Within Conductive Apertured Wall Patents (Class 343/789)
  • Patent number: 11909131
    Abstract: A resonance structure includes a first conductor; a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction; one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane including the first direction; and a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane. The first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane. The first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors. The one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Nobuki Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Uchimura
  • Patent number: 11876304
    Abstract: Examples relate to concepts for patch antennas and particular to a method for forming a multiband patch antenna. A multiband patch antenna may comprise a ground layer and an excitation layer, comprising a first excitation patch, a second excitation patch and a feeding patch, wherein the patch is arranged to excite the first excitation patch and the second excitation simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Maruti Tamrakar, Jayprakash Thakur
  • Patent number: 11824259
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a dielectric substrate having a first surface on which an antenna part is formed and a second surface on which a base plate is formed. The antenna part has one or more antenna patterns configured to act as radiating elements. The antenna patterns resonate in one or more resonance directions to incident waves having an operating frequency of the antenna part, thereby generating emitted waves having polarized waves different from those of transmitted/received waves which are transmitted/received by the antenna part. For each of the resonance directions, the antenna patterns include at least one line pattern having a width which is narrower than the total width of the antenna patterns in a direction perpendicular to the resonance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Sakai, Kazumasa Sakurai, Asahi Kondo
  • Patent number: 11811137
    Abstract: An additively manufactured antenna device is disclosed, including a base portion and a body portion. The body portion is attached to the base portion and includes a lattice stiffening structure configured to eliminate secondary printing support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard W. Aston, Martin W. Bieti, Michael John Langmack, Nicole M. Hastings, Nicole Diane Schoenborn
  • Patent number: 11758309
    Abstract: An antenna includes: a dielectric substrate; a conductive plane formed on a back surface of the dielectric substrate; a radiating element having a linear shape and formed on a front surface of the dielectric substrate; a shorting pin connecting one end of the radiating element to the conductive plane; and a power supply pin that is connected to the radiating element, at a point a predetermined distance away from the one end to which the shorting pin is connected, through a hole provided in the conductive plane, and that supplies a transmission signal to the radiating element. A radio wave is emitted from the radiating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Thanh Dinh Le, Kenichi Ichinose, Hiroshi Yoshimoto, Katsumi Matsuoka, Hiroshi Takenaka, Hironori Doi
  • Patent number: 11704529
    Abstract: Tracker tags, smart tags, locator tags, and the like are provided. A portable tracker device, according to one implementation, includes a housing having a front cover and a back cover. The portable tracker device also includes Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry configured to operate within at least one of a Bluetooth (BT) frequency range and an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) frequency range. Also, the portable tracker device includes a piezoelectric device having a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate. The RF circuitry utilizes at least one of the front cover, the back cover, the first conductive plate, and the second conductive plate as one or more antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Miroslav Samardzija, Hsiang Yin Cheng, Ming-Tsung Su, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo
  • Patent number: 11695218
    Abstract: An antenna arrangement is provided that includes a patch radiator, a feed arrangement, for the patch radiator and a cavity for the feed arrangement. The feed arrangement includes a slot in a conductive layer located between the patch radiator and the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventor: Heikki Tapani Korva
  • Patent number: 11688944
    Abstract: A wideband phased array antenna is provided. The wideband phased array antenna includes a plurality of antenna cells. Each of the antenna cells is configured to communicate over a frequency band ranging from 24 GHz to 52 GHz. Furthermore, one or more of the antenna cells includes a driven element and a parasitic element. The driven element is disposed on a first substrate that includes a first dielectric material. The parasitic element is disposed on a second substrate positioned relative to the first substrate such that a gap is defined between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate includes a second dielectric material that is different than the first dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS (SAN DIEGO), INC.
    Inventors: Abhishek Singh, Mehak Garg, Jeffrey L. Hilbert
  • Patent number: 11658421
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna comprising a radiative antenna element able to emit a signal in at least two disjoint frequency bands and a waveguide covered by the radiative antenna element, comprising two nested resonant cavities, each single-mode or mostly single-mode in a separate frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: ARIANEGROUP SAS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1
    Inventors: Nicolas Attaja, Mauro Ettorre, Ronan Sauleau, Davy Guihard
  • Patent number: 11545758
    Abstract: A frequency selective surface (FSS) having periodicity between one eighth and one quarter of an operational wavelength of the FSS and a low profile. The FSS has multiple pattern elements which are used to produce multiple transmission poles, and in some embodiments multiple transmission zeros. The transmission poles and transmission zeros are in the Ka and Ku bands, making the FSS applicable to 5G application. The transmission poles and transmission zeros also have high angular stability an oblique incident angle as high as 60°, as well as polarization insensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Synergy Microwave Corporation
    Inventors: Shiban K. Koul, Ajay Kumar Poddar, Sukomal Dey, Ulrich L. Rohde
  • Patent number: 11545743
    Abstract: An antenna device is disclosed, including a cavity structure having a floor portion and a perimeter wall portion connected to the floor portion. A dipole structure extends upward from a center region of the floor portion inside the cavity structure. At least one of the wall portion and the dipole structure has an opening small enough relative to an expected radio frequency wavelength to avoid affecting antenna performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard W. Aston, Nicole M. Hastings, Manav H. Sanghvi, Martin W. Bieti, Nicole Diane Schoenborn
  • Patent number: 11489250
    Abstract: An antenna device includes one or more zeroth-order resonant antennas and a metal body. Each of the zeroth-order resonant antennas includes a ground plate configured to provide a ground potential, an opposing conductor arranged at a predetermined distance from the ground plate in a plate thickness direction of the ground plate, a power supply line electrically connected to the opposing conductor, and a short-circuit portion electrically connecting the opposing conductor and the ground plate. The metal body is configured to limit a propagation direction of a radio wave transmitted from or received by the one or more zeroth-order resonant antennas and has an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jungaun Lee, Sho Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11469507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication technique for fusing a 5G communication system to support a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, with IoT technology, and a system thereof. In addition, the present invention provides an antenna module comprising: a first plate which forms an upper surface of the antenna module and has a first opening surface on one side surface, a second plate which forms a side surface of the antenna module, forms a first angle with the first plate in contact with the first plate, and has a second opening surface on one side surface so as to extend the first opening surface, and a power supply unit which has one surface electrically connected to the first plate and is disposed on the first opening surface or the second opening surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jung Yub Lee, Jun Ho Park, Doo Seok Choi, Won Bin Hong, Young Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 11349215
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: a feed via; a patch antenna pattern electrically connected to one end of the feed via; a ground layer disposed in a position vertically lower than a position of the patch antenna pattern, and having a through-hole through which the feed via passes; a first conductive ring pattern laterally spaced apart from the patch antenna pattern, and having a first through region laterally surrounding the patch antenna pattern; and a second conductive ring pattern disposed in a position vertically higher than a position of the first conductive ring pattern, and having a second through region laterally surrounding the patch antenna pattern, wherein an area of the second through region is greater than an area of the first through region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Ki Kim, Ju Hyoung Park, Jeong Ki Ryoo, Dae Ki Lim, Myeong Woo Han
  • Patent number: 11233327
    Abstract: Ultra wideband (UWB) antennas are provided including a printed circuit board; a radiating element coupled to the printed circuit board and substantially perpendicular thereto; and radio frequency (RF) electronics associated with the antenna integrated with the printed circuit board. Related enclosures and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Wiser Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Edward-Austin Hollar, Scott Francis Fisher
  • Patent number: 11108148
    Abstract: An antenna device can include: an antenna substrate, on which an array antenna including at least one radiation element is arranged; and a cover spaced apart from the antenna substrate at at least a predetermined distance and further including at least one relay radiation element arranged to correspond to the at least one radiation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Dohyuk Ha, Junsig Kum, Jungyub Lee, Youngju Lee
  • Patent number: 11075451
    Abstract: An antenna device can include: an antenna substrate, on which an array antenna including at least one radiation element is arranged; and a cover spaced apart from the antenna substrate at at least a predetermined distance and further including at least one relay radiation element arranged to correspond to the at least one radiation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Dohyuk Ha, Junsig Kum, Jungyub Lee, Youngju Lee
  • Patent number: 11024980
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dual-polarized antenna having four dipole elements which are each provided on an associated support element, wherein a slot extends in the volume of each dipole element and is prolonged from the dipole element into the associated support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Andreas Vollmer, Manfred Stolle
  • Patent number: 10992040
    Abstract: A TFT substrate includes a transmission and/or reception region including a plurality of antenna unit regions, and a non-transmission and/or reception region located in a region other than the transmission and/or reception region. Each of the plurality of antenna unit regions includes a TFT and a patch electrode electrically connected to a drain electrode of the TFT. The TFT substrate includes a source metal layer including a source electrode of the TFT, the drain electrode, and a source bus line, a gate metal layer formed on the source metal layer and including a gate electrode of the TFT and a gate bus line, a gate insulating layer formed between the source metal layer and the gate metal layer, an interlayer insulating layer formed on the gate metal layer, and a conductive layer formed on the interlayer insulating layer. The patch electrode is included in the gate metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsunori Misaki
  • Patent number: 10985446
    Abstract: A method of making a reconfigurable antenna comprises the steps of applying one or more first layers of a prepreg laminate fabric to a form having a desired contour; applying a pattern corresponding to an antenna shape to the first layers of prepreg fabric; applying one or more second layers of the prepreg laminate fabric atop the pattern to form a laminate stack; curing the laminate stack; and removing the pattern to form channels in the antenna shape. The desired contour may be an aircraft skin panel or an airfoil panel. The pattern may be a polymer sheet with an applied cPLA antenna design. The curing step may be performed in a vacuum bag under the application of vacuum and heat. The removing step may be performed by heating the cured laminate stack to remove the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Jeffery W Baur, Gregory H Huff, Darren J Hartl, Geoffrey J Frank, Hong Pan, Robyn L Bradford
  • Patent number: 10944178
    Abstract: A reconfigurable antenna comprises a panel having a liquid metal pump coupled to a power supply; a liquid metal reservoir in fluid communication with the pump; one or more channels for transporting the liquid metal, each of the one or more channels having a proximal end in fluid communication with the pump, each of the one or more channels having a vent at a distal end, wherein application of power to the pump moves the liquid metal into or out of the channels thereby reconfiguring the antenna. The pump may be a pneumatic pump or a magnetohydrodynamic pump, and a layer of a phosphonic acid may be included on the liquid metal-bearing surfaces of the channels. The phosphonic acid may be decylphosphonic acid (DPA), fluorobenzylphosphonic acid (FPA), or difluorobenzylphosphonic acid (DFPA), and one or more sensors may be coupled to the panel for determining the position of the liquid metal in the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffery W Baur, Gregory H Huff, Darren J Hartl, Geoffrey J Frank, Hong Pan
  • Patent number: 10886609
    Abstract: An antenna arrangement is described which comprises an electrical conductor extending along an axis, a first electrically conductive disc in contact with the electrical conductor and extending perpendicularly from the axis, a second electrically conductive disc in contact with the conductor and extending perpendicularly from the axis. The antenna arrangement also comprises an electrically conductive housing enclosing, circumferentially around the axis, the electrical conductor, the first electrically conductive disc and the second electrically conductive disc, feeding means configured to feed electromagnetic energy to the first electrically conductive disc, transmitting means configured to transmit electromagnetic energy from the second electrically conductive disc, and a third electrically conductive disc in contact with the conductor and extending perpendicularly from the axis between the first electrically conductive disc and the second electrically conductive disc at a distance therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Vlad Lenive, Alf Ahlström
  • Patent number: 10819025
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a bent conductive layer, and a first coaxial cable. The second conductive layer has a first opening. A cavity is formed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The bent conductive layer is coupled between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The bent conductive layer is configured to divide the cavity into a first portion and a second portion. The first coaxial cable includes a first central conductive line and a first conductive shielding. The first central conductive line extending through the first opening is coupled to a first feeding point on the first conductive layer. The first conductive shielding is coupled to the second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventors: An-Ting Hsiao, Shang-Sian You
  • Patent number: 10770784
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an antenna assembly includes a reflector antenna whose aperture is covered by a radome. The radome has a principle plane corresponding to the azimuth axis of the antenna. The radome has a bulk material and a pair of absorbers made of a radio-frequency (RF)-absorbent material different from the bulk material. The pair of absorbers are arranged symmetrically along the principle plane and about the center of the radome. The pair of absorbers are located near the perimeter of the radome and are at least partially embedded in the bulk material. The pair of absorbers cover from 4%-8% of the total aperture area of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Allan Mitchell Tasker, Slavi Rumenov Baev
  • Patent number: 10714810
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An antenna for decreasing a signal loss caused by a dielectric loss in an antenna by decreasing a space of the antenna in a wireless device and improving performance of the antenna is provided. The antenna includes a first radiator, and a second radiator installed on a cover of the wireless device to radiate a radio signal radiated by the first radiator, the second radiator separate from and facing the first radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Bin Hong, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Seung-Tae Ko
  • Patent number: 10644391
    Abstract: An antenna includes an antenna cavity structure that defines an antenna cavity and that has a cavity opening. The antenna also includes an antenna radiating element located within the cavity opening and operable to emit electromagnetic radiation that has a frequency and a wavelength and a radome structure covering the cavity opening. The radome structure includes a dielectric material and defines an antenna window that is transparent to the electromagnetic radiation. Due to the dielectric material of the radome structure, the antenna cavity has a depth less than one-fourth of the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation and the cavity is filled with a low-dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ronald O. Lavin, Dennis K. McCarthy, Andy H. Lee, Manny S. Urcia
  • Patent number: 10367257
    Abstract: An antenna includes an opening through which a radio wave is radiated in an orientation direction, and a conductor inserted into the opening and dividing an internal region of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Sang Heun Lee
  • Patent number: 10347974
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) satellite antenna may include an antenna housing to be carried by the satellite and having first and second opposing antenna element storage compartments. The antenna may further include a first plurality of self-deploying conductive antenna elements moveable between a first stored position within the first antenna element storage compartment, and a first deployed position extending outwardly from the canister and defining a first conical antenna. The antenna may also include a second plurality of self-deploying conductive antenna elements moveable between a second stored position within the second antenna element storage compartment, and a second deployed position extending outwardly from the canister and defining a second conical antenna. The first and second conical antennas may extend in opposing directions and defining a biconical antenna when in the first and second deployed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Edward G. Palmer, Francis E. Parsche, Alan W. Mast
  • Patent number: 10312589
    Abstract: An antenna directivity control system includes an antenna including a plurality of antenna elements, feeding points for the plurality of antenna elements being mutually different; and a controller for controlling weight for each of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein each of the plurality of antenna elements includes a feed element connected to the feed point, and a radiating element that functions, upon power being fed by establishing electromagnetic field coupling with the feed element, as a radiating conductor, and wherein the controller controls a directivity of the antenna by adjusting an amplitude of a signal at each of the feeding points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki Sayama, Ryuta Sonoda, Koji Ikawa
  • Patent number: 10116048
    Abstract: The invention teaches a telecommunications antenna with a housing comprising a radome (12) and a radiator (70) arranged in the housing, wherein the radiator (70) is mounted to a support structure (30) that is conductive in the electromagnetic sense, said support structure so engaging the housing that it is in either one of a rotatable fashion or a rotatably fixed fashion about and axis, in that at least one body (80) that is non-conductive in the electromagnetic sense is tensionable in a direction parallel to the axis in such a fashion that a transition from the rotatable fashion to the rotatably fixed fashion is permitted by forming a frictional engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: KATHREIN-WERKE KG
    Inventors: Manuel Mielke, Josef Fahrenschon, Manfred Stolle, Andreas Plötz
  • Patent number: 9954276
    Abstract: An antenna system and method for fabricating an antenna are provided. The antenna system includes a substrate and an antenna. The antenna includes a conductive particle based material applied onto the substrate. The conductive particle based material includes conductive particles and a binder. When the conductive particle based material is applied to the substrate, the conductive particles are dispersed in the binder so that at least a majority of the conductive particles are adjacent to, but do not touch, one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: nCap Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rhett Francis Spencer, Eric Guzman Hernandez, Anthony Joseph Sutera
  • Patent number: 9948006
    Abstract: An antenna assembly applied in an electronic device with a metal cover, includes a dielectric body, a first radiating element and a second radiating element. The metal cover opens a fastening groove. The dielectric body is fastened in the fastening groove. The first radiating element is mounted to an inner surface of the dielectric body. The first radiating element has a feeding portion. The second radiating element is mounted to an outer surface of the dielectric body and without being electrically connected with the metal cover. The second radiating element is abreast with and adjacent to the first radiating element in an outside-to-inside direction. The first radiating element is coupled with the second radiating element to receive and send electromagnetic wave signals. The electronic device includes the metal cover and the antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo Wei Chang, Wen Bing Hsu
  • Patent number: 9837721
    Abstract: A compact, low profile dipole antenna assembly includes first and second linear radiating elements that form the positive and negative sides of the dipole antenna, and a balun that extends in parallel with the second radiating element, i.e., the negative side of the dipole antenna. The second radiating element is connected to ground at one end and is an open circuit at an opposite end. A main feed line, which is part of the balun, also connects to a common ground with the second radiating element. The balun and the connection to ground act as an impedance transformer, and the second radiating element acts as the negative side of the dipole antenna as well as a ground plane for the balun. The balun and the second radiating element share a volume with the second radiating element electrically shielding the balun, and the main feed probe connecting to ground within the shared volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: NovAtel Inc.
    Inventor: Son Huy Huynh
  • Patent number: 9755317
    Abstract: In the field of circular-polarized planar wire antennas for very wide band telecommunications systems, and an antenna reflector for such an antenna, an antenna device comprises an antenna reflector and an antenna, and a method for implementing the antenna reflector. The antenna reflector comprises, on the one hand, a first reflection region exhibiting electromagnetic properties of an electrical conductor in a first sub-band of frequencies and, on the other hand, a second reflection region exhibiting electromagnetic properties akin to a magnetic conductor in a second sub-band of frequencies. Each reflection region is designed to face a region of the antenna able to emit electromagnetic radiation in the corresponding sub-band of frequencies in order to reflect the electric field of the backward radiation in phase with the electric field of the forward radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Michael Grelier, Michel Jousset, Stéphane Mallegol, Xavier Begaud
  • Patent number: 9608330
    Abstract: A superluminal antenna element integrates a balun element to better impedance match an input cable or waveguide to a dielectric radiator element, thus preventing stray reflections and consequent undesirable radiation. For example, a dielectric housing material can be used that has a cutout area. A cable can extend into the cutout area. A triangular conductor can function as an impedance transition. An additional cylindrical element functions as a sleeve balun to better impedance match the radiator element to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Inventors: John Singleton, Lawrence M. Earley, Frank L. Krawczyk, James M. Potter, William P. Romero, Zhi-Fu Wang
  • Patent number: 9570809
    Abstract: A printed millimeter wave dipole antenna and techniques for designing such an antenna are disclosed. In one embodiment, the dipole antenna comprises: a signal wing and at least one ground wing for propagating signals in a millimeter wave band; and an unbalanced feeding structure directly coupled to the signal wing. The unbalanced feeding structure is boarded by a plurality of escorting vias to ensure equipotential grounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Elimelech Ganchrow, Ofer Markish, Iddo Diukman, Alon Yehezkely
  • Patent number: 9553372
    Abstract: A locating device includes an LCR antenna apparatus which has an antenna unit having a first polarization direction and is configured to transmit and/or receive a measurement signal having the first polarization direction. The antenna unit has at least one second polarization direction for transmitting and/or receiving the measurement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Krapf, Heiko Braun, Tobias Zibold, Christoph Wieland
  • Patent number: 9496623
    Abstract: A wireless electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with first, second, and third conductive layers separated from one another by dielectric layers. A stripline is included in the first conductive layer. Two highband dipole antenna strips are included in the second conductive layer and/or two lowband dipole antenna strips are included in the third conductive layer. The wireless electronic device may be configured to resonate at a lowband resonant frequency corresponding to the two lowband dipole antenna strips and resonate at a highband resonant frequency corresponding to the two highband dipole antenna strips when excited by a signal transmitted and/or received though the stripline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Jakob Helander, Zhinong Ying
  • Patent number: 9246231
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus. The high-gain wideband antenna apparatus, includes: a feeding antenna configured to radiate a signal; a cover configured to be disposed on a front surface of the feeding antenna based on a radiation direction of the signal and including a conductor pattern formed in a specific shape; and a ground surface configured to be disposed on the feeding antenna based on the radiation direction of the signal. By this configuration, the conductor patterns are approximately configured on both surfaces of a dielectric material to control a phase of a reflection coefficient in a specific frequency band, thereby increasing a gain and a bandwidth of an antenna and metal surfaces are additionally mounted on sides of a feeding antenna, thereby improving a front back ratio of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: JeongHo Ju
  • Patent number: 9178275
    Abstract: Provided is a planar antenna based system for use as a radar level meter, microwave barrier or other suitable system. The system includes a planar radiator element arranged on a substrate, and a cover plate element made from a dielectric to cover the planar radiator element. In one alternative embodiment, the cover plate includes a cavity proximate the planar radiator element, into which the microwaves generated by the planar radiator element can be coupled. In another alternative, the cover plate is provided in a surface-flush position against the substrate in the edge region of the cavity. These arrangements may be provided in a plurality so as to support an overall system containing multiple radiator elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KH
    Inventor: Daniel Schultheiss
  • Patent number: 9172142
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a horizontal radiation antenna. The antenna includes a back-surface-side grounded conductor plate on a back surface of a substrate, a radiation element to which a coplanar line is connected on the front surface of the substrate, and a passive element closer to an end portion side of the substrate than the radiation element. A front-surface-side grounded conductor plate is provided at a substantially same height as the radiation element with respect to a thickness direction of the substrate, and a conductive wall surface capable of reflecting a high-frequency signal radiated from the radiation element is provided between the front-surface-side grounded conductor plate and the back-surface-side grounded conductor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Hirotaka Fujii, Eiichi Kobayashi, Toshiro Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 8963793
    Abstract: Disclosed in an example embodiment herein is a dual mode patch antenna designed to operate in the TM02 mode. The antenna comprising a circular patch antenna configured to operate at a first frequency, and a cylindrical matching element coupled to the circular patch antenna configured to operate at a second frequency. A feed surface is coupled to the cylindrical matching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen V. Saliga, Thomas Lutman
  • Patent number: 8948707
    Abstract: A transceiver module and duplexer within a communication device supports a minimized antenna volume and enhances a transfer gain for transmit and receive channels. The duplexer is communicatively coupled to one of multiple antenna and filter matching configurations which include a first configuration that couples receive and transmit filter matching circuits to a single antenna matching circuit. When the duplexer is coupled to the first configuration, receive and transmit filters of the duplexer are respectively coupled to the receive filter matching circuit and the transmit filter matching circuit. As a result, the antenna matching circuit and the filter matching circuits collectively provide the enhanced transfer gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Mach, Gregory R. Black
  • Publication number: 20140361945
    Abstract: A patch for a device in an electronic housing including an aluminum layer having a threshold thickness, a non-conductive layer on a first side of the aluminum layer, and a radio-frequency (RF) transparent layer on a second side of the aluminum layer is provided. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including a patch as above is also provided, the method including determining a thickness of the aluminum layer adjacent to an anodized aluminum layer. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including coating an aluminum layer having a threshold thickness on a radio-frequency (RF) transparent layer to form an RF transparent laminate is also provided. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including removing a thickness of aluminum is also provided. A method for manufacturing an antenna window including disposing a mask on an aluminum substrate and anodizing the aluminum substrate to a selected thickness is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Abhijeet MISRA, Brian S. TRYON, Charles J. KUEHMANN, Stephen B. LYNCH, James A. WRIGHT
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140300523
    Abstract: An antenna mounting system includes a metal plate having a void formed therein and one or more continuous slots extending from the void to an edge of the metal plate. An antenna is mounted inside the void.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: ESSEX ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert D. Hogg
  • Patent number: 8842046
    Abstract: A loop antenna is provided. The apparatus comprises a substrate, a first metallization layer, and a second metallization layer. The substrate has first and second feed terminals and a ground terminal. The first metallization layer is disposed over the substrate and includes a first window conductive region, a first conductive region, a second conductive region, and a third conductive region. The first conductive region is disposed over and is in electrical contact with the first feed terminal; it is also is substantially circular and located within the first window region. The second conductive region is disposed over and is in electrical contact with the second feed terminal; it is also substantially circular and is located within the first window region. The a third conductive region is disposed over and is in electrical contact with the ground terminal, and the third conductive region substantially surrounds the first window region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Eunyoung Seok, Brian P. Ginsburg, Baher Haroun, Srinath Ramaswamy, Vijay B. Rentala
  • Publication number: 20140266950
    Abstract: A directive, instantaneous wide bandwidth antenna is disclosed. The antenna can include a ground plane having a recess with a tapered region accessible by an electromagnetic field via a radiating aperture at a forward end of the recess. The antenna can also include an elongate dielectric feed disposed in the recess. The dielectric feed can have a tapered portion proximate the tapered region to guide the electromagnetic field into the recess through the radiating aperture and influence pattern directivity. The antenna can further include a conductive plating disposed at least partially about the dielectric feed in a wedge configuration to influence pattern beam width. The conductive plating can have a taper to facilitate propagation of the electromagnetic field over a range of frequencies. The conductive plating can be disposed toward a rearward end of the recess relative to the radiating aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Raytheon Company
  • Patent number: 8786509
    Abstract: A conformal channel monopole antenna system includes: a housing; a cavity formed within the housing; and a substrate covering the cavity. The substrate includes a first elongated radiating element coupled to two opposing sides of the top surface of the housing at two opposing ends in a first direction; a second elongated radiating element coupled another two opposing sides of the top surface of the housing at two opposing ends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a first feed port at one end of the first elongated radiating element; and a second feed port at one end of the second elongated radiating element. The first elongated radiating element is configured to radiate a first type of polarization and the second elongated radiating element is configured to radiate a second type of polarization simultaneously with the first type of polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Richard S. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8773321
    Abstract: An antenna unit includes a housing, a substrate, and an antenna. The housing includes a bottom wall, first and second side walls extending upward from the corresponding side edges of the bottom wall, a rear wall extending upward from the rear edge of the bottom wall, and an upper wall extending from the upper edge of the first side wall toward the second side wall leaving a gap between an edge of the upper wall and the second side wall. The substrate is fixed to the upper wall, and a part of the substrate projects from the edge of the upper wall to a position that is closer to the second side wall than is the edge of the upper wall. The antenna is fixed to the part of the substrate projecting from the edge of the upper wall such that a radio-wave emitting aperture of the antenna faces forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Michihiro Konishi