Slot Type Patents (Class 343/767)
  • Patent number: 11831068
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes an antenna element including at least a portion of a housing of the electronic device and configured to resonate in a first frequency band, a conductive plate electrically connected with the antenna element, positioned within the housing, and configured to resonate in the first frequency band or in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band, a filter circuit electrically connected with the conductive plate and having a pass band in the second frequency band, and a conductive member electrically connected with the conductive plate through the filter circuit and configured to resonate in the second frequency band. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hyuck Lee, Hae Yeon Kim, Se Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11677153
    Abstract: An antenna assembly and a terminal device are provided. The antenna assembly includes a conductive frame, a circuit board, and a metal conductor. The metal conductor has one end connected to a feed point on the circuit board and the other end connected to a switch on the circuit board and the conductive frame. The switch is configured to adjust a radiation frequency band of the antenna assembly. A radiator of the antenna assembly comprises the metal conductor and the conductive frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yueliang Li
  • Patent number: 11575203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a single-fed wideband circularly-polarized dielectric resonant antenna. The antenna includes a lower antenna portion configured as a twisted inverted-frustum having a twist angle ? between its top and bottom surfaces, wherein the twist angle ? is greater than zero degrees and less than 5 degrees. An upper antenna portion extends from the lower antenna portion top surface. The upper portion includes plural interleaved slabs of first and second dielectric materials having respective first and second dielectric constants, the interleaved slabs having a stepwise-varying height between adjacent slabs. The antenna may be mounted on a printed circuit substrate at a 45 degree angle to an excitation slot. The antenna may be compact and easily manufactured using 3-D printing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kwok Wa Leung, Zhen-Xing Xia
  • Patent number: 11563275
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a metal mechanism element, a dielectric substrate, a feeding radiation element, a coupling radiation element, a ground plane, a first shorting element, a second shorting element, and a circuit element. The metal mechanism element has a slot. The dielectric substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. The feeding radiation element extends across the slot. The coupling radiation element is adjacent to the feeding radiation element. The first shorting element is coupled to a first grounding point on the ground plane. The second shorting element is coupled to the metal mechanism element. The circuit element is coupled between the first shorting element and the second shorting element. The coupling radiation element is disposed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate. The feeding radiation element is disposed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventor: Shih-Chiang Wei
  • Patent number: 11528042
    Abstract: A transmitting circuit. In some embodiment, the transmitting circuit includes a slot antenna and an amplifier. The slot antenna may include a slot in a conductive sheet, and it may have a first resonant frequency, the first resonant frequency being within 20% of a slot frequency which is between a first frequency corresponding, in a first volume, to a wavelength twice the length of the slot, and a second frequency corresponding, in a second volume, to a wavelength twice the length of the slot. The amplifier may be connected to the slot through a connection including a conductive path, between the amplifier and the slot, having a length less than 0.2 times the length of the slot. The magnitude of the output impedance of the amplifier may be less than 0.25 times the magnitude of the impedance of the slot antenna at a first resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Quarfoth, Carson White
  • Patent number: 11515637
    Abstract: Leaky wave antenna of AFSIW structure comprising a top substrate layer and a bottom substrate layer sandwiching an intermediate layer comprising a longitudinal aperture of length L defining a waveguide and whose width W1 is delimited by two conductive lateral walls. The inner faces of the conductive lateral walls are coated with a layer of dielectric material of thickness w(z). The top layer has a longitudinal radiating slot of width Wf (z) facing the longitudinal aperture of the intermediate layer. The thickness w(z) of the dielectric coating varies along the longitudinal axis z according to a given law, defined so as to obtain variations along the axis z of the amplitude Alpha(z) and of the phase Beta(z) of the leaky wave of the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: THALES, UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Anthony Ghiotto, Ryan Raimond, Thierry Mazeau
  • Patent number: 11456541
    Abstract: A low-loss feeding network comprises a vertical switching structure, a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW), a 2N-way power divider, coupling slots, matching metal vias and parallel-plane waveguides, wherein the energy provided by a standard waveguide is coupled to the SIW through the vertical switching structure, and the energy outputted by the SIW is evenly split into 2N parts by the 2N-way power divider; the energy of each way outputted by the 2N-way power divider is coupled to parallel-plane waveguides through the coupling slots and the matching metal vias, and the electric field at the junction of two adjacent parallel-plane waveguides is zero, so that an ideal virtual electric wall is formed, thus the structure of the feeding network is simplified, and the metal loss at the junction is reduced; finally, the energy provided by the low-loss feeding network is radiated in phase through the symmetrical slot antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhangcheng Hao, Yiwen Wu
  • Patent number: 11450962
    Abstract: An antenna element includes a radiator element, a plurality of feed circuits and a multiplexing interface. The radiator element can transceive radio-frequency (RF) signals. The feed circuits, which include impedance and multiplexing features, are realized on multiple feed locations of the radiating element feed slot. The multiplexing interface is electrically coupled to the plurality of feed circuits and can multiplex a number of sub-band signals associated with the feed circuits. The multiplexing interface can provide a high isolation between the feed circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua David Gustafson, W. Neill Kefauver, Thomas Henry Hand, Joseph M. Torres, Thomas Patrick Cencich, James Steven Harrison
  • Patent number: 11431200
    Abstract: A wireless electrical energy transmission system is provided. The system comprises a wireless transmission base configured to wirelessly transmit electrical energy or data via near field magnetic coupling to a receiving antenna configured within an electronic device. The wireless electrical energy transmission system is configured with at least one transmitting antenna and a transmitting electrical circuit positioned within the transmission base. The transmission base is configured so that at least one electronic device can be wirelessly electrically charged or powered by positioning the at least one device external and adjacent to the transmission base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Md. Nazmul Alam, Jacob D. Babcock, Vinit Singh, Christine A. Frysz
  • Patent number: 11417965
    Abstract: An antenna system, an apparatus, and a method for configuring an antenna system are provided. The antenna system includes a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The antenna system also includes a first planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) radiating element and a second PIFA radiating element disposed on the top surface of the dielectric substrate, each of the PIFA radiating elements having a F-head portion. The antenna system also includes at least two defected ground structures (DGSs) disposed on the bottom surface of the dielectric substrate and configured to provide isolation between the first and the second PIFA radiating element. Each DGS includes a varactor diode. The antenna system also includes a bias circuit corresponding to each of the at least two DGSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohammad S. Sharawi, Rifaqat Hussain
  • Patent number: 11411319
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus according to an embodiment includes a linear feed line and a radiating element that protrudes laterally from a first side of the feed line. The radiating element is formed by a conductive pattern, and an opening pattern is located in a portion of the feed line from which the radiating element protrudes. The opening pattern extends into a portion of the radiating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yoshitake, Norihisa Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 11410943
    Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a circuit board including wiring patterns, a resin on an active element mounted on the circuit board and a side of the circuit board and sealing the active element, and connection conductors penetrating the resin from a surface of the resin and provided on a top surface of the active element. The active element includes a first connection electrode on a surface facing the circuit board, and a second connection electrode on a top surface opposite to the surface facing the circuit board. The first connection electrode is connected to a wiring pattern on the circuit board, and the second connection electrode is connected to the connection conductor and an outer electrode and is not connected to the wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisanori Murase
  • Patent number: 11404792
    Abstract: The present invention provides a small low-profile antenna device for a vehicle, the antenna device being able to achieve bandwidth widening and increase gain in a horizontal direction by being fixed to a predetermined part of the vehicle. The antenna device for a vehicle includes a metal surface and a slot 110 is formed in the metal surface with a slit 111 provided at a part of edges of the slot 110. The slot faces a direction parallel to the ground with a first power feed unit G1 being provided on inner edges of the slot. A slot 120, in which the slit 111 is provided, operates as a slot antenna adapted to transmit or receive signals in four or more frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11374329
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic toroidal impeller in the field of physics applied to electromagnetism. The invention comprises a cylindrical arrangement of superconducting antennas (9) which are separated by a dielectric (8) over a superconducting cylindrical plate (7) and exposed in a resonant cavity (6). The radiation in the cavity is incident on the force ring having a superconducting surface (4) containing ferrite (11), the coolant (5) introduced through the pipes (1) flowing through the toroidal interior of same. The force received in the ring (4) is transmitted via the supporting members (3) to the support (2). The cavity is thermally insulated with insulation (12) and is cooled with the liquid (10) through the pipes (14). The invention provides a device capable of generating driving force from the conversion of the energy available in electromagnetic waves that are contained in a resonant cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Rodrigo Botero Montano
  • Patent number: 11367957
    Abstract: An example radio frequency (RF) front-end module may include a printed circuit board (PCB) including a ground plane, an RF integrated circuit (RFIC) including RF components mounted on the PCB, and an antenna array on the PCB. The antenna array may operate at a first resonant frequency in a wireless communication network. Further, the RF front-end module may include a slot defined in the ground plane to provide a second resonant frequency in the wireless communication network. The second resonant frequency is lower than the first resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chin-Hung Ma, Chien-Pai Lai, Chih Hung Chien
  • Patent number: 11363711
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first plate and a second plate; a printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface; and a communication circuit arranged inside the housing. The printed circuit board may include: a plurality of insulating layers laminated on each other between the first surface and the second surface; an antenna element arranged in a first region above the second surface of the printed circuit board or between a first pair of insulating layers of the printed circuit board, when seen from above the second surface of the printed circuit board; and a plurality of first electroconductive patterns arranged in a second region that at least surrounds one surface of the first region. Various embodiments may be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Jo, Sehyun Park, Sumin Yun, Myunghun Jeong, Jehun Jong, Jinwoo Jung, Jaebong Chun, Eunseok Hong
  • Patent number: 11303024
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a h-shaped radiator and a first radiator. The h-shaped radiator has a first segment, a second segment opposite to the first segment, a first end and a second end which are located at the first segment, a third end located at the second segment, a short-circuit point at the first segment, and a feeding point at the second segment, in which the first segment is longer than the second segment. The first radiator is connected to the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pei-Ling Teng
  • Patent number: 11296427
    Abstract: An antenna and a base station including the antenna. The antenna includes a unit cell including a radiating element, a dielectric substrate, and a feed network. The radiating element includes first and second slots. The dielectric substrate includes a central cavity filled with a dielectric element. The feed network is proximate to the central cavity between the dielectric element and the radiating element and includes first and second horizontal feeds and first and second vertical feeds. The first and second horizontal feeds are separated by an air gap and a first vertical feed to feed a transmission to the first slot. The first and second vertical feeds are connected to the first and second horizontal feeds, respectively, and connected to feed first and second portions of the radiating element, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamid Reza Memar Zadeh Tehran, Gary Xu
  • Patent number: 11289797
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including: a metal housing having four antenna slots, which correspond to four antennas that enable the electronic device to support a fifth generation mobile communication network. The present disclosure can realize antennas that enable an electronic device having a metal back housing to support a fifth generation mobile communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Jian Ren, Zhiyuan Duan, Shuangjie Wu
  • Patent number: 11283156
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing including a first plate facing a first direction, a second plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a lateral member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, a first antenna structure disposed to be substantially parallel with the second plate in the space, and including a substrate disposed in the space, and at least one antenna element disposed on the substrate to face at least the second plate, a conductive member disposed in the space and spaced apart from the at least one antenna element by a predetermined interval when the second plate is viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Seunggil Jeon, Namwoo Kim, Seongbeom Hong, Kyunghoon Moon, Yunbum Lee
  • Patent number: 11264723
    Abstract: Examples of slot antennas are described herein. In an example, the slot antenna includes a substrate and an antenna element disposed on the substrate to transmit and receive signals. The substrate is porous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Shih Huang Wu, Kuan-Ting Wu
  • Patent number: 11251541
    Abstract: This application discloses a dual-polarized antenna, a radio frequency front-end apparatus, and a communications device. The dual-polarized antenna is a planar antenna, and a maximum radiation direction of the dual-polarized antenna is parallel to an antenna plane. A radio frequency circuit may be disposed at a side opposite to the maximum radiation direction of the dual-polarized antenna and located on a same circuit board as the dual-polarized antenna. A low profile feature is implemented, and the radio frequency circuit and the dual-polarized antenna do not need to be connected by using an interconnection plug, thereby reducing an insertion loss and reducing an assembly difficulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chaoming Luo, Keli Zou, Guangjian Wang, Guolong Huang
  • Patent number: 11223132
    Abstract: An antenna device includes line-shaped feeding conductors arranged so as to face each patch antenna array and performing electromagnetic coupling feeding on each of the patch antennas, from a wiring-side feeding portions formed at a position intersecting a slot when viewed from the normal direction of a first surface. The patch antennas include an electrode which is arranged so as to face the wiring-side feeding portion, between two radiation elements arranged apart in the first direction, and is electromagnetically coupled from the wiring-side feeding portion. The electrode and each of the two radiation elements are electrically coupled in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Shailendra Kaushal, Ning Guan
  • Patent number: 11217880
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method are provided involving a housing having a periphery configured to operate as a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna. The periphery includes a top wall having a first slot formed therein, a first side wall having a second slot formed therein, and a second side wall having a third slot formed therein. The top wall is arranged between the first side wall and the second side wall, and a top portion of the periphery is defined between the second slot and the third slot. The top portion is divided into a first top side portion and a second top side portion via the first slot. Further, the first top side portion operates as the second antenna, and the second top side portion operates as both the third antenna and the fourth antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chulmin Han, Wee Kian Toh, Wei Huang, Hongwei Liu
  • Patent number: 11217895
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transition for millimetre wave circuits. The transition comprises a tapered slot antenna and a microstrip feed line coupled to the antenna. The transition is adapted to provide a tuneable frequency response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Arralis Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Mark Kelly, Denver Humphrey, Michael Gleaves
  • Patent number: 11211686
    Abstract: An information handling system to wirelessly transmit and receive data at an antenna may include a base housing chassis containing components of the information handling system including a processor and memory and including a C-cover and a metal D-cover; a display chassis assembly having a display screen and including an A-cover; a hinge mechanically coupling the display chassis assembly to the base housing chassis; a hinge gap integrated along a hinge between an edge of the A-cover and an edge of the metal D-cover; an antenna to emit a radio frequency signal to a contained hinge gap resonant cavity formed within the hinge gap; and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) having a ground line operatively coupling the base housing chassis to the display chassis assembly to form a ground path across the hinge gap to shunt excitation currents along the hinge gap and to determine a size of the contained hinge gap resonant cavity between the A-cover and D-cover to accommodate an operating frequency of the radio frequency
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Suresh K. Ramasamy, Sumana Pallampati, Changsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11196169
    Abstract: Provided is a PCB antenna, including PCB substrate, first and second radiating portions, the first radiating portion includes first radiator, second and third radiators extending therefrom to form feeding groove; the second radiating portion includes fourth radiator, fifth and sixth radiators extending therefrom, seventh radiator, eighth and ninth radiators extending therefrom, and tenth and eleventh radiators symmetrically arranged, the fifth radiator extends to the feeding groove; the sixth radiator extends in opposite direction of the fifth radiator; the seventh radiator extends in the direction of the sixth radiator and forms second slot therewith; the eighth radiator extends in opposite direction of the seventh radiator; third slot is formed between the tenth radiator and the second radiator, fourth slot is formed between the eleventh radiator and the third radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yachuan Shen, Lei Zheng, Yongsheng Peng, Hongjun Wang
  • Patent number: 11196170
    Abstract: An antenna device is provided in the disclosure. The antenna device includes a metal component, a signal cable, and a grounding component. The metal component includes a slot. The slot includes an open end and a closed end, and the open end forms an opening at a side of the metal component. The signal cable includes a signal portion and a grounding portion. The signal cable is disposed such that a projection of the signal portion is partially overlapped with the opening. The grounding portion is electrically connected to the metal component through the grounding component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Chan, Shih-Chia Liu, Li-Chun Lee, Chao-Lin Wu, Jui-Hung Lai, Yen-Hao Yu
  • Patent number: 11189900
    Abstract: A balun is disclosed and includes a dielectric substrate defining a first surface and a second surface. The balun includes a first output port including a first output ground portion and first output power portion; a second output port including a second output ground portion and a second output power portion; and an input port including an input ground portion and input power portion. The first output ground portion, the second output ground portion, and the input ground portion are coupled at a ground junction portion. The first output power portion, the second output power portion, and the input power portion are coupled at a power junction portion. The first output power portion, the second output power portion, and the input power portion are positioned on the first surface. The first output ground portion, the second output ground portion, and the input ground portion are positioned on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventor: Jesús Anzoátegui Cumana Morales
  • Patent number: 11189908
    Abstract: A directional wireless hotspot device for communication in a mobile network has a number of distributed cells, each cell covered by at least one fixed transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MiWire ApS
    Inventors: David Fleischer, Michael Jørgsholm
  • Patent number: 11152712
    Abstract: An antenna system comprises a wide-band antenna and a lens body. At least a portion of the antenna is placed inside the lens body. The antenna has at least two antenna portions with ends. The antenna portions define a distance between them, which gradually increases towards the ends defining the aperture of the antenna. The lens body has at least two curved sections that merge into a common material section of the lens body. The common material section is located below the aperture of the antenna. Further, a compact antenna test range is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Corbett Rowell, Adam Tankielun
  • Patent number: 11145985
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body and a feed device. A conductive housing of the first body includes a first closed slot, a second closed slot, a feed point and a ground point. The feed device includes a circuit substrate, a feed portion, a ground portion, a first connection portion and a second connection portion. The circuit substrate includes a first surface, a second surface, first conductive holes and second conductive holes, and the first surface faces the conductive housing. The feed portion and the ground portion are disposed on the second surface. The feed portion is electrically connected to the feed point, and the ground portion is electrically connected to the ground point. The feed device and the conductive housing form an antenna. The antenna operates in first and second bands through first and second paths formed by the first and the second closed slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Ching-Hsiang Ko, Chao-Hsu Wu, Shih-Keng Huang, Cheng-Hsiung Wu, Ya-Jyun Li
  • Patent number: 11134860
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and apparatuses for an Antenna Design for Biomarker Monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: American University of Beirut
    Inventors: Joseph Costantine, Rouwaida Kanj, Assaad Eid, Jessica Hanna, Ali H. Ramadan, Youssef Tawk
  • Patent number: 11134298
    Abstract: A device includes a substrate and a video processor on the substrate. A first patch antenna is mounted to the substrate and configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals in a frequency range. The first patch antenna is closer to a first end of the substrate than a second end of the substrate. A second patch antenna is mounted to the substrate and is configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals in the frequency range. The second patch antenna is closer to the first end of the substrate than the second end of the substrate. The substrate includes a ground isolation region between at least one of the first patch antenna and the second patch antenna and the video processor. A media connector is on the substrate and electrically connected to the video processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jagan Vaidyanathan Rajagopalan, Ming-Wei Liu, Peruvemba Ranganath Sai Ananthanarayanan, In Chul Hyun, Mohammed Ziaul Azad, Deepak Pai Hosadurga, Sudheep Thota
  • Patent number: 11114766
    Abstract: A tapered slot antenna includes a cavity, first and second antenna flanges, a tapered slot, and first and second current wings. The first and second antenna flanges can be disposed on a first half and a second half of the tapered slot antenna, respectively. The second antenna flange can be electrically coupled to the first antenna flange, the first and second antenna flanges tapering from a greater flange width proximate to a top of the tapered slot antenna to a lesser flange width proximate to the cavity. The first current wing can be disposed on the first half of the antenna and the second current wing can be disposed on the second side of the antenna. The first and second sidewalls can be disposed on the first and second halves of the tapered slot antenna, respectively, can taper from the top to a bottom of the tapered slot antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: IXI Technology Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Hyman
  • Patent number: 11101534
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a guiding set for radio-electric waves comprising a pair of waveguides made up of a first waveguide and a second waveguide forming successive segments of a same transmission way for the radio-electric waves. The set is characterized in that it further comprises a connecting piece comprising two plates arranged opposite one another while defining an inner space between them, and delimiting means delimiting, in the inner space, a radio-electric wave transmission channel, the transmission channel emerging on the one hand on the first waveguide and on the other hand on the second waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Nicolas Ferrando, Olivier Saint-Martin
  • Patent number: 11095031
    Abstract: An ultra wide band (UWB) antenna includes: (i) an array of antenna elements spaced from a central axis; and (ii) a network of lossy feedlines respectively communicatively coupled to the array of antenna elements. Each lossy feedline is periodically loaded with a resistance that is capacitively coupled to ground. Respective lengths of each lossy feedlines are selected to increase with an increase in distance from the central axis to achieve frequency independence of a radiated beamwidth from the UWB antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Carl Pfeiffer, Thomas Steffen, George Kakas
  • Patent number: 11088098
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna apparatus including a substrate having a cavity in a first outer surface thereof. The substrate has a sidewall defining a portion of the cavity, and a first edge contact is formed at the sidewall. An IC chip is disposed within the cavity and has a side surface facing the sidewall and a second edge contact formed on the side surface electrically connected to the first edge contact. An antenna element, disposed at a second outer surface of the substrate opposite the first outer surface, is electrically connected to RF circuitry within the IC chip through a conductive via extending within the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventors: Steven J. Franson, Douglas J. Mathews
  • Patent number: 11069981
    Abstract: Radiating cable (100; 100a; 100b; 100c; 100d; 100e) for radiating electromagnetic energy, comprising an inner conductor (110), an outer conductor (120) arranged radially outside of said inner conductor (110), and an isolation layer (130) arranged radially between said inner conductor (110) and said outer conductor (120), wherein said outer conductor (120) comprises one or more first openings (1202), and wherein said inner conductor (110) comprises a hollow waveguide (1100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA SHANGHAI BELL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moustafa Raya, Erhard Mahlandt
  • Patent number: 11063343
    Abstract: A mobile device including a ground plane, a grounding branch, wherein a slot is formed between the ground plane and the grounding branch, a connecting element, wherein the grounding branch is electrically coupled through the connecting element to the ground plane and a feeding element, extending across the slot, and electrically coupled between the grounding branch and a signal source, wherein an antenna structure is formed by the grounding branch and the feeding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing Tsai, Chien-Pin Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Ying-Chih Wang
  • Patent number: 11038273
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a base including one or more feed transitions, a support panel separated from the base, a patch secured to the support panel, and one or more T-shaped probes that couple the feed transition(s) to the patch. The T-shaped probe(s) are separated from the patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Lixin Cai, Alec Adams, Manny Urcia
  • Patent number: 11031698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a slot antenna comprising the following elements: a peripheral housing wall, a rear wall, a feed element, and a feed point. Said slot antenna is characterized in that: the feed element is electrically connected to the housing wall at two opposing connection points; the feed element is narrower who at the connection points than in the middle region between the connection points; the feed point is located on the edge of the middle region between the connection points, as well as a corresponding opening in the housing wall; a conductor for feeding the slot antenna can be connected to the feed point; and the feed element comprises at least one slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventor: Markus Gerl
  • Patent number: 11024966
    Abstract: An antenna includes first and second feed points spaced apart at a same side of a device main body, and a first grounding point in a receiving area. The first and second feed points and the first grounding point are respectively electrically connected with a first contact point at a first frame, a second contact point at a second frame, and a third contact point at the first frame and a fourth contact point on the main body. An electrical connection body including the first feed point, the first and third contact points, the first grounding point, and the fourth contact point constitutes a first antenna. An electrical connection body including the second feed point, the second contact point, and junction point of the second frame and the main body constitutes a second antenna. The first grounding point is adjacent to the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Jiao
  • Patent number: 11018416
    Abstract: A base station antenna includes a first set of radiating elements that are configured to generate a first antenna beam that has a first peanut-shaped antenna pattern in an azimuth plane and a second set of radiating elements that are configured to generate a second antenna beam that has a second peanut-shaped antenna pattern in the azimuth plane. A longitudinal axis of the first peanut-shaped antenna pattern in the azimuth plane is rotated approximately ninety degrees from a longitudinal axis of the second peanut-shaped antenna pattern in the azimuth plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Peter J. Bisiules, Jonathon C. Veihl, Xiangyang Ai, Martin L. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11011848
    Abstract: A dual-polarized tapered slot antenna (TSA) comprising: a dielectric bracket; a first pair of conductive blades mounted to the dielectric bracket so as to define a first tapered slot between edges of the conductive blades of the first pair thereby forming a horizontally-polarized TSA; a second pair of conductive blades mounted in the dielectric bracket orthogonal to the first pair so as to define a second tapered slot between edges of the conductive blades of the second pair thereby forming a vertically-polarized TSA; and wherein at least part of each of the slot-defining edges of the conductive blades has a thickness that is non-tapered and stepwise-reduced from the thickness of a remainder of the corresponding blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Steven Edward Mancewicz, David Walker Brock, Robert Joseph Motyl
  • Patent number: 11011822
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a plurality of circuit boards, an antenna element, and an electronic component. A plurality of the antenna elements are arranged along the surfaces of the plurality of circuit boards. The electronic component is arranged along the surfaces of the circuit boards, configured to be larger in size in the thickness direction of the circuit boards than a gap between the antenna elements, and connected to the arranged antenna elements via a high-frequency transmission circuit. The plurality of circuit boards are arranged with component mounting surfaces arranged oppositely to each other and, for each pair, the positions corresponding to the electronic component are misaligned in the surface direction of the circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Kuwabara, Tomoya Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11011834
    Abstract: Metamaterials are provided that may include a first substrate including a high temperature dielectric material, and a first array of conductive resonators arranged on the first substrate. The conductive resonators may include a noble metal, a noble metal alloy, a high temperature ceramic semiconductor, or a combination thereof. Radomes including metamaterials also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chengying Xu, Jonathan MacDonald
  • Patent number: 11011845
    Abstract: A hearing assistance device for use by a wearer comprises an enclosure and a substrate comprising a circuit board disposed in the enclosure. An antenna is disposed within or on the enclosure. A feed arm arrangement is coupled to the circuit board. A section of the feed arm arrangement extends over the antenna and establishes a non-contacting electrical coupling with the antenna. The section of the feed arm arrangement extending over the antenna can have an electrical length of approximately one-quarter of a wavelength of a signal transmitted or received by the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Flood, Beau Jay Polinske
  • Patent number: 11005187
    Abstract: One example is an antenna structure with a metamaterial having a flexible metamaterial layer, a two-dimensional antenna layer and a spacer layer. The flexible metamaterial layer has a metamaterial thickness allowing the metamaterial layer to be attached to a curved conducting surface of a vehicle. The metamaterial layer is formed with a two-dimensional array of elements having a passive magnetic property with the array of elements formed with elongated individual elements each having a top end and a bottom end. The elongated individual elements have curved outer surfaces between the top end and the bottom end. The two-dimensional antenna layer receives electromagnetic signals. The spacer layer is located between the metamaterial layer and the antenna layer separating the metamaterial layer and the antenna layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Elena N. Bankowski, Thomas J. Meitzler
  • Patent number: 10998610
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a feeding point, a first switch module, a second switch module, a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion and a third connecting portion; the feeding point is connected to an end of the first sub-bezel through the first connecting portion; a first end of the first switch module is connected to the second partition through the second connecting portion, and a second end of the first switch module is grounded; a connection position between the second connecting portion and the second partitioning is adjacent to the feeding point; and a first end of the second switch module is connected to the first sub-bezel through the third connecting portion, and a second end of the second switch module is grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fan Nie, Bingxiao Wang, Linchuan Wang