Abstract: An antenna, a RFID tag using the same, and an antenna impedance matching method thereof are provided. The antenna includes: a radiation patch for deciding a resonant frequency of the antenna; a ground plate disposed in parallel to the radiation patch; and a feeder disposed between the radiation patch and the ground plate in parallel for providing a RF signal to an element connected to the antenna, wherein the feeder includes a microstrip feed line proximately coupled to the radiation patch by being formed perpendicularly to the resonant length direction of the radiation patch.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for minimizing inter-signal interference in a wireless communication system are provided. The polarization phases of Mobile Stations (MSs) are measured. An MS group including a predetermined number of MSs is determined and a polarization phase of the MS group is compensated. The polarization phase of a transmission signal is matched to the compensated polarization phase and the matched signal is sent to the MS group.

Abstract: An antenna structure formed on a circuit board includes a first main body formed on the lateral side of the circuit board and a feed line connecting the circuit board and the first main body. The first main body is formed on the lateral side of the circuit board by edge-plating.

Abstract: An antenna module formed with an integrated multilayer substrate having: an antenna with a transmission line; a tuned circuit with a variable capacitance means; a low noise amplifier; and a wave-shaping circuit. The variable capacitance means in the tuned circuit controls a resonance frequency of the antenna by an external control signal being wave-shaped by the wave-shaping circuit, and the antenna outputs a high-frequency output tuned to the controlled resonance frequency to the low noise amplifier directly and then the low noise amplifier outputs the amplified high-frequency output to outside.

Abstract: An antenna device for a computer card device, such as a PCMCIA type card, includes at least a first antenna including a trace on a support element, antenna output means, and a protruding member extending from a housing of the card. The support element, which may include a flexible dielectric film, has a geometric shape that is conformed to the geometric shape of the protruding member.

Abstract: A mobile radio apparatus that achieves high radiation efficiency in various usage states of a foldable mobile radio apparatus without causing negative impact on communication, and that can realize a thin model. In this mobile radio apparatus that is foldable and that has a mechanism joining a first case and second case at a hinge part and allowing the mobile radio apparatus to open and close, flat conductor (104), flat conductor (106) and flat conductor (107) that are placed distant from flat conductor (104) are placed in the first case, gravity sensor (122) detects an inclination angle of the mobile radio apparatus to judge the usage state of the mobile radio apparatus, and control section (123) controls high frequency switch (112) according to the inclination angle and supplies power selectively to flat conductor (106) and flat conductor (107).

Abstract: The invention concerns an antenna assembly (102) and a method (600) of operation thereof. In one arrangement, the antenna assembly can include a first antenna element (202) and a second antenna element (204), electrically disconnected from the first antenna element and a switching element (210) to selectively connect the first antenna element and the second antenna element. In another arrangement, the method can include the steps of sliding (604) the switching element to a first position to operate the antenna assembly in a first mode of operation and sliding (606) the switching element to a second position to operate the antenna assembly in a second mode of operation. As an example, in the first mode of operation, the antenna assembly can operate as a one-half wavelength antenna. In the second mode of operation, the antenna assembly can operate as a quarter wavelength antenna.

Abstract: An antenna device for a portable terminal, which allows a whip antenna and helical antenna of a terminal to be retracted and withdrawn along an extension from the terminal, while not causing them to protrude out of the terminal. The antenna device provided with a whip antenna and helical antenna further includes an antenna housing disposed at a desired position in the main body, which permits the whip antenna to be retracted and withdrawn through the helical antenna, while causing the helical antenna to be withdrawn along an extension from the main body at the same time, and permits the helical antenna to be retracted, so that it can be inserted into the main body; and a housing coupling portion disposed in the main body for supporting the antenna housing.

Abstract: Hand-held communication device includes a first housing, a rotation axle connected to the first housing in a rotatable manner, a second housing, an antenna installed inside the second housing, and a rod with one end connected to the rotation axle in a rotatable manner and the other end connected to the second housing. The antenna can be positioned to optimize radio frequency signal reception by rotating the rotation axle with respect to the first housing and rotating the rod with respect to the rotation axle.

Abstract: When it is assumed that there is a first imaginary straight line connecting between the center of gravity of the first antenna wire and the center of gravity of the second antenna wire, the first imaginary straight line is called a transverse line, and when it is assumed that there is a second imaginary line obtained by endlessly extending the transverse line, the second imaginary line is called an endless transverse line; when the center between closest portions of the first antenna wire and the second antenna wire is called an antenna center; independent conductor A is disposed on a side closer to the first antenna wire with respect to the antenna center; independent conductor B is disposed on a side closer to the second antenna wire with respect to the antenna center; and independent conductor A and independent conductor B are disposed on or in a dielectric substrate so that the endless transverse line passes through independent conductor A and independent conductor B or extends over or under independent c

Abstract: Disclosed is a frame for a radio frequency communication system. The frame has a frame central opening configured by an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter and a groove. The frame is capable of securely receiving and snugly retaining a circuit board of the radio frequency communication system in the frame central opening and a radio frequency antenna of the circuit board in the groove thereby enabling the radio frequency antenna to extend outside a perimeter of any metallic member of the radio frequency communication system and overcoming the negative field of the metallic members. The frame of the present invention allows a larger antenna with larger perimeter area to be achieved and provides an aesthetic look to the wall mountable radio communication systems.

Abstract: A low-loss, high-efficiency, broadband antenna including both electric and magnetic dipole radiators is provided herein. The broadband antenna may be referred to as a “P×M antenna” and may generally include a ground plane; a magnetic radiator formed within the ground plane; a conductive feed arranged within a first plane, which is parallel to the ground plane; and an electric radiator arranged within a second plane, which is perpendicular to the ground plane and coupled at one end to the conductive feed. According to a particular aspect of the invention, the electric and magnetic radiators are substantially complementary to one another and are coupled for producing a P×M radiation pattern over a broad range of operating frequencies. One advantage of the P×M antenna described herein is that the complementary antenna elements are combined without the use of a lossy, resistive matching network, thereby increasing the efficiency with which the P×M radiation pattern is produced.

Abstract: Provided is an antenna for a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader using an electrical loop. It includes an upper metal plate which functions as a radiator; a lower metal plate which is disposed apart from the upper metal plate by a predetermined distance and functions as a radiator; a ground plate disposed apart from the lower metal plate by a predetermined distance; and a feeding probe disposed at the center of the upper and lower metal plates. The antenna can perform radiation parallel to the earth's surface including other directions. Therefore, it is suitable for an RFID reader which recognizes an RFID tag attached in parallel to the earth's surface. The electrical loop antenna can control impedance matching, resonance frequency, antenna gain, and radiation pattern according to the distance between metal plates, size of the metal plates, thickness of a feeding probe, and how the metal plates are arranged.

Abstract: In a wireless tag gate reader that includes a plurality of antenna pairs that is disposed oppositely to each other so as to form a path space where a recognition target with a wireless tag goes through and a wireless tag reader connected to each of the antenna pairs, antenna pairs disposed at both ends of the path space of the wireless tag gate reader are disposed with a tilt angle so as to expand the width at the both ends of the path space.

Abstract: The invention relates to a planar antenna realised on a substrate (2) comprising a slot (1) of closed form dimensioned to operate at a given frequency in a short-circuit plane of at least one feed-line (3, 4). In this case, the perimeter of the slot is designed such that p=k?s where k is a whole number greater than 1 and ?s the guided wavelength in the slot. On the other hand, it comprises at least one first feed-line (3) placed in an open circuit zone of the slot and a second feed-line (4) placed at a distance d=(2n+1) ?s/4 from the first line, where n is an integer greater than or equal to zero. The invention is particularly applicable to wireless transmissions.

Abstract: An antenna device has a core made of a magnetic material, a coil formed by winding a conducting wire on a predetermined range including the core and the outer region of the core, and a sub-core that adjusts the resonance frequency by moving in the inner peripheral region of the coil and in the direction orthogonal to the winding direction of the coil. A communication system of the present invention is a combination of an external communication device, the antenna device, and an internal communication device that is connected to the antenna device and is disposed in a cabin.

Abstract: An improved dual polarized radiator is distinguished, inter alia, by the following features: the dual polarized dipole radiator is made from a strip and/or board material, in particular a metal sheet, the dual polarized dipole radiator is constructed in one piece, and the individual portions of the dual polarized dipole radiator, including the dipole components (9), the feed arms (15), the support portions (21) forming the balun (23) and an associated base (29) connecting the support portions, are connected to one another by bending and/or tilting and/or folding lines (25, 27, 33, 33?) formed in the sheet-like basic material.

Abstract: An antenna feed network is provided with a capacitive coupling device via which a capacitive connection exists to a coupled line. The coupled line section is firmly connected to the downstream appliance or antenna element, or is part of the appliance or antenna element, in the region of the capacitive coupling device. The feed network has a first coupling section and the coupled line has a second coupling section. The two coupling sections are fixed with respect to one another by means of a bracket and/or holding device in a relative position such that relative movement between the two coupling surfaces can take place parallel to the coupling surface.

Abstract: A meander line capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole antenna is disclosed. The antenna includes a transformer loop having a balanced feed interface, and a meander line capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole radiator. The meander line capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole radiator also includes an electric field bridge. For example, the meander line capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole radiator may include a quasi loop with a first end and a second end, with the electric field bridge interposed between the quasi loop first and second ends. The electric field bridge may be an element such as a dielectric gap, lumped element, circuit board surface-mounted, ferroelectric tunable, or a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) capacitor. The transformer loop has a radiator interface coupled to a quasi loop transformer interface. In one aspect, the coupled interfaces are a shared perimeter portion shared by both loops.

Abstract: A phased array antenna system with controllable electrical tilt generates two signals V2a and V2b with variable relative delay therebetween. The signals are converted into antenna element drive signals by a power distribution network. The network splits each of the two signals V2a and V2b into three signal components. Pairs of components of different signals are input respective hybrid coupling devices (hybrids), which provide vector sums and differences of their inputs and act as phase-to-power converters. Their outputs are distributed between further hybrids, which act as power-to-phase converters and provide antenna element drive signals with phase varying both with element array position and also with the variable relative delay between the two signals V2a and V2b. Antenna electrical tilt is therefore controllable by altering a single relative delay.

Abstract: A system for receiving satellite signals from a satellite data delivery system is disclosed. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises a reflector, at least one Low Noise Block Amplifier (LNB), coupled to the reflector such that the reflector reflects the satellite signals toward the at least one LNB, a cover, coupled to the LNB, where the cover is transmissive to the satellite signals, and a shade, coupled to the LNB, wherein the shade protects the cover from incident rainfall.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an integrated circuit antenna array includes: a substrate, a plurality of first antennas adjacent the a first side of the substrate; and an RF network adjacent a second side of the substrate, the RF feed network coupling to a distributed plurality of amplifiers integrated with the substrate and to a distributed plurality of phase-shifters also integrated with the substrate, each phase shifter being associated with a receptor to receive a beam-forming command, wherein each receptor is configured to receive the beam-forming command through either a near-field coupling or a far-field coupling.

Abstract: A hearing device having a multiple-level loop antenna is provided. The hearing device includes a housing structure and a communication system for receiving wireless signals. The antenna is configured to make more than one revolution around a center point and to be on multiple levels. A first part of the antenna is on a first level and one or more parts of the antenna are on one or more levels above the first part. The loop antenna may be affixed to a flexible dielectric substrate, along with at least a portion of a matching network for coupling the loop antenna to the communication system.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus has a substrate, a plurality of meandered conductive strips and a feeding conductive strip disposed on the substrate. The meandered conductive strips have different sizes, and are spaced at intervals and arranged in parallel according to their sizes in order. The feeding conductive strip is electrically connected to the meandered conductive strips. Therefore, a radiating structure having multiple meandered conductive strips can generate electromagnetic mutual coupling, thus obtaining the resonance of multiple and wide-frequency bands.

Abstract: An antenna, permitting the configuration of at least one radioelectric wave beam of at least one fixed wavelength, of the type including at least one transmitting element, preferably of the passive type, arranged in a set of essentially parallel, wave-reflecting wires or bars, made from a photonic band gap (BIP) material and forming a given structure. The given structure includes faults for shaping the at least one beam in a direction as a function of the position and/or the configuration of the faults. The wires or bars and the faults are arranged on a set of N curves which are closed and concentric on a plane, N being greater than or equal to 1 and the transmitting element is arranged within the innermost curve. The curves are preferably circular and the wires/bars can be controlled to pass from a wave-conducting/reflecting state to a transparent state.

Abstract: A computer system includes an interactive screen display and a base computer. The interactive screen display includes a display module with a transceiver and display screen in communication with each other. The base computer is in communication with the display screen through the transceiver. The display screen displays graphics in response to the transceiver receiving a first signal from the base computer. The graphics displayed in response to the first signal corresponds to graphics displayed with the base computer. The base computer displays graphics in response to receiving a second signal from the transceiver. The second signal is provided by the transceiver in response to information being inputted with the interactive screen display.

Abstract: The present application describes a system and method for determining characteristics (e.g., exact band location, orientation and height and the spot shape and size of a single wavelength and the like) of an optical signal projected on a spatial light modulator. In an embodiment, images with sharper edges (i.e. clear boundary between ‘on’ pixels and ‘off’ pixels) on the spatial light modulator are used to obtain spectral information from a referenced broadband source. The spectral information can be used to determine the desired characteristics of optical signals projected on the spatial light modulator.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plurality of scan electrodes, a plurality of data electrodes, a scan driver and a data driver. The scan driver scans the plurality of scan electrodes during an address period in one scanning type of a plurality of scanning types having different scanning orders. Further, the scan driver supplies a scan signal, of which the duration of a voltage rising period is different from the duration of a voltage falling period, to the scan electrodes when scanning the scan electrodes. The data driver supplies a data signal to the data electrodes depending on the scanning type selected from the plurality of scanning types.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including an address electrode, an address electrode driver, and an electrode group selection unit. The address electrode driver generates an address pulse supplied to a plurality of address electrode groups each comprising a plurality of address electrodes through one output terminal. The electrode group selection unit supplies the address pulse generated by the address electrode driver to the plurality of address electrode groups.

Abstract: A display device which can operate at lower driving voltages and have improved luminous efficiency is disclosed. The display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate with a plurality of cells therebetween, a plurality of first and second electrodes arranged between the first and second substrates, insulating layers respectively formed on the first electrodes. Electrons are accelerated and emitted into the cells when voltages are applied to the first and second electrodes. A gas within the cells is excited by the electrons, and light emitting layers formed between the first and second substrates or on outer sides of the first and second substrates emits light.

Abstract: A plasma display device and driving method thereof has a peak value of one frame is detected and then converted. A grayscale or a grayscale value is converted according to an original peak value and a converted peak value, and a total number of sustain pulses applied to the one frame is reset such that a brightness corresponding to the converted grayscale or grayscale value is set to be equal to a brightness corresponding to the original grayscale or grayscale value. In such a manner, the numbers of on-subfields and useable subfields corresponding to the grayscale of the input video signal are increased, so that the discharge characteristics are enhanced and the false contour is reduced.

Abstract: In a plasma display device, X and Y electrodes are divided into a first group disposed in even-numbered rows and a second group disposed in odd-numbered rows, and the respective groups are again divided into a plurality of sub-groups. In addition, at respective subfields of one field, address periods are performed for the first and second groups, and sustain periods are performed between the address periods of the respective sub-groups. In addition, address periods are performed for the second group while sustain periods are performed for the first group, and sustain periods are performed for the first group while address periods are performed for the second group.

Abstract: A plasma display device and a method for driving the plasma display device. In a first subfield, a first voltage is alternately applied to the first and second electrodes by applying a first addressing scheme for converting an on-cell to an off-cell for a sustain period. In a second subfield, the off-cell is converted to the light emitting state. Initialization in a reset period is appropriately performed whether a write addressing method or an erase addressing method is used.

Abstract: A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel including first display regions and second display regions extending in a first direction and first electrodes extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. First cells are defined by the first display regions and the first electrodes, and second cells are defined by the second display regions and the first electrodes. The plasma display device is driven during frames, and each frame is divided into a plurality of subfields. In a first subfield of a first frame, a driver selects at least one on-cell among the first cells and/or the second cells using a first address method. In a second subfield of the first frame, the driver selects at least one off-cell among the first cells and selects at least one off-cell among the second cells, using a second address method.

Abstract: A plasma display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of third electrodes formed to cross the first and second electrodes. A first voltage is alternately applied to the plurality of first and second electrodes using a first address scheme for converting on-cells into an off-cell state during a sustain period at a first subfield, and a second address scheme is used to convert the off-cells into an on-cell state at a second subfield. During a first period between the first and second subfields, a voltage is applied to the plurality of first and second electrodes such that a voltage difference between the plurality of first and second electrodes is greater than the first voltage. With such a first period, even when the write address scheme and the erase address scheme are used together, the initializing is performed appropriately.

Abstract: In a plasma display device, each of a plurality of scan lines is shared by a corresponding one of first display lines and a corresponding one of second display lines, and a plurality of address lines are formed in a direction crossing the plurality of scan lines. A plurality of first discharge cells are defined by the first display lines and the address lines, and a plurality of second discharge cells are defined by the second display lines and the address lines. A first turn-on cell is selected among the first discharge cells during a first period of an address period, and a second turn-on cell is selected among the second discharge cells during a second period of the address period. In addition, during a third period between the first and second periods of the address period, the first turn-on cell is sustain-discharged.

Abstract: A plasma display device includes a PDP, a driver for supplying driving signals to the PDP, and a power supply for supplying a power source to the driver. The power supply includes first and second resistors coupled in series between two terminals for outputting a predetermined output voltage, and a shunt regulator for maintaining a node of the first and second resistors at a constant voltage by coupling a node of the first and second resistors to a reference terminal. At least one of the first and second resistors is a variable resistor of which a resistance is changed by a change of temperature. With such a structure, a low discharge may be prevented when the power supply changes a predetermined voltage used in the plasma display device according to a change of temperature.

Abstract: A plasma display, a driving apparatus and a method of driving the same is provided. A first transistor is coupled between a first electrode and a first power source, and a second transistor is coupled to the first electrode. A third transistor is coupled between the second transistor and a second power source, and a first inductor is coupled between the second transistor and a first energy recovery power source. A fourth transistor is coupled between the second electrode and the first power source, and a fifth transistor is coupled to the second electrode. A sixth transistor is coupled between the fifth transistor and the second power source, and a second inductor is coupled between the fifth transistor and a second energy recovery power source.

Abstract: It is difficult to obtain a good image display by using an organic EL display panel. An EL display apparatus includes EL elements 15 and driving transistors 11a placed like a matrix, a voltage gradation circuit 1271 for generating a program voltage signal, a current gradation circuit 164 for generating a program current signal, and a drive circuit means of applying a signal to the driving transistors 11a, having switches 151a and 151b for switching between the program voltage signal and the program current signal.

Abstract: A display apparatus with an active matrix display panel which can suppress gate stress to prevent a degradation of the display quality. Specified at least one pixel section having a light emitting element to driven for light emission in one row is supplied with a data pulse indicative of a first gate voltage of a thin film transistor upon supply of a display scanning pulse. Subsequently, each pixel in the one row is supplied with a reset scanning pulse, and when supplying a reset scanning pulse, the at least one pixel section is supplied with a reset pulse indicative of a second gate voltage of the thin film transistor for making the polarity of agate-to-source voltage or gate-to-drain voltage of the thin film transistor reverse to that during light emission driving.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixels; a scan driver for applying a scanning signal to the scanning signal line; and a data driver for generating a data voltage including a normal data voltage and a reverse bias voltage, sequentially applying the normal data voltage to all pixels during a first period, and then applying a reverse bias voltage to all pixels during a second period which is shorter than the first period. Each pixel includes a switching transistor which is connected to one of the scanning signal lines and one of the data lines, a driving transistor electrically connected to the switching transistor, and an organic light emitting diode which is connected to the driving transistor.

Abstract: A technique for driving a column of pixels that include light emitting elements is presented. The technique incorporates feedback data provided from feedback data sources connected to the data line and to feedback line of the array, pixel driving circuit with feedback path. The technique can also include block of the reference elements for input signal corrections.

Abstract: A method of driving an organic electroluminescent display device, including measuring a gray level of an image, turning on a sampling transistor connected to gate electrode and drain electrode of a driving transistor during a sampling time, applying a data voltage to operate the driving transistor, and supplying a current to an light emitting diode through the driving transistor.

Abstract: A display device that is capable of reducing the blurring of a moving image without decreasing the luminance level is presented. The display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, a scanning driver for supplying scanning signals to the display panel, and a data driver for generating a first data voltage representing higher luminance than a reference luminance and a second data voltage representing lower luminance than the reference luminance and alternately applying the first data voltage and the second data voltage to the display panel. The display device displays an image having different luminance levels between the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame to reduce the blurring.

Abstract: A method according to one embodiment may include supplying power to an LED array having at least a first string of LEDs and a second string of LEDs coupled in parallel, each of the strings includes at least two LEDs. The method of this embodiment may also include comparing a first feedback signal from the first string of LEDs and a second feedback signal from the second string of LEDs. The first feedback signal is proportional to current in said first string of LEDs and said second feedback signal is proportional to current in said second string of LEDs. The method of this embodiment may also include controlling a voltage drop of at least the first string of LEDs to adjust the current of the first string of LEDs relative to the second string of LEDs, based on, at least in part, the comparing of the first and second feedback signals. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes at least one polarization plate, a phase difference plate, a pair of oppositely disposed substrates at least one of which is a transparent substrate, a liquid crystal disposed between said pair of substrates, and means for applying a voltage to said liquid crystal so that a retardation of said liquid crystal is modulated depending on the voltage applied to said liquid crystal. The liquid crystal is placed in a first alignment state which is determined by said pair of substrates when the voltage is not applied thereto. The phase difference plate has a retardation so that light passing through said liquid crystal, said phase difference plate, and said polarization plate assumes chromatic color when the voltage is not applied to said liquid crystal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device and a method of testing a display device. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a gate driver for generating gate signals and applying the gate signals to switching elements; a precharge circuit for applying a predetermined voltage to the pixels to precharge the pixels; and a pad portion including a plurality of inspection pads for applying test signals to the gate driver and the precharge circuit. Accordingly, test signals are applied through pads using the gate driver and the precharge circuit, which makes it possible to check whether the two driving circuits normally operate and to detect defects, such as the disconnection or short-circuit of the signal lines, before a module process. Thus, it is possible to reduce manufacturing time and cost.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display and its driving method are disclosed. Among the pixels driven by the same data driving unit, firstly the pixels of same color are sequentially driven, and then the pixels of other colors are sequentially driven, so that the pixels have almost the same leakage current.

Abstract: A display driver includes a display memory 100 which stores grayscale data, a correction calculation section 110 which corrects input grayscale data in units of dots forming one pixel, a line buffer 130 which stores corrected data of one scan line corrected by the correction calculation section 110, and a driver section 140 which drives an electro-optical device based on the grayscale data read from the display memory 100 or the corrected data read from the line buffer 130. The correction calculation section 140 generates the corrected data based on the grayscale data read from the display memory 100 and the input grayscale data. The driver section 140 drives the electro-optical device based on the corrected data, and then drives the electro-optical device based on the grayscale data read from the display memory.

Abstract: The invention relates to an addressing circuit for an array arrangement (100) of electronic units (101), which may be, for example, pixels of an X-ray detector. Every pixel (101) is connected to a spatially adjacent shift register (110), the shift registers (110) being connected in turn column-wise in series and also being connected to a common clock line (111,114). A trigger signal fed via an external trigger line (113) is passed by the shift registers (110) from row to row for every clock signal on the clock lines (111,114). In this process, triggered shift registers (110) activate the associate pixels (101) so that they can be read out via read-out lines (105) that extend column-wise.