With Radio Cabinet Patents (Class 343/702)
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Patent number: 11926285Abstract: A remote communication system includes a portable device; and a fixed system. The fixed system includes main communication modules; and a position estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the portable device, based on an incident angle of a signal from the portable device, upon detecting the signal by antennas provided in the main communication modules. When there are two main communication modules for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle. When there is one main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the incident angle and a received radio wave intensity of the signal. When there is no main communication module for which the incident angle is known, the position of the portable device is estimated based on the received radio wave intensity.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Keigo Wakana, Daisuke Takai, Yukimitsu Yamada, Mitsuharu Nakasato, Kazuma Sato
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Patent number: 11929548Abstract: Eyewear with a slot ring antenna generating E-fields that are orthogonal to each other at a frequency. The slot ring antenna has a first portion including an inner ring and an outer ring configured to generate a first E-field in a first direction, and a second portion having a respective inner ring and the outer right configured to generate a second E-field in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first E-field. The outer ring encompasses the respective inner rings, where a first slot is defined between the respective inner ring and the outer ring. A second slot is encompassed by the respective inner ring, and it may be a cutout. The slot ring antenna encompasses eyewear optical assemblies. In one example, the slot antenna first portion encompasses a first optical assembly, and the second portion encompasses the second optical assembly. The outer ring may comprise of a common ground plane, which ground plane may extend proximate a bridge of the eyewear.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mathias Hintermann, Ugur Olgun, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons
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Patent number: 11929768Abstract: In embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing having an inner space, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the inner space of the housing, a first antenna structure disposed at a position spaced apart from the PCB, and transmitting and/or receiving a radio signal in a first frequency band, at least one second antenna structure disposed at a position spaced apart from the PCB, and transmitting and/or receiving a radio signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and a flexible substrate electrically connecting the PCB and the first antenna structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoondo Lee, Sigwan Kim, Hyelee Song, Dongryul Shin, Dongmin Shin, Yoonjae Lee, Handug Lee, Woosik Cho, Weonjai Choi, Taewook Ham, Kyunggu Kim, Hongpyo Bae, Jinwoo Jung, Youngjun Cho
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Patent number: 11927841Abstract: The disclosure provides a display panel and a display apparatus, and belongs to the field of display technology. The display panel includes a display backplane and an antenna structure; the display panel further includes a frequency selective surface on a side of the antenna structure close to a light exit surface of the display panel; the frequency selective surface is configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave with a specific frequency, so as to enhance a radiation gain of the antenna structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yafei Zhang, Hai Yu, Yanzhao Li, Feng Qu
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Patent number: 11923626Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a grounding plate, a monopole, a first feeding component, and a second feeding component. A slot on the grounding plate includes a first slot and a second slot that interpenetrate each other, the second slot extends from the first slot to an edge of the grounding plate. The monopole includes a first stub and a second stub extending from the first stub to the second slot, the second stub and the second slot form a feeding structure. The first feeding component is electrically coupled to the grounding plate to feed the feeding structure to excite a first radiation mode of the antenna apparatus. The second feeding component is electrically coupled to the second stub to feed the feeding structure to excite a second radiation mode of the antenna apparatus. Polarizations in the two radiation modes are orthogonal.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Le Chang, Yafang Yu, Kunpeng Wei, Dawei Zhou, Dong Yu, Hanyang Wang
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Patent number: 11923610Abstract: In various embodiments, an antenna array may comprise a dielectric; a first patch antenna disposed on a first region of the dielectric; a second patch antenna disposed on a second region of the dielectric; and a ground layer including a first sub-ground layer in contact with a lower portion of the first region of the dielectric, a third sub-ground layer in contact with a lower portion of the second region of the dielectric, and a second sub-ground layer spaced apart from a lower portion between the first region and the second region of the dielectric.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., HONGIK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Jae-Hyun Park, Jeong-Hae Lee, Min-Seo Park, Young-Ho Ryu, Sung-Bum Park, Kwi-Seob Um, Chong-Min Lee, Chang-Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 11916301Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of antennas, and a communication circuit electrically connected with the plurality of antennas. The communication circuit includes a plurality of circuits receiving a signal in a first band and is configured to simultaneously receive the signal in the first band through two or more circuits of the plurality of circuits from two or more antennas, which are positioned adjacent to each other, from among the plurality of antennas. The number of the plurality of antennas is the same as the number of plurality of circuits.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Young Ju Kim, Jong Hyuk Kim, Sung Chul Park
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Patent number: 11916304Abstract: A system and a method for performing correction of systematic error for electronically steered antennas using on-chip programming. A plurality of channels includes a first channel. Each channel is coupled to a respective antenna element and includes a trim control circuit and a phase control circuit. The first channel is coupled to a first respective antenna element. An array calibration memory stores a plurality of phase offsets including a first phase offset. Each phase offset includes an array level calibration phase offset corresponding to a respective channel. The first phase offset corresponds to the first channel. At least one of the trim control circuit and the phase control circuit of the first channel are configured to modify phase of a first signal provided to and/or received from the first respective antenna element. The phase of the first signal is modified based at least in part on the first phase offset.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ANOKIWA VE, INC.Inventors: Lew Cohen, Jonathan Comeau, Vipul Jain
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Patent number: 11916407Abstract: The technology is generally directed towards wireless power charging of one or more receiver devices within a container that is electromagnetically shielded with respect to the frequency or frequencies used for the wireless charging. A controller determines, via signaling from one or more sensors, that the container is in the electromagnetically shielded state with respect to emitting external radiation at the charging frequency or frequencies. When electromagnetically shielded, the controller controls the output power state of a wireless power transmitter device to charge the one or more receiver devices. The controller can determine when to stop the charging of a receiver device, such as when sufficiently charged. The controller and wireless power transmitter device can charge the one or more receiver devices selectively, e.g., based on which one needs more charge or other criterion. The controller can obtain and externally communicate the state of charge of the receiver device(s).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ossia Inc.Inventors: Hatem Ibrahim Zeine, Kellen Chow, Cosan Caglayan, Matthew William Colleen, Caner Guclu
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Patent number: 11916282Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a feeding antenna inside an electronic device and one or more antenna elements, such as a floating metal antenna, disposed on a rear cover of the electronic device. The floating metal antenna and a feeding antenna inside the electronic device may form a coupling antenna structure. The feeding antenna may be an antenna fastened on an antenna support (which may be referred to as a support antenna). The feeding antenna may alternatively be a slot antenna formed by slitting on a metal middle frame of the electronic device. The antenna apparatus may be implemented in limited design space, thereby effectively saving antenna design space inside the electronic device. The antenna apparatus may generate excitation of a plurality of resonance modes, so that antenna bandwidth and radiation characteristics can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Chien-Ming Lee, Dong Yu, Chih Yu Tsai, Chih-Hua Chang, Arun Sowpati
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Patent number: 11916291Abstract: According to various embodiments, systems and methods for spatial sampling in proximity to the Nyquist limit in traveling-wave antenna systems are disclosed. An apparatus can include a traveling-wave antenna array comprising a plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas that each include a plurality of tunable elements that are spaced at, near, or above a Nyquist limit spacing to form an array of tunable elements. The apparatus also includes a phase diversity feed coupled to the traveling-wave antenna array that is configured to provide input to the traveling-wave antenna array including phase diverse input to two or more of the plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas. Further, the apparatus includes a plurality of grayscale tuning elements configured to tune the plurality of tunable elements along one or more ranges of one or more tuning variables to form one or more specific output radiation patterns through the traveling-wave antenna array based on the input.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Duke UniversityInventors: Michael Boyarsky, Timothy Sleasman, Jonah Gollub, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, David R. Smith
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Patent number: 11915989Abstract: An antenna-in-package semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip coupled to a planar substrate. An encapsulation body encapsulates the semiconductor chip. The encapsulation body includes a through cavity extending to the planar substrate. A rectilinear wire antenna is mounted within the through cavity and extends, for instance from the planar substrate, along an axis that is transverse to a surface of the planar substrate to which the semiconductor chip is coupled. The rectilinear wire antenna is electrically coupled to the semiconductor chip. An insulating material fills the cavity to encapsulated the rectilinear wire antenna.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Giovanni Graziosi, Aurora Sanna, Riccardo Villa
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Patent number: 11916277Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing and an antenna assembly. The casing has a waterproof area and a peripheral area. The peripheral area is defined at the periphery of the waterproof area. The antenna assembly is disposed at the peripheral area. The antenna assembly includes a hollow-core housing, a circuit board, an antenna, a first sealing element and a second sealing element. The hollow-core housing has a receiving recess and two openings. The two openings are in communication with two opposing ends of the receiving recess. The circuit board is disposed in the receiving recess. The antenna is disposed in the receiving recess and electrically connected to the circuit board. The first sealing element has a wiring aperture. The first sealing element and the second sealing element hermetically seal the two openings of the hollow-core housing, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: GETAC HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventor: Kun-Cheng Lee
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Patent number: 11909118Abstract: Provided is an antenna. The antenna includes a first metal electrode, a second metal electrode, and a dielectric functional layer. The first metal electrode and the second metal electrode are located on two opposite sides of the dielectric functional layer, respectively; and the first metal electrode includes a plurality of transmission electrodes. The antenna further includes a flexible coplanar waveguide and a feed network. The flexible coplanar waveguide is electrically connected to the feed network and configured to feed an electrical signal to the feed network.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhenyu Jia, Kerui Xi, Baiquan Lin, Linzhi Wang, Qinyi Duan, Zuocai Yang, Feng Qin
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Patent number: 11909129Abstract: System including a dual-fed antenna element is designed to present 2×2 port impedances that guarantee high efficiency operation of the main- and auxiliary transistors at peak- and backed off power. The proposed solution eliminates the need for lossy power combining, such as PCB based circuit combining or impedance matching networks between the antenna element and the main- and auxiliary amplifiers. The power from the main- and auxiliary transistors are combined at the circuit level by the antenna element.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Christian Fager, William Hallberg, Oleg Iupikov, Marianna Ivashina, Rob Maaskant
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Patent number: 11901635Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of antenna modules and a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of holes embedded with a heat sink. Each antenna module includes an antenna substrate, a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) antenna cells mounted on a first surface of the antenna substrate, and a plurality of packaged circuitry mounted on a second surface of the antenna substrate. The plurality of packaged circuitry are electrically connected with the plurality of 3-D antenna cells. Each of the plurality of antenna modules is mounted on a plurality of portions of the heat sink such that a corresponding packaged circuitry of the plurality of packaged circuitry is in a direct contact with the plurality of portions of the heat sink embedded within the plurality of holes.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATIONInventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Franco De Flaviis, Alfred Grau Besoli, Kartik Sridharan, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Sam Gharavi, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
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Patent number: 11901649Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed in the present document relate to, an antenna switch for operating in a communication network supporting carrier aggregation (CA), and an electronic device comprising same. According to one embodiment, a method for operating an electronic device having an antenna, the antenna being capable of communicating with an external electronic device via a plurality of frequency bands, may be provided, the method for operating the electronic device comprising the operations of, determining whether a communication mode of the electronic device is a CA mode, searching for a cell supporting a max data throughput speed, checking an antenna mode in a current state, and determining whether the antenna mode in the current state is an antenna mode for satisfying a frequency band assigned to the cell supporting the max data throughput speed.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Wonsub Lim, Doil Ku, Hyoseok Na
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Patent number: 11901610Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus comprising: a housing; a display; first antenna structure comprising a first array of antenna elements; second antenna structure comprising a second array of antenna elements; and at least one wireless communication circuit which is electrically connected to the first array and the second array, and transmits and/or receives signals having a frequency between 3 GHz and 100 GHz.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jaehyung Kim, Jinkyu Bang, Jaebong Chun, Hanbin Lee, Sangmin Han
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Patent number: 11901625Abstract: An antenna apparatus and an electronic device are provided. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna module and an antenna radome. The antenna module is configured to receive and emit a radio frequency (RF) signal of a preset frequency band toward a preset direction range. The antenna radome is spaced apart from the antenna module, and located within the preset direction range. The antenna radome includes a substrate and a resonant structure carried on the substrate. The substrate is configured to allow a RF signal of a first preset frequency band to pass through, the resonant structure is configured to adjust a passband width of the substrate to the RF signal, to make the antenna radome allow a RF signal of a second frequency band to pass through. A bandwidth of the second frequency band is greater than that of the first frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Yuhu Jia
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Patent number: 11901632Abstract: A phased array antenna device for receiving a signal from a satellite includes subarrays including antenna elements and phase shifters that shift phases of signals received by the antenna elements with set phase shift values, a demodulator that demodulates the signals from the satellite with the phases shifted by the phase shifters and outputs the demodulated signals, and a controller that sets the phase shift values of the phase shifters and controls a beam direction. The controller calculates, for each of the subarrays, a direction-correction phase shift value that maximizes a power value of the signal from the satellite by being added to the phase shift values of the phase shifters included in the subarray and adds the direction-correction phase shift value to the phase shift values of the phase shifters included in the subarray.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 11901928Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved electronic device enclosure and methods for manufacturing the same. One embodiment includes a front panel; a back panel with a patterned intrusion region to improve passive audio amplification; an electrically conductive front plate; an electrically conductive back plate with an open region configured to permit transmission of radiofrequency signals; wherein the front plate couples with the front panel, the back plate couples with the back panel, the front panel hingedly couples with the back panel, and the front plate and back plate are configured to enclose an electronic device; and the front plate is sized and dimensioned to block radiofrequency radiation from exiting the front panel of the electronic device enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: William James Scott
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Patent number: 11894599Abstract: Integrated microphone and antennas include a microphone and an antenna. The microphone includes a housing and an acoustic transducer. The housing defines a cavity and includes a conductive layer. The acoustic transducer is positioned within the cavity and structured to generate an acoustic signal. The antenna is at least partially integrated with the microphone and structured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals. The antenna is structured to utilize the conductive layer of the housing as a radiating element.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Knowles Electronics, LLCInventors: Karan Jumani, Donald Yochem
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Patent number: 11894604Abstract: To realize polarization MIMO in a more suitable form in a mobile communication apparatus. A communication apparatus includes a plurality of antenna parts configured to receive or transmit a wireless signal, a communication control part configured to control transmitting or receiving the wireless signal via at least any of the plurality of antenna parts, and a casing housing the communication control part, in which each of the plurality of antenna parts is held near each of a plurality of partial regions normal directions of which cross each other or the normal directions of which are mutually twisted in outer faces of the casing, and transmit or receive a first wireless signal and a second wireless signal propagating in directions substantially orthogonal to the partial regions and having mutually different polarization directions.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.Inventors: Yuichiro Suzuki, Shen Wang, Toru Ozone, Jin Sato
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Patent number: 11894600Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. A display cover layer and a transparent inner display member may overlap a display pixel layer. The display pixel layer may have an array of display pixels for displaying images for a user. A touch sensor layer may be interposed between the display pixel layer and the transparent display member. A ferromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted below the display pixel layer. A flexible printed circuit containing coils of metal signal lines that form a near-field communications loop antenna may be interposed between the ferromagnetic shielding layer and the display pixel layer. A non-near-field antenna such as an inverted-F antenna may have a resonating element mounted on an inner surface of the display cover layer. The resonating element may be interposed between the transparent display member and the display cover layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Miroslav Samardzija, Yiren Wang, Yuehui Ouyang, Joseph Hakim, Qingxiang Li, Robert W. Schlub, Ruben Caballero, Siwen Yong, Erik G. de Jong
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Patent number: 11894609Abstract: An infusion pump assembly is disclosed. The infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid, a pump assembly for pumping a quantity of infusible fluid from the reservoir to an exit, a first valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the pump assembly from the reservoir, a second valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the exit from the pumping assembly, and a split ring resonator antenna having a resonant frequency comprising a plurality of planar metallic layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventor: David Blumberg, Jr.
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Patent number: 11894616Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, a fourth radiation element, a fifth radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The first radiation element has a feeding point. The second radiation element is coupled to the first radiation element. The third radiation element is coupled to a first grounding point. The third radiation element is further coupled through the fourth radiation element to a second grounding point. The fifth radiation element is coupled to the third radiation element and the fourth radiation element. The fifth radiation element is adjacent to the second radiation element. The first radiation element and the second radiation element are at least partially surrounded by the third radiation element, the fourth radiation element, and the fifth radiation element.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chun-I Chen, Chun-Yuan Wang, Yu-Chen Zhao, Chung-Ting Hung
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Patent number: 11894602Abstract: An electronic device includes a bracket including a first structure at least partially having non-conductivity, a second structure disposed on a first surface of the first structure and at least partially having conductivity, and an antenna pattern electrically connected with the second structure and disposed on a second surface of the first structure, and a printed circuit board including a grounding part and a feeding part. The grounding part is electrically connected with the second structure, and the feeding part is electrically connected with a portion of the antenna pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Minju Lee
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Patent number: 11888549Abstract: A mobile device includes an NFC (Near Field Communication) antenna including a metal coil and a first dielectric substrate, a coupling metal element, and a second dielectric substrate. The metal coil is disposed on the first dielectric substrate. The coupling metal element is adjacent to the metal coil. The coupling metal element does not directly touch the metal coil. The coupling metal element is disposed on the second dielectric substrate. The coupling metal element is configured to adjust the operational frequency of the NFC antenna.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.Inventors: Ting-Han Shih, Ching-Wen Chen
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Patent number: 11888241Abstract: An antenna device includes a patch antenna serving as a first antenna; and a second antenna including capacitance loading elements, the capacitance loading elements being located above the patch antenna and also arranged separately in a predetermined direction. Also, an antenna device includes a patch antenna serving as a first antenna; and a second antenna including capacitance loading elements, the capacitance loading elements being located above the patch antenna, and a slit-like cutout part in a predetermined direction being formed in at least one of side edges of the capacitance loading elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventor: Takayuki Sone
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Patent number: 11888219Abstract: An antenna is configured to be soldered on a circuit board. The antenna comprises a main portion, at least one soldering terminal and at least one fixed portion. The main portion has a height in a vertical direction. The main portion is, at least in part, positioned below the soldering terminal in the vertical direction when the soldering terminal is soldered on the circuit board. The soldering terminal extends from the main portion along a horizontal plane perpendicular to the vertical direction. When the soldering terminal is soldered on the circuit board, the fixed portion is fixed on the circuit board at a location different from a location of the soldering terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITEDInventors: Osamu Hashiguchi, Jun Uchida
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Patent number: 11881619Abstract: [Problem] To prevent radiation waves from being reflected inside a casing when a plurality of antennas compatible with different frequencies are mounted. [Solution] According to the present disclosure, provided is an antenna apparatus including a first antenna that operates at a first frequency, and a second antenna that is arranged on an outer side of a casing relative to the first antenna, that operates at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and that includes an opening in a radiation direction of the first antenna.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Hiraoka, Yuichiro Suzuki, Takayoshi Ito, Tomihiro Omuro, Toru Ozone, Jin Sato
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Patent number: 11881622Abstract: An antenna element with a filtering function, a filtering radiation unit, and an antenna. The antenna element is tubular, with a spiral slit arranged around the periphery of the tubular antenna element and extending in an axial direction. The filtering radiation unit includes a support column, and an upper part of the support column is electrically connected to at least one antenna element. The antenna includes a reflecting plate, and at least one filtering radiation unit is fixedly arranged on the reflecting plate. The antenna element with a filtering function has functions of radiating signals and suppressing interference simultaneously. The filtering radiation unit can cooperate with a high-frequency radiation element during use to achieve the aim of radiating a high-frequency signal and a low-frequency signal simultaneously. The antenna is good in performance, small in size, and high in integration degree.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TONGYU COMMUNICATION INC.Inventors: Zhonglin Wu, Wei Zhao, Cailong Yue, Zhenxing Tang
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Patent number: 11881617Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing including a front plate, a back plate facing in an opposite direction of the front plate, and a rear structure surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate and including at least one opening, a display viewable through at least part of the front plate of the electronic device, a supporting member interposed between the display and the rear structure, at least one component interposed between the supporting member and the rear structure and at least partially overlapping with the opening when viewed from above the back plate, an antenna structure interposed between the supporting member and the rear structure, and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to at least one of the first conductive pattern and/or the second conductive pattern and transmitting and/or receiving a signal having a specified frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaehyung Kim, Hakjin Kim, Minseok Park, Hanbin Lee, Sangmin Han
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Patent number: 11881876Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a module board that includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; a first power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and configured to amplify a transmission signal in a first frequency band; a second power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and configured to amplify a transmission signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band; and a switch disposed on the second principal surface and connected to an output terminal of the first power amplifier and an output terminal of the second power amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yukiya Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11881634Abstract: An antenna apparatus for drone identification and an operating method thereof are provided. The antenna apparatus includes: a plurality of horizontal directional antennas; a vertical directional antenna positioned at a center of an area surrounded by the plurality of horizontal directional antennas; a beamforming unit controlling beamforming of the vertical directional antenna and the plurality of horizontal antennas to transmit and receive signals in all directions; and a power supply unit for suppling power.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kyu-Min Kang, Jae Cheol Park, Jinhyung Oh, Dong Woo Lim, Su Na Choi, Sunghyun Hwang
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Patent number: 11881627Abstract: A Reconfigurable, Flexible Multi-User (RFMU) electronically steered antenna (ESA) includes a top panel and a number of side panels that enable many contacts simultaneously with varying gain requirements from a single, in situ, installation. The top panel includes multiple subarrays and can communicate with flyover satellites, and the side panels can communicate with satellites flying past a side of the ESA. The top panel and the side panels can achieve a beam steering that covers a full or partial, variable gain, hemispheric field-of-view (FoV). The RFMU ESA terminal top and side panels are scalable using flexible modular building blocks. This enables increased contacts, increased gain or a combination thereof sized to meet desired performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Jonathan James Bennett, Alan Cherrette, Andrew H. Kwon, Elie Germain Tianang, Mark Adam Patrick, Paul A. Porter, Gregory Eric Edlund, Robert Mark Clark
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Patent number: 11881636Abstract: A printed circuit board antenna contains an electrically conductive antenna structure on an outer layer of a printed circuit board, the antenna structure has a first resonance frequency. The printed circuit board antenna additionally contains an electrically conductive feed line to the antenna structure and an electrically conductive reference region on the outer layer. The reference region completely encloses the antenna structure with the exception of an insulating feed recess for the feed line and an insulating web recess. The web recess is arranged on the antenna structure face facing away from the feed line, and the reference region has a reference region web on the antenna structure face facing away from the feed line. The reference region web forms a resonator which is capacitively coupled to the antenna structure and has a second resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Josef Reitner, Ludwig Stoeckl
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Patent number: 11876306Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to an antenna formed in a chassis of a device. One example provides a wireless device comprising a chassis and a chassis antenna formed at least in part by a dielectric gap between a body of the chassis and the chassis antenna, where a first end of the chassis antenna is defined by a cut-out in the chassis and where a second end of the chassis antenna being conductively connected to a body of the chassis. The wireless device further comprises a modem, and a coupled feed connected to the modem and capacitively coupled to the chassis antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Marc Harper
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Patent number: 11876307Abstract: An antenna structure includes a radiating portion, a grounding portion, a connecting portion and a collaboration portion. The connecting portion is electrically connected between the radiating portion and the grounding portion. The connecting portion is provided for a feeding port to be disposed thereon for feeding a signal to the antenna structure. The collaboration portion is electrically connected to the grounding portion. The collaboration portion is coupling to the radiating portion and the connecting portion. The collaboration portion and the radiating portion are separated from each other. The collaboration portion and the connecting portion are separated from each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Feng Tai, Yang-Shun Liu
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Patent number: 11876279Abstract: A communication device includes a metal chassis, a printed circuit board positioned within the metal chassis, and a hybrid cavity mode antenna. The hybrid cavity mode antenna includes a conductive wall defining at least a portion of a cavity, wherein the cavity is further defined by one or more surfaces of the metal chassis and the printed circuit board, and an electrically-fed antenna configured to radiate a first radiofrequency signal in a first frequency range. The electrically-fed antenna is electrically driven from the printed circuit board of the communication device. The electrically-fed antenna is positioned within the cavity to drive the cavity to radiate a second radiofrequency signal in a second frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Marc Harper
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Patent number: 11876289Abstract: A single antenna with a shared radiator includes a radiator unit, a feed-in unit, a sensing module and a ground unit. The feed-in unit is coupled with the radiator unit and used to send or receive radio frequency signals together with the radiator unit. The sensing module is connected to the radiator unit and used for sensing a distance between the radiator unit and an object by the radiator unit. A distributed capacitor structure is formed between the ground unit and the radiator unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NANJING SILERGY MICRO (HK) CO., LIMITEDInventor: Chia-Lin Chang
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Patent number: 11876280Abstract: An AMC antenna apparatus includes a ground plane and a flexible antenna element layer above the ground plane. The ground plane includes a conductive base surface, a plurality of flexible conductors, and a frequency selective surface (FSS) layer above the base surface, where the FSS layer includes a plurality of conductive patches separated from one another. Each of the flexible conductors electrically connects one of the conductive patches to the base surface. A latch mechanism is arranged between the base layer and the FSS layer. An inflatable bladder system between the base layer and the FSS layer is configured to receive a gas input during deployment of the antenna apparatus and inflate to produce force sufficient to cause the latch mechanism to transition from an unlatched state to a latched state in which the conductive base surface is fixedly separated from the FSS layer at a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: VIASAT, INC.Inventors: David C. Wittwer, David D. Greenidge, Michael T. Kretsch, Kevin D. House, Mark D. Vossler
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Patent number: 11876286Abstract: Systems and methods for an implantable medical device which utilizes a patch antenna for communicating with an external device. The implantable medical device includes a housing, a header, and a patch antenna formed using an RF plate and a ground plate, which may be or include a metal surface of the housing. Also, a material of the header forms a dielectric of the patch antenna.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.Inventors: Perry Li, Lequan Zhang
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Patent number: 11870923Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and a connection part. The housing includes a first housing portion that includes a first side face, and a second housing portion that includes a second side face. The connection part connects the first housing portion and the second housing portion. A first conductive member extends along at least a portion of the first side face, a first non-conductive member is disposed on the first side face, a second conductive member extends along at least a portion of the second side face, a second non-conductive member is disposed on the second side face, and when the second housing portion faces the first housing portion, the first non-conductive member and the second non-conductive member are substantially aligned.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Jaehyung Kim, Jinkyu Bang, Jinu Kim, Donghwan Kim, Taegyu Kim, Kiyoung Chang
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Patent number: 11870131Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including: a plurality of antennas, a switch, a sensor, a wireless communication transceiver, and a processor, electrically connected to antennas, the switch, the sensor, and the wireless communication transceiver, and configured to execute an antenna selection procedure according to a scenario of the electronic device, to connect at least one of the antennas to the sensor or the wireless communication transceiver through the switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Zhi-Hua Feng, Wei-Shao Su, Pin-Tang Chiu
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Patent number: 11870000Abstract: A semiconductor package may include a line array of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). The line array of single-photon avalanche diodes may be split between multiple silicon dice. The silicon dice may have a staggered arrangement, with prisms on the package lid redirecting incident light to the silicon dice. The silicon dice may alternate between a first side of the package substrate and a second side of the package substrate. The prisms may alternate between a first structure that redirects incident light to the first side of the package substrate and a second structure that redirects incident light to the second side of the package substrate. The silicon dice may overlap to allow satisfactory alignment between the silicon dice and the prisms.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Brian Patrick McGarvey
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Patent number: 11870158Abstract: An ultra-wideband antenna for a wireless headphone is provided, which includes a first portion and a second portion. One side of the first portion has at least two slots. The second portion is laterally adjacent to and separated from the first portion. The second portion includes a main body portion and an extension portion, and one side of the main body portion is close to the at least two slots, and another side of the main body portion is connected to the extension portion, in which an included angle between the main body portion and the extension portion is in a range of between 85 degrees and 135 degrees. A wireless headphone including the above-mentioned ultra-wideband antenna is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: Yung-Tai Pan, Chun-Kai Wang, Yih-Shiuan Shin, Chi-Chan Lee, Yen-Tsung Fu
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Patent number: 11870133Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a housing having a front side, a rear side, and lateral sides, and including a metal rim formed of a metal material and at least one bending portion formed of a non-metal material. The mobile terminal includes a rear cover disposed on the rear side of the housing, a reflection sheet disposed on the cover and formed of a metal material, and an antenna module disposed between the rear cover and a front cover of the housing and configured to radiate a beamforming wireless signal, wherein a bending portion of the cover and a flat portion of the cover are configured to include a first region, a second region, and a third region, and a beamforming wireless signal of the first region may be reflected at the second region and the third region by the reflection sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Duckyun Kim, Seokjun Lee, Youngbae Kwon, Byungwoon Jung
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Patent number: 11870141Abstract: An antenna package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an antenna device including an antenna unit, and a flexible circuit board electrically connected to the antenna unit. The flexible circuit board includes a core layer having a first surface and a second surface that face each other, a circuit wiring layer disposed on the first surface of the core layer and including a signal wiring electrically connected to the antenna unit, and a ground layer disposed on the second surface of the core layer to cover the circuit wiring layer in a planar view. The ground layer partially includes a mesh structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Min Kim, Chang Jun Maeng, Gi Taek Oh
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Patent number: 11870153Abstract: An electronic device and an antenna structure thereof are provided. The antenna structure includes a first, a second and a third radiating element and a grounding element. The first radiating element includes a first and a second radiating portion, a feeding portion and a grounding portion. The grounding portion includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth section. The first section is connected between the first radiating portion and the feeding portion. The grounding element is connected with the fourth section and the fifth section. The second radiating element is connected with the grounding element. The second radiating element includes a third radiating portion, and the third and the second radiating portion are coupled with each other. The third radiating element is connected with the feeding portion, and the third radiating element and the first section are coupled with each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATIONInventors: Cheng-Wei Chiang, Cheng-Rui Zhang, Ching-Wen Chen