Abstract: Communications apparatus has a plurality of nodes each of which is capable of communicating with plural other nodes via point-to-point wireless transmission links between the nodes. At least one of the nodes has at least one antenna that is steerable in azimuth. The antenna is arranged to transmit an electromagnetic beam that has a beam width that is narrower in azimuth than in elevation. The beam width in azimuth is less than 9° and the beam width in elevation is less than about 15°.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to realize, in an antenna and an electronic equipment using the same, miniaturization of that antenna. To achieve said objective, an antenna electrode (19) is provided on the surface of the main body (18), a grounding electrode (20) is provided on the back face, and a signal electrode (21) is provided on the circumferential face, the antenna electrode (19) being different in length at the X axis from the Y axis. This enables to construct a broad-band antenna with a single piece of antenna, contributing to miniaturization of the antenna.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an antenna array is provided that includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a plurality of heavily-doped contact regions extending from the first surface to the second surface; a plurality of antennas formed on an insulating layer adjacent the first surface, each antenna being coupled to corresponding ones of the contact regions by vias; driving circuitry formed on the second surface of the substrate, wherein the driving circuitry is configured such that each antenna corresponds to an RF beam forming interface circuit adapted to perform at least one of phase-shifting and attenuating an RF signal according to a transmit beam forming command to form an RF driving signal for driving the corresponding antenna, the RF beam forming interface circuit also adapted to perform at least one of phase-shifting and attenuating a received RF signal from the corresponding antenna according to a receive beam forming command, and a waveguide network formed in a

Abstract: A radio wave reception converter receives a radio wave and converts the radio wave into an electric signal, and includes a horn introducing a radio wave, and a waveguide arranged at the rear of the horn for guiding a radio wave introduced by the horn. An insulation sheet is located between the waveguide and the horn to seal hermetically the interior of the waveguide and the horn. The connecting part between the waveguide and the horn is covered with an exterior cabinet. The front opening of the horn is covered with a feedome. The structure facilitates the connecting work between the waveguide and the horn, and can ensure airtightness at the connecting part.

Abstract: A broadband monopole is preferably formed as a single arm helical winding formed from copper, aluminum, or other suitable materials. The monopole is embedded in a lossy dielectric material that may include, for example, a potting material and a polyurethane resin or carbon-loaded ceramic shell. In alternate embodiments, the helical winding may be used without the dielectric material, although such an embodiment is not preferred because the input impedance is oscillatory and difficult to match. The resulting antenna operates over an extremely broad band and provides very uniform input impedance.

Abstract: The structure of an antenna device is simplified to reduce the size and cost. In an antenna case having a top cover and a bottom plate joined with each other, an antenna module receiving a signal transmitted from a GPS satellite, a low noise amplifier circuit (LNA circuit) directly provided on the ground plane of the antenna module for amplifying the signal received by the antenna module, and a shield case that shields the LNA circuit are provided.

Abstract: A system for remotely controlling an electrical switching device is disclosed. The system includes a mounting fixture configured to be mounted in a wall. An electrical switching device is supported by the mounting fixture. The system also includes a cover configured to cover at least a portion of the mounting fixture. The system further includes a shielding plate configured to have a high electrical conductivity. The shielding plate is mounted proximate to the mounting fixture between the cover and the electrical switching device. The system also includes a directional, non-isotropic radio frequency (RF) antenna sized to fit within the cover and configured to transmit RF frequency signals. The RF antenna is located between the shielding plate and the cover at a predetermined distance from the shielding plate. The predetermined distance is selected to increase the capability of the RF antenna to send and receive the RF signals.

Abstract: The present invention provides a broadband slot array antenna that can be implemented with lower cost by using a single dielectric layer and a metal layer, and makes easy to implement an active integrated antenna. The broadband slot antenna includes: a dielectric layer under which a microstrip feedline is formed; a ground formed on the dielectric layer and electromagnetically coupled with the microstrip antenna through a slot; and a reflection plane placed under the microstrip feedline in order to prevent board surface waves from being radiated and enhance antenna gain.

Abstract: An image generating system and a program enabling scissoring of a polygon in a three-dimensional stage to prevent display failure of a polygon on a screen end or at a short distance from the viewpoint with a reduced computation load. The system performs scissoring processing for a polygon in a three-dimensional stage and generates an image of an object including a new vertex generated by the scissoring. A polygon which is at a short distance from a view point, displaying of which is likely to be missed, is scissored on side surfaces of a quadrangular pyramid forming a view volume, to prevent the display failure of the polygon existing at a short distance from the end of a screen. A polygon arranged in the three-dimensional space is subjected to coordinate transformation into a screen coordinate system, to detect an undrawable vertex, and a polygon containing the detected vertex is scissored at a portion containing the detected vertex, in a predetermined plane.

Abstract: A planar antenna is formed of a circuit substrate and a slot line formed on the circuit substrate for guiding an electromagnetic wave in an axial direction thereof, the planar antenna emitting the electromagnetic wave at an end part of said slot line, wherein the end part has a curved shape forming a focal point at a location on an axis of the slot line with offset by a distance of about a quarter wavelength of the electromagnetic wave, and wherein there is provided a conductor pattern having a length of about a half of the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave at the focal point.

Abstract: A device and method for patch antenna with enhanced feed is provided. Generally, the patch antenna comprising: a ground plate, a patch plate parallel to the ground plate, a shorting wall, and a feed line. The shorting wall connects an edge of the ground plate to an edge of the patch plate. The feed line passes through an aperture in the ground plate and connects to two locations on the patch plate.

Abstract: An antenna is structured in a manner that a rectangular radiation electrode, a ground electrode opposed in parallel to a long side and a short side adjacent to each other of the radiation electrode, respectively, and a feeder electrode connected to the long side of the radiation electrode are formed on a substrate. A portion opposed to the long side of the ground electrode has a length not more than the long side and a width equal to or less than a length of the short side, and a portion opposed to the short side of the ground electrode has a length more than the short side and a width equal to or more than a length of the long side.

Abstract: An antenna assembly (700) includes a first element (100) and a second element (300). Each element (100, 300) transmits and receives in a particular band of frequencies. Integrated on one of the elements is a diplexer (702) that allows all frequencies to be fed into the antenna assembly (700) via a single connector (600) and each element (100, 300) receives only the frequency band that that element is designed to operate in.

Abstract: An antenna coil includes a bar-shaped core, a bobbin, a coil, a case, and a wiring harness. The bobbin is formed of insulating material and has the coil wound around the bobbin with the bar-shaped core within the bobbin. The case is formed of insulating material defining a cavity having a cavity interior wall. The bobbin with the coil wound therearound is disposed in the cavity. The case has a protrusion extending into the cavity. The wiring harness is connected to the coil and disposed around a portion of a perimeter of the protrusion in a substantially omega shape and is disposed at least in part between the protrusion and the cavity interior wall. A flexible resin fills spaces in the cavity between the bobbin and the cavity interior wall.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted antenna of the present invention includes a grounding conductor arranged on a vehicle interior side surface of a rear window that inclines at a predetermined inclination angle with respect to the horizontal plane, a slot and a U-shaped auxiliary slot formed in the grounding conductor, and an electrically conductive reflecting plate that protrudes in a direction that forms a predetermined angle with respect to the surface of the grounding conductor so as to slope downward towards the front of the vehicle from a location shifted downward in the vertical direction (front of the vehicle) from the slot on the surface of the grounding conductor at a location close to the slot.

Abstract: This invention provides an antenna module comprising: a helical antenna 1 including a base 2 and a pair of terminals 4, 5 and a helical area formed on the base 2; a power supply 7 for supplying power to one of the pair of terminals 4, 5 of the helical antenna 1; an opening connected to the other of the pair of terminals; an antenna substrate 9 on which the antenna 7 is mounted; a grounding area 10 formed in the vicinity of the power supply 7; and a peripheral conductor 16 formed at least a portion on the periphery of the antenna substrate 9, wherein the peripheral length of the peripheral conductor 16 formed on the periphery of the antenna substrate 9 is nearly integer times as long as ¼ wavelength of a resonance frequency.

Abstract: A dielectric loaded antenna apparatus has a column-shaped loaded dielectric which is loaded on an end portion of a feeding line of the dielectric loaded antenna apparatus. The loaded dielectric has an inclined radiation surface which is inclined from a surface perpendicular to an axial direction of the loaded dielectric. A cross section of the loaded dielectric perpendicular to the axial direction of the loaded dielectric has a shape of one of a circle, ellipse and polygon. The feeding line is a waveguide which includes a radiation waveguide and a feeding waveguide. The radiation waveguide has an axis parallel to the axial direction of the loaded dielectric and includes an opening for feeding an electromagnetic wave to the loaded dielectric. The feeding waveguide feeds the electromagnetic wave to the radiation waveguide.

Abstract: A signal receiving system includes a variable directivity antenna having its directivity varied in accordance with a control signal applied thereto. A control signal generator generating the control signal is provided in a receiving apparatus. The receiving apparatus includes also a modulator operating to ASK (amplitude-shift-keying) modulate a carrier with the control signal from the control signal generator into an ASK modulated signal. The ASK modulated signal is applied through a transmission line to the variable directivity antenna, and a controller associated with the variable directivity antenna demodulates the ASK modulated signal to recover the control signal for use in varying the directivity of the variable directivity antenna.

Abstract: Method for controlling an input impedance of an antenna (100). The method can include the steps of coupling RF energy from an input RF transmission line (106) to an antenna radiating element (102) through an aperture (112) defined in a ground plane (110). For example, the aperture (112) can be a slot and the radiating element (102) can be a patch type element. The input impedance can thereafter be controlled by selectively varying a volume or a position of a conductive fluid (128) disposed in a predetermined region between the RF transmission line and the antenna radiating element. The volume of conductive fluid (128) can be automatically varied in response to at least one control signal (132).

Abstract: A radio frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus comprising a filter and an antenna, wherein the input reactance of the antenna is substantially equal in magnitude and opposite in sign to the output reactance of the filter. This reactance relationship permits the antenna and filter to be collocated and avoids transformation of the input and output impedances to the conventional 50 ohms such that the filter and antenna can be connected with a conventional 50 ohm transmission line.