Plural Antennas Patents (Class 343/893)
  • Patent number: 9620867
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus is configured to include first, second, third and fourth antennas. The first and fourth antennas are provided to be symmetrical with respect to a predetermined symmetry line on the grounding conductor, and the second and third antennas are arranged to be symmetrical with respect to the symmetry line so that the second and third feeding points are separated apart by a predetermined distance. A first antenna element of the first antenna and a fourth antenna element of the fourth antenna are formed to be substantially parallel to a Y-axis direction, and a second antenna element of the second antenna and a third antenna element of the third antenna are formed to be substantially parallel to an X-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taichi Hamabe
  • Patent number: 9608701
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus for transmitting signals selects at least one array of a plurality of arrays connected to the apparatus based on a spatial covariance matrix of an uplink from a terminal to the plurality of arrays, wherein the spatial covariance matrix ensures channel reciprocity at downlink from the plurality of arrays with the terminal, and forms a transmission beam to be transmitted to the terminal through the at least one selected array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Seong Rag Kim
  • Patent number: 9485713
    Abstract: A circuit for avoiding channel interference, including a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) chip and at least one first single-pole multi-throw switch, where a movable end of the first single-pole multi-throw switch is connected to a signal transmit pin of the Wi-Fi chip; one non-movable end of the first single-pole multi-throw switch is connected to a first signal transmit tributary while another is connected to a second signal transmit tributary; and when the Wi-Fi chip determines that a first channel and a second channel interfere with each other, the movable end of the first single-pole multi-throw switch is controlled to connect to the second non-movable end of the first single-pole multi-throw switch, where the first channel is a wireless local area network channel, and the second channel is different from the wireless local area network channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Zhao, Chonglu Chen, Dong Chen, Xiaofeng Zhang, Chao Xiang, Xiaoyu Wen
  • Patent number: 9467893
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and method for classifying Wi-Fi signals from Fourier transform samples. Generally, classifying Wi-Fi signals from Fourier transform samples includes: collecting and dividing Fourier transform samples into frequency blocks; determining the bandwidth for the Fourier transform sample; and determining whether the Fourier transform sample corresponds to a narrowband signal. Further, if a determination is made that the Fourier transform sample does not correspond to a narrowband signal, channel utilization is calculated based on a determination that the FFT sample corresponds to a Wi-Fi signal. If it is determined that the Fourier transform sample corresponds to a narrowband signal, then a determination is made that the FFT sample corresponds to a Wi-Fi signal based on certain criteria. The certain criteria may include one or more of a slope value, a number of sub-peak bins, an analysis of adjacent channels, characteristic matching, or other criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Aruba Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Subbu Ponnuswamy, Nethra Muniyappa, Kiranmaye Sirigineni
  • Patent number: 9467118
    Abstract: Technologies for RFID positioning and tracking apparatus and methods are disclosed herein. The apparatus and methods disclose a radio-frequency identification positioning system that includes a radio-frequency identification reader and a phased-array antenna coupled to the radio-frequency identification reader. Techniques are applied to reduce in-reader and in-antenna signal leakages. Techniques are applied to position and track RFID tags. Circuits with leakage cancellation abilities are also disclosed. Reflective vector attenuators with tunable impedance load are also disclosed. Polarization adjustable antennas with matching circuits used in the RFID positioning system are also disclosed. Circuits to re-transmit a received signal at a higher amplitude to enhance radio link range are also disclosed. Techniques are applied to increase the level of scattered radio signals from RFID tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Inventor: Liming Zhou
  • Patent number: 9466885
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a reconfigurable antenna are provided. The apparatus is a reconfigurable antenna including a patch antenna and one or more parasitic slots. The patch antenna includes a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane. The second conductor plane is configured to provide a ground plane for the first conductor plane. The reconfigurable antenna further includes a first parasitic slot of the one or more parasitic slots formed in the second conductor plane. The first parasitic slot of the one or more parasitic slots is formed by a first set of two opposing portions of the second conductor plane. The first set of two opposing portions is separated by a first cutout in the second conductor plane. The reconfigurable antenna further includes a first switch configured to enable or disable the first parasitic slot of the one or more parasitic slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mohsen Farmahini Farahani, Allen Minh-Triet Tran
  • Patent number: 9325079
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a terminal body, a multi-layered circuit board mounted onto the terminal body and having a first ground and a second ground laminated on each other, a first antenna device connected to the first ground, and a second antenna device connected to the second ground, whereby antennas can be implemented more efficiently within a small space with maintaining performance of the antennas, resulting in size reduction of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jihun Leem
  • Patent number: 9312608
    Abstract: A coplanar waveguide fed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna device is provided in the present invention. The coplanar waveguide fed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna device includes a grounding metal piece; a grounding plane; a first radiation element connected to the grounding plane; and a second radiation element connected to the grounding plane through the grounding metal piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: TAI-SAW TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD
    Inventors: Tzu-Chun Tang, Ken-Huang Lin
  • Patent number: 9300034
    Abstract: A multi-antenna structure includes a base plate, a first antenna, a second antenna, a first metal line, and a second metal line. The base plate includes a grounded metal surface. The grounded metal surface includes two short sides and two long sides. The first antenna and the second antenna are arranged on the base plate. The first metal line and the second metal line are electrically connected to the two short sides of the grounded metal surface. A current path of the two short sides is prolonged because of the first metal line and the second metal line. A longitudinal current is equal to a transverse current at a low frequency. A current of the first antenna and a current of the second antenna does not interfere each other. Isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: AUDEN TECHNO. CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hua Chen, Hsien-Wen Liu
  • Patent number: 9261987
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving an input event associated with a first user ID, the input event being a command for selecting at least one graphic object; determining if a selection is currently associated with the first user ID; and if no selection is currently associated with the first user ID creating a first selection; associating the first selection with the first user ID; and including the selected at least one graphic object in the first selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Kathryn Rounding, David Milford, Shih-Chen Man, Michael Boyle, William Leung
  • Patent number: 9218099
    Abstract: Systems, devices and techniques disclosed in this document provide device-to-device communications via a human body of a user between (1) a capacitor sensor touch screen device that includes a capacitor sensor touch screen that includes capacitor sensors and provides a display function and (2) a capacitor sensor device that includes one or more capacitor sensors that detect or sense, based on capacitive sensing and without providing a display function, signals transmitted from the capacitor sensor touch screen of the capacitor sensor touch screen device. The human body of a user operates as a signal transmitting medium. In addition, the systems, devices and techniques disclosed in this document provide device-to-device communications via direct device-to-device coupling between two capacitor sensor touch screen devices each including capacitor sensor touch screen that includes capacitor sensors and provides a display function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen Huiding Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Pi, Xinhua Yu
  • Patent number: 9203150
    Abstract: An antenna system for global navigation satellite systems includes a ground plane, an active antenna disposed above the ground plane, and a passive antenna disposed below the ground plane. The active antenna includes a conducting ring substantially parallel to the ground plane. A radiating conductor passes through substantially the center of the conducting ring; the ends of the radiating conductor are electrically connected to the conducting ring. An excitation pin is electrically connected to the radiating conductor. A set of reactive impedance elements is electrically connected between the conducting ring and the ground plane. The set of reactive impedance elements is disposed substantially orthogonal to the ground plane. The passive antenna is similar to the active antenna, except the passive antenna does not have an excitation pin. The antenna system effectively suppresses multipath reception, and its compact size and light weight make it suitable for integration with a surveying pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitry Vitalievich Tatarnikov, Andrey Vitalievich Astakhov, Pavel Petrovich Shamatulskiy
  • Patent number: 9191086
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor disposed within an enclosure and configured to communicate with multiple wireless devices. A first and a second antenna are disposed within the enclosure. The first antenna is configured to operate within a first band, and the second antenna is configured to operate within a second band. The second band has a center frequency less than a center frequency of the first band. The first antenna is configured to send a signal having a signal strength at a wireless device and associated with the first band, and the second antenna is configured to send a signal having a signal strength at the wireless device and associated with the second band. The signal strength for the signal associated with the first band is greater than the signal strength associated with the second band such that the wireless device selects the first band to communicate with the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Pochop, Michael T. Smith, Tash Hepting
  • Patent number: 9134894
    Abstract: In a method for selecting objects of an electronic device, a touch operation performed on a touch screen of the electronic device is detected. A selection region on the touch screen is determined according to a touch operation that is detected from the touch screen. The selection region is scaled according to one or more predetermined ratios when contact points of the touch operation move on the touch screen. Objects displayed on the touch screen are selected according to the determined selection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 9124333
    Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for improving uplink performance of an antenna array configured for downlink beam forming. Beam forming requires an antenna element spacing that results in correlated downlink signals. Uplink reception preferably uses an element spacing such that uplink signals are uncorrelated. For an eight-element antenna configured for beam forming, using eight-branch combining to produce a single resultant signal is thus less than optimal. In an embodiment, non-adjacent elements in the antenna array, which receive uncorrelated signals, may be combined in pairs with two-branch combining. The four resultant signals may then be combined using four-branch combining to provide a single resultant signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Nagi A. Mansour, Pinal Tailor, Aaron Pawlowski
  • Patent number: 9077071
    Abstract: A horizontally polarized antenna array allows for the efficient distribution of RF energy into a communications environment through selectable antenna elements and redirectors that create a particular radiation pattern such as a substantially omnidirectional radiation pattern. In conjunction with a vertically polarized array, a particular high-gain wireless environment may be created such that one environment does not interfere with other nearby wireless environments and avoids interference created by those other environments. Lower gain patterns may also be created by using particular configurations of a horizontal and/or vertical antenna array. In a preferred embodiment, the antenna systems disclosed herein are utilized in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) wireless environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ruckus Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Shtrom, William Kish, Bernard Barron
  • Patent number: 9041253
    Abstract: A direct feeding apparatus for impedance matching of a wireless power transmission device includes a helical type resonator, and a feeding unit configured to directly feed power to a region having a relatively small current value as compared to a center of a conductive line of the resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Je-Hoon Yun, In-Kui Cho, Jung-Ick Moon, Seong-Min Kim, Dong-Hee Park
  • Patent number: 9035848
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device in the domain of AESA (“Active Electronically Scanned Array”) systems required for e.g. radar multifunctional systems with communication capabilities and electronic/analysis countermeasures, providing a constructive element for the realization of modular active radiating panels, which are economic and scalable depending on the system needs, to be used on multi-roles and multi-domains platforms. The architecture according to the invention presents a so-called “tile” architecture and uses a multilayer configuration incorporating the radiating elements, the control and supply controls, the transmitting/receiving (T/R) modules, the cooling system by using vertical interconnections, having a low cost and high integration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SELEX ES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Leopoldo Infante, Mario Teglia, Armando Ciattaglia
  • Publication number: 20150130676
    Abstract: A multi-frequency antenna includes a ground layer, at least one antenna unit and at least one antenna network. The antenna unit has its one end electrically connected to the ground layer and its other end electrically connected to the antenna network for generating at least one first resonance frequencies. The antenna network includes at least one feeding circuit, and at least one resonance unit. Each resonance unit includes at least one resonant segment. Each resonant segment is electromagnetically coupled with the adjacent ground layer to generate at least one second resonance frequency. Thus, the multi-frequency antenna is capable of generating multiple different resonance frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Chih-Shen Chou, Tsung-Shou Yeh, Shih-Chun Huang, Hsiang-Cheng Yang
  • Publication number: 20150122886
    Abstract: An RFID reader is provided that includes an antenna array comprising multiple antenna elements circumferentially distributed around a longitudinal axis of the antenna array. Each antenna element includes multiple patch elements disposed above one or more underlying substrates, wherein the patch elements of each antenna element are disposed on an outer side of the antenna element. Further, one or more of the antenna elements is an asymmetric antenna element, wherein a first end of the asymmetric antenna element is wider than a second, opposite end of the asymmetric antenna element, wherein a first patch element disposed proximate to the first end of the asymmetric antenna element is larger than a second patch element disposed proximate to the second end of the asymmetric antenna element, and wherein a resonant frequency associated with the first patch element is approximately the same as a resonant frequency associated with the second patch element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Michael J. KOCH
  • Publication number: 20150123856
    Abstract: An antenna and a terminal device include a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), a first main antenna, a second main antenna and a connection component. The first main antenna is printed on the PCB, and the second main antenna is configured outside the PCB and electrically connected to the first main antenna through the connection component. By connecting the antenna printed on the PCB with the antenna configured outside the PCB, the limitation that wiring space is not enough in the existing antenna design is made up, and the utilization of the limited space can be significantly improved when the wiring of the antenna is designed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Zhi Qiu
  • Patent number: 9024839
    Abstract: A reconfigurable antenna is disclosed that includes a ground plane, an electrically-conductive microstrip patch element, and a plurality of switches. The patch element is spaced-apart from the ground plane with a dielectric medium between the patch element and the ground plane. The switches are coupled between the ground plane and the patch element. The switches are openable and closable, for example, in response to a control signal from an external television device to configure the state of the reconfigurable antenna. Additional reconfigurable antenna elements are disclosed. Antenna arrays including reconfigurable antenna elements, switchable fixed elements, or a combination thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Antennas Direct, Inc., Viamorph, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Schneider, John Edwin Ross, III, David E. Young, David P. Koller
  • Patent number: 9024831
    Abstract: A miniaturized ultra-wideband multifunction antenna comprising a conducting ground plane at the base, a plurality of concentric feed cables, one or more omnidirectional one-dimensional (1-D) normal-mode and two-dimensional (2-D) surface-mode traveling-wave (TW) radiators, frequency-selective internal and external couplers, and a unidirectional radiator on top, stacked and cascaded one on top of the other. Configured as a single structure, its unidirectional radiator and plurality of omnidirectional TW radiators can cover, respectively, most satellite and terrestrial communications, with unidirectional and omnidirectional radiation patterns, respectively, needed on various platforms. This new class of multifunction antenna is ultra-wideband, miniaturized and low-cost, thus attractive for applications on automobiles and other small platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Wang-Electro-Opto Corporation
    Inventor: Johnson J. H. Wang
  • Patent number: 9024819
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are taught for instantiation of a plurality of high-frequency antennas in a limited space in a manner that provides good isolation. The instantiation may include relative rotations of linear conductors, mirror images, as well as horizontally and vertically polarized antennas. In one embodiment, the antennas may be multi-band antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Arie Shor
  • Publication number: 20150116185
    Abstract: A broad-band circularly-polarized antenna is presented. The circularly-polarized antenna includes at least four monopole antenna elements having respective at least four radiating surfaces with respective at least four normals. The monopole antenna elements are arranged around a vertical axis. The normals of the respective radiating surfaces are perpendicular to and point away from the vertical axis. The broad-band circularly-polarized antenna includes at least one feed network communicatively coupled to edge portions of the at least four monopole antenna elements. A first antenna element is driven with a first driving phase offset by 90 degrees from a second driving phase used to drive a second antenna element. The second driving phase is offset by 90 degrees from a third driving phase used to drive a third monopole antenna element. The third driving phase is offset by 90 degrees from a fourth driving phase used to drive a fourth antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Heneywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nan Wang, Orville Nyhus
  • Publication number: 20150117560
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a circuit for receiving a request to initiate a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communication session, and configuring a first antenna module and a second antenna module of a communication device to enable the MIMO communication session. The MIMO communication session can combine at least a portion of spectrum between a plurality of bands shared by the first antenna module and the second antenna module. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Frank M. Caimi, Mark T. Montgomery, Mark W. Kishler, Bob Giometti, Warren Weiner
  • Patent number: 9019169
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a center base and several antennas disposed around the center base. The center base has several extension legs extending from the center base, and each antenna extends from an end of the corresponding extension leg opposite to the center base, so as to form the antenna module symmetrically arranged around the center base. The type of the antenna may be a single-frequency antenna and a dual-frequency antenna. The antenna module is an integral structure formed by directly bending a single metal plate, thus greatly reducing the volume and the manufacturing cost of the antenna module. Moreover, with the design of the center base and a symmetrical antenna group, the antenna module is capable of receiving and transmitting signals with two or more frequency bands, thus greatly increasing the application range of the antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Lynwave Technology, Ltd.
    Inventor: San-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 9019160
    Abstract: The CSRR-loaded MIMO antenna systems provide highly compact designs for multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antennas for use in wireless mobile devices. Exemplary two element (2×1), and four element (2×2) MIMO antenna systems are disclosed in which complementary split-ring resonators load patch antennas elements. The overall dimensions of the exemplary MIMO antenna system designed for operation from 750 MHz to 6 GHz band remain within 100×50×0.8 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohammad S. Sharawi, Muhammad Umar Khan, Ahmad Bilal Numan
  • Patent number: 9014704
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to a base station for providing air-to-ground wireless communication over various altitudes. The base station includes a first antenna array comprising one or more antennas configured to form a first cell coverage area extending substantially from a horizon up to a first elevation angle away from the first antenna array to a predetermined distance from the first antenna array. The base station further includes a second antenna array configured at an uptilt elevation angle to form a second cell coverage area extending at least from the first elevation angle to a second elevation away from the second antenna array, wherein the first cell coverage area and the second cell coverage area are concentric to define the ATG cell at least to the predetermined distance and up to a predetermined elevation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Smartsky Networks LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Hyslop, Andrew P. Caplan
  • Patent number: 9013361
    Abstract: A method of forming overlapping antenna subarrays includes forming one or more first-level subarrays by combing multiple elements. Each first-level subarray may have a phase center. One or more second-level subarrays may be formed by arranging a number of the first-level subarrays to form each first-level subarray. One or more third-level subarrays may be formed by arranging a number of the second-level subarrays to form each second-level subarray. The first-level, second-level, and third-level subarrays may include overlapping antenna subarrays. Each element may include an antenna element. Some of the first level, second-level, or third level subarrays may have an interlocking feature that allows interlocking of each subarray with another one of the same subarray. Arranging subarrays may include interlocking subarrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence K. Lam
  • Publication number: 20150102977
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an antenna for use in interrogating RFID tags in close proximity thereto. The antenna can include an active element configured to resonate at or close to a frequency required to read an RFID tag, the active element comprising a feed point; and a plurality of passive elements, each passive element being configured to resonate at or around a frequency corresponding to said frequency, the passive elements being arranged around the active element such that the passive elements electromagnetically couple to the active element when the active element is driven by a signal supplied through the feed point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew J. Lockyear, Ian Richard Hooper, Matthew Biginton, Andrew Shaun Treen
  • Publication number: 20150102978
    Abstract: The present invention disclose a printed antenna, so as to increase power and a frequency band width of an antenna. The printed antenna includes a printed circuit board, an antenna pattern, and a signal feed-in point, where the antenna pattern is printed on a front surface of the printed circuit board, and the antenna pattern includes a first antenna pattern, a second antenna pattern, and a third antenna pattern; the signal feed-in point is connected to the second antenna pattern; one end of a side, of the first antenna pattern is connected to the second antenna pattern; the second antenna pattern is vertically laid out in parallel to an edge of the printed circuit board; and the third antenna pattern includes a first part and a second part, and the first part and the second part are arranged in parallel in the non-closed rectangle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Wen Wang, Qing Liu, Yao Lan, Zhenghao Li, Lintao Jiang
  • Patent number: 9007272
    Abstract: A portable unit with an endfire antenna and operating at 60 GHz makes an optimum communication channel with an endfire antenna in an array of antennas distributed over the area of a ceiling. The portable unit is pointed towards the ceiling and the system controlling the ceiling units selects and adjusts the positioning of an endfire antenna mounted on a 3-D adjustable rotatable unit. Several transceivers can be mounted together, offset from one another, to provide a wide coverage in both azimuth direction and elevation direction. These units can be rigidly mounted as an array in a ceiling apparatus. The system controlling the ceiling array selects one of the transceivers in one of the units to make the optimum communication channel to the portable unit. The system includes the integration of power management features by switching between Wi-Fi in favor of the 60 GHz channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Tensorcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Abe Balbien, HungYu David Yang, Thaddeus John Gabara
  • Patent number: 9007173
    Abstract: A wireless device access system that employs directional antennas for short-range wireless communication to detect the proximity and orientation of a user device with respect to a structure is disclosed. The access system receives and authenticates an unlock request and confirms the proximity and orientation of the user device prior to transmitting an unlock command to the structure. This authentication may occur through the use of substantially opposing directional antennas separated by a ground plane. Additionally, the wireless device may require the proximity of a user token prior to operation and/or the access system may include an override within the structure blocking any unlock command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Yikes LLC
    Inventors: Jim E. McIntyre, Andrew Joseph Robertson, William Benjamin Robertson
  • Publication number: 20150097751
    Abstract: A planar array antenna structure includes a substrate, an array antenna, and a bottom ground portion. The substrate has a front surface and a rear surface. The array antenna is composed of a plurality of antenna units and disposed on the front surface of the substrate in a symmetrical and polygonal arrangement. A spaced slot is formed between every two antenna units. The bottom ground portion is polygonal and arranged on the rear surface of the substrate. The bottom ground portion has a plurality of included angles thereon, and one notch is formed between two included angles and the notches are correspondingly arranged to the spaced slots. Accordingly, the planar array antenna structure is used to generate high-gain radiation variations, effectively restrain the isolation between the radiators, and significantly increase overall performance of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: TECOM Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Hsien HSU, Wen-Hsiu HSU, Chung-Hsuan WEN, Shang-Chun CHAO
  • Patent number: 9000987
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna component is provided. The multi-band antenna component comprises a carrier, a first antenna array, and a second antenna array. The carrier is composed of a ceramic material characterized by a permittivity of at least about 6, said carrier having a first region and a second region distinct from the first region. The first antenna array is disposed on the first region and comprises one or more antennas selected from the group consisting of a first antenna adapted for about 2.4 GHz wireless communication, a second antenna adapted for about 5 GHz wireless communication, and a third antenna adapted for wireless communication for a global positioning system. The second antenna array is disposed on the second region and comprises at least one of a fourth antenna adapted for about 850 MHz wireless communication or a fifth antenna adapted for about 1800/1900 MHz wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Ren Yu-Jiun, Seong Heon Jeong, James Paul Warden, Philip Mac Walker
  • Patent number: 8994594
    Abstract: An antenna having a radiator comprising a conduct in a closed path driven by a plurality of microstrips connecting the radiator to a common, single feed and to a ground plane, with the radiator lying in a plane parallel to that of the ground plane. The radiator may be annular, with the feed located in its center. The relative location of the feed on the microstrips allows a lower input impedance to be leveraged to match a higher load impedance of the radiator. A single ended input drives all points of the radiator substantially in phase. In another embodiment, the antenna comprises a cylindrical choke one-quarter wavelength in length placed around the coax feed and connected to the underside of the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Neptune Technology Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A Wilson
  • Publication number: 20150084830
    Abstract: An antenna integrated in a package substrate, the antenna comprising an upper antenna element, a lower antenna element and a coupling element disposed between the upper antenna element and the lower antenna element, the coupling element comprising an aperture, and configured to provide a coupling between the upper antenna element and the lower antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Adel Elsherbini, Telesphor Kamgaing
  • Publication number: 20150084831
    Abstract: Provided are an aerial device applied to an electronic apparatus and corresponding method for setting the aerial device that include a first aerial unit located at the first position of the electronic apparatus, having a first communication bandwidth, and radiating a first aerial signal in a first polarization direction; and a second aerial unit located at the second position adjacent to the first position of the electronic apparatus, having a second communication bandwidth, and irradiating a second aerial signal in a second polarization direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction. In the present invention, the polarization directions of aerial signals of adjacent aerial units are orthogonalized to improve the isolation between adjacent aerial units, thus enabling different aerial units to be arranged adjacent to one another so as to reduce the footprint of an aerial device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Jinqiang Lin
  • Publication number: 20150084832
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an antenna array, an antenna apparatus, and a base station. The antenna array includes: at least two antenna sub-arrays, where the at least two antenna sub-arrays are arranged in a vertical direction, each of the antenna sub-arrays includes multiple radiating elements, and in at least two adjacent antenna sub-arrays in the vertical direction, radiating elements at corresponding positions in the respective antenna sub-arrays are arranged in a staggered manner in a horizontal direction. In the embodiments of the present invention, horizontal side lobes and vertical far side lobes in an antenna array pattern are reduced, and the ultra-wideband performance is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming AI, Yingtao Luo
  • Patent number: 8988308
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a network node comprising an antenna arrangement with an antenna column. The antenna column comprises a first and second set of subarrays with at least two subarrays each. Each subarray comprises at least one antenna element. The first and second set of subarrays comprise antenna elements having a first polarization and antenna elements having a second polarization, orthogonal to the first polarization, respectively. Each set of subarrays is connected to a corresponding filter device via a corresponding phase altering device. Each filter device is arranged to separate signals at a first frequency band and signals at the second frequency band between respective combined ports and respective filter ports such that first filter ports are arranged for transmission and reception of signals at one frequency band, and second filter ports are arranged for reception of signals at the other frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Henrik Jidhage, Dag Johansson, Rolf Sihlbom
  • Publication number: 20150070229
    Abstract: An antenna array structure includes a plurality of antennas, wherein a first antenna has a first geometric shape, provides a first radiation pattern, and has a first frequency bandwidth. A second antenna has a second geometric shape to provide a second radiation pattern and has a second frequency bandwidth. The first and second frequency bandwidths at least partially overlap to include channels of interest. An antenna processing circuit sends one or more transmit signals to one or more of the antennas for transmission via one or more of the channels of interest and receives one or more receive signals from the one or more of the antennas or from another one or more of the antennas via the one or more of the channels of interest or from another one or more of the channels of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicolaos Georgiou Alexopoulos, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli
  • Publication number: 20150070219
    Abstract: A housing for a personal electronic device is described herein. The housing may include at least one modular subassembly configured to be arranged within an internal cavity of the housing. The at least one modular subassembly is aligned with a feature external to the housing, is affixed to an interior surface of the internal cavity, and is configured to function both as an antenna and as an internal support member of the housing. A hybrid antenna is also described herein. The hybrid antenna can include first and second flexible members capable of facilitating wireless communication, where the first and second flexible members are affixed to one another via a metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Hao XU, Jayesh NATH, Peter I. BEVELACQUA, Jennifer M. EDWARDS, Daniel W. JARVIS, Jared M. KOLE, Mattia PASCOLINI, Robert W. SCHLUB, Ruben CABALLERO
  • Patent number: 8977309
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an antenna array (1) for relaying radio signals into a cell (10) of a communication network (500). The antenna array (1) comprises a plurality of uplink beam forming vectors (20u) selectable as an uplink beam shape for an uplink relaying and a plurality of downlink beam forming vectors (20d) selectable as a down link beam shape for a down link relaying. The plurality of uplink beam forming vectors (20u) and/or the plurality of the downlink beam forming vectors (20d) may be adjusted at a digital radio interface and forwarded from the digital radio interface to the antenna array (1). An individual one (22u) of the plurality of uplink beam forming vectors (20u) and an individual one (22d) of the plurality of downlink beam forming vectors (20d) are independently selectable using a local knowledge (60) about the cell 10. The present disclosure further provides a communication network (500) comprising a plurality of the antenna arrays (1-1, 1-2, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Kathrein-Werke KG
    Inventors: Georg Schmidt, Martin Weckerle, Johannes Schlee, Dirk Neumann, Johannes Fuchs
  • Patent number: 8976078
    Abstract: A device for receiving and/or emitting an electromagnetic wave having a free space wavelength ?0 comprised between 1 mm and 10 cm, comprising a medium (11) of solid dielectric material and the free space wavelength ?0 corresponding to a wavelength ? inside the medium, a plurality of conductor elements (12) incorporated inside the medium and spaced apart from each other of a distance lower than ?/10, and one antenna element (13). The conductor elements are not loop elements. A tuned conductor element among the conductor elements has a first end at a distance from the antenna element which is lower than ?/10, and has a length Hwire adapted to generate an electromagnetic resonance in the tuned conductor element corresponding to the wavelength ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignees: Time Reversal Communications, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—CNRS
    Inventors: Julien De Rosny, Geoffroy Lerosey, Arnaud Tourin, Mathias Fink, Fabrice Lemoult
  • Publication number: 20150061962
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a grounding element, first and second radiating conductors, and a decoupling unit. The grounding element has first and second grounding ends. The first radiating conductor includes a first feed-in end that is adjacent spacedly to the first grounding end and that is configured to be fed with a first RF signal. The second radiating conductor includes a second feed-in end that is adjacent spacedly to the second grounding end and that is configured to be fed with a second RF signal. The decoupling unit is connected electrically between a portion of the first radiating conductor and a portion of the second radiating conductor that are proximate to each other, and is one of a decoupling capacitor and a decoupling inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Chi-Hsuan LEE, Pei-Ling TENG, Kuo-Cheng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150061964
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element. The first antenna element operates at a first predetermined frequency band. The second antenna element operates at a second predetermined frequency band that is different from the first predetermined frequency band. The first antenna element includes a base end portion, a front end portion, a folded portion, a first side portion disposed between the base end portion and the folded portion, and a second side portion disposed between the folded portion and the front end portion. A direction of a current vector in the first side portion is equal to a direction of a current vector in the second side portion. The second antenna element is disposed adjacent to the first antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Sugimoto, Tadao Suzuki, Hiroyuki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20150061955
    Abstract: An antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements configured in a flare such that each of the plurality of antenna elements is uniformly spaced apart from at least one adjacent antenna element. Each of the plurality of antenna elements is coupled in a common area, and each of the plurality of antenna elements extends radially outward from the common area. A method of arranging antenna elements in an antenna array includes configuring a plurality of antenna elements in a flare such that each antenna element is uniformly spaced apart from at least one adjacent antenna element, and each of the plurality of antenna elements extends radially outward from a common area; and coupling each of the plurality of antenna elements in the common area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: John Howard
  • Publication number: 20150061963
    Abstract: A multiband antenna includes a first antenna unit (10) and a second antenna unit (20). The first antenna unit (10) includes a first antenna pattern (11) formed of a conductor and a first substrate (12) formed of a dielectric, for holding the first antenna pattern (11). The second antenna unit (20) includes a second antenna pattern (21) formed of a conductor and a second substrate (22) formed of a dielectric having a dielectric constant different from the dielectric constant of the first substrate (12), for holding the second antenna pattern (21). In the multiband antenna, by injection molding the second substrate (22) with the first antenna unit (10) and the second antenna pattern (21), which being insert components, the first antenna unit (10) and the second antenna unit (20) are integrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noda, Tomokazu Sonozaki
  • Publication number: 20150054712
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radar array antenna. The radar array antenna includes: at least one main power feed line electrically coupled to a feed point; a plurality of branch lines branched from the main feed line; and a plurality of patch radiators, each having a square shape, and respectively coupled to the plurality of branch lines. Each of the plurality of branch lines is coupled to one edge of each of the patch radiators. According to the disclosed radar array antenna, the power feed line of the radar array antenna may be minimized in size by using the patch radiator to reduce power losses and realize miniaturization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: ACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yaroslav Milyakh, Hak-kyoun Kim, Da Young Sun