Patents Examined by Ricardo I Magallanes
  • Printed board antenna system
    Patent number: 11075456
    Abstract: One example includes an antenna system. The antenna system includes a plurality of printed boards arranged in layers and including a first printed board and a second printed board. The first printed board includes a resonator and the second printed board includes a shield. The antenna system also includes at least one conductive via that extends through each of the plurality of printed boards and is coupled to a transceiver. The at least one conductive via can cooperate with the resonator to at least one of transmit a wireless signal from the transceiver via the antenna system or receive the wireless signal at the transceiver via the antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kelly Jill T. Hennig, John M. Trippett, Steven J. Mass, Raymon O. Fuertes, Randall J. Duprey
  • Communication device and electronic device
    Patent number: 11075445
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment disclosed in the disclosure includes a rear cover, a cover glass that faces the rear cover, and a communication device disposed between the rear cover and the cover glass. The communication device includes a printed circuit board including a first surface, a second surface and a side surface that surrounds a space between the first surface and the second surface, a communication circuit disposed in the printed circuit board or on the first surface, and at least one antenna unit disposed in the printed circuit board or on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Im, Seunggil Jeon
  • Positive battery terminal antenna ground plane
    Patent number: 11031686
    Abstract: A positive terminal of a battery may act as an antenna ground plane for communicating battery status information. The positive terminal of the battery may include a first electrically conductive external surface with a first surface area. The negative terminal of the battery may include a second electrically conductive external surface with a second surface area less than the first surface area. An antenna impedance matching circuit may be electrically connected between a communication circuit, an antenna, and the positive terminal of the battery. Thus the positive terminal of the battery may act as a ground plane for the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jordan Bourilkov, Joern Riemer, Robert Pavlinsky, Steven J. Specht, George Turco, Sergio Coronado
  • Display device having NFC communication function
    Patent number: 11005180
    Abstract: A display device having an NFC communication function includes a display panel, wherein an NFC antenna is integrated in the display device, the NFC antenna is disposed on a display surface side of the display panel, and the NFC antenna is made of a transparent conductive material. The NFC antenna is integrated in the display device, the NFC antenna is disposed on a display surface side of the display panel, therefore the sensitivity and reliability of the NFC signals are high, the NFC antenna is not easy to be broken and misaligned, and as the NFC antenna is made of a transparent conductive material, it can be placed in the display area, which is conducive to the design of a narrow frame for a module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SUZHOU QINGYUE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinju Mu, Pengyun Li, Fengjuan Lu
  • Wireless communication device and article with the same attached thereto
    Patent number: 11003980
    Abstract: Two input/output terminals are provided on a lower surface of an RFIC element. An antenna element includes an elastic material and connecting portions respectively connected to the two input/output terminals of the RFIC element, a loop that includes the connecting portions, and open-ended linear antenna portions that define and function as radiators. The line width of the loop is greater than that of each of the linear antenna portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noboru Kato
  • Antenna and electronic device with the same
    Patent number: 11005193
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device having an enhanced emission capability and including battery, at least one first antenna provided at a front of the battery, and at least one second antenna provided at a rear of the battery, wherein the at least one first antenna and the at least one second antenna may include a magnetic body and a conducting wire that is wound around the magnetic body multiple times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ki-Jung Kim, Jung-Youel Bang, Hyung-Bin Noh, Sung-Won Park
  • Ultra-wideband antenna
    Patent number: 10998614
    Abstract: An antenna pattern integrated-on-chip for transmitting and/or receiving sub-terahertz and terahertz (THZ) signal& The antenna pattern comprising: a first conductor having a bi-circular structure; a second conductor having a bi-circular structure connected to the first bi-circular structure. The bi-circular structures comprising a first conductive circular lobe having a radius (Rx) and a second circular lobe having a radius (Rc), such that said Rx?Rc. The first bi-circular and the second bi-circular characterized by at least one port thereby, having an area of intersection between the first bi-circular and the second lei-circular, forming an ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency response of more than about 100% bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NETEERA TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Uzi Tomo, Haim Goldberger
  • Electronic device with millimeter wave antenna arrays
    Patent number: 10998616
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include millimeter wave antenna arrays formed from arrays of patch antennas, dipole antennas or other millimeter wave antennas on millimeter wave antenna array substrates. Circuitry such as upconverter and downconverter circuitry may be mounted on the substrates. The upconverter and downconverter may be coupled to wireless communications circuitry such as a baseband processor circuit using an intermediate frequency signal path. The electronic device may have opposing front and rear faces. A display may cover the front face. A rear housing wall may cover the rear face. A metal midplate may be interposed between the display and rear housing wall. Millimeter wave antenna arrays may transmit and receive antenna signals through the rear housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Mow, Basim H. Noori, Mattia Pascolini, Xu Han, Victor C. Lee, Ming-Ju Tsai, Simone Paulotto
  • Phased array line feed for reflector antenna
    Patent number: 10978808
    Abstract: A phased array line feed for a reflector antenna, including a plurality of substantially parallel metallic rods and a phase/power switching matrix electrically connected to the metallic rods. The phase/power switching matrix may steer a beam of the reflector antenna by adjusting the phase and/or power difference between the metallic rods. The phased array line feed may also include a plurality of substantially parallel metallic disks. The metallic rods may extend through the metallic disks substantially perpendicular to the metallic discs. The metallic discs may be equally spaced and the diameter of the metallic disks may decrease along the length of the metallic rods. Alternatively, the diameters of the metallic discs may be equal and the distances between the metallic discs may decrease along the length of the metallic rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventor: Christopher K. Walker
  • Phased array antenna
    Patent number: 10978801
    Abstract: Provided is a phased array antenna which can be used in the millimeter wave band and whose cost is lower than that of a conventional phased array antenna. The phased array antenna (1) includes: an optical modulator (OM) configured to generate a signal light beam SL by carrying out intensity modulation on a carrier light beam CL by use of a sum signal VIF+LO(t), the sum signal VIF+LO(t) being obtained by adding an intermediate frequency signal VIF(t) and a local signal VLO(t); and a time delay device (TD) configured to generate delayed signal light beams SL?1, SL?2, . . . and SL?n by imparting time delays ?t1, ?t2, . . . and ?tn to the signal light beam SL. Each feeding circuit (Fi) generates, from a corresponding delayed signal light beam SL?i, a delayed radio frequency signal VRF(t??ti) to be supplied to an antenna element (Ai).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Hasegawa, Ning Guan
  • RF antenna sector monitoring device and method
    Patent number: 10969415
    Abstract: System and method for monitoring FCC compliance of a sector having at least one antenna, the sector being at least partially surrounded by a barrier comprising a plurality of barrier elements. The system includes a probe unit, mounted behind the at least one antenna, comprising an RF probe to measure RF emissions and at least one of: a receiver to receive a signal indicative of at least one of an opening of a service door in a vicinity of the sector and disturbance of at least one of the barrier elements; and a proximity sensor triggerable when an object moves within a too close zone to the probe unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: WATERFORD CONSULTANTS LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Schipani
  • Deployable structure for use in establishing a reflectarray antenna
    Patent number: 10971793
    Abstract: A deployable structure for use in establishing a reflectarray antenna is provided that includes a flexible reflectarray and a deployment structure that includes an endless pantograph for deploying the flexible reflectarray from a folded, undeployed state towards a deployed state in which the flexible reflectarray is substantially planar. In a particular embodiment, the deployment structure includes a plurality of tapes that engage the endless pantograph and are used to establish a positional relationship between the deployed reflectarray and another component of the reflectarray antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: M.M.A. Design, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Harvey, Toby J. Harvey, Mitchell T. Wiens, Mark A. Bailey, Shane E. Stamm, Christopher A. Pelzmann
  • Antenna base for fixing an antenna body on a casing, antenna structure having the antenna base, and electronic device having the antenna structure
    Patent number: 10957974
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an antenna base for fixing an antenna body on a casing. The antenna base includes a base plate and a slot structure. The base plate is fixed on the casing. The slot structure includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and at least one welding structure. The first side wall and the second side wall are connected to the base plate and opposite to each other. An accommodating slot is formed between the first side wall and the second side wall for accommodating the antenna body. The at least one welding structure is disposed on the first side wall and for welding with the antenna body. In such a way, the antenna base is suitable for various antenna bodies with different structures according to practical demands without redesigning different molds for different antenna bases, which effectively reduces manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Ta Yu, I-Hsiang Wang
  • Antenna element, antenna module, and communication apparatus
    Patent number: 10950945
    Abstract: A patch antenna (10) includes a planar first power feeding conductor pattern (11) that is formed on a dielectric substrate (20) and to which a radio frequency signal is fed, a planar second power feeding conductor pattern (12) that is formed on the dielectric substrate (20) and is arranged to be isolated from the first power feeding conductor pattern (11) so as to interpose the first power feeding conductor pattern (11) in the polarization direction when the dielectric substrate (20) is seen in a plan view, and a planar ground conductor pattern (13) that is formed on the dielectric substrate (20) so as to face the first power feeding conductor pattern (11) and the second power feeding conductor pattern (12) and is set to have a ground potential, wherein the second power feeding conductor pattern (12) is not set to have the ground potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Yoshiki Yamada
  • 3-D printing process for forming flat panel array antenna
    Patent number: 10944182
    Abstract: A method of forming a flat panel array antenna includes the steps of: (a) providing a digitized design for a flat panel array, the flat panel array comprising a plurality of geometric features that vary in area along a thickness dimension of the flat panel array; (b) subdividing the digitized design into a plurality of thin strata stacked in the thickness dimension; (c) forming a thin layer of material corresponding to one of the thin strata; (d) fixing the thin layer of material; and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) to form a flat panel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ian Thomas Renilson, Claudio Biancotto, David J. Walker
  • Broadband helical microstrip antenna
    Patent number: 10923806
    Abstract: A broadband helical microstrip antenna having a small foot print is disclosed. A PCB (printed circuit board) has a first planar side opposite a second planar side with dielectric material therebetween. The first planar side comprising a plurality of spaced apart non-linear antenna segments, each non-linear antenna segment having one or more electrical vias to the second planar side of the printed circuit board. The second planar side comprising a plurality of spaced apart parallel linear antenna segments. The plurality of non-linear antenna segments and the plurality of linear antenna segments form the broadband helical microstrip antenna symmetrical about a center line formed by a centered linear antenna segment of the plurality of spaced apart parallel linear antenna segments of the second planar side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Mark Hall, Craig Boswell, Bill Gillman
  • Antenna support and antenna position control system
    Patent number: 10923798
    Abstract: Provided are an antenna mount and a system for controlling antenna position. The antenna mount provided by the present disclosure includes: an antenna mount body, a connecting arm connected to the antenna mount body, an adapting piece fixedly connected to the connecting arm, an antenna arranged on the adapting piece, and a non-metallic cylinder arranged on the adapting piece, wherein the non-metallic cylinder can drive the antenna to rotate in a range of 0-90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU CHANGEN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nan Li, Jun Li
  • Electronic device slot antennas
    Patent number: 10916832
    Abstract: An electronic device may include first, second, and third antennas and conductive housing structures. The first, second, and third antennas may each include slots having open ends defined by gaps in the conductive housing structures. The second antenna may be interposed between the first and third antennas. The first and second antennas may convey signals at the same frequencies. The third antenna may convey signals at a lower frequency than the first and second antennas. A switch may be coupled across the third slot and may have a first state at which the switch forms a closed end of the third slot and a second state at which the third slot has two opposing open ends. Control circuitry may selectively activate one of two feeds for the third antenna and may adjust the switch so that the third antenna exhibits satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of environmental conditions for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Umar Azad, Harish Rajagopalan, David Garrido Lopez, Rodney A. Gomez Angulo, Mattia Pascolini
  • Transmission device and antenna down-tilt control system
    Patent number: 10910707
    Abstract: A transmission device and an antenna down-tilt control system includes: an input component, comprising an inner gear ring, a first gear and a second gear both coaxial with the inner gear ring, and a third gear engaged with the first gear; a unidirectional control mechanism, comprising a first unidirectional component, the first unidirectional component comprising a first rotating member that can unidirectionally rotate in a first rotation direction, the first rotating member being fixedly connected to the inner gear ring; an output component, comprising at least two fourth gears arranged at an interval in a circumferential direction, the third gear being selectively engaged with any one of the fourth gears; and a rotary component, comprising a fifth gear and a rotary box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Chaosheng Huang, Zefeng Ma, Fengzhang Xue, Jianjun You, Hongbin Duan, Peitao Liu
  • Metal housing, antenna assembly and electronic device
    Patent number: 10897079
    Abstract: A metal housing, an antenna assembly, and an electronic device are provided. The metal housing includes a peripheral frame provided with at least one micro-seam zone which divides the peripheral frame into at least one segment of frame body, each micro-seam zone is formed by at least two micro-seams arranged at intervals, and a metal part is provided between two adjacent micro-seams. The antenna assembly includes the metal housing and at least one switch, the switch includes a first end and at least one second end, the first end is electrically coupled to the frame body divided by the micro-seam zone, the at least one second end electrically coupled to the metal part, and the at least one segment of frame body divided by the at least one micro-seam zone is an independent antenna comprised by the antenna assembly. The electronic device includes the antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Shasha Hu, Tianping Liang, Ning Zhao