Plural Groups (e.g., Stacked) Patents (Class 343/798)
  • Patent number: 11967771
    Abstract: A dual polarization antenna that includes a conductor and two dipoles. The conductor has four radiation arms, each radiation arm forms a branch of the conductor, and two adjacent radiation arms are connected by a connection bridge. The two dipoles are arranged in a cross manner to form four sectors, one radiation arm is arranged in each sector, and the connection bridge is disposed above or below the dipole between the two radiation arms connected by the connection bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanliang Shu, Yunpeng Shen, Yuzhen Zhang, Kemeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11757206
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference originating from one or more interference sources, and electronically rotating polarizations of signals relating to crossed-dipole radiating elements of an antenna system, the antenna system operating in multiple frequency bands, the electronically rotating being performed for a select number of frequency bands of the multiple frequency bands and facilitating mitigation of the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ISCO International, LLC
    Inventors: Amr Abdelmonem, Pablo Tacconi
  • Patent number: 11569578
    Abstract: A patch antenna device configured to receive a radio communication signal includes a circuit board, a patch antenna, and a parasitic element. The circuit board has a signal processing circuit placed thereon. The patch antenna is stacked on the circuit board and has a quadrangular radiation element. The parasitic element is disposed above the patch antenna so as to improve antenna gain characteristics of the patch antenna and configured such that the length of the upper side of the parasitic element is shorter than the width in a plan view of the radiation element of the patch antenna and that the length between the upper and lower sides of the parasitic element is longer than the length between the upper and lower sides of the radiation element of the patch antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HARADA INDUSTRY CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryohei Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11283165
    Abstract: Antenna arrays may include a first plurality of radiating elements responsive to respective pairs of first radio frequency signals and a second plurality of radiating elements responsive to respective pairs of second radio frequency signals. A shared radiating element is also provided, which is responsive to a corresponding pair of first radio frequency signals and a corresponding pair of second radio frequency signals. This shared radiating element may be equivalent in configuration to the first and second pluralities of radiating elements, or may have a unique configuration relative to the first and second pluralities of radiating elements. The first plurality of radiating elements and the second plurality of radiating elements can be aligned as respective first and second spaced-apart and collinear columns of radiating elements, with the shared radiating element disposed about equidistant between the first and second columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani, Peter J. Bisiules, Zhonghao Hu, Ozgur Isik, Mostafa Shabani
  • Patent number: 11228117
    Abstract: A support member for arrangement with additional support members to form an array of dipole antennas. The support member includes a first portion of a conductive arm of a dipole antenna, and a first portion of a conductive arm of another dipole antenna. A second portion of the conductive arm of the dipole antenna extends from the first portion of the conductive arm of the dipole antenna towards the first portion of the conductive arm of the other dipole antenna, defining a gap in a direct current path between the second portion of the conductive arm of the dipole antenna and the first portion of the conductive arm of the other dipole antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA SHANGHAI BELL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zied Charaabi
  • Patent number: 11018438
    Abstract: Disclosed is a telecommunications antenna having a plurality of cloaked low band (LB) and high band (HB) dipoles. The LB and HB dipoles provide cloaking by breaking the dipoles into dipole segments, and providing conductive cloaking elements over the gaps between dipole segments to form a plurality of capacitors along the dipole. The capacitors along the LB dipoles provide a low impedance to LB RF signals and a high impedance to HB signals. The capacitors formed on the HB dipoles provide a low impedance to RF signals and high impedance to harmonics of the LB RF signals. This cross-cloaking of dipoles enables more dense arrangements of LB and HB dipoles on an antenna array face, providing opportunities to arrange, for example, the LB dipoles with an array factor that results in an advantageous fast roll off gain pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Waldauer, Charles Buondelmonte, Taehee Jang, Niranjan Sundararajan, Evan Christopher Wayton, Lance Bamford
  • Patent number: 10931035
    Abstract: An antenna system may include a dual-polarized antenna element having a first dipole and a second dipole in a same lateral plane, the first dipole having a first and a second dipole arm, the second dipole comprising a third and a fourth dipole arm, the first dipole being co-located with the second dipole, and the first dipole having an orthogonal polarization to the second dipole. The antenna system may further include parasitic elements, each comprising at least two branches, the at least two branches including a first branch and a second branch oriented at an angle and forming an apex. A first branch of a first parasitic element may be positioned at a first coupling distance parallel to the first dipole arm of the first dipole, and a second branch may be positioned at a second coupling distance parallel to the third dipole arm of the second dipole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Quintel Cayman Limited
    Inventors: Peter Chun Teck Song, David Edwin Barker
  • Patent number: 10886627
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a base substrate supported on a base panel, four radiators each include an inner segment located on the base substrate, a middle segment extended from the inner segment, and an outer segment extended from the middle segment, a grounded radiating member is disposed on the bottom surface of the base panel, two feeds disposed on the bottom surface of the base panel and each having a grounded end connected to the grounded radiating member, and two radiating elements disposed on the bottom surface of the base panel, and each having a central portion connected to the feed end of the feed, and two bending sections coupled to the central portion of the radiating element, two outer sections coupled to the bending sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: JOYMAX ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shao Yi Chen, Yuan-Lung Lee
  • Patent number: 10629997
    Abstract: An integrated antenna unit where two dual-polarized radiating elements are connected on a PCB serving reflecting board as well as a filter lid of two-band pass filters. Each of two band-pass filter is connected directly to a two-way power splitter serving connection of same polarization from the two radiating elements. Two walls running parallel are extending at the band-pass filter edges to support the cavity of the filters and at same time serving as reflecting walls enabling to control the 3 dB azimuth beam generated by the radiating elements. Next, a multi-array antenna by collocating multiple arrays of the integrated antenna units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TONGYU COMMUNICATION INC.
    Inventors: Samb Doudou, ZhongLin Wu, Mulin Liu, Isola Ari
  • Patent number: 10498017
    Abstract: Miniature multifunctional antennas and related techniques are disclosed that are capable of wide bandwidth operation. In some embodiments, the antennas are capable of being reconfigured in the field for optimal performance in different frequency band configurations (e.g., a single wide instantaneous bandwidth, multiple smaller bands, etc.) and/or for purposes of self healing. In some embodiments, the antennas can be reconfigured in the field to achieve different polarizations (e.g., vertical, horizontal, circular). The antennas can be implemented in a very compact manner making them ideal for use in devices and platforms where size and weight are a concern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Raoul Ouatagom Ouedraogo, Eric Phelps, Jeremy Muldavin, Todd Addison Thorsen, Carl O. Bozler, Christopher Cherry
  • Patent number: 10454166
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a beam scanning antenna includes a lens having a focal surface and a microfluidic beam scanning focal plane array associated with the focal surface, the array including: an elongated microfluidic channel that contains an electrically conductive antenna element suspended within a dielectric fluid that is provided within the channel, the channel including multiple microfluidic chambers that are positioned at discrete locations along a length of the channel, wherein the antenna element can be selectively positioned within selected chambers, and means for moving the position of the antenna element along the channel to change a direction along which electromagnetic waves are transmitted or received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Gokhan Mumcu, Rasim Oytun Guldiken, Ahmad Adel Gheethan
  • Patent number: 10389015
    Abstract: A dual polarization antenna is described. An antenna under the present disclosure can comprise a plurality of legs, and a plurality of parasitic elements disposed between the legs. Feeds are connected to both the legs and the parasitics. By feeding the parasitics the antenna can be dual polarized, providing greater reception and transmission capabilities, as well as saving space compared to other dual polarized antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventor: Mano D. Judd
  • Patent number: 10314055
    Abstract: System, methods, and computer-readable media herein dynamically assign bands to primary and secondary component carriers for inter-carrier aggregation capable devices. In embodiments, an inter-carrier aggregation capable device is identified as being within a coverage area of a cell site component that is controlled by a base station. When the device is within a predefined distance of the cell site component, throughput of the device is analyzed. When the throughput indicates that the device is impacted by noise and/or interference at the cell site, the base station assigns a band to a primary component carrier based on the sector power ratio (SPR) of a corresponding antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Sreekar Marupaduga, Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Rajveen Narendran
  • Patent number: 10290930
    Abstract: An antenna system is provided that includes at least one driven radiator element and at least one coupling device. The at least one driven radiator element is disposed above a printed circuit board. The at least one coupling device has a step feature in at least one of width and diameter. A smaller of the at least one of the width and diameter is received in at least one of a via and slot in the printed circuit board. The at least one coupling device is oriented nominally orthogonal to a plane of the printed circuit board. The at least one solder joint couples the at least one coupling device to the printed circuit board. At least one ground plane layer is electrically connected to the at least one coupling device by at least one of the solder joint and the at least one of a via and a slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Adam Stuart Blackadder, Sergiy Borysenko, Peter Charles Strickland
  • Patent number: 10243265
    Abstract: An antenna array (106) which in use emits radiation in two respectively orthogonally polarised directions, the array including a plurality of elements, the elements including at least one element of a first type and at least four elements of a second type wherein the element of the first type comprises part of two balanced feeds with two elements of the second type and the element of the first type is capacitively coupled to two further elements of the second type, wherein the elements used to produce radiation in a first direction lie in a first plane (104), the elements used to produce radiation in a second direction lie in a second plane (102), and the first and second planes are spaced apart, and the element of the first type includes two portions, one of which lies in the first plane and one of which lies in the second plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Manchester
    Inventors: Anthony Keith Brown, Yongwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 9461358
    Abstract: A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) electronic circuit is described that uses an antenna and a fractal ground plane conductor or a fractal counterpoise. Some embodiments of the electronic circuit include a first ground plane conductor portion on a first electronic substrate, and a second ground plane conductor portion on a second electronic substrate. The second ground plane conductor portion is shaped to include at least one fractal pattern. The fractal pattern of the second ground plane conductor portion makes the ground plane seem electrically larger than it is. The fractal ground plane conductor portion minimizes the reception of GNSS satellite signals below the antenna, and improves the reception of signals from low elevation GNSS satellites above the horizon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Hemisphere GNSS Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Feller
  • Publication number: 20150102971
    Abstract: A bi-polarized broadband annular radiation unit, for being installed on a metal reflective plate thus constituting a communication antenna and defining an annular construction by two pairs of orthogonally polarized dipoles, includes two pairs of orthogonally polarized dipoles, each dipole comprising two symmetrical unit arms of a single line sheet shape, one end of a unit arm being facing to a corresponding end of the other unit arm, and a distal end of each unit arm of at least one pair of dipoles is provided with a loading line; and a plurality of balun arms feeding power to and supporting respective dipoles, each balun arm including two parallel balun lines, and the top ends of the two balun lines being connected with corresponding ends of the two unit arms of a corresponding dipole. Each unit arm and the balun line and/or loading line connected to the same unit arm are made by sheet metal stamping forming process or casting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Comba Telecom System (China) Ltd
    Inventors: Peitao Liu, Qinyuan Wang, Shan Qiu Sun, Liwen Huang, Yingchun Zhang, Qing Tang
  • Patent number: 8994603
    Abstract: The subject of this invention is a multiband antenna radiating element comprising a first pair of cross-polarization dipoles each of which comprises two collinear conducting arms, whereby the four conducting arms define a first radiating plane corresponding to a low frequency band. The radiating element also consists of at least a second pair of cross-polarization dipoles each of which comprises two collinear conducting arms, whereby the four conducting arms define a second radiating plan corresponding to a higher frequency band. The first and second radiating planes are parallel; the second radiating plane is positioned above the first from which it is electrically insulated and the surface of the first radiating plane covering the conducting arms of the first pair of dipoles is larger than the surface of the second radiating plane covering the conducting arms of the second pair of dipoles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Harel, Patrick Lecam, Jérome Plet, Aurélien Hilary
  • Publication number: 20150070234
    Abstract: A high-band radiator of an ultra-wideband dual-band basestation antenna is disclosed. The high-band radiator comprises at least one dipole, a feed stalk, and a tubular body made of conductive material and having an annular flange. Each dipole comprises two dipole arms made of conductive material. The feed stalk feeds the dipole and comprises a non-conductive dielectric substrate body and conductors formed on the substrate body to function as a balun transformer. The feed stalk is connected with the dipole at one end and has at least one feed connector at the other, with the conductors coupled there-between. The tubular body is adapted for electrical connection through the annular flange to the ground plane at the open end; the body is short-circuited at the other end to define an internal cavity of the tubular body. At least a portion of the feed stalk is disposed within the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Bevan Beresford JONES
  • Publication number: 20150009078
    Abstract: A multi-frequency shared antenna comprises a low frequency radiation array and a first high frequency radiation array both of which are disposed on a reflection plate and provided with power by different feeding networks. The first high frequency radiation array comprises a number of high frequency radiation units, at least partial high frequency radiation units are arranged on a same axis which overlaps one of two axes of the low frequency radiation array, in all high frequency radiation units arranged on said axis, at least partial high frequency radiation units are nested with the low frequency radiation units arranged on the same axis, and the orthogonal projection area of these nested high frequency radiation units on the reflection plate falls within the orthogonal projection area of the corresponding low frequency radiation units on the same reflection plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Shan qiu Sun, Feifei Jia, Peitao Liu
  • Publication number: 20140368395
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a crosspolar multiband panel antenna comprising, within a single chassis, at least two antenna arrays operating within different frequency bands, each antenna array comprising at least two cross-polarization radiating elements separated by a distance inter-elements, each radiating element comprising a first polarization and a second polarization, the second polarization being orthogonal to the first polarization. The first polarization and the second polarization of each antenna array are physically separated by a distance equal to or greater than the distance inter-elements. The first polarizations and the second polarizations of each antenna array being respectively separated by one another by the distance inter-elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Stephane Dauguet, Jean-Pierre Harel
  • Patent number: 8912975
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reworking an antenna aperture. A plurality of antenna cells comprise walls and antenna elements on the walls. Replacement antenna cells are placed adjacent to the plurality of antenna cells. The replacement antenna cells comprise a replacement wall and a replacement antenna element on the replacement wall. A conductive splice is attached to the replacement antenna element and to a one of the antenna elements on a one of the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joseph L. Hafenrichter, Joseph A. Marshall, IV, Jeffrey Lynn Duce, Manny Salazar Urcia, Jr., Otis Franklin Layton, David L. Banks
  • Publication number: 20140327591
    Abstract: Wideband antennas, a wideband antenna assembly and a method are disclosed. One wideband antenna comprises at least one dipole arm base (90A) to be received by a ground plane (80) and supporting at least one dipole arm (20) fed by a dipole arm feed (40), said dipole arm base being dimensioned to provide less than a quarter wavelength separation between said ground plane and said dipole arm, said dipole arm base having apertures (100) to provide a quarter wavelength effective electrical length between said ground plane and said dipole arm feed. Through this approach, it can be seen that the height of the antenna can be reduced whilst still maintaining its correct operation by providing slots to increase the effective electrical length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Titos Kokkinos
  • Publication number: 20140240188
    Abstract: A dual-polarized dipole antenna including a first pair of dipole arms resonating in a first frequency band, a second pair of dipole arms intersecting the first pair of dipole arms and arranged orthogonally with respect to the first pair of dipole arms, the second pair of dipole arms resonating in the first frequency band and at least one conductive cruciform element mounted on the first and second pairs of dipole arms and resonating in a second frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: GALTRONICS CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Shay MAMO, Haim YONA
  • Publication number: 20140218253
    Abstract: A turnstile antenna element and balun for use in a phased array are described. The antenna includes a plurality of stacked bowtie radiators. Each stacked bowtie radiator includes a driven conductor and a passive conductor separated by a dielectric. The balun includes a central member having dielectric slabs symmetrically disposed on external surfaces thereof. At least one end of the balun is provided having a shape such that conductors on the dielectric slabs of the balun can be coupled to the driven radiator conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Angelo M. Puzella, Kenneth S. Komisarek, James A. Robbins
  • Publication number: 20140111396
    Abstract: The height of crossed-dipoles antenna elements can be reduced by including an additional bend/segment in the feed-line and/or tuning-stub of the antenna dipole having the upper slot. The extra bend allows the crossed-dipoles antenna element to be shortened by as much as twenty percent without reducing the feed-line length. Additionally, the height of crossed-dipoles antenna elements can be reduced by shaping a winged portion of the balun-fed dipoles to match the contour of a radome contour, which allows the crossed-dipoles antenna element to accommodate a shallower radome and achieve a thinner antenna module. Additionally, the height of crossed-dipoles antenna elements can be reduced by positioning periodic structures around the base of low-band radiating elements to provide artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) functionality, which enables constructive interference between reflected and non-reflected signals at profile spacings of less than one-quarter wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Fayez Hyjazie, Paul Watson, Halim Boutayeb
  • Publication number: 20140062822
    Abstract: A dual frequency coupling feed antenna includes a substrate. There are an upper dipole radiative conductor, a lower dipole radiative conductor, a ground line and a ground reflective conductor disposed on the second surface of the substrate and the two dipole radiative conductors are not electrically connected to each other. The first surface of the substrate has a coupling conductor, a signal line and a feed-matching conductor. The coupling conductor extends parallel to the upper dipole radiative conductor. The ground reflective conductor is located at a side-edge of the dipole radiative conductor and the feed-matching conductor is located on the path of the signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Wen-Jen Tseng
  • Patent number: 8654027
    Abstract: An antenna arrangement (200, 300, 400) with antenna units (220, 230) comprising an input port (201, 202), a power divider (202, 204) for dividing an input signal into a major and a minor part with a ratio 11, a network (211, 216) with a sum input port, a difference input port, and first and second output ports, first (215, 217) and second antenna (214, 218) elements of a first and a second polarization. Signals to the sum input port are output with a first relation between them and signals to the difference input port are output with a second phase relation. The antenna units are arranged so that the major part of an input signal is connected to the sum port of a network and the minor part of an input signal is connected to the difference port of another network, and the first and second output ports of a network are connected to first and second adjacent antenna elements of the same polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Sven Oscar Petersson, David Astely, Bjorn Gunnar Johannisson
  • Publication number: 20140035792
    Abstract: A panel antenna includes a microstrip-fed radiator array, each radiator being a crossed dipole, with the monopoles of the dipole being loops that are electrically closed and hybrid coupled to the adjacent loops within the radiator. The loops are spaced away from a ground plane by approximately a quarter wavelength, using support straps that function as mechanical supports and couplers from the microstrip feed. Each four loops and four support straps and a base can be cast as a single piece, for example, since the shorted ends of the support straps are a quarter wavelength away from the loops. The feed system uses asymmetric microstrip power dividers to provide branch feed to the dipoles. Coupling between the feed and the loops uses the support straps and terminates in a stub that defines the impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: John L. Schadler, Jon Hanson
  • Publication number: 20140028516
    Abstract: A dual-polarized radiating element having a first dipole and a second dipole attached to a reflector. Each conductive first half dipole and each conductive second half dipole of each of the first and second dipoles having a first surface and an opposite second surface. In one embodiment, the first surface of each first half dipole extends offset to the first surface of the respective second half dipole. Each of dipoles includes a conductive element having a first side portion spaced apart from and secured to the first surface of the respective first half dipole and a second side portion spaced apart from and secured to the first surface of the respective second half dipole, and is connectible to an input signal so as to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the first and second dipoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: KATHREIN, INC., Scala Division
    Inventors: Kostyantyn SEMONOV, Eric A. DYSSEGARD, Manfred MUENZEL
  • Publication number: 20130314286
    Abstract: An apparatus has an improved antenna pattern for a cross dipole antenna. Such antennas desirably have an omnidirectional antenna pattern. Conventional cross dipole antennas exhibit nulls in their antenna patterns, which can cause antennas to deviate from a standard or specification. Applicant recognized and confirmed that the connection of a coaxial cable to the antenna arms is a cause of the nulls in the antenna pattern, and has devised techniques disclosed herein to compensate or cancel the effects of the connection. In one embodiment, the arms of the cross dipole antenna that are coupled to a center conductor of the coaxial cable remain of conventional length, but the arms of the cross dipole antenna that are coupled to a shield of the coaxial cable are lengthened by a fraction of the radius of the outer diameter of the coaxial cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Venti Group, LLC
    Inventor: Venti Group, LLC
  • Patent number: 8593365
    Abstract: A method for installing radiator elements arranged on different planes and an antenna having the radiator elements are provided, in which a first-position radiator element is placed on one plane, a second-position radiator element is placed on another plane, and power supply cables are connected to the first-position radiator element and the second-position radiator element. The power supply cables are designed to compensate for a phase difference between signals radiated in the air from the first-position radiator element and the second-position radiator element by a phase difference between signals propagated via the power supply cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: KMW Inc
    Inventors: Young-Chan Moon, Oh-Seog Choi, Sung-Hwan So, In-Ha Jung, Seung-Mok Han
  • Patent number: 8570233
    Abstract: Various antenna assemblies are disclosed. In one example, an antenna assembly includes a reflector including a first ground plane, a second ground plane below and spaced apart from the reflector, an antenna adjacent a surface of the reflector opposite the second ground plane, and a grounding post galvanically connecting the first ground plane and the second ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Björn Lindmark, Patrik Strömstedt, Henrik Ramberg, Kajsa From
  • Publication number: 20130229321
    Abstract: In one embodiment a method to form a load bearing antenna aperture comprises forming a honeycomb core structure having a plurality of wall sections, the wall sections including electromagnetic radiating elements, and wherein lower surfaces of the wall sections defines a first surface and upper surfaces of the wall sections define a second surface, positioning a back skin to the first surface of the honeycomb core structure with an adhesive layer which comprises a layer of adhesive film and a paste adhesive disposed on the layer of adhesive film. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Douglas A. McCarville, Joseph A. Marshall, IV, Manny S. Urcia, Otis F. Layton
  • Patent number: 8526553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication node (20A) adapted to via feeder ports be connected to antenna ports. It comprises signal handling and estimating means (21A) adapted to collect signals from a mobile station and to generate a plurality of channel estimates, connection combination information holding means (22A) adapted to hold information about all possible feeder port-antenna port connections, processing means (24A) comprising channel modelling means (23A) adapted to provide a channel model for the received signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Mikael Coldrey, Fredrik Athley, Sven Oscar Petersson
  • Publication number: 20130214983
    Abstract: The invention provides an antenna arrangement having an operating frequency band with a mean wavelength ? and comprising at least two columns of antenna elements with at least two antenna elements in each column. Each column of antenna elements extends above a separate elongated column ground plane with a column separation defined as a distance between mid-points of neighbouring column ground planes. The antenna elements in each column are located along a column axis pointing in a longitudinal direction of the column ground plane wherein all column separations are below 0.9? and wherein a parasitic element extends above at least one antenna element in each column. Parameters of the parasitic element are adapted for proper excitation thus achieving a reduced beamwidth for each of said columns of antennas. The invention also provides a method to manufacture the antenna arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (PUBL)
    Inventors: Henrik Jidhage, Anders Ek
  • Publication number: 20130069840
    Abstract: A radar or other microwave antenna comprises at least one antenna element, a feed structure for the element extending to the antenna element substantially normally thereto through a dielectric substrate, and characterised in that the dielectric substrate is anisotropic whereby to reduce unwanted common-mode currents in the feed structure. The anisotropy may be provided by elongate conductive elements distributed through the dielectric substrate and aligned with their longitudinal axes parallel to the feed structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Gareth Michael Lewis, Robert Alan Lewis, Larry Brian Tween, Gary David Panaghiston, Ronald Frank Edward Guy
  • Patent number: 8395561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual polarization broadband antenna having a single pattern, which is provide with a radiation device having a square structure, in which a plurality of folded dipole elements are formed in a single continuously-connected pattern, and a feeding portion for feeding signals to the plurality of folded dipole elements is formed on the radiation device. Accordingly, the plurality of folded dipole elements formed on the radiation device are connected in a single square and rectangular pattern, so that the structure thereof is simplified, with the result that the cost can be reduced. Furthermore, the feeding portion, that dually feeds signals, and the plurality of folded dipole elements, connected in a single pattern, are coupled, so that the dual polarization characteristic can be easily acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ace Antenna Corp.
    Inventors: Joo Sung Park, Jae Sun Jin
  • Publication number: 20120280879
    Abstract: A dual polarized base station antenna is provided, including a reflector having a longitudinal axis and an array of tri-pole elements disposed on the reflector. Each tri-pole element has a first side arm and a second side arm. The tri-pole element also includes a center arm which is approximately perpendicular to the first and second side arms. The tri-pole elements are oriented such that either the side arms or the center arm are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the reflector. The antenna further includes a feed network having a first signal path coupled to the first arms of the tri-pole elements and a second signal path coupled to the second anus of the tri-pole elements. In this example, the array of tri-pole elements produces a cross-polarized beam at +45 degrees and ?45 degrees from the longitudinal axis. Tri-pole arrays may be used in a multiband antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Andrew LLC
    Inventors: Martin Lee Zimmerman, Igor E. Timofeev, Ligang Wu
  • Publication number: 20120274531
    Abstract: A dipole array assembly, is disclosed which includes a plurality of poles arranged in a two-dimensional array to provide a plurality of dipoles, each pole being shaped such that adjacent edges of neighbouring poles that are from respective neighbouring dipoles are relatively long and relatively close to each other compared to the dimensions of the poles, thereby increasing coupling between different dipoles. A feed arrangement is provided in a plane that is at an angle to the plane of the dipoles wherein one or more baluns are integrated in the feed arrangement. Dual polarised operation can be performed independently between the two polarisations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Richard John Harper, Gareth Michael Lewis, Robert Alan Lewis, Gary David Panaghiston, Larry Brian Tween, Waseem Mohammed Anees Qureshi, Jonathan Pinto
  • Patent number: 8217839
    Abstract: A stripline antenna feed network is described. The stripline antenna feed network may comprise a first stripline layer comprising one or more reactive splitters and one or more matched splitters; and a second stripline layer comprising one or more reactive splitters. A method of manufacturing a stripline antenna feed network may comprise operably coupling a first stripline layer comprising one or more reactive splitters and one or more matched splitters to a second stripline layer comprising one or more reactive splitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee M. Paulsen
  • Publication number: 20120146870
    Abstract: An antenna array including a plurality of elements, the elements including at least one element of a first type and at least four elements of a second type wherein the element of the first type comprises part of two balanced feeds with two elements of the second type and the element of the first type is capacitively coupled to two further elements of the second type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
    Inventors: Anthony Keith Brown, Yongwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 8199063
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dual-band dual-polarized antenna for a mobile communication base station, which includes: a reflection plate; a first radiation device module for transmitting and receiving two linear orthogonal polarizations for a first frequency band, the first radiation device module generally having a square shape, the first radiation device module including a plurality of dipoles arranged to form the square shape, each of the dipoles substantially having a transverse side and a vertical side; and a second radiation device module for a second frequency band which is arranged within the square shape of the first radiation device module, and includes a plurality of dipoles generally arranged to form a cross-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: KMW Inc.
    Inventors: Young-Chan Moon, Sung-Hwan So
  • Publication number: 20120133567
    Abstract: The subject of this invention is a multiband antenna radiating element comprising a first pair of cross-polarization dipoles each of which comprises two collinear conducting arms, whereby the four conducting arms define a first radiating plane corresponding to a low frequency band. The radiating element also consists of at least a second pair of cross-polarization dipoles each of which comprises two collinear conducting arms, whereby the four conducting arms define a second radiating plan corresponding to a higher frequency band. The first and second radiating planes are parallel; the second radiating plane is positioned above the first from which it is electrically insulated and the surface of the first radiating plane covering the conducting arms of the first pair of dipoles is larger than the surface of the second radiating plane covering the conducting arms of the second pair of dipoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Harel, Patrick Lecam, Jerome Plet, Aurélien Hilary
  • Patent number: 8159406
    Abstract: A phased-array antenna radiator for a super economical cellular communication system is provided. The phased-array antenna radiator comprises two dipole radiators. The first dipole radiator includes a first monopole radiating element supported by a first outer conductor, a second monopole radiating element supported by a second outer conductor, a first inner conductor, disposed within the first outer conductor and extending therethrough, having an upper termination, a first feed strap, attached to the upper termination of the first inner conductor, and a first stub, disposed within the second outer conductor and attached to the first feed strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: SPX Corporation, Radio Innovation Sweden AB
    Inventors: John Schadler, Gary Lytle, Andre Skalina, Torbjorn Johnson
  • Patent number: 8115696
    Abstract: A phased-array antenna panel for a super economical broadcast system is provided. The phased-array antenna panel system includes an antenna panel support member, a first pair of striplines and a second pair of striplines. The antenna panel support member includes a front reflector surface to support first and second columns of constantly-spaced, crossed-dipole radiators, a first pair of signal ground cavities disposed beneath the first column of crossed-dipole radiators, a second pair of signal ground cavities disposed beneath the second column of crossed-dipole radiators, and a rear surface including first and second pairs of signal distribution cable connectors. The first pair of striplines are respectively disposed within the first pair of signal ground cavities and are coupled to the first pair of signal distribution connectors and the first column of crossed-dipole radiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: SPX Corporation, Radio Innovation Sweden AB
    Inventors: Andre Skalina, Torbjorn Johnson, Charles Michael Davison, Jr., John Schadler, Gary Lytle
  • Patent number: 8044860
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a ground plane, a conductive housing disposed on the ground plane including a sidewall, a first conductive strip spaced apart from the conductive housing, and a second conductive strip electrically connecting the first conductive strip to the conductive housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Sun Yatsen University
    Inventors: Chia-Lun Tang, Kin-Lu Wong, Saou-wen Su
  • Patent number: 8026860
    Abstract: The utilization of small antennas for mobile devices and for low frequency (long wavelength) applications is desired. Further, efficient use of transmission power is desirable, especially in mobile applications. For this purpose, a system is provided that includes one or more of: a multiple-resonator transmitter/receiver, a high bandwidth electrically small antenna, a resonator with a variable feed location, a resonator with a variable reactive component load, and a method for estimating a resonator system response to a component configuration and selected excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul E. Mayes, Paul W. Klock, Suhail Barot
  • Patent number: 8022886
    Abstract: A crossed dual tag includes two tags each of which comprises, on one plane, a dipole antenna formed with conductors, a feeding part to which an IC chip is connected at the center of the dipole antenna, and a loop-shaped inductance part that is formed between the dipoles of the dipole antenna and connected to the dipoles of the dipole antenna in parallel with respect to the feeding part. The two tags are crossed at right angles, and stacked to contact as closely as possible so that the loops of the inductance parts overlap as wide as possible. A reader/writer of an RFID system sequentially switches the surface of a circular polarized wave of a wireless signal between forward and backward directions, and reads information written to a user memory area from the tag that responds more strongly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Kai, Toru Maniwa, Takashi Yamagajo
  • Publication number: 20110175782
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dual-band dual-polarized antenna of a base station for mobile communication, the dual-band dual-polarized antenna including: a reflection plate; one or more first radiating element modules formed on the reflection plate to transmit and receive two linear orthogonal polarized waves for a first frequency band, the one or more first radiating element modules including a plurality of dipoles installed in a general ‘X’ shape; and one or more second radiating element modules for a second frequency band, which are interleaved between the first radiating element modules on the reflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: KMW INC.
    Inventors: O-Seok Choi, Young-Chan Moon, Hwan-Seok Shim