Multiple Conductor Type Patents (Class 343/804)
  • Patent number: 9245866
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes a feeding portion, first and second wire-like metal portions, third and fourth plate-like metal portions and a fifth metal portion. One ends of the first and second wire-like metal portions are connected to the feeding portion. The third and fourth plate-like metal portions are respectively connected to the other ends of the first and second metal portions and disposed separately from each other with a predetermined distance therebetween. The fifth metal portion is configured to connect the third metal portion to the fourth metal portion. A total electrical length of the first to fifth metal portions is 3/2 wavelength at operating frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yukako Tsutsumi, Takayoshi Ito, Shuichi Obayashi
  • Publication number: 20140320367
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a compact antenna assembly adapted to be used with a remote key entry system for an associated vehicle that is configured to receive radio waves within the 200 MHz to 450 MHz frequency band or more particularly within about the 315 MHz band. The antenna assembly includes a meander line antenna trace of a desired geometry having a plurality of bends and strips that is configured to reduce the effect of electromagnetic interference. A dielectric substrate is configured to receive the antenna trace along a surface thereon wherein the dielectric substrate and antenna trace is installed within an associated housing that is generally compact and configured to be installed within the associated vehicle. The geometry of the meander line antenna trace is configured in either a symmetrical dipole antenna or an asymmetrical antenna. An RF cable can be attached to the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: KING ABDULLAH II DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU
    Inventors: Basim Alkhateeb, Abualkhair M. Alkhateeb
  • Patent number: 8537070
    Abstract: An antenna sheet includes a mounting section on which an integrated circuit (IC) chip electrically connected with an antenna pattern is mounted, a first loop forming section that extends from both ends of the mounting section that holds the IC chip therebetween and forms a first loop, an intersection portion in which at least parts of both forefronts of the first loop forming section intersect with each other, and a second loop forming section that extends from the forefronts of the first loop forming section that intersect in the intersection portion and forms a second loop outside the first loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Manabu Kai, Teruhisa Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8472908
    Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a wireless portable device for radio communication, comprising at least one antenna element (1210), at least one ground-plane (1250), radio frequency communication circuitry (1310) and at least one matching network (1320). The device is arranged for communication involving, at least, receiving and processing a signal in accordance with a communication system having a bandwidth with a lower frequency limit (fmin) and an upper frequency limit (fmax). The antenna element is a non-resonant antenna element for frequencies from said lower frequency limit (fmin) up to said higher frequency limit (fmin). Another aspect of the invention involves two antenna elements (2001, 2002) tuned around two different central frequencies within a frequency band, and a switch (2003) for selectively operatively connecting one of said at least two antenna elements to a radio frequency communication circuitry (2000).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Fractus, S.A.
    Inventors: Jaume Anguera, Alfonso Sanz
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8358251
    Abstract: An antenna for a backscatter-based RFID transponder is provided that has an integrated receive circuit having a capacitive input impedance for receiving a radio signal spectrally located in an operating frequency range. The antenna includes two antenna branches that extend outward from a connecting region in which the antenna branches can be connected to the integrated receive circuit, and a yoke-shaped first trace segment that is designed to connect the two antenna branches together. Each antenna branch can have a U-shaped second trace segment connected to the connecting region, and a U-shaped third trace segment connected to the second trace segment and extending parallel to the second trace segment. The invention further relates to a backscatter-based RFID transponder with such an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Fischer
  • Patent number: 8203488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated circuit package comprising at least one substrate, each substrate including at least one layer, at least one semiconductor die, at least one terminal, and an antenna located in the integrated circuit package, but not on said at least one semiconductor die. The conducting pattern comprises a curve having at least five sections or segments, at least three of the sections or segments being shorter than one-tenth of the longest free-space operating wavelength of the antenna, each of the five sections or segments forming a pair of angles with each adjacent segment or section, wherein the smaller angle of each of the four pairs of angles between sections or segments is less than 180° (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Fractus, S.A.
    Inventors: Jordi Soler Castany, Jaume Anguera Pros, Carles Puente Baliarda, Carmen Borja Borau
  • Publication number: 20120119967
    Abstract: An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided. The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point, and a near-field radiation control structure adapted to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the antenna. Near-field radiation control structures include a parasitic element positioned adjacent the first conductor section and configured to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the first conductor section, and a diffuser in the second conductor section configured to diffuse near-field radiation generated by the second conductor section into a plurality of directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adam D. Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7961154
    Abstract: An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided. The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point, and a near-field radiation control structure adapted to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the antenna. Near-field radiation control structures include a parasitic element positioned adjacent the first conductor section and configured to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the first conductor section, and a diffuser in the second conductor section configured to diffuse near-field radiation generated by the second conductor section into a plurality of directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adam D. Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7944402
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a dipole antenna capable of supporting multi-band communications, includes a first portion of the antenna in a folded structure, a second portion of the antenna that includes a first coupling pad and a second coupling pad physically separated by a distance, and a current path along the first portion of the antenna and the second portion of the antenna, wherein a first portion of the current path that includes the first coupling pad and the second coupling pad is configured to introduce a slow wave effect if electric current flows through the first portion of the current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Sumwintek Corp.
    Inventors: Shi-Ming Zhao, Ding-Bing Lin, Chao-Hsiung Tseng, Jui-Hsien Chien, Shiao-Ting Wu
  • Publication number: 20100066628
    Abstract: Disclosed is a folded dipole antenna device which is of an unbalanced feed type and includes an antenna element of approximately plate-like loop structure, connected to an antenna feed point and an antenna ground provided on a base plate. In the folded dipole antenna device, the antenna element of loop structure includes a pair of first element sections which extend approximately parallel to the base plate, a second element section formed by merging element sections that are folded back from both ends of the first element sections and extend approximately parallel to the first element sections, and a third element section which extends from a folded top part of the second element section toward the first element sections and an end part thereof is close to the first element sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
    Inventor: Katsunori Ishimiya
  • Publication number: 20090231228
    Abstract: An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided. The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point, and a near-field radiation control structure adapted to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the antenna. Near-field radiation control structures include a parasitic element positioned adjacent the first conductor section and configured to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the first conductor section, and a diffuser in the second conductor section configured to diffuse near-field radiation generated by the second conductor section into a plurality of directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adam D. Stevenson
  • Patent number: 6947007
    Abstract: The invention relates to dipole and monopole loops with a much shortened emitter relative to the theoretical length thereof and electrically extended at the ends thereof by non-emitting conductor pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Synergy Microwave Corporation
    Inventors: Ulrich L. Rohde, Klaus Danzeisen
  • Patent number: 6919857
    Abstract: Differential mode capacitively loaded magnetic dipole designs are provided for usage in various applications. Impedance matching may be accomplished with changes to antenna structures without concomitant changes in resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Ethertronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Shamblin, Laurent Desclos, Gregory Poilasne, Sebastian Rowson
  • Patent number: 6900773
    Abstract: A capacitively coupled dipole antenna is provided with one or more active control elements. The active control elements may be used to effectuate changes in the operating characteristics of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Ethertronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Poilasne, Laurent Desclos, Sebastian Rowson
  • Patent number: 6830193
    Abstract: A non-contact IC card includes an information storage unit for storing information, a communication controller for controlling communication with an external device, and a loop antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio wave to and from the external device. The non-contact IC card further includes a changeover switch for changing a communication distance between the external device and the card, so that the cost and size of the card can be reduced. The non-contact IC card can be used both in a long-distance mode and in a contact mode, which ensures high security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6281857
    Abstract: Indoor UHF antennas for HDTV and ATSC television signals each include a reflector backplate from which is supported one or more dipoles. Both passive and active antennas are disclosed. The active antennas include: single amplifier with a single dipole; push-pull amplifier with a single dipole; two amplifiers with two parallel dipoles; and two push-pull amplifiers with crossed dipoles. The dipole plates comprise printed circuit boards with the amplifiers directly deposited on the obverse sides of the dipole plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Zenith Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Pierre Dobrovolny
  • Patent number: 3993998
    Abstract: A directional loop antenna, particularly for television signals, comprising a conductive member shaped into a folded dipole configuration is disclosed. Covering the conductive member is a plastic material which may comprise two coaxial coatings of different dielectric constants. The folded dipole legs are formed into a generally circular configuration with the folded ends brought together and overlapped to form a pair of loops. The two loops thus formed lie in planes which intersect each other at a point beyond the forward side of the antenna. At the opposite side of the loops, the two ends of the conductive member emerge to form terminals for connection to a transmission line. At this side of the antenna the loops are spaced farther apart than at the side where the folded dipole ends overlap. This construction results in a highly directional antenna capable of wide frequency band reception with a good match to a 300 ohm transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Inventor: James P. Kimmett
  • Patent number: 3967276
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna structure comprising a number of parallel conductors having dimensions and spacings which are small against operating wavelength, and positioned perpendicular to a conducting ground plane; the upper ends of the conductors are terminated by metal plates acting as capacitors against the ground plane, and interconnected by inductive elements, the lower ends of some of said conductors are electrically connected to said ground plane, while another one of these conductors is connected to a power source to impress a voltage between the lower end of said other conductor and said ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: Beam Guidance Inc.
    Inventor: George E. J. Goubau