Patents Issued in April 9, 2024
  • Passive radio frequency device with axial fixing apertures
    Patent number: 11955683
    Abstract: Radio frequency device including at least: a tube through which a channel passes, a front face and/or a rear face forming a bearing surface through which the channel passes, the bearing surface forming an annular frame around one end of the tube and being integral with the tube. The bearing surface includes axial fixing apertures passing through the bearing surface and opening outside the channel in order to allow fixation of the device, and the width of the frame being greater at and in the immediate vicinity of the axial fixing apertures than at a distance from these axial fixing apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SWISSto12 SA
    Inventors: Mathieu Billod, Arnaud Boland, Santiago Capdevila Cascante, Emile de Rijk, Tomislav Debogovic, Alexandre Dimitriades, Esteban Menargues Gomez, Lionel Simon
  • Components for millimeter-wave communication
    Patent number: 11955684
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are components for millimeter-wave communication, as well as related methods and systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Diego Correas-Serrano, Georgios Dogiamis, Henning Braunisch, Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Telesphor Kamgaing
  • Radio frequency (RF) conductive medium
    Patent number: 11955685
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a radio frequency (RF) conductive medium for reducing the undesirable insertion loss of all RF hardware components and improving the Q factor or “quality factor” of RF resonant cavities. The RF conductive medium decreases the insertion loss of the RF device by including one or more conductive pathways in a transverse electromagnetic axis that are immune to skin effect loss and, by extension, are substantially free from resistance to the conduction of RF energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nanoton, Inc.
    Inventor: John Aldrich Dooley
  • Fault protected signal splitter apparatus
    Patent number: 11955686
    Abstract: A system is disclosed herein. The system includes a splitter board. The splitter board includes a microprocessor, a converter, and a bypass relay. The converter includes analog-to-digital circuitry and digital-to-analog circuitry. The bypass relay is configurable between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the bypass relay is configured to direct an input signal to the converter. The converter converts the input signal to a converted input signal and splits the converted input signal into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is directed to the microprocessor. The second portion is directed to an output port of the splitter board for downstream processes. In the second state, the bypass relay is configured to cause the input signal to bypass the converter. The bypass relay directs the input signal to the output port of the splitter board for the downstream processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Putman, Matthew C. Putman, Damas Limoge, Michael Moskie, Jonathan Lee
  • Structural arrangements for spatial power-combining devices
    Patent number: 11955687
    Abstract: Power-combining devices, and more particularly spatial power-combining and related structural arrangements are disclosed. Such structural arrangements involve mechanical connections between center waveguide sections and input and/or output coaxial waveguide sections that provide scalable structures for different operating frequency bands, improved mechanical connections, and/or improved assembly. Exemplary structural arrangements include structures that extend through center waveguide sections and into input and/or output coaxial waveguide sections, integrated mechanical structures within the center waveguide section, compression fit arrangements, dielectric inserts arranged within channels of coaxial waveguide sections, and/or various combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan Murdock, Gregory Valenti, Eric Jackson
  • Heatsink for millimeter wave (mmW) and non-mmW antenna integration
    Patent number: 11955688
    Abstract: Aspects described herein include devices, wireless communication apparatuses, methods, and associated operations for heatsinks integrating millimeter wave and non-millimeter wave operation. In some aspects, an apparatus comprising a millimeter wave (mmW) module is provided. The apparatus includes at least one mmW antenna and at least one mmW signal node configured to communicate a data signal in association with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes mixing circuitry configured to convert between the data signal and a mmW signal for communications associated with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes a heatsink comprising a non-mmW antenna and a non-mmW feed point coupled to the non-mmW antenna. The non-mmW feed point is configured to provide a signal path to the non-mmW antenna for a non-mmW signal. The heatsink is mechanically coupled to the mmW module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Cheng-Fan Wei, Chao-Kuei Chang, Yi-Hsiang Kung
  • Antenna-inserted electrode structure and image display device including the same
    Patent number: 11955689
    Abstract: An antenna-inserted electrode structure according to an embodiment includes a substrate layer comprising a touch sensing area and a touch sensing-antenna area, sensing electrodes disposed on the touch sensing area and the touch sensing-antenna area of the substrate layer, and an antenna unit disposed on the touch sensing-antenna area of the substrate layer, the antenna unit including a radiator. The sensing electrodes and the radiator include a hybrid mesh structure, and the hybrid mesh structure includes a first mesh structure and a second mesh structure integrally combined with each other. The first mesh structure and the second mesh structure have different shapes and arrangements from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung In Kim, Chang Jun Maeng, Yoon Ho Huh
  • Radar level gauging apparatus
    Patent number: 11955690
    Abstract: A radio detection and ranging (RADAR) level gauging apparatus measures a level of liquid in a storage tank. The apparatus includes an antenna that emits a RADAR signal and receives the signal reflected from the level interface. The antenna has a lens and an absorber to reduce side lobes of the signal. The apparatus further includes a controller which performs transmission control, reception control, and level measurement control using the received RADAR signal. The distance from the emission position of the RADAR signal to the level interface is measured, and thus a level can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SMART RADAR SYSTEM, INC.
    Inventors: Kyung Sub Oh, Yong Jae Kim
  • Electronic device including antenna module
    Patent number: 11955691
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may be configured to include a housing including a conductive plate and a non-conductive plate, a reinforcing member disposed at a first part inside the housing and including a groove of a predetermined length, a printed circuit board disposed at a second part different from the first part inside the housing, an antenna module disposed at one surface of the reinforcing member and including a ground layer at the rear surface thereof, and a signal connection member configured to electrically connect the printed circuit board and the antenna module, wherein a part of the signal connection member extends through the groove and is electrically connected to a first area of the ground layer in the groove by using a solder. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taekwan Cha, Yongwon Cho
  • Microelectronic device package with integrated antenna
    Patent number: 11955692
    Abstract: A described example includes: a semiconductor die mounted to a die pad of a package substrate, the semiconductor die having bond pads on a device side surface facing away from the die pad; bond wires coupling the bond pads of the semiconductor die to leads of the package substrate, the leads spaced from the die pad; an antenna positioned over the device side surface of the semiconductor die and having a feed line coupled between the antenna and a device side surface of the semiconductor die; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the bond wires, a portion of the leads, and the die side surface of the die pad, a portion of the antenna exposed from the mold compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Juan Alejandro Herbsommer
  • Antenna package and image display device including the same
    Patent number: 11955693
    Abstract: An antenna package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first antenna device including a first antenna unit, a first circuit board electrically connected to the first antenna unit, a second circuit board electrically connected to the first circuit board, a second antenna unit integrated with the second circuit board, and an antenna driving integrated circuit chip mounted on the second circuit board and electrically connected to the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit. Multi-axial radiation is implemented using the antenna package with high efficiency and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Jin Choi, Na Yeon Kim, Han Sub Ryu, Dong Pil Park
  • Antenna component and communication device
    Patent number: 11955694
    Abstract: An antenna component is provided. An orthographic projection of auxiliary antennas on a clearance area is entirely located in, partly located in, or close to a radiation-sensitive area where a specific absorption ratio (SAR) value of a frequency band needs to be reduced, so that a signal emitted from the radiation-sensitive area where the SAR value of the frequency band needs to be reduced on a primary antenna may be absorbed by the auxiliary antennas, and the auxiliary antennas generate secondary radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HuiZhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Lei Chen, Wei Chen, Yibing Chen
  • Antenna module and terminal device
    Patent number: 11955695
    Abstract: An antenna module includes: a middle frame, wherein a bezel of the middle frame is provided with an opening for providing a functional module, the bezel is formed with a first conductive strip on one side of the opening, and the bezel is formed with a second conductive strip on the other side of the opening, wherein the first conductive strip and/or the second conductive strip is/are connected to a feed line, to be used as an antenna radiator for transmitting and receiving radio signals. The first conductive strip and the second conductive strip are formed by the bezel at the opening for providing the functional module, to transmit and receive the radio signals, such that the bezel at the opening can be multiplexed to transmit and receive the radio signals in a case that space is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heng Cao
  • Housing and antenna architecture for mobile device
    Patent number: 11955696
    Abstract: A device includes a display and a housing. The housing surrounds the display and has four corners defining portions of an exterior surface of the device. The housing includes a first housing segment defining at least part of a first corner of the four corners and configured to operate as an antenna; a second housing segment defining at least part of a second corner of the four corners; and a third housing segment defining at least part of a third corner of the four corners. The third corner forms part of the housing diagonally opposite the second corner. The housing further includes a non-conductive housing component that structurally couples the first housing segment to another portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Froese, Paul U. Leutheuser, Martin J. Auclair, Christopher J. Durning, Jun Ham, Lucy E. Browning, Sawyer I. Cohen, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Donald J. Parr
  • Antenna device and display device including the same
    Patent number: 11955697
    Abstract: An antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, a radiator and a dummy electrode. The radiator is disposed on the upper surface of the dielectric layer. The radiator includes a first mesh structure, and the first mesh structure includes a first antenna electrode line and a second antenna electrode line which cross each other. The dummy electrode is spaced apart from the radiator by the separation region on the upper surface of the dielectric layer. The dummy electrode includes a second mesh structure, and the second mesh structure includes a first dummy electrode line and a second dummy electrode line which cross each other. A spacing distance between the first dummy electrode line and the radiator is different from a spacing distance between the second dummy electrode line and the radiator at the separation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jun Lee, Han Sub Ryu, Gi Hwan Ahn
  • Grounded BGA wave-guiding interface between an on-package signal launch and an external waveguide
    Patent number: 11955698
    Abstract: A device comprises a package substrate and a ball grid array (BGA). The package substrate encapsulates an integrated circuit (IC) die and comprises a signal launch configured to emit or receive a signal on a surface of the package substrate. The BGA is affixed to the surface and comprises a set of grounded solder balls arranged as a boundary around the signal launch. The device may further comprise a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate having a waveguide interface side opposite a secondary waveguide side and a through-hole cavity that extends from the waveguide interface side to the secondary waveguide side, perpendicular to a plane of the PCB substrate. The BGA couples the package substrate to the waveguide interface side such that the surface of the package substrate faces the through-hole cavity and the signal launch and through-hole cavity are substantially aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Meysam Moallem, Brian P. Ginsburg
  • Antenna module and electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 11955699
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a side member, a support member, a display, an antenna module including one or more patch antennas, a printed circuit board (PCB), a wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB, a first conductive member, a first connector, a second connector, and a protrusion extending from the first end of the first conductive member toward an interior of the housing, and electrically connected to the first conductive member. The antenna module is disposed at locations corresponding to a first opening defined by the first conductive member, the support member, the first connector, and the second connector, and a second opening defined by the first conductive member, the support member, the first connector, and the protrusion, and the wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to the protrusion and the antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mincheol Seo, Donghun Shin, Minkyung Lee, Jiho Kim, Sunghyup Lee, Kyihyun Jang, Huiwon Cho
  • Low-PIM cellular base station antenna concealments
    Patent number: 11955700
    Abstract: Cellular base station antenna concealments, such as palm and tree concealments, utilize artificial branches with nonmetallic (e.g., polymeric) interfaces to avoid loose metal-to-metal connections to mitigate the generation of passive intermodulation (PIM) interference by the branches. Representative embodiments include “palm concealments” with low-PIM artificial palm fronds, and “tree concealments” with low-PIM artificial tree branches. That is, “low-PIM fronds” and “low-PIM tree branches” are two representative examples of “low-PIM branches” illustrating representative embodiments of the invention. The low-PIM palm frond includes a nonmetallic (e.g., polymeric) sleeve positioned between a metal frond shaft and a metal frond receiver. A first example of the low-PIM tree branch includes nonmetallic (e.g., polymeric) fastener isolators positioned between metal fasteners and a metal tree branch receiver. A second example of the low-PIM tree branch includes a nonmetallic (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Oberman, Mark R. Schmidt
  • Wearable device including multi-band antenna
    Patent number: 11955701
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable device including an outer housing including a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, wherein a metal frame is formed on at least a portion of the side surface, a display having at least a portion that is exposed through the first surface of the outer housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), a communication circuit, and a ground area, wherein the metal frame is electrically connected to the communication circuit at a first point and a second point of the metal frame, and to the ground area at a third point having a different electrical length with respect to the first point and the second point, and wherein the communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal in a first frequency band by a first electrical path formed between the first point and the third point, and a signal in a second frequency band
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang Bong Sung, Woo Suk Kang, Se Woong Kim, Chae Up Yoo, Jae Bong Chun
  • Detection label
    Patent number: 11955702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detection label provided with a passive resonant circuit which is configured to emit an identification code when the passive resonant circuit is introduced into a first electromagnetic interrogation field, wherein the label is further provided with a memory and an active circuit comprising a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the active circuit is configured to emit information which is stored in the memory with the transmitter when the active circuit is introduced into a second electromagnetic interrogation field comprising a first predetermined code, which second electromagnetic interrogation field is received with the receiver, characterized in that the label is configured, in response to the receiving of the second interrogation field, when the second interrogation field comprises a second predetermined code, to adjust a status of the label such that the passive resonant circuit does not emit the identification code when the passive resonant circuit is introduced into the first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nedap N.V.
    Inventor: Jeroen Martin Van Dijk
  • Antenna and unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 11955703
    Abstract: The antenna includes a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit. The first antenna unit and the second antenna unit are disposed on the same surface of a substrate. The first antenna unit includes a first primary radiation unit and a first secondary radiation unit, and the second antenna unit includes a second primary radiation unit and a second secondary radiation unit. A gap exists between the first primary radiation unit and the second primary radiation unit. The first secondary radiation unit is connected to one end of the first primary radiation unit that is away from the second primary radiation unit, the second secondary radiation unit is connected to one end of the second primary radiation unit that is away from the first primary radiation unit, and the first secondary radiation unit and the second secondary radiation unit are located on the same side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiehong Tan
  • Antenna device and display device including the same
    Patent number: 11955704
    Abstract: An antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, an antenna unit disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer, the antenna unit including a radiator and a transmission line connected to the radiator, a dummy electrode separated from the antenna unit on the top surface of the dielectric layer, the dummy electrode at least partially surrounding the antenna unit, and a blocking pattern arranged around the antenna unit in the dummy electrode. Radiation interruption from the dummy electrode is prevented by the blocking pattern to improve radiation reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD., POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yoon Ho Huh, Jong Min Kim, Han Sub Ryu, Won Bin Hong
  • MIMO antenna system and electronic device using the same
    Patent number: 11955705
    Abstract: A multi-input multi-output antenna system capable of being disposed in an electronic device and the electronic device including the antenna system have a low-frequency antenna assembly and a high-frequency antenna assembly. The low-frequency antenna assembly includes multiple low-frequency antennas that are spaced apart from each other by a distance. The high-frequency antenna assembly includes multiple high-frequency antennas that are spaced apart from each other by a distance. One of the high-frequency antennas is structured as a low-profile dish antenna and is located between the low-frequency antennas, so that the antenna system has smaller volume and height, and better isolation and radiation patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Alpha Networks Inc.
    Inventors: De-Chang Su, Chih Jen Cheng
  • Electronic device including connector
    Patent number: 11955706
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention comprises: a first multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) including a transceiver circuit; a second multi-layer PCB including an antenna; and a connector configured to connect the first multi-layer PCB and the second multi-layer PCB to each other, wherein the first and the second multi-layer PCB include signal transmission lines configuring a vertical connection for signal transfer between different layers, and include multiple adjacent ground patterns configuring a vertical ground connection between the different boards. In order to improve the matching characteristic between the vertically connected signal transmission lines, window regions from which a metal pattern is eliminated are formed at the same positions in different layers of the first and the second multi-layer PCB between the adjacent ground patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungwoo Ryu, Joohee Lee, Junyoung Jung
  • Antenna module and electronic device
    Patent number: 11955707
    Abstract: An antenna module includes first to third radiators and a ground radiator. The first radiator includes first and second sections and excites at a first frequency band. An extension direction of the first section, including a feeding end, is not parallel to an extension direction of the second section. The second radiator includes third and fourth sections. The third section extends from an intersection of the first and second sections. The third section excites at a second frequency band. The third radiator is disposed beside the first radiator and away from the second radiator. The ground radiator is disposed on one side of the first, second, and third radiators, and includes a ground end. The fourth section of the second radiator is connected to the third section and the ground radiator. The third radiator is connected to the ground end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Hsu Wu, Hau Yuen Tan, Chien-Yi Wu, Shih-Keng Huang, Cheng-Hsiung Wu, Ching-Hsiang Ko
  • Electronic device equipped with transparent antenna
    Patent number: 11955708
    Abstract: Provided, according to the present invention, is an electronic device equipped with a transparent antenna for 5G communication. The electronic device comprises: an antenna embedded and operating in a display, and composed of first metal mesh lines formed in a first direction; a substrate on which the antenna is disposed and which is configured to operate dielectrically with respect to the antenna; and a ground layer disposed on the bottom portion of the substrate and configured to operate on the ground with respect to the antenna. Here, an inner area of the ground layer corresponding to an area in which the antenna is disposed is composed of second metal mesh lines formed in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein a moiré effect is mitigated in the transparent antenna structure by means of the metal mesh lines overlapping in the antenna area and the ground area, thereby improving visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byeongyong Park, Seungmin Woo, Ilnam Cho, Kukheon Choi
  • Antenna package and image display device including the same
    Patent number: 11955709
    Abstract: An antenna package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an antenna device including an antenna unit, a first circuit board including a first core layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a signal wiring extending on the first surface of the first core layer to be electrically connected to the antenna unit, and a first via structure penetrating through the first core layer, and a first connector mounted on the second surface of the first core layer, the first connector including a first terminal electrically connected to the antenna unit and the first via structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Yeon Kim, Young Ju Kim, Yoon Ho Huh
  • Dual polarized antenna structure
    Patent number: 11955710
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first signal connector and a second signal connector. The antenna structure further includes a cavity antenna defined by a set of planar walls. The cavity antenna is coupled to the first signal connector and configured to emit a field polarized linearly in a first direction when driven by a signal at the first signal connector. The antenna structure further includes a dipole antenna defined by a pair of arms that are integrated with a wall of the cavity antenna. The dipole antenna is coupled to the second signal connector and configured to a field polarized linearly in a second direction offset from the first direction when driven by a signal at the second signal connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanyang Wang, Hang Xu, Steven Gao, Hai Zhou
  • Redirecting structure for electromagnetic waves
    Patent number: 11955711
    Abstract: A redirecting structure for electromagnetic waves, the redirecting structure comprising a first reflection passage formed between a first conductive element and a second conductive element, and an antenna structure comprising an antenna element and a radiation passage extending from the antenna element in a first direction. The antenna structure is connected to the first reflection passage at a first interface, the first reflection passage extending in a second direction different from the first direction. A first reflective structure is associated with an interior of the first reflection passage and is arranged at a predetermined distance from the first interface such that electromagnetic waves propagating from the antenna structure into the first reflection passage are reflected to the radiation passage by the first reflective structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Janne Ilvonen, Alexander Khripkov, Jari Kristian Van Wonterghem, Ruiyuan Tian
  • Self-decoupled compact cavity antenna
    Patent number: 11955712
    Abstract: An antenna assembly for a mobile communication device includes two antennas. The two antennas are disposed in a cavity defined in a side frame member of the mobile communication device. The two antennas are disposed adjacent with a gap in between. An antenna feed point is disposed in connection with each antenna. One antenna element of each antenna is disposed on a surface of side frame member surrounding the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Arun Sowpati, Jouni Pennanen
  • Antenna with tilted beam for use on angled surfaces
    Patent number: 11955713
    Abstract: An antenna that provides a radiation pattern that is tilted relative to the perpendicular to the plane of the antenna is provided. The antenna may be located on an angled surface, but have its tilted beam reach maximum gain at its zenith. In alternative embodiments, the antenna may be substantially transparent or translucent allowing placement on a surface without blocking viewing through the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NovAtel Inc.
    Inventors: Alireza Gharaati Jahromi, Mohammad Saeid Ghaffarian Moslemi, Rashid Mirzavand Boroujeni
  • Antenna apparatus, radio transmitter, and antenna diameter adjustment method
    Patent number: 11955714
    Abstract: An antenna diameter adjustment method for adjusting an antenna diameter by changing a distance between a part of each of a plurality of reflectors at which the radio signal is reflected, the plurality of reflectors each being configured to reflect radio signals emitted from a plurality of radiators from a center of a circle along a radial direction thereof and to radiate the radio signal toward an opposite antenna apparatus, and the center of the circle along the radial direction of the circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Miyamoto
  • Satellite array architecture
    Patent number: 11955715
    Abstract: A satellite system can include one or more satellites that orbit the Earth. The one or more satellites may have satellite buses that support antenna arrays. The antenna arrays may include space fed arrays. Each space fed array may have an antenna feed array and an inner array that is coupled to a direct radiating array. The direct radiating array may operate in the same satellite band as the space fed array, or upconversion and downconversion circuitry may be used to communicatively couple a direct radiating array that operates in a different satellite band to the space fed array. The satellites may have peripheral walls with corner fittings that can be selected to provide the satellite bus with particular leg strengths. This can reduce overall mass of the satellites in a payload fairing while accommodating different types of antenna arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Chris Cosner, Ying Feria, Raenaurd Turpin, Andre Houle, Richard Aston, Brett Cope, Ricardo Leon
  • Polymer-based dipole radiating elements with grounded coplanar waveguide feed stalks and capacitively grounded quarter wavelength open circuits
    Patent number: 11955716
    Abstract: A cross-dipole radiating element includes first and second polymer-based coplanar waveguide feed stalks, and first and second pairs of polymer-based radiating arms, which are supported by and electrically coupled to the first and second coplanar waveguide feed stalks. These polymer-based feed stalks and radiating arms are configured as a unitary polymer substrate, which is selectively metallized to define a cross-dipole radiating element. The first and second feed stalks may be configured as finite grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) feed stalks, which are spaced-apart from each other on an underlying polymer base. The unitary polymer substrate may include the polymer base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Chengcheng Tang, Xiangyang Ai, Peter J. Bisiules
  • Loading blocks for antennas in system packaging
    Patent number: 11955717
    Abstract: A radio frequency system package may include waveguides and loading blocks. The loading blocks may include dielectric material having a high dielectric constant between 13 and 20. Additionally, the loading blocks may be made of mold, epoxy, or the like material, and the loading blocks may fit into a region cut out of the waveguides. Moreover, the loading blocks may lower the cut-off frequency for wireless communication otherwise provided by the waveguides without the loading blocks (e.g., 28 GHz). In particular, the loading blocks may facilitate communication in low mmWave frequencies, such as 24 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wu Yang, Michael D. Quinones, Harish Rajagopalan, Gareth L. Rose, Bhaskara R. Rupakula, Jiechen Wu, Hao Xu
  • Waterproof microphone kit and electronic device
    Patent number: 11955718
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a waterproof microphone kit adapted to be fixed in an electronic device. The waterproof microphone kit includes a housing, a waterproof breathable film, a plug, a circuit motherboard, a microphone unit and a flexible electrical connection component. Two adjacent sides of the housing are provided with an opening and a lateral opening. The waterproof breathable film is disposed at the housing and seals the lateral opening. The plug plugs the opening. The plug, the waterproof breathable film and the housing jointly form an enclosed space. The circuit motherboard is disposed in the housing. The microphone unit is disposed at the circuit motherboard, and a sound receiving part thereof faces the waterproof breathable film. The flexible electrical connection component is connected to the circuit motherboard, and passes through a through hole of the plug so as to connect to an external processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GETAC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kun-Cheng Lee
  • Antenna system comprising two oppositely directed antennas and methods for controlling transmission of radiation through a multi-layered antenna structure
    Patent number: 11955719
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to an antenna system comprising two oppositely directed antennas integrated in a structure including two layers of resistivity switching material, and methods for controlling transmission of radiation through the layers of resistivity switching material to thereby allow for simultaneous and switchable transmission of antenna radiation in two opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: United Arab Emirates University
    Inventors: Mahmoud F. Y. Al Ahmad, Abdul-Halim Jallad
  • Beam adjustment assembly and antenna system
    Patent number: 11955720
    Abstract: A beam adjustment assembly includes a phase shifter and a connecting plate. The phase shifter includes a circuit board and main dielectric slabs configured to shift a phase. The circuit board is provided with a first strip and a second strip that are spaced. The first strip and the second strip are configured to respectively connect to radiating elements of an antenna. The connecting plate is slidably assembled on the circuit board and is configured to control an electrical connection between the first strip and the second strip. When sliding, the main dielectric slab can push the connecting plate to slide to control a quantity of radiating elements in the antenna system. The sliding of the main dielectric slab in the phase shifter is used as a driving mechanism of the connecting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huabing Su, Lei Chen, Runxiao Zhang, Yixing Zeng, Fan Zhang, Ping Lv
  • Antenna apparatus, communication apparatus and steering adjustment method thereof
    Patent number: 11955721
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus, a communication apparatus, and a steering adjustment method thereof are provided. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna structure. The antenna structure includes an antenna unit. The antenna unit includes i feeding ports, where i is a positive integer larger than 2. A vector of each of the feeding ports is controlled independently. In the steering adjustment method, a designated direction is determined, where the designated direction corresponds to beam directionality of the antenna structure. In addition, the vectors of the feeding ports of the antenna unit are configured according to the designated direction. Accordingly, the antenna size can be reduced, and beam steering in multiple directions would be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Kai Yang, Sin-Liang Chen, Hsu-Sheng Wu, Hsiao-Ching Chien
  • Array lattice techniques for high symmetry and high scan performance
    Patent number: 11955722
    Abstract: A phased array system has a substrate, a plurality of elements, a beamforming IC, and a plurality of feedlines electrically coupling the plurality of elements with at least one beamforming IC. In preferred embodiments, the feedlines are non-intersecting, symmetric feedlines that mitigate cross-polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Anokiwave, Inc.
    Inventors: Trang Thai, Jason Leo Durbin
  • Ultra-wide band antenna configuration for physical access control system
    Patent number: 11955723
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reader, such as a reader for a physical access control system. The reader can include first and second antennas, each designed or configured for receiving ultra-wide band (UWB) signals. The reader can also include a mounting plane configured for mounting the reader to a surface. An axis aligning the first and second antennas can be arranged substantially perpendicular relative the mounting plane. A material can be provided between the first and second antennas. The material can have a thickness that defines a distance between the first and second antennas of less than a half wavelength of the UWB signal through air (?A/2), the material configured to slow down electromagnetic waves passing therethrough such that the thickness of the material provides an effective separation distance of the first and second antennas of at least a half wavelength of the UWB signal through air (?A/2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventor: Hans-Juergen Pirch
  • Antenna and tuning for key fob with four band operation
    Patent number: 11955724
    Abstract: A remote signal communication system includes a first antenna that transmits first frequency bands and a second antenna that transmits second frequency bands that are higher than the first frequency bands. A first dual matching network is provided for the first frequency bands and a second dual matching network is provided for the second frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hazael Alejandro Mendoza-Tellez, Jesus Enrique Saavedra Balbi, Eric Ponce
  • Antenna structure and terminal
    Patent number: 11955725
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a metal plate and a spiral radiator. The metal plate is provided with a first surface and a second surface that are disposed oppositely. An accommodating groove is formed in the metal plate and adjacent to the first surface. The spiral radiator is mounted in the accommodating groove and insulated from the metal plate, and the spiral radiator is provided with a feed end used to be connected to a feed source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianjing Jian, HuanChu Huang, Yijin Wang
  • Antenna device
    Patent number: 11955726
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a dielectric layer disposed on a ground plane; a first patch antenna pattern disposed on the dielectric layer; first and second feed vias feeding an RF signal to the first patch antenna pattern; a first feed pattern connected to the first feed via, and coupled to the first patch antenna pattern; and a second feed pattern connected to the second feed via and coupled to the first patch antenna pattern. The first patch antenna pattern includes a first edge in parallel with a first direction, and a second edge in parallel with a second direction. The first feed pattern is disposed near the second edge, the second feed pattern is disposed near the first edge, and a first width of the first feed pattern measured in a second direction is different from a second width of the second feed pattern measured in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Ki Kim, Wongi Kim, Kyubum Han, Hyungho Seo, Hokyung Kang
  • System and method for a digitally beamformed phased array feed
    Patent number: 11955727
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Differential on-chip loop antenna
    Patent number: 11955728
    Abstract: Aspects of the embodiments are directed to an on-chip loop antenna and methods of manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, the on-chip loop antenna is in an integrated circuit (IC) die. The IC die comprises metal loops substantially centered around a core region of the IC die in a metallization stack of the IC die, a dielectric between spaces of the metal loops, an electric circuit in the core region electrically connected to the metal loops with an interconnect, and a ground plane in the metallization stack electrically connected to the loops with a first plurality of vias and to the electric circuit with a second plurality of vias. The first plurality of vias is different from the second plurality of vias, and the electric circuit includes an inductor. In some embodiments, the on-chip loop antenna can be carried by a semiconductor package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nir Weisman, Omer Asaf, Eyal Goldberger
  • Antenna system and method for operating an antenna
    Patent number: 11955729
    Abstract: Embodiments of an antenna system and a method for operating an antenna are disclosed. In an embodiment, an antenna system includes a first ferrite element, a second ferrite element, a first coil wrapped around the first ferrite element, a second coil wrapped around the second ferrite element, a first antenna interface electrically coupled to the first coil, a second antenna interface electrically coupled to the second coil, and a conductor network connected between the first coil, the second coil, the first antenna interface, and the second antenna interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Oliver Kronschläger, David Knabl, Andreas Merl, Michael Stark, Erich Merlin
  • Antenna module, method for manufacturing antenna module, and mobile terminal
    Patent number: 11955730
    Abstract: An antenna module comprises: a first radiation patch having a first opening; a second radiation patch spaced apart above the first radiation patch and smaller than the first radiation patch and having a second opening; a coupling patch spaced apart above the second radiation patch and smaller than the second radiation patch; and an electricity feeding path penetrating through the first opening and the second opening so as to be connected to the coupling patch, wherein the center of the first opening and the center of the second opening are displaced laterally. As one antenna module can operate in different frequency bands, the number of antennas can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seungmin Woo
  • Electronic device including multi-band antenna
    Patent number: 11955731
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate and a second plate; and a first antenna structure. The first antenna structure includes a board disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The board includes a first surface facing the first plate, a second surface facing the second plate, a plurality of insulating layers stacked on top of each other between the first surface and the second surface, a first conductive layer disposed on the first surface, a second conductive layer disposed on the second surface, a plurality of strips disposed between the plurality of insulating layers, and a plurality of vias connecting at least one or more of the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, or the plurality of strips to each other and disposed in the plurality of insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Postech Research and Business Development Foundation
    Inventors: Yeonwoo Kim, Wonbin Hong, Junho Park, Jaehyun Choi, Sehyun Park, Sumin Yun
  • Wireless communication technology, apparatuses, and methods
    Patent number: 11955732
    Abstract: Millimeter wave (mmWave) technology, apparatuses, and methods that relate to transceivers, receivers, and antenna structures for wireless communications are described. The various aspects include co-located millimeter wave (mmWave) and near-field communication (NFC) antennas, scalable phased array radio transceiver architecture (SPARTA), phased array distributed communication system with MIMO support and phase noise synchronization over a single coax cable, communicating RF signals over cable (RFoC) in a distributed phased array communication system, clock noise leakage reduction, IF-to-RF companion chip for backwards and forwards compatibility and modularity, on-package matching networks, 5G scalable receiver (Rx) architecture, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Erkan Alpman, Arnaud Lucres Amadjikpe, Omer Asaf, Kameran Azadet, Rotem Banin, Miroslav Baryakh, Anat Bazov, Stefano Brenna, Bryan K. Casper, Anandaroop Chakrabarti, Gregory Chance, Debabani Choudhury, Emanuel Cohen, Claudio Da Silva, Sidharth Dalmia, Saeid Daneshgar Asl, Kaushik Dasgupta, Kunal Datta, Brandon Davis, Ofir Degani, Amr M. Fahim, Amit Freiman, Michael Genossar, Eran Gerson, Eyal Goldberger, Eshel Gordon, Meir Gordon, Josef Hagn, Shinwon Kang, Te Yu Kao, Noam Kogan, Mikko S. Komulainen, Igal Yehuda Kushnir, Saku Lahti, Mikko M. Lampinen, Naftali Landsberg, Wook Bong Lee, Run Levinger, Albert Molina, Resti Montoya Moreno, Tawfiq Musah, Nathan G. Narevsky, Hosein Nikopour, Oner Orhan, Georgios Palaskas, Stefano Pellerano, Ron Pongratz, Ashoke Ravi, Shmuel Ravid, Peter Andrew Sagazio, Eren Sasoglu, Lior Shakedd, Gadi Shor, Baljit Singh, Menashe Soffer, Ra'anan Sover, Shilpa Talwar, Nebil Tanzi, Moshe Teplitsky, Chintan S. Thakkar, Jayprakash Thakur, Avi Tsarfati, Yossi Tsfati, Marian Verhelst, Nir Weisman, Shuhei Yamada, Ana M. Yepes, Duncan Kitchin