Patents Examined by Michael M Bouizza
  • Patent number: 12237588
    Abstract: An ultra-wide band dipole antenna assembly for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic signals is disclosed herein. The antenna assembly comprises a dipole antenna element and coplanar waveguide feeding network. The dipole antenna delivers the ultra-wide band matching through a pre-determined arrangement after the coplanar waveguide feeding network is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Airgain, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Wang, Peisheng Qian
  • Patent number: 12224498
    Abstract: A wireless radiation module with multiple miniaturized antennas receiving signals from multiple switchable feed points for enhanced frequency ranges includes a substrate, a radiation portion, and an active circuit. The radiation portion is spaced apart from a radiator. The radiation portion generates multiple radiation modes through coupling with the radiator, and signals are transmitted and/or received from the radiator. The active circuit is electrically connected to the radiation portion for switching between multiple radiation modes of the radiation portion. The wireless radiation module can operate in multiple radiation modes, and cover multiple frequency bands, to increase a bandwidth and have an improved antenna efficiency. The present disclosure also provides an electronic device with the wireless radiation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Cho-Kang Hsu, Min-Hui Ho
  • Patent number: 12218400
    Abstract: The antenna device includes: an array antenna including an antenna board on which a plurality of element antennas is mounted on one surface and an integrated circuit is mounted on an other surface; a power supply including a power supply board on which a power supply component is mounted; a base supporting the antenna board in such a manner that the integrated circuit is connected to one surface of base, supporting the power supply board in such a manner that the power supply component is connected to an other surface of base, and to the base heat generated by the integrated circuit and the power supply component connected to the base being transferred; a mount supporting the base, being fixed to a moving body, and to the mount heat being transferred from the base; a radome; and a skirt dissipating heat transferred from the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taro Ueda
  • Patent number: 12218439
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a conductive member on which at least one power supply point and ground point are positioned, at least one ground member arranged inside the housing, a first ground path connecting the ground point to the ground member, a second ground path connecting the ground point to the ground member, a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged inside the housing and a processor arranged on the PCB. The processor is configured to supply power to the at least one power supply point so that the conductive member transmits and/or receives a signal of a first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiho Kim, Moohyun Roh, Gyubok Park, Kyungmoon Seol, Seongyong An, Kyihyun Jang, Jaewon Choe
  • Patent number: 12212047
    Abstract: A wearable ring includes an inner surface and an outer surface; a first antenna component and a second antenna component, each disposed between the inner surface and the outer surface; a first electrical circuit connecting a first end portion of the first antenna component with a first end portion of the second antenna component; and a second electrical circuit connecting a second end portion of the first antenna component with a second end portion of the second antenna component, and wherein, based on configuration of the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit, the first antenna component and second antenna component are configured to operate in a given frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Miroslav Samardzija, Eden Cheng, Robert Huang, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo
  • Patent number: 12212081
    Abstract: A mutual inductance tuning coil component which includes a substrate; and, a loop antenna mounted on the substrate, the loop antenna being positioned proximate to a Near Field Communication (NFC) radiating component of an information handling system, the loop antenna compensating for the radiated energy generated by the NFC radiating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kun-Da Ho, Shang-Chu Chien
  • Patent number: 12206179
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a radiation element including feeding elements adjacent to each other, a feed wiring, a ground electrode, and a filter circuit. The ground electrode is disposed to face the radiation element. The feed wiring transmits a radio frequency signal from an RFIC to the radiation element. The filter circuit is connected between a feed circuit and the feed wiring. The ground electrode includes a first portion facing the radiation element, and a second portion arranged in a layer at an upper side closer to the radiation element than the first portion. In plan view of the antenna module from a normal direction, i) the second portion is disposed between the two feeding elements, and ii) the filter circuit overlaps the second portion and is disposed in a layer at a lower side than the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo Komura
  • Patent number: 12199353
    Abstract: This application provides a multi-band antenna. The antenna includes a feeder and a radiating element connected to the feeder, and further includes: a first notch structure, where the first notch structure is located on a side of the radiating element and is coupled to the radiating element; and a second notch structure, where the second notch structure is located on a far side of the first notch structure from the radiating element, and a far end of the second notch structure from the radiating element is grounded. The first notch structure may be selectively connected to the ground or to the second notch structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Xue, Dong Yu, Lijun Ying, Meng Hou, Jiaqing You
  • Patent number: 12199358
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antenna module that includes a substrate on which a first coil is provided, a base material on which a second coil and a magnetic sheet overlapping the second coil are provided, and an adhesive layer bonding the substrate and the base material such that the first coil and the magnetic sheet overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Shoma Kajikiya
  • Patent number: 12184312
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for configuring a broadband antenna system. An example electronic device includes a first antenna operating at a first frequency range and coupled to a first transceiver via a first signal path comprising a first indirect feed. The electronic device also includes a second antenna operating at a second frequency range and coupled to a second transceiver via a second signal path comprising a second indirect feed, wherein the first frequency range is lower than the first frequency range. The electronic device also includes a third antenna operating at the second frequency range and coupled to a third transceiver via a second signal path comprising a third indirect feed. Additionally, the first antenna is coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna by a capacitive coupling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Svendsen, Ole Jagielski
  • Patent number: 12166276
    Abstract: A deployable manpack antenna assembly comprises a transceiver antenna unit, a first support rod, a flexible conduit connector, a second support rod, a base unit, a latching unit, a clamping unit, and at least two sleeve retainer stops. The deployable manpack antenna assembly is configured for use in military applications, particularly relating to ground-party communications systems intended to be used in both communications-at-the-halt (CATH) and communications-on-the-move (COTM). The manpack antenna assembly operates in Ku, K and Ka bands for soldiers in the battlefield. The manpack antenna assembly comprises one of the two antennas, a biconical variant antenna, or an inverted-F variant antenna, both of which operate at Ku-band, K-band, and Ka-band simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventors: Maxim Vladimirovich Ignatenko, Philip Elwood Venezia, Sudhakar Krothapalli Rao, Clency Lee Yow, Richard Malcolm Dart
  • Patent number: 12166286
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a ground plane having a periphery. The antenna assembly includes a plurality of antenna elements. Each antenna element is resonant at a frequency f. The antenna elements are positioned generally equidistant from each other around the periphery. The antenna elements are electrically connected to a single antenna feed port. The antenna elements provide a right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) generally omnidirectional radiation pattern in a first operation mode. The antenna elements provide a right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) broadside radiation pattern in a second operation mode. The antenna elements provide a left-hand circularly polarized (LHCP) broadside radiation pattern in a third operation mode. The antenna assembly includes a reflector positioned below the antenna elements. The reflector tilts a maximum radiation of the antenna elements upward by a tilt angle in the first operation mode to create a conical radiation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Xing Yun, Gordon H. Barber
  • Patent number: 12160055
    Abstract: An antenna includes first and second antenna elements, and first and second coupling bodies. The first and second antenna elements respectively include first and second radiation conductors and first and second feed lines, and respectively resonate in first and second frequency bands. The first and second radiation conductors are arranged side-by-side at an interval equal to or shorter than ½ a resonance wavelength. The first and second radiation conductors are coupled under a first coupling mode in which one of capacitive coupling and magnetic field coupling is dominant. The first coupling body couples first end portions of the first and second radiation conductors under a second coupling mode different from the first coupling mode. The second coupling body couples second end portions of the first and second radiation conductors, opposite to the first end portions, under the second coupling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiromichi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 12160046
    Abstract: An antenna system includes a plurality of antenna elements arranged in an array having a plurality of array elements. Each antenna element has a radiator extending from a radiator feed end to a radiator terminal end, where a first straight-line distance from the radiator feed end to the radiator terminal end is less than ?/4, ? being a longest wavelength of a bandwidth of the antenna element. Each antenna element also includes a counterpoise extending from a counterpoise feed end to a counterpoise terminal end, where a second straight-line distance from the counterpoise feed end to the counterpoise terminal end is less than ?/4. The counterpoise feed end is spaced apart from the radiator feed end. The radiator and the counterpoise diverge at an acute angle from an area encompassing the radiator feed end and the counterpoise feed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: FIRST RF Corporation
    Inventors: Farzin Lalezari, Arian C. Lalezari, Michael R. Markey, Michael R. Goulder
  • Patent number: 12142847
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antenna device that includes a substrate; and a first coil pattern, a second coil pattern, and a first capacitor which are provided on a surface of the substrate. An opening region of the first coil pattern is smaller in area than an opening region of the second coil pattern. The first coil pattern is disposed so as to overlap the opening region of the second coil pattern. One of the first and second coil patterns is connected to the first capacitor to constitute a closed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoma Kajikiya, Masaki Matsushima
  • Patent number: 12142849
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first ground element, a second ground element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, a fourth radiation element, a fifth radiation element, and a first capacitor. The first capacitor is coupled between the first radiation element and the first ground element. The second radiation element and the third radiation element are coupled to the second ground element, and are disposed adjacent to the first radiation element. The first radiation element is disposed between the second radiation element and the third radiation element. The fourth radiation element and the fifth radiation element are coupled between the first ground element and the second ground element. The first radiation element, the second radiation element, and the third radiation element are substantially surrounded by the first ground element, the second ground element, the fourth radiation element, and the fifth radiation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventor: Shih-Chiang Wei
  • Patent number: 12142841
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a column substrate having a plurality of sides. The column substrate defines a cavity extending from a first end of the column substrate to a second end of the column substrate. The antenna assembly includes a monopole antenna disposed within the cavity. The monopole antenna is configured to communicate over a first frequency band ranging from about 5000 Megahertz to about 5900 Megahertz. The antenna assembly includes a circularly polarized antenna. The circularly polarized antenna includes a plurality of isolated magnetic dipole elements. Each of the isolated magnetic dipole elements is coupled to a different side of the column substrate. The circularly polarized antenna is configured to communicate over a second frequency band and a third frequency band. The second frequency band ranges from about 1560 Megahertz to about 1620 Megahertz. The third frequency band ranges from about 2400 Megahertz to about 2500 Megahertz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Kyocera AVX Components (San Diego), Inc.
    Inventors: Zhe Wang, Sebastian Rowson, Nicholas Baird
  • Patent number: 12142850
    Abstract: Dual-polarized ultrawideband antennas and antenna arrays are provided. Fully inverted-L elements (FILEs) can be used as the radiating element in a unit cell antenna, which can be repeated to form an array. The dual-polarized FILE unit cell can include two L-bent elements, which tightly couple to a common shorted via as well as to each other. The same shorted via can be utilized to suppress the well-known common mode resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Muhammad Hamza, Stavros Georgakopoulos, Constantinos L. Zekios, Christos Exadaktylos
  • Patent number: 12126075
    Abstract: A vehicle antenna device includes a plurality of antennas in an accommodating space surrounded by a case and an antenna base, and has a height of 70 mm or less from an outer surface of a vehicle when attached to the outer surface of a vehicle. The vehicle antenna device includes a first substrate on which a first patch antenna is mounted, and a second substrate on which a second patch antenna is mounted. The first substrate is provided at a position higher than the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: YOKOMO CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Motohisa Ono, Toru Koike, Takuya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 12119573
    Abstract: An information handling system to wirelessly transmit and receive data at an antenna may include a processor; a memory; a power management unit; a display housing containing components of the information handling system, the display housing including metal sidewalls formed along edges of a back metal chassis of the display housing and generally perpendicular to the back metal chassis; an antenna formed into a first sidewall of the display housing and nested into the first sidewall with a molded plastic keep-out structure to, upon execution of the processor, create radiating radio frequency (RF) bands from the antenna; the antenna operatively coupled to a feed excitation trace to transmit an excitation current to the antenna from a wireless interface adapter; and the plastic molded keep-out structure integrated along the sidewall to secure the antenna to the first sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Changsoo Kim, Suresh K. Ramasamy, Allen B. McKittrick, Christopher T. Barnard