Abstract: A method and antenna system for achieving remote electrical tilt by a hybrid use of analog and digital phase shifting are disclosed. According to one aspect, a hybrid remote electrical tilt (HRET) antenna system includes a digital beamformer configured to apply a first set of at least one phase shift to each antenna subarray of at least one group of at least one antenna subarray. The at least one phase shift is determined to suppress sidelobes when a beam is steered to an elevation by the digital beamformer. The HRET antenna system also includes at least one analog phase shifter configured to apply a second set of at least one phase shift to at least one antenna subarray of each group of at least one antenna subarray so that a combined phase shift applied to each antenna element steers the beam to the elevation while suppressing the sidelobes.

Abstract: An aircraft-mounted mobile communicator for communicating with one or more satellites or base stations is disclosed. The aircraft-mounted mobile communicator includes a radome structure and one or more antenna elements embedded within or proximate to a shell of the radome structure that maximizes an aperture of the one or more antenna elements, wherein the one or more antenna elements are configured to operate over one or more frequency bands.

Abstract: A printed board assembly (PBA) is provided. The PBA includes first printed circuit board (PCB), a second PCB disposed parallel to the first PCB and including a conductive area, a first interposer surrounding a space between the first PCB and the second PCB, and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the interposer may include a first partition wall structure configured to provide shielding for at least one electronic component disposed in the PBA, and a second partition wall structure connected to the first partition wall structure and including an dielectric material, the second partition wall structure including a conductive via configured to connect the first PCB and the second PCB, and the wireless communication circuit may transmit and/or receive a signal in a specified frequency band by feeding power to the conductive area of the second PCB through the conductive via.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an electronic device includes: a housing including a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a side surface surrounding at least a portion of an internal space between the front surface and the rear surface, the side surface comprising a conductive material; a wireless communication circuit disposed in the internal space, and an antenna structure including an antenna electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit. The antenna structure includes, an antenna slit formed in an area of the side surface comprising the conductive material and having a longitudinal direction, a feeder configured to apply a current to the antenna slit, and a conductive member comprising a conductive material connected to the side surface to cover at least a portion of the antenna slit.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus is provided. The antenna apparatus in embodiments of this application includes a radome. An interference structure is disposed on a surface of the radome, and the interference structure is configured to change an airflow at a surface boundary layer when the airflow passes through the surface of the radome. The interference structure is disposed on the antenna apparatus to change the airflow at the surface boundary layer.

Abstract: An antenna is provided. The antenna includes a ground plate; a dielectric layer on the ground plate; and a microstrip feed line and a radiating patch on a side of the dielectric layer away from the ground plate, the radiating patch being coupled to the microstrip feed line and configured to receive a signal from the microstrip feed line. The radiating patch includes a main body having a parallelogram shape with a first notch truncating a corner of the parallelogram shape, at least a portion of the main body truncated by the first notch having an arc-shaped contour line. The radiating patch further includes a first branch structure.

Abstract: An antenna assembly according to an embodiment is provided. The antenna assembly may comprise: a first dipole antenna and a second dipole antenna that have conductive patterns formed on both sides thereof on a surface of a dielectric substrate; a slot antenna having a slot area formed inside a ground pattern disposed between the first dipole antenna and the second dipole antenna; a first feeding unit having a first co-planar wave guide (CPW) feeding line and a second CPW feeding line that are electrically connected to the first dipole antenna and the second dipole antenna on the same plane; and a second feeding unit electrically connected to the slot area on the same plane and disposed between the first CPW feeding line and the second CPW feeding line.

Abstract: A cross dipole antenna element may include a flexible substrate, a first pair of dipole arms disposed on the flexible substrate, a second pair of dipole arms disposed on the flexible substrate, a plurality of feed points disposed at a center portion of the flexible substrate and between the first and second pairs of dipole arms, a metallic plate forming a ground plane for the antenna element, and a dielectric spacer disposed between the center portion of the flexible substrate and the metallic plate. The first and second pairs of dipole arms may be operably coupled to the metallic plate at distal ends of the first and second pairs of dipole arms relative to the center portion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for mounting an antenna assembly to a vehicle, whereby rotational degrees of freedom between the antenna assembly and the vehicle are constrained. For example, an antenna mount may employ an intermediate structure between the antenna assembly and the vehicle. In various examples, the intermediate structure may be coupled with one of the vehicle or the antenna assembly by a linear coupling, and the intermediate structure may be coupled with the other of the vehicle or the antenna assembly by a planar coupling. The antenna assembly may be coupled with the vehicle by a compliant coupling that provides a centering force between the antenna assembly and the vehicle. According to various examples, rotational movement between the antenna assembly and the vehicle may be suppressed, and vibration from the vehicle to the antenna assembly may be attenuated.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a substrate including a capacitance sensing electrode, an antenna on the substrate, and a shield feature between the electrodes and the antenna.

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless communications circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include centimeter and millimeter wave transceiver circuitry and a phased antenna array. A dielectric cover may be formed over the phased antenna array. The phased antenna array may transmit and receive wireless radio-frequency signals through the dielectric cover. The dielectric cover may have first and second opposing surfaces. The second surface may face the phased antenna array and may have a curvature. The curvature of the second surface may include one or more recessed regions of the dielectric cover. The one or more recessed regions of the second surface may serve to maximize and broaden the coverage area for the phased antenna array. The first surface may be conformal to other structures in the electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing having a front surface and a rear surface, a first antenna, a second antenna, a printed circuit board, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding sheet. The first antenna may be disposed inside the housing. The second antenna may be disposed in an area surrounded by a radiator of the first antenna when viewed from above the rear surface. The printed circuit board may include a wireless communication module for operating the first antenna and the second antenna, and may be electrically connected to the first antenna and the second antenna. The first antenna may be positioned between the rear surface and the EMI shielding sheet.

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 bottom metal chassis of a base housing containing components of the information handling system; a vent formed into the bottom metal chassis; a slot formed between the vent and a terminal edge of the bottom metal chassis; and an antenna located within the bottom metal chassis and behind the vent to, upon execution of the processor, create radiating radio frequency (RF) bands along an edge of the vent.

Abstract: A secure antenna chassis access for an information handling system reconfigurable antenna may comprise a chassis enclosing the information handling system including a top cover, and a rear chassis wall, an antenna mounting insertion slot within the rear chassis wall, a reconfigurable antenna grounding bracket with an internal mounting portion configured to mount internally to the chassis via an internal fastener, a hardwired antenna operably coupled to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) network interface device of the information handling system via an electrically conductive wire to transceive data at or above 6 GHz frequency, the hardwired antenna operably disposed through the antenna mounting insertion slot of the rear chassis wall from the interior of the chassis and coupled to the reconfigurable antenna grounding bracket internally mounted to the chassis, and an antenna security cover enclosing the hardwired antenna and removable by internal access to the chassis.

Abstract: A housing assembly, an antenna assembly, and an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The housing assembly includes a dielectric substrate and a radio-wave transparent structure. The dielectric substrate has a first equivalent wave impedance to a radio frequency (RF) signal in a preset frequency band. The first equivalent wave impedance differs from a wave impedance of free space by a first difference. The radio-wave transparent structure is carried on and at least partially covers a portion of the dielectric substrate. The housing assembly has a second equivalent wave impedance to the RF signal in the preset frequency band in a region corresponding to the radio-wave transparent structure. The second equivalent wave impedance differs from the wave impedance of the free space by a second difference. The second difference is less than the first difference.

Abstract: An antenna device to be mounted on a vehicle includes an antenna base; and an antenna element erected on the antenna base, wherein the antenna element includes a proximal end portion fixed on a plane substantially perpendicular to the antenna base and two arm portions extending in directions away from each other from the proximal end portion, and wherein an inductance of at least one of the two arm portions is larger than an inductance of a planer conductor having a same material and a substantially same outer shape. In one embodiment, an inductance of one arm portion of the two arm portions is be smaller than an inductance of the other arm portion.

Abstract: An all-metal vivaldi antenna includes a ground plate, an antenna conductor that includes two radiators positioned on the ground plate and facing each other, a resonator that is formed by removing a portion of a connection part between the antenna conductor and the ground plate and shares one side with the ground plate, a tuning post that is formed in a column structure extending from the ground plate toward an inside of the resonator, and a tuning cap in a form extending therefrom.

Abstract: Antenna (1), for use in a wireless terminal including a ground plane (11) and a metal frame (12) encompassing the ground plane with a gap (13) between the metal frame and the ground plane; wherein said antenna is configured to form a grounding connection (15) between the ground plane and the metal frame for operation in a first frequency range (FR1); and wherein the antenna comprises an open cavity structure (100) for a second frequency range (FR2).

Abstract: An antenna array device provided, which includes a substrate, multiple antenna elements, a metal ground plate and a first isolation unit group. The multiple antenna elements are disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The multiple antenna elements have a first polarization direction and a second polarization direction opposite to the first polarization direction. The first isolation unit group is disposed between adjacent two of the multiple antenna elements. An arrangement direction of the first isolation unit group is perpendicular to the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction. The first isolation unit group is two isolation units which are adjacent, each of which comprises an outer end and an inner end opposite to the outer end. The inner end is connected to the metal ground plate disposed on a second surface of the substrate via a second via.

Abstract: A switchable antenna comprises an RF port, an antenna array that includes at least a first column of radiating elements, a second column of radiating elements and a third column of radiating elements, and a feed network coupled between the RF port and the antenna array. The feed network includes a first switch having a first output that is coupled to each of the columns of radiating elements and a second output and a second switch having a first input coupled to the first output of the first switch and a second input coupled to the second output of the first switch, and a first output coupled to the second column of radiating elements.