Including Magnetic Material Patents (Class 343/787)
  • Patent number: 9356351
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus, which is assembled into an electronic apparatus and made communicatable upon receipt of a magnetic field transmitted from a transmitter, includes a laminated member made by mutually superimposing an antenna coil inductively coupled to the transmitter and formed on an antenna substrate with a magnetic sheet for drawing a magnetic field transmitted from the transmitter to the antenna coil, a film-shaped protective member that covers the laminated member at least up to an end portion of the magnetic sheet, and a communication processing unit that carries out communication to and from the transmitter and is driven by an electric current flowing through the antenna coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Sugita, Yoshito Ikeda, Norio Saito
  • Patent number: 9343810
    Abstract: A very low profile wideband antenna adapted to operate from 30 MHz to 300 MHz or in another desired range. The maximum diameter and height of one embodiment of this antenna is only 60.96 cm and 5.08 cm, respectively. This design is comprised of a fat grounded metallic plate placed 5.08 cm over a ground plane. In one embodiment, ferrite loading strategically placed between the plate and ground plane improves the low frequency gain and the pattern at high frequencies. A minimal amount of ferrite may be used to keep weight low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Chi-Chih Chen, Haksu Moon, John L. Volakis
  • Patent number: 9225057
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna element 10 and a printed circuit board 20 on which the antenna element 10 is mounted. The antenna element 10 includes a base 11 which is made of a dielectric material and a radiation conductor formed on at least one surface of the base 11. The printed circuit board 20 includes ground clearance region 23a having substantially a rectangular shape and having one side contacting an edge of the printed circuit board and other three sides surrounded by an edge line of a ground pattern, an antenna mounting region 27 provided within the ground clearance region 23a, and at least one frequency adjusting element 30 provided within the ground clearance region 27. The frequency adjusting element 30 is provided on the far side of the antenna mounting region 27 as viewed from an edge 20e of the printed circuit board 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoaki Utagawa, Manabu Kitami, Masaki Matsushima, Takeshi Oohashi, Yasumasa Harihara
  • Patent number: 9099767
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna core, an antenna comprising an antenna core, and to methods for producing an antenna core and an antenna. The antenna core used in each case consists of a continuous soft-magnetic strip having a plurality of layers which are stacked one on top of the other and each of which is formed by a section of the strip. The layers are connected to one another by curved sections of the strip at end regions of the antenna core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Inventors: Johannes Binkofski, Markus Brunner, Klemens Trabold, Ralf Koch
  • Patent number: 9041609
    Abstract: An antenna has a radiator formed entirely of thin film and adapted to receive and transmit radio-frequency signals, a connector also formed of thin film and adapted for connection to a transmitter, and a fuse formed of the same thin film as the radiator and connector and connected therebetween. The fuse is of a narrower width than the antenna and connector parts and so dimensioned as to melt if a radio-frequency signal greater than a predetermined magnitude is transmitted through it from the connector part to the radiator part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HIRSCHMANN CAR COMMUNICATION GMBH
    Inventors: Alan Miller, Oliver Neil
  • Publication number: 20150138030
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first insulating base portion including a spiral antenna pattern, and a second insulating base portion including at least two conductor wires. An insulating layer configured to insulate the conductor wires from the antenna pattern is provided between a first end and a second end of the antenna pattern in a planar view. The insulating layer includes a cut or an opening allowing at least one of the first end and the second end of the antenna pattern to be exposed toward the conductor wires. Electrode portions of the conductor wires are electrically and mechanically connected to the first end and the second end, respectively, of the antenna pattern by a conductive material in the cut or the opening of the insulating layer. The second insulating base portion is more flexible than the first insulating base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki YOSUI, Naoki GOUCHI, Naoto IKEDA, Hiroyuki IRIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9035843
    Abstract: The ferrite-loaded, Fabry-Perot Cavity antenna uses a novel superstrate based beam scanning/shaping mechanism by optimally placing three magnetized ferrite cylinders within the cavity. Beam scan in a certain direction required oppositely located ferrite cylinder to be axially biased using externally controlled DC magnetizing field. The FPC utilizes a composite dielectric superstrate to inversely relate the mainlobe-to-sidelobe ratio with scan-angle, which demonstrates larger reduction in side lobe level with increases angle of beam scan. The designed 10 GHz ferrite-loaded FPC antenna has dimensions of 6.4 cm×2 cm×1.6 cm. It achieves a ?10 dB impedance bandwidth of 525 MHz, directivity of 11.04 dB and a broadside beam steering range of ±12° for 200 kA/m (0.25 T) changes in the externally applied axial magnetizing field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Sheikh Sharif Iqbal Mitu, Farooq Sultan, Raj Mittra
  • Publication number: 20150130673
    Abstract: An antenna includes a radiating element that is held in a fixed orientation with respect to an underlying electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure. In one embodiment, the radiating element and the EBG structure are both housed within a conductive cavity. The radiating element, the EBG structure, and the cavity are designed together to achieve an antenna having improved operational characteristics (e.g., enhanced bandwidth, beam steering, etc.). In some embodiments, the antenna may be implemented as a flush mounted or conformal antenna on an outer surface of a supporting platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Jackson Ng, Charles G. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 9030366
    Abstract: An antenna device arranged around a printed circuit board is provided. The antenna device has an antenna element connected to a feeder circuit provided on the printed board. The antenna device has an isolating material provided between the antenna element and the substrate material. The isolating material is constituted by an insulating substrate material and a plurality of pieces of magnetic material provided on the substrate material. Adjacent ones of the pieces of the magnetic material are arranged separate from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoto Ito, Akihiro Tsujimura, Takashi Amano, Naoyuki Nakagawa, Seiichi Suenaga, Tomoko Eguchi, Toshiro Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 9016588
    Abstract: A wireless IC tag, to which data can be written by using an IC tag introducing machine, the wireless IC tag can ensure the communication distance required for writing and reading data in the wireless IC tag formed in a dimension that does not intensively affect the strength of the material for building a construction and is provided with antennas with performance of excellent directionality, is provided. The wireless IC tag including an RFID tag module, a plate-shaped ferrite core to which the] RFID tag module is mounted, a primary antenna wound around a circumferential surface of the plate-shaped ferrite core, the primary antenna being connected with the RFID tag module, and a pair of secondary antennas, each of the pair of secondary antennas being wound around a circumferential surface of the plate-shaped ferrite core and being connected with the RFID tag module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Mitomo Corporation
    Inventor: Kikuo Kaga
  • Publication number: 20150104664
    Abstract: In a magnetic component, such as an inductor and an antenna, produced with a metal magnetic powder, a complex number component of magnetic permeability that is a loss in the GHz band was high. A magnetic component obtained by molding a soft magnetic metal powder can have a reduced loss factor in the GHz band. The soft magnetic metal powder is characterized by containing iron as a main ingredient, and having an average particle size of not larger than 300 nm, a coercive force (Hc) of 16 to 119 kA/m (200 to 1500 Oe), a saturation magnetization of not less than 90 Am2/kg, and a volume resistivity of not less than 1.0×101 ?·cm. The volume resistivity is determined by measuring, by a four probe method, a molded body formed by vertically pressurizing 1.0 g of the metal powder at 64 MPa (20 kN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Kazumasa Ikari, Masahiro Gotoh, Takayuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9007270
    Abstract: A compact dual-channel antenna operating at least in two frequency bands, comprises at least the following elements: a coaxial cable connected to a reference ground, an antenna element designed to operate in the high-frequency band, having a length Linf, a counter-skirt with a length roughly corresponding to Linf and arranged around said antenna element, said duly surrounded antenna element being placed between the ground plane and an antenna element designed to operate in the low-frequency band, the assembly having a length Lsup designed to operate in the low-frequency band and consisting of the antenna element and the counter-skirt, fed via the core of said coaxial surrounding a magnetic element to form a winding, said antenna element being fed via a braid of the sheath of said coaxial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventor: Frédéric Ngo Bui Hung
  • Patent number: 8988301
    Abstract: A core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high-frequency band, in particular a GHz-band and a high environment resistance is provided. The core-shell magnetic material includes: a magnetic member in which plural core-shell magnetic particles are bound by a binder made of a first resin; and a coating layer that is made of a second resin different from the first resin, a surface of the magnetic member being covered with the coating layer. The core-shell magnetic material is characterized in that the core-shell magnetic particle includes a magnetic metallic particle and a covering layer that covers at least part of a surface of the magnetic metallic particle, the magnetic metallic particle contains at least one magnetic metal selected from a group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, and the covering layer is made of an oxide, a nitride, or a carbide that contains at least one magnetic metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Maki Yonetsu, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Koichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga, Shinji Murai, Yasuyuki Hotta, Toshihide Takahashi, Tomoko Eguchi, Noritsugu Shiokawa
  • Patent number: 8981894
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved antenna device, characterized by the following additional features:—that each functional unit (21) can communicate bidirectionally with the remote control unit (RC) by means of the communication bus (23),—the configuration, the controller, and/or the querying of one or more functional units (21) of the at least one emitter device takes place over the entire communications bus (23),—the communication to the remote control unit (RC) is handled by each addressed functional unit (21), and—an internal communications bus (25) is provided for exchanging information and/or action states between the functional units (21) connected in the at least one emitter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kathrein-Werke KG
    Inventors: Burkhard Mann, Johann Schmid
  • Publication number: 20150070232
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an antenna includes the steps of: providing a ferrite sheet; forming a via hole through the ferrite sheet, wherein the via hole is connected between a first surface and a second surface of the ferrite sheet; forming a nonconductive ink layer on the first surface and the second surface and in the via hole of the ferrite sheet; applying a displacement process to the nonconductive ink layer so as to form a first metal layer on the nonconductive ink layer; and applying a thickening process to the first metal layer so as to form a second metal layer on the first metal layer, wherein the first metal layer and the second metal layer both extend from the first surface through the via hole to the second surface of the ferrite sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tzu-Min WU, Yuan-Chin HSU
  • Patent number: 8970446
    Abstract: An electronic device may have magnetically mounted antenna structures. The electronic device may have a dielectric member against which one or more antennas are mounted. The dielectric member may be a cover glass layer that covers a display in the electronic device, a dielectric antenna window, or other dielectric structure. Each antenna may have an antenna support structure. Conductive antenna structures for the antenna may be mounted to the antenna support structure. The antennas may be cavity-backed planar inverted-F antennas. Portions of each antenna support structure may be configured to receive magnets. The magnets may be attracted towards ferromagnetic structures mounted on the dielectric member. As the magnets are attracted towards the ferromagnetic structure, the antennas may be held in place against the dielectric member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mattia Pascolini, Jerzy Guterman, Jonathan Haylock, Jiang Zhu, Peter Jeziorek
  • Publication number: 20150042528
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a shield can disposed on the PCB, an antenna radiator of which at least a part enters an internal space of the shield can and is installed at an inner surface of the shield can, and an electrical connecting means which is installed at a corresponding position of the PCB so as to be electrically connected with the at least a part of the antenna radiator installed at the inner surface of the shield can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Young-Hwan JUNG
  • Publication number: 20150035715
    Abstract: An antenna device is provided. The antenna device may include a conductive radiator pattern formed on one surface of a dielectric substrate, an artificial magnetic conductor layer including at least one unit cell formed on the other surface of the dielectric substrate, and a shorting pin connected to the unit cell. The artificial magnetic conductor layer may be configured to form an induction current of the same phase with regard to a signal current flowing through the conductive radiator pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hyun-Jin KIM, Goudelev ALEXANDER, Anton S. LUKYANOV, Won-Bin HONG, Byung-Chul KIM, Young-Ju LEE
  • Patent number: 8928547
    Abstract: In an antenna coil including a first magnetic core, a second magnetic core, and a flexible board, coil conductors are provided on a surface of the flexible board. By winding the flexible board around the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core, a first coil portion is disposed around the first magnetic core, and a second coil portion is disposed around the second magnetic core. The winding direction of the second coil portion is opposite to that of the first coil portion. The first coil portion and the second coil portion are connected to define one coil as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Yosui, Hiroyuki Kubo, Hiromitsu Ito
  • Patent number: 8922440
    Abstract: A space efficient magnetic antenna is disclosed for use in tracking, positioning and other applications. In a preferred embodiment, a space efficient magnetic antenna system comprises a first magnetic antenna with a first null axis aligned within a predetermined plane and a second magnetic antenna having a second null axis aligned substantially orthogonal to a first null axis. A second magnetic antenna system lies in a minimal coupling orientation with respect to a first magnetic antenna system. Additionally, a first magnetic antenna may further comprise a plurality of interconnected magnetic antenna elements. A space efficient magnetic antenna system may include an RF module. In further embodiments, the antenna system may enclose a substantial majority of the device including the RF module; the RF module may be enclosed substantially or wholly within one or more antennas of the antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Q-Track Corporation
    Inventors: Hans Gregory Schantz, Robert Edward DePierre, James David Fluhler, Kazimierz Siwiak, Glenn Wolenec, Jerome Sylvester Gabig, James Matthew Barron
  • Patent number: 8917218
    Abstract: A circuit board and a circuit module more accurately provide impedance matching between an antenna coil and an electronic component electrically connected to the antenna coil, and include a board body including board portions and a plurality of laminated insulating material layers made of a flexible material. An antenna coil includes coil conductors provided in the board portion. Wiring conductors are provided in the board portion and electrically connected to the antenna coil. The board portion has a structure that is less likely to deform than the board portion. An integrated circuit electrically connected to the wiring conductors is mounted on the board portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Noboru Kato, Jun Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20140368394
    Abstract: A base carries a first chip and a second chip oriented differently with respect to the base and packaged in a package. Each chip integrates an antenna and a magnetic via. A magnetic coupling path connects the chips, forming a magnetic circuit that enables transfer of signals and power between the chips even if the magnetic path is interrupted, and is formed by a first stretch coupled between the first magnetic-coupling element of the first chip and the first magnetic-coupling element of the second chip, and a second stretch coupled between the second magnetic-coupling element of the first chip and the second magnetic-coupling element of the second chip. The first stretch has a parallel portion extending parallel to the faces of the base. The first and second stretches have respective transverse portions extending on the main surfaces of the second chip, transverse to the parallel portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Alberto Pagani
  • Patent number: 8907858
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and wireless power transfers. In an implementation, a portable device may include full metallic chassis devices. The full metallic chassis devices may include a keyboard and/or trackpad that include a plastic keycap. The plastic keycap may integrate a booster component to increase near field communications (NFC) range of a coil antenna that is integrated onto a surface plane above a circuit board of a switch that is connected to the plastic keycap. In an implementation, a ferrite material is inserted between the coil antenna and the circuit board to protect the coil antenna from Eddy currents that may be induced on a metallic chassis that lie underneath the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Songnan Yang, Changsong Sheng
  • Patent number: 8907859
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and wireless power transfers. A mobile device may include an edge-emitting antenna that offers ultra slim, all-metallic chassis packaging option with no cutout, uses lesser area, has robust mechanical strength, and provides EMI/ESD protection. In one example, an inductor coil is wrapped around a magnetic core and a pair of conductive layers is configured to interpose the magnetic core and the inductor coil between them to expose an edge of the magnetic core. The inductor coil being operable in a transmit mode to generate a magnetic field in response to a current passing through it. The edge is configured to enhance outward radiation of the magnetic field. Based on simulation results, the edge-emitting antenna occupies less space and provides an acceptable level of performance for coupling coefficients compared to conventional antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Han Hsu, Dong-Ho Han, Songnan Yang, Anand S Konanur, Chung-Hao Joseph Chen
  • Patent number: 8902067
    Abstract: An antenna core includes a laminate of a plurality of Co-based amorphous magnetic alloy thin strips in which a length ratio of a long axis to a short axis is greater than 1. 60% or more of the Co-based amorphous magnetic alloy thin strips in terms of the number of the thin strips as percentage have a line-shaped mark formed along the long axis on at least one surface thereof. An antenna includes the antenna core and a winding wound around the antenna core along the long axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Saito, Katsuhiko Yamada, Kazumi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20140340273
    Abstract: There is provided an antenna apparatus capable of stably communicating with a communication partner and increasing the maximum possible communication range even when the antenna apparatus is relatively smaller than an antenna in the communication partner and the two antennas are disposed in close proximity on the same axis. A magnetic flux passing through a coil aperture of an antenna coil passes through a conductor aperture of a conductive layer, but the magnetic flux does not pass through the conductive layer. Accordingly, the magnetic flux is diverted to a path in which the conductor aperture of the conductive layer is the inside and the outer edge of the conductive layer is the outside. As a result, the magnetic flux passing through the coil aperture of the antenna coil makes a relatively large loop and links the inside and the outside of a coil conductor in an antenna in a communication partner with the antenna apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Noboru KATO, Katsumi TANIGUCHI, Jun SASAKI, Naoki GOUCHI
  • Patent number: 8878741
    Abstract: Negative permeability metamaterials and devices based on negative permeability metamaterials are described. The invention presents a new paradigm for realizing electromagnetic devices utilizing naturally available magnetic materials operating in their negative permeability spectrum. The superior advantages of negative permeability materials are utilized for providing unique electromagnetic devices including, for example, small antennas, array sensors and imaging devices. Since the property of the magnetic materials can be tuned by applying a DC magnetic field, the materials and devices of the present invention can be tunable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventor: Hossein Mosallaei
  • Publication number: 20140320365
    Abstract: A magnetic antenna structure has a substrate (e.g., a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) carrier), a magneto-dielectric (MD) layer, and an antenna radiator. The MD layer increases electromagnetic (EM) energy radiation by lowering the EM energy concentrated on the antenna substrate. The resonant frequency and antenna gain of the magnetic antenna structure are generally lower and higher, respectively, relative to dielectric antennas of comparable size. Thus, the magnetic antenna structure provides better miniaturization and high performance with good conformability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Yang-Ki Hong, Jaejin Lee
  • Patent number: 8860612
    Abstract: An antenna device for generating a reconfigurable high-order mode conical beam, includes a micro-strip radiator having multiple feeding points, wherein one of the feeding points is a fixed feeding point, and a feeding unit for providing two signals having a same amplitude and a preset phase difference, wherein one of the two signals is fed through the fixed feeding point and the other is fed through any one of remaining feeding points. A mode reconfigurable switching unit, connected to the feeding unit, performs a switching operation to select any one of the remaining feeding points so that the other signal is feed through the selected feeding point in accordance with mode control data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Joung Myoun Kim
  • Patent number: 8855724
    Abstract: A hearing aid compatible mobile handset is provided with a parasitic element which is electrically connected to a groundplane of a circuit board. The parasitic element may have a length of around one-quarter wavelength of a frequency of interest. The parasitic element may be are arranged as a pair of parasitic elements. The parasitic element can be disposed in a location where the near field strength is near a peak so as to help reduce the near field level to a point that will allow operation of the handset adjacent a hearing aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Pevand Bahramzy
  • Patent number: 8849195
    Abstract: The present invention provides a communication device that can reduce a housing of an electronic device in size and thickness when the communication device is built in the electronic device. The communication device includes: an antenna coil (11a) arranged on an outer peripheral portion (134) of a housing (131) surface facing a reader/writer (120) of a mobile phone (130); a magnetic sheet (13) that attracts a magnetic field transmitted from the reader/writer (120) to the antenna coil (11a); and a communication processing unit (12) that is driven by a current flowing in the antenna coil (11a) and performs communication with the reader/writer (120), wherein the magnetic sheet (13) is arranged on the reader/writer (120) side of the antenna coil (11a) at a center portion (132a), and the antenna coil (11a) is arranged on the reader/writer (120) side on an outer periphery (130d) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Orihara, Yoshito Ikeda, Norio Saito, Satoru Sugita
  • Patent number: 8836608
    Abstract: A magnetic permeability enhanced metamaterial is used to enhance the antenna array of a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) communication system. A rectangular patch antenna array is formed including a stack of a plurality of unit cells, where each unit cell includes an inductive loop of magnetic permeability enhanced metamaterials embedded in a host dielectric substrate. The use of such metamaterials permits the antenna arrays to be made smaller, and have less mutual coupling, when using a metamaterial substrate. The measured channel capacities of the antenna arrays are similar for the metamaterial and conventional substrates; however, the capacity improvement when using MIMO relative to single antenna communication systems is greater for antennas on metamaterial substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Drexel University
    Inventors: Kapil R. Dandekar, Prathaban Mookiah
  • Patent number: 8830134
    Abstract: Antenna structures made of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys and methods of making antenna structures from such bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys are described. The bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys providing form and shape durability, excellent resistance to chemical and environmental effects, and low-cost net-shape fabrication for the highly intricate antenna shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Crucible Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Yun-Seung Choi, James Kang
  • Patent number: 8811911
    Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) processing device, for a wireless communication device, is disclosed. The RF processing device comprises an antenna, an RF-signal processing module, a controller, for generating a control signal according to a band switching signal, and a matching adjustment module for adjusting an impedance between the antenna and the RF-signal processing module according to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Chin Su, Chung-Chi Lai, Chien-Ting Ho, Wan-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 8803747
    Abstract: Two harness engagement grooves are provided at each end in the longitudinal direction of a rod-shaped antenna component, on one side thereof, and midway in the longitudinal direction, on one side thereof, a uniting groove is provided, having a width, which is smaller than the outermost width of the two harness engagement grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsushi Yashima
  • Patent number: 8803751
    Abstract: A multiferroic element may include a substrate formed on an electrically conductive ground plane. The substrate may be formed from a material having a predetermined elastic modulus. A layer of piezoelectric material may be formed on the substrate. A layer of magnetostrictive material may be bonded to the layer of piezoelectric material. A mechanical strain is created in the layer of piezoelectric material in response to a voltage signal being applied to the multiferroic element. The mechanical strain in the layer of piezoelectric material causes a mechanical strain in the layer of magnetostrictive material to produce a radio frequency magnetic field that is proportional to the voltage signal for generating a radio frequency electromagnetic wave. The predetermined elastic modulus of the substrate is substantially lower than an elastic modulus of the layer of piezoelectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Miller, William Preston Geren, Stephen P. Hubbell
  • Patent number: 8783346
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an antenna having a conductive winding, with the antenna disposed about a channel. A characteristic improvement material is disposed between the antenna and the channel. In some embodiments, the characteristic improvement material includes at least one of a negative stiffness material or a negative Poisson's ratio material. Various systems and methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Reza Taherian, Henry N. Bachman
  • Patent number: 8779996
    Abstract: An antenna operable over a predetermined range of frequency includes a transmission line, a transformer network connected to one end of the transmission line, and at least one ferrite/powder iron network connected to an opposite end of the transformer network. The ferrite/powder iron network changes the effective electrical length of the antenna such that as the frequency of operation changes, the current distribution above and below the network changes in corresponding manner. A second ferrite/powder iron network may be serially positioned with respect to the other network, wherein both function to reduce the current thereabove. Accordingly, as the frequency of operation increases, the electrical height of the antenna decreases. The network also encompasses a way to safely dissipate otherwise destructive heat created by the operation of the antenna system at high radio-frequency power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shakespeare Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gary A. Martek, Henry R. Jarman
  • Patent number: 8773312
    Abstract: A radio frequency transmission apparatus includes a first elongated antenna element having a first feed end and a first aperture end. A second elongated element has a second feed end and a second aperture end. The second feed end is coupled to the first feed end. The first and second elongated antenna elements are positioned relative to each other to render a separation between the first antenna element and the second antenna element to increase from the first and second feed ends to the first and second aperture ends. The first and second antenna elements comprise pseudo-conductor material having an electromagnetic constitutive property having a real part greater than the corresponding imaginary part of the electromagnetic constitutive property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: General Atomics
    Inventor: Rodolfo E. Diaz
  • Publication number: 20140176380
    Abstract: There are provided a multilayer ferrite sheet capable of performing communications in a wideband frequency, an antenna device using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. The multilayer ferrite sheet includes: a Y-type hexaferrite layer; and a Z-type hexaferrite layer, wherein the Y-type hexaferrite and the Z-type hexaferrite are alternately laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MACHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyeok Choi, Jin Young Kim, Sung Yong An, Ji Man Ryu
  • Publication number: 20140159973
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to dual-polarized magnetic antennas that may be used in various applications and are particularly suited for use in mobile devices and systems. In one exemplary embodiment, a dual-polarized antenna has a ferrite substrate that provides for the use of small antenna elements and also provides broad bandwidth and good impedance matching and isolation making the antenna attractive for use in mobile applications. Such antenna also has nearly omnidirectional radiation patterns and orthogonal polarizations. Further, the radiator type may be selected depending on the desired effective permeability in order to control return loss, isolation, and fractional bandwidth (FBW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Yang-Ki Hong, Woncheo Lee
  • Publication number: 20140159974
    Abstract: In antenna device, a coil conductor of an antenna coil module and a conductor layer at least partially overlap. A current flows in the conductor layer to block a magnetic field generated by a current flowing in the coil conductor. A current, which flows around the periphery of an opening of the conductor layer, flows along the periphery of a slit and around the periphery of the conductor layer due to a cut-edge effect. Since magnetic flux does not pass through the conductor layer, magnetic flux attempts to bypass the conductor layer along a path in which the conductor opening of the conductor layer is on the inside and the outer edge of the conductor layer is on the outside. As a result, the magnetic flux generates relatively large loops that link the inside and the outside of a coil conductor of an antenna on a reader/writer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru KATO, Katsumi TANIGUCHI, Jun SASAKI, Naoki GOCHI
  • Patent number: 8730084
    Abstract: A dual mode ground penetrating radar includes an enclosure which houses radar electronics. The dual mode ground penetrating radar includes an enclosure housing radar electronics. The dual mode ground penetrating radar further includes a first antenna feed having ferrite loading and extending outside of the enclosure. The dual mode ground penetrating radar further includes a second antenna feed spaced apart from the first antenna feed, the second antenna feed having ferrite loading and extending outside of the enclosure. An RF signal is provided in at least one of the first and second antenna feeds by the radar electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz City For Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tariq A. Al-Khalefah, Khaled F. R. Almutairi, Arne V. Utsi
  • Patent number: 8717243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to active electronically scanned array antennas. A thin, low cost design is provided by coupling electromagnetic energy into periodically driven long slots (205) using circulators with integrated probes (107). The long slots (205) are formed as grooves (114) in a conductive base plate (103), each groove (114) bracketed on both sides by conductive strips (108). The circulators with integrated probes (107) are installed between the conductive strips (108) and the base plate (103), to reduce fabrication costs of the machined parts and to facilitate the making of connections between the circulators and the antenna electronics. The probes (128) protrude partway into the slots (205) and provide coupling to waves propagating in free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert G. Yaccarino, James A. Carr, Rohn Sauer, Thomas C. DaVeiga, John A. Crockett, Jr., Steven E. Bradshaw, John M. Hadden, IV, Lonny Richard Walker
  • Publication number: 20140111395
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a low-profile, high-permeability antenna-less radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for use on large metal objects and other types of objects for which traditional RFID technologies will not work or do not work well. High-permeability materials are in contact with a metal surface, such as a metal container or metallic tape, diverting current into the tag integrated circuit (IC). This type of tag is essentially ‘antenna-less’ as it uses the ground plane or metallic object to excite currents through the IC. Tags using high-permeability materials in this manner are significantly thinner than those developed using other methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Cherish Bauer-Reich, Layne Albert Berge
  • Patent number: 8698686
    Abstract: An antenna device having a magnetic core to be surface-mounted on a circuit substrate includes a pair of coil portions spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval. The coil portions are connected by a connecting conductor. An end of the magnetic core includes a curved or bent portion curved toward the circuit substrate. This structure defines an RFID antenna device having an improved receiving sensitivity that can be surface-mounted without increasing the thickness of a casing of a mobile electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Ito, Hiroyuki Kubo, Kuniaki Yosui
  • Patent number: 8681067
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus having a device carrier made of a magneto-dielectric material is provided. The antenna apparatus includes a device carrier having a magnetic carrier made of a magneto-dielectric material, and an antenna device connectable to a power source through a feeding point of one end portion and extended from the feeding point to pass through a surface of the magnetic carrier and operable in a resonant frequency band when power is supplied through the feeding point. Therefore, by forming at least a portion of the device carrier with a magnetic carrier, an operating performance of the antenna apparatus can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joong Hee Lee, Jung Yub Lee, Ju Hyang Lee
  • Patent number: 8674894
    Abstract: An antenna core design. An antenna assembly is provided for use in tracking and locating equipment used to track and locate tools with underground drilling systems. The antenna assembly comprises an elongate core, a plurality of metal strips supported on an external surface of the core, an insulating material adapted to insulate each of the plurality of metal strips from the other metal strips and the core, and a wire disposed around the external surface of the strips. Alternatively the antenna assembly comprises an elongate core, an insulating material disposed around a perimeter of the core, and a wire disposed around the insulating material. The core has a plurality of slots cut from one end of the core so that the core defines a plurality of metal strips. A support ring is disposed on the internal surface of the core to support the metal strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Harak, Sean A. McLain
  • Patent number: 8669909
    Abstract: The claimed invention discloses an antenna including: a magnetic core (11); a coil winding section (14a, 14b) in which a conductive wiring line is wound around the magnetic core; and an adjustment section (13) connected to one end of the coil winding section. The adjustment section (13) is disposed at an end part of the magnetic core (11) and includes a plurality of adjustable conductive wiring lines (13b-13d) formed by dividing a conductive wiring line connected to one end of the coil winding section (14a, 14b) into multiple conductive wiring lines in a direction intersecting with a winding axis direction of the coil winding section (14a, 14b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichiro Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yanagida, Yasutaka Hieda
  • Patent number: 8648760
    Abstract: A dipole antenna may be created by surrounding a portion of the continuous conductor with a nonconductive magnetic bead, and then applying a power source to the continuous conductor across the nonconductive magnetic bead. The nonconductive magnetic bead creates a driving discontinuity without requiring a break or gap in the conductor. The power source may be connected or applied to the continuous conductor using a variety of preferably shielded configurations, including a coaxial or twin-axial inset or offset feed, a triaxial inset feed, or a diaxial offset feed. A second nonconductive magnetic bead may be positioned to surround a second portion of the continuous conductor to effectively create two nearly equal length dipole antenna sections on either side of the first nonconductive magnetic bead. The nonconductive magnetic beads may be comprised of various nonconductive magnetic materials, and preformed for installation around the conductor, or injected around the conductor in subsurface applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: Francis Eugene Parsche