang, Ji Ho Kim, Gyu Bok Park, Kyung Moon Seol, Hyun Jeong Lee
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Patent number: 11056781Abstract: The application disclose an antenna. The antenna includes a first radiating element, a second radiating element, a third radiating element, and a closed ring, where the first radiating element is connected to a first feed point, the second radiating element is connected to a second feed point, and the third radiating element is connected to a third feed point; the closed ring is configured to be disposed in a clearance area of a ground plate, and configured to connect to the ground plate; the first radiating element, the second radiating element, and the third radiating element are connected by using a microstrip, to form a radiator; the third radiating element is disposed between the first radiating element and the second radiating element.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Ming Zhang, Daqing Liu, Huailin Wen
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Patent number: 11056780Abstract: An RF antenna system includes a first unit that further includes first attachment means that secures the first unit to a window, and an antenna. The first unit additionally includes an RF transceiver, coupled to the antenna, that receives, via the antenna, incoming RF signals and converts the RF signals to first electrical signals; and first optical means that transmits the first electrical signals as first optical signals through the first surface of the window. The RF antenna system also includes a second unit that includes second attachment means that secures the second unit to the window. The second unit also includes second optical means that receive the first optical signals through the second surface of the window, convert the first optical signals to first digital signals, and transmit the first digital signals to a device connected to the second unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Donna L. Polehn, Fred Weisbrod
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Patent number: 11056762Abstract: An adjustable antennal mount has a base bracket, an upper bracket, multiple fasteners, and a leveling instrument. The base bracket has a slanting surface not perpendicular to an assembling axis of base bracket and a rotating axis perpendicular to the slanting surface. The upper bracket is adjustably mounted on the base bracket along the rotating axis and has a diagonal surface and a top surface. The diagonal surface is attached to the slanting surface of the base bracket and is not parallel to the top surface of the upper bracket. The fasteners are connected with the base bracket and the upper bracket and are arranged at spaced intervals. The leveling instrument is mounted in the upper bracket and indicates levelness of the top surface of the upper bracket.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: JONSA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Ming-Tien Lin, Tien-Chih Pan
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Patent number: 11050160Abstract: An antenna device as described herein includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The second metal layer is spaced apart from the first metal layer. The first metal layer includes an opening through which to transmit RF (Radio Frequency) energy to the second metal layer. The second metal layer is operable to reflect the RF energy received through the opening back to a surface of the first metal layer. The first metal layer is operable to reflect the RF energy (received from the reflection off the second metal layer) in a direction past the second metal layer through a communication medium. The surface area of the first metal layer is sufficiently larger than a surface area of the second metal layer to reflect the RF energy past the second metal layer into the communication medium. This ensures that the antenna device operates in a reflective mode as opposed to a resonant mode, resulting in high gain.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: University of MassachusettsInventors: Hualiang Zhang, Bowen Zheng
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Patent number: 11050144Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an assembly. In some embodiments the assembly comprises at least one antenna and a thermal insulation component. In some embodiments, the at least one antenna is configured to transmit a field of radiofrequency (RF) communication at an operating frequency ranging from 6 GHz to 100 GHz. In some embodiments, the thermal insulation component is disposed within the field of RF communication. In some embodiments, the thermal insulation component has a thermal conductivity ranging from 0.0025 W/m·K to 0.025 W/m·K at 25° C. and 1 atm.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Jacob B. Hersh, John C. Allen, Mitchell H. Warren, Lindsey C. Keen
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Patent number: 11050145Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a heatable radome, a flexible printed circuit board having a metallic structure being used. Said flexible printed circuit board is embossed and is back-molded with a thermoplastic material.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Wolfgang Nicke, Frank Pakebusch
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Patent number: 11050163Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna, in particular array antenna. The antenna includes an antenna top surface (1a) and an antenna bottom surface (1b). The antenna further includes a waveguide channel structure with a plurality of waveguide end branches (111). Each waveguide end branch (111) opens into an associated waveguide opening (100) in the antenna top surface (1a) in a one-to-one relation, wherein the waveguide openings (100) are arranged in a pattern of rows and columns. A plurality of recesses (101) extends from the antenna top surface (1a) towards the antenna bottom surface (1b), the plurality of recesses (101, 101b) being arranged such that a recess (101b) is present between pairs of neighboring waveguide openings (100) of the same row and/or column.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: HUBER+SUHNER AGInventor: Rafal Glogowski