Patents Examined by Trinh V. Dinh
  • Patent number: 10305313
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing having a first side facing a first direction, and a second side facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, a communication circuit disposed inside the housing, a display exposed through the first side of the housing, a conductive plate formed adjacent to the second side of the housing, a conductive coil formed inside the conductive plate when viewed from a top of the second side, and having a plurality of turns electrically connected to the communication circuit, a first non-conductive material formed inside the conductive plate when viewed from the top of the second side, and disposed at least partially between the conductive plate and the conductive coil and/or between the plurality of turns of the conductive coil, and a second non-conductive material for forming at least one part of the second side, and covering the conductive plate, the conductive coil, and the first non-conductive ma
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chunbae Kwon
  • Patent number: 10297909
    Abstract: An antenna device implemented to prevent the deterioration in radiation performance due to a metal mechanical part and an electronic device including the same is provided. The electronic device includes a metal member in a shape of a loop that is disposed in at least one area of the electronic device and a substrate (printed circuit board (PCB)) for supplying power to a preset location of the metal member in order to use the metal member as an antenna radiator, wherein at least one location of the metal member that differs from the power-supplied location is grounded through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Young Kim, Yoon-Jae Lee, In-Young Lee, Won-Seok Jeong, Sang-Hoon Choi, Brian Cheon
  • Patent number: 10297907
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a metal back cover, a ground metal element, a feeding radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The metal back cover has a slot. The feeding radiation element has a feeding point, and includes a first feeding branch, a second feeding branch, and a third feeding branch. The second feeding branch and the first feeding branch extend in opposite directions. The third feeding branch and the first feeding branch extend in the same direction. The feeding radiation element has a vertical projection on the metal back cover, and the vertical projection at least partially overlaps the slot. The dielectric substrate is disposed adjacent to the metal back cover. The ground metal element and the feeding radiation element are disposed on the dielectric substrate. An antenna structure is formed by the feeding radiation element and the slot of the metal back cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Wen Chen, Chia-Hao Chang
  • Patent number: 10290927
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an antenna, a wireless transmitter, a proximity sensor and a controller. The antenna includes a first radiating element and a second radiating element which has a different length than the first radiating element. The wireless transmitter is to send a radio signal to the antenna and the controller is to disable the first radiating element in response to the proximity sensor detecting a body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Cheng-Fang Lin, Wan-Lin Su, Huai-Yung Yen
  • Patent number: 10283843
    Abstract: The present application provides an antenna system for use in an electronic device. The antenna system includes a conductive housing for the electronic device having a perimeter, which extends around the device. The conductive housing has a plurality of arms formed in the conductive housing at or near the perimeter. The antenna system further includes a conductive substrate, coupled to the conductive housing and located within the perimeter of the conductive housing. The conductive substrate has a notch located proximate the position of one of the plurality of arms in the conductive housing, where each of the plurality of arms respectively couples to the conductive substrate proximate the perimeter, and where the notch causes one of the plurality of arms to couple to the conductive substrate at a point having a different relative distance along the length of the perimeter of the conductive housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Abu Sayem, Ugur Olgun, Mohammed Abdul-Gaffoor, John Mura, Minh Duong
  • Patent number: 10276945
    Abstract: A phased array antenna which can change the configuration of the phased array antenna by controllable quad switches on the phased array antenna is presented. The phased array antenna adapts monolithic microwave integrate circuit (MMIC) technology to have high isolation interconnection of the reconfigurable phased array antenna. The reconfigurable phased array antenna can be reusable and adaptable to different configurations so that the overall cost and lead time of the phased array antenna is reduced compared to the existing RF antennas in the market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventor: James J. Komiak
  • Patent number: 10270157
    Abstract: Various mobile communication terminals, apparatuses, and methods having antenna improvements are discussed. An apparatus is described which includes an outer front side having a display disposed therein; an outer rear side a conductive part and a non-conductive part; a battery disposed between the outer front side and the outer rear side; and an antenna including a radiation unit capable of receiving a signal, at least a portion of the radiation unit being disposed between the outer front side and the non-conductive part of the outer rear side, a feeding unit which electrically connects the radiation unit to a circuit board, and a ground part which electrically connects the radiation unit to the conductive part of the outer rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang Bong Sung, In Jin Hwang, Seung Hwan Kim, Jae Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 10263342
    Abstract: One embodiment describes a reflectarray antenna system. The system includes an antenna feed configured to at least one of transmit and receive a wireless signal occupying a frequency band. The system also includes a reflector comprising a reflectarray. The reflectarray includes a plurality of reflectarray elements, where each of the reflectarray elements includes a dipole element. The dipole element of at least a portion of the plurality of reflectarray elements comprises a crossed-dipole portion and a looped-dipole portion. The plurality of reflectarray elements can be configured to selectively phase-delay the wireless signal to provide the wireless signal as a coherent beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas H. Hand, Michael E. Cooley, David Sall, Gary L. Kempic
  • Patent number: 10243279
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a conductive plate having a slot formed within the conductive plate. A conductive coupling element is positioned within the slot of the conductive plate to form a slot antenna structure with the conductive plate. At least one conductive radiator element is positioned outside of the slot. An antenna feed structure is electrically coupled to the conductive coupling element and the at least one conductive radiator element. The antenna feed structure is configured to simultaneously resonate the slot antenna structure and the at least one conductive radiator element. The slot antenna structure and the conductive radiator element work in combination to resonate at substantially similar (e.g., overlapping) RF communication bands or at different RF communication bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Luyi Liu
  • Patent number: 8138980
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antenna device for a radio apparatus in which the amount of energy (SAR) absorbed by a head of a human body can be reduced without lowering the power of radio waves transmitted during a call. There is provided a board 108 serving as a base plate of an antenna element, an antenna element 102 disposed in a longitudinally end portion of the board 108 through a feeding portion 107, a conductor plate 109 disposed substantially in parallel with a main surface of the board 108 and disposed on the opposite side to a surface having a sound hole of a receiver portion, and a plurality of short-circuit conductors 110 disposed on a lower end portion of the conductor plate 109. The conductor plate 109 is short-circuited to a lower end portion of the board 108 through the short-circuit conductors 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Imano, Mitsuharu Nakasato, Nobuaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8059059
    Abstract: A microwave antenna assembly is disclosed. The antenna assembly includes a feedline having an inner conductor, an outer conductor and an inner insulator disposed therebetween and a radiating portion including a dipole antenna coupled to the feedline and a trocar coupled to the dipole antenna at a distal end thereof. The antenna assembly also includes a slidable outer jacket disposed about the radiating portion and the feedline. The slidable outer jacket being configured to slide about at least one of the radiating portion and the feedline from a closed configuration, in which the slidable outer jacket is mated with the trocar and a retracted configuration, in which the slidable outer jacket is retracted in a proximally exposing at least a portion the radiating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Vivant Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenlyn Bonn
  • Patent number: 8022886
    Abstract: A crossed dual tag includes two tags each of which comprises, on one plane, a dipole antenna formed with conductors, a feeding part to which an IC chip is connected at the center of the dipole antenna, and a loop-shaped inductance part that is formed between the dipoles of the dipole antenna and connected to the dipoles of the dipole antenna in parallel with respect to the feeding part. The two tags are crossed at right angles, and stacked to contact as closely as possible so that the loops of the inductance parts overlap as wide as possible. A reader/writer of an RFID system sequentially switches the surface of a circular polarized wave of a wireless signal between forward and backward directions, and reads information written to a user memory area from the tag that responds more strongly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Kai, Toru Maniwa, Takashi Yamagajo
  • Patent number: 8022890
    Abstract: A quadrifilar helix antenna used to transmit and receive wireless signals may include a number of inductively loaded antenna elements. The antenna elements may be helically wound around a cylindrical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP
    Inventor: Probir K. Bondyopadhyay
  • Patent number: 8022883
    Abstract: In an automobile rear windowpane antenna apparatus including a defogger disposed on a rear windowpane plate at a lower portion thereof an antenna pattern is disposed above the defogger on the rear windowpane plate at an upper portion thereof and is disposed so as to extend between near a right end edge of a window frame and near a left end edge thereof. A feeding point is disposed inside the antenna pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shinkawa, Takao Kato, Nobuo Tamura, Wassom Pierre
  • Patent number: 8022878
    Abstract: An RFID tag having a tag antenna and an LSI chip, comprising: a power-supply pattern on which the LSI chip is mounted; a patch antenna that functions as the tag antenna; and a high-frequency connection section that makes a high-frequency connection between the power-supply pattern and the patch antenna. The high-frequency connection section is formed, for example, by forming a slot in the patch antenna, layering one end of a small dipole antenna that functions as the power-supply pattern over the slot so that it crosses over the slot, and supplying power from the small dipole antenna to the patch antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Yamagajo, Toru Maniwa, Manabu Kai, Yasuyuki Oishi, Yoshiyasu Sugimura, Shunji Baba
  • Patent number: 8022879
    Abstract: An antenna structure for a wireless communication device including a substrate having a first surface that supports an electronic component and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The antenna structure includes a first surface pattern formed on the first surface of the substrate. A second surface pattern is formed on the second surface of the substrate. The second surface pattern is at least partially separated from the first surface pattern in a direction perpendicular to a thicknesswise direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventor: Masahiro Ikeyama
  • Patent number: 8018390
    Abstract: A cellular communications antenna including sensors for determining position and/or orientation of the antenna. Position information may be obtained using, for example, a GPS receiver or by triangulation. Orientation information may be obtained using, for example, an electronic compass and/or gyroscope and/or an inclinometer. Position and/or orientation information may be utilised locally to control attributes of the antenna or may be communicated to a central controller which may control attributes of the antenna. Signals may be sent to a central controller to indicate that an attribute of the antenna is outside a desired range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Andrew LLC
    Inventors: Darren Davidson, Philip Sorells, Bobby Webb, Kevin Eldon Linehan, Louis John Meyer
  • Patent number: 8013801
    Abstract: An ultra-wideband antenna includes a zone, an excitation means, and an adapting means. The zone is defined between first and second shaped surfaces such as to form a radiating element. The first and second shaped surfaces are also rotationally symmetrical in relation to a longitudinal axis of the antenna, and are disposed opposite one another in respect of a plane that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and that contains a horizontal axis. The first and second shaped surfaces are configured to control the characteristics of an electromagnetic field in the zone such that the antenna has an essentially-constant gain in the frequency band along an azimuth plane. The excitation means is configured to supply a signal in a localized manner in a central region of the zone. The adapting means is configured to promote a localized coupling between the excitation means and the zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Coupez, Serge Pinel, Sylvain Inisan
  • Patent number: 8009102
    Abstract: A Multi-Band antenna system includes an antenna which resonates in a plurality of frequency bands and a controller which drives the antenna. The antenna includes a ground plate and a plurality of radiators which are formed on both sides of the ground plate in directions perpendicular to a surface of the ground plate in a space at an edge of the ground plate, wherein each radiator is connected to the edge of the ground plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il-kyu Kim, Chang-won Jung, Young-eil Kim
  • Patent number: 8003965
    Abstract: Planar sub-wavelength structures provide superlensing, i.e., electromagnetic focusing beyond the diffraction limit. The planar structures use diffraction to force the input field to converge to a spot on the focal plane. The sub-wavelength patterned structures manipulate the output wave in such a manner as to form a sub-wavelength focus in the near field. In some examples, the sub-wavelength structures may be linear grating-like structures that can focus electromagnetic radiation to lines of arbitrarily small sub-wavelength dimension, or two dimensional grating-like structures and Bessel (azimuthally symmetric) structures that can focus to spots of arbitrarily small sub-wavelength dimensions. The particular pattern for the sub-wavelength structures may be derived from the desired focus. Some examples describe sub-wavelength structures that have been implemented to focus microwave radiation to sub-wavelength dimensions in the near field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Anthony Grbic, Roberto D. Merlin