Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
343835000 | Plural active antennas | 53 |
20080246681 | Dual stagger off settable azimuth beam width controlled antenna for wireless network - An antenna adapted for wireless networks and having a variably controlled stagger antenna array architecture is disclosed. The antenna array contains a plurality of driven radiating elements that are spatially arranged having each radiating element or element groups orthogonally movable relative to a main vertical axis so as to provide a controlled variation of the antenna array's azimuth radiation pattern. | 10-09-2008 |
20080258990 | Parasitically-coupled surface-attachable antenna systems and related methods - Antenna systems and methods are disclosed having parasitically-coupled surface-attachable antenna systems that provide significant advantages for portable information handling systems. A secondary antenna is coupled within a chassis for an information handling system, and a primary antenna is attached to an external surface of the chassis for the portable information handling system. The primary antenna element is configured to be parasitically coupled to the secondary antenna. For receive operations, radio frequency (RF) signals are received by the primary antenna element, and signals are parasitically induced on the secondary antenna. For transmit operations, RF signals are transmitted to the secondary antenna element, and signals are parasitically induced on the primary antenna. | 10-23-2008 |
20090115680 | PARTIALLY REFLECTIVE SURFACE ANTENNA - A partially reflect surface antenna includes a substrate, a reflective sheet and a plurality of supporting units. The substrate has an upper surface formed thereon a signal I/O for receiving and outputting high frequency signal. The reflective sheet partially reflects the high frequency signal and includes an array antenna block located at the surface of the reflective sheet. The plurality of supporting units support the reflective sheet to locate at the upper surface of the substrate and to maintain a predetermined distance between the reflective sheet and the substrate. The area of the array antenna block ranges from 0.31 to 0.8 times of the surface area of the reflective sheet. | 05-07-2009 |
20100103067 | Antenna device - An antenna device includes a dielectric substrate, an electric supply line that includes a microstrip line and is formed on the dielectric substrate, an antenna element that includes a microstrip line and is formed on the dielectric substrate, and a reflector plate disposed on the dielectric substrate at a predetermined angle of inclination. The reflector plate is allowed to move relative to the dielectric substrate while keeping the predetermined angle of inclination. | 04-29-2010 |
20110175786 | Data Receiving Apparatus - This invention is directed toward a data signal receiving means including an antenna and a plurality of Low Noise Blocks (LNB's). A reflective filtering means is provided and located with respect to the LNBs and antenna such that data signals received at a first frequency or frequency range pass through the reflective filter means to a first LNB and data signals at second frequency or frequency range are deflected by the reflective filtering means and do not pass therethrough and pass to the second LNB. In this way a single antenna can be used to receive and process multiple data signals received at different frequencies or frequency ranges. | 07-21-2011 |
20120013519 | MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) MULTI-BAND ANTENNAS WITH A CONDUCTIVE NEUTRALIZATION LINE FOR SIGNAL DECOUPLING - A MIMO antenna includes first and second radiating elements, a conductive neutralization line, and first and second parasitic radiating elements. Each of the first and second radiating elements includes a straight portion connected to a serpentine portion. The straight and serpentine portions are configured to resonate in at least two spaced apart RF frequency ranges in response to the straight portion being electrically excited through a RF feed. The conductive neutralization line conducts resonant currents between the first and second radiating elements and has a conductive length that is configured to phase shift the conducted resonant currents to cause at least partial cancellation of currents in the first and second radiating elements which are generated by wireless RF signals received by the first and second radiating element from each other. The first parasitic radiating element can be adjacent and parasitically coupled to the first radiating element to radiate responsive to the first radiating element resonating at a RF frequency. The second parasitic radiating element can be adjacent and parasitically coupled to the second radiating element to radiate responsive to the second radiating element resonating at a RF frequency. | 01-19-2012 |
20120032865 | STRUCTURAL BODY, PRINTED BOARD, ANTENNA, TRANSMISSION LINE WAVEGUIDE CONVERTER, ARRAY ANTENNA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A structural body of the invention includes a first conductor plane ( | 02-09-2012 |
20120038534 | LOOP ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An antenna device includes: a substrate; micro-strip and grounding portions that are respectively disposed on opposite first and second surfaces of the substrate, the former including a signal-feed section for feeding of signals and a plurality of first connecting sections electrically connected to the signal-feed section; and a plurality of first loop antennas arranged along a peripheral edge of the grounding portion, each including a first radiator portion disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to a respective one of the first connecting sections, and a second radiator portion disposed on the second surface, electrically interconnecting the first radiator portion and the grounding portion, and cooperating with the first radiator portion to form a loop. | 02-16-2012 |
20120218162 | MULTIFREQUENCY ANTENNA - The multifrequency antenna comprises a substrate, antenna elements, shunt inductor conductors, series capacitor conductors, series inductor conductors, a connection point, and input/output terminals. The antenna elements are provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the connection point via the shunt inductor conductors. The antenna elements form capacitors together with the parts facing the series capacitor conductors and are electrically connected to the input/output terminals via these capacitors and series inductor conductors. | 08-30-2012 |
20130002505 | FORTY-FIVE DEGREE DUAL BROAD BAND BASE STATION ANTENNA - The present invention relates to a multiband antenna specifically adapted for use with a Base Station Antenna (“BSA”). The present invention provides narrow azimuth or horizontal beamwidth (“HBW”) having 45 degrees and operational over four frequency bands. The composite antenna topology and associated circuitry described in embodiments achieves reduced antenna installation requirements and allows for ease of network deployment or reconfiguration at reduced cost. Embodiments employ an array of low band radiating elements and two sets of high band radiating elements. The first set is co-located within an array of low band radiating elements. The second set of is offset and outside the low band radiating elements. An RF feed network energizes the first and second set of high band radiating elements to compensate for interference between the high and low band elements. | 01-03-2013 |
20130285869 | ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The antenna system includes a substrate, a first antenna, a second antenna and a reflection portion. The substrate is a printed circuit board (PCB), and includes a vacancy portion and a metal ground portion. The vacancy portion includes a radio frequency (RF) component portion and a non-RF component portion. The RF component portion includes some radio frequency components. In order to transmit and receive electromagnetic signal, the radio frequency components are electronically connected to the first antenna and the second antenna. | 10-31-2013 |
20130293436 | OPTICALLY CONTROLLED MICROWAVE ANTENNA - An optically controlled microwave antenna that reduces optical power consumed by the antenna. The optically controlled microwave antenna includes an antenna array including plural antenna elements and a feed for illuminating the antenna array with and/or receiving microwave radiation of the operating frequency from the antenna array to transmit and/or receive microwave radiation. An antenna element includes a waveguide, an optically controllable semiconductor element arranged within the waveguide in front of a light transmissive portion of a second end portion, the semiconductor element changing its material properties under control of incident light, and a controllable light source arranged at or close to the light transmissive portion of the second end portion for projecting a controlled light beam onto the semiconductor element for controlling its material properties, in particular its reflectivity. | 11-07-2013 |
20130321233 | TRI-COLUMN ADJUSTABLE AZIMUTH BEAM WIDTH ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS NETWORK - A tri-column antenna array architecture, containing a plurality of active radiating elements that are spatially arranged on a modified reflector structure is disclosed. Radiating elements disposed along (P1 and P2) outlying center lines are movable and provided with compensating radio frequency feed line phase shifters so as to provide broad range of beam width angle variation of the antenna array's azimuth radiation pattern. | 12-05-2013 |
20140022137 | ANTENNA AND MULTI-BEAM ANTENNA SYSTEM COMPRISING COMPACT FEEDS AND SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH ANTENNA - A multi-beam antenna comprises an array of feeds illuminating a reflector, the feeds being associated in a plurality of groups. Each feed comprises a polarizer, two diplexers and four ports operating in four different colours. All the feeds belonging to the same group comprise first ports having the same first colour, or second ports having the same second colour, linked together to form a first beam and third ports having the same third colour, or fourth ports having the same fourth colour, linked together to form a second beam. | 01-23-2014 |
20140062824 | CIRCULAR POLARIZATION ANTENNA AND DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA ARRAY HAVING THE SAME - An antenna array ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140062825 | EXTENDED RANGE RFID TAG ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF OPERATION - A method of operation and system for a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag assembly having an RFID semiconductor chip with an antenna interface, a mounting surface substrate, the RFID semiconductor having a predetermined operating frequency, a conductor electrically coupling the RFID chip antenna interface to an antenna, the antenna including a first radiating element lying in a first plane and a second radiating element lying in a second plane, the second plane being at an angle relative to the first plane, and a reflector having a substantially planar reflecting plane spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first plane, the reflector being composed of reflecting material adapted for reflecting the predetermined operating frequency, wherein the reflector is positioned apart from the first radiating element with the reflective plane being a distance of about ¼ of a wavelength of the predetermined operating frequency. | 03-06-2014 |
20140184464 | MULTI-ARRAY ANTENNA - A multi-array antenna having superior electrical properties is disclosed. The multi-array antenna includes a reflector plate; first radiators arranged over a surface of the reflector plate and configured to form a first beam; and second radiators arranged over a surface of the reflector plate and configured to form a second beam. Here, one of the first radiators and one of the second radiators are arranged in an imaginary first line along a lengthwise direction of the reflector plate, another one of the first radiators and another one of the second radiators are arranged in an imaginary second line, the first radiator arranged in the first line and the first radiator arranged in the second line are positioned in a diagonal direction, and the second radiator arranged in the first line and the second radiator arranged in the second line are positioned in a diagonal direction. | 07-03-2014 |
20140266954 | Integrated Waveguide Cavity Antenna And Reflector Dish - A feed assembly for a parabolic dish reflector is described. The feed assembly includes a waveguide cavity locatable at the focal point, or any other desired off-boresight location corresponding point, of the parabolic dish, at least one first radiating element optimized for operation at a first frequency band and provided on a top surface of the waveguide cavity, and a plurality of second radiating elements each optimized for operation at a second band of frequencies and provided on the top surface of the waveguide cavity. | 09-18-2014 |
20150333409 | REFLECTOR - A satellite antenna arrangement for a satellite communication system comprising: a reflector for producing a far field pattern with near-zero field strength at a predetermined location to reject unwanted signals from said predetermined location or minimise signal power transmitted to said predetermined location, the reflector having a surface comprising a stepped profile arranged to generate the near-zero field strength in the predetermined location. The stepped profile may comprise a radial step. The location of the near-zero field strength can be steered by moving the reflector or by adjusting the amplitude and phase of an additional beam that covers substantially the same region as the main beam reflected by the reflector. | 11-19-2015 |
20150364832 | AN ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT AND A BASE STATION - An antenna arrangement for mobile communication, the antenna arrangement comprising an antenna feeding network ( | 12-17-2015 |
20150372397 | AN ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT AND A BASE STATION - An antenna arrangement for mobile communication, the antenna arrangement comprising a plurality of radiators ( | 12-24-2015 |
20160006132 | DUAL-FEED DUAL-POLARIZATION HIGH DIRECTIVITY ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM - An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a dual-feed dual-polarization high directivity array antenna system. The dual-feed dual-polarization high directivity array antenna system comprises a substrate, a first array radiating group, a second array radiating group, a third array radiating group, a first feed network, and a second feed network. The first feed network is electrically connected to the first and second array radiating groups for inputting a first signal to the first and second array radiating groups. The second feed network is electrically connected to the second and third array radiating groups for inputting a second signal to the second and third array radiating groups. The feed directions of the first and second feed networks are perpendicular to each other. Accordingly, the array antenna system can provide orthogonal feed signals. The array antenna system also has the advantages of high isolation, dual polarization and high gain. | 01-07-2016 |
20160043473 | Ceiling Assembly with Integrated Repeater Antenna - An active antenna may be installed within a ceiling assembly of a building to improve the range of a wireless and/or cellular network. Further, a ground plane may be installed throughout the ceiling to reduce the occurrence of multipath interference of radio frequency (RF) signals. In addition, one or more active and/or passive antennas may also be installed in the ceiling to further extend the range of the wireless and/or cellular network within the building. Each of the antennas may be designed to facilitate (RF) signal gain for a collection or range of frequencies. In some instances, the installation of active and/or passive antennas may increase the range of a communications network, while the installation of a ground plane throughout the ceiling may reduce the occurrence on multipath interference resulting in improved wireless and/or cellular network performance including increased bandwidth and range. | 02-11-2016 |
20160043476 | Multi-Antenna Array for Long Term Evolution Multi-Input Multi-Output Communication System - A multi-antenna array for a LTE MIMO communication system is provided in an embodiment of this invention, comprising a reflection plate and a power feed network disposed on the back of the reflection plate, a plurality of power distribution plates being arranged on the back of the reflection plate for controlling power distribution for antenna radiation units in different polarization manners respectively, the plurality of power distribution plates being disposed in upper and lower layers and are located at the geometrical center of a parallel plane of the reflection plate. The embodiment of this invention may prevent the scrambled arrangement of the power feed network in a multi-antenna array adopted in a LTE MIMO communication system, simplify power feed manner of antenna radiation units in different polarization manners, reduce complexity and the rate of errors in mass production of multi-antenna arrays of LTE MIMO communication systems, and facilitate locating faults and replacing feed circuits. | 02-11-2016 |
20160043478 | Distributed Omni-Dual-Band Antenna System for a Wi-Fi Access Point - A distributed broadband, omni-dual-band monopole antenna system for use in a Wi-Fi access point. The distributed omni-dual-band antenna system may include an antenna array that includes 4, 6, or 8 monopole antennas arranged in a circular array fashion along the perimeter of the access point. Each monopole antenna may be associated with a single Wi-Fi radio of the access point, and each of the antennas for the different radios are interleaved in order to provide omni-coverage with minimal distortion; that is, each antenna of the access point is alternated with antennas for different radios. A broadband printed omni-dual-band monopole antenna comprising three horizontal radiating elements arranged in an S-shape and a single vertical radiating element connected to the bottom-most horizontal radiating element is also disclosed. | 02-11-2016 |
20160079680 | A DISH-SHAPED ELEMENT, AN ANTENNA COMPRISING THE DISH-SHAPED ELEMENT AND A METHOD OF PROVIDING A DISH-SHAPED ELEMENT - A dish-shaped element ( | 03-17-2016 |
343836000 | Plural reflectors | 27 |
20080252545 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS SUCH AS FOR RECEIVING MULTIPLE SIGNALS - The antenna assembly is circularly polarized and may be able to receive multiple independent signals. The antenna assembly includes a plurality of electrically conductive layers arranged about an axis to define a series of adjacent corner reflectors (e.g. four to eight corner reflectors), and a plurality of spiral antenna elements. Each spiral antenna element extends across a respective open end of a corresponding corner reflector. Each corner reflector may have an equal corner angle, and each spiral antenna element may be a bifilar spiral antenna element and/or a log spiral antenna element. A housing may contain the corner reflectors and the spiral antenna elements. Electronic circuitry may be coupled to the plurality of spiral antenna elements and contained within the housing. The antenna is preferential for television reception on multiple channels and directions without consumer adjustment, as the antenna provides spatial, angular and frequency diversity through simultaneous overlapping beams. | 10-16-2008 |
20090096702 | DUAL BEAM SECTOR ANTENNA ARRAY WITH LOW LOSS BEAM FORMING NETWORK - A low loss beam forming method and antenna structure are disclosed. The method and structure may preferably be used in forming two narrow beams within a cellular sector. This method allows an increase in the overall network capacity by using a three-column non-planar array and a compact, low-cost, low-loss 3-to-2 Beam-Forming Network (BFN). This structure produces two symmetrical beams with respect to the azimuth boresight. Radiation patterns of the two beams are designed to cover the entire azimuth coverage angle of a cellular sector with minimum beam-split loss and cross-over losses. | 04-16-2009 |
20090135076 | LINEAR ANTENNA ARRAY WITH AZIMUTH BEAM AUGMENTATION BY AXIAL ROTATION - An antenna array with azimuth beam width that can be continuously augmented through on-axis rotation of a single-column or a dual-column linear array is disclosed. Alternate radiating elements in the vertical direction are arranged on separate reflectors which are movable to change their angle in the azimuth to alter beam width. | 05-28-2009 |
20100109965 | LOW POWER MULTI-BEAM ACTIVE ARRAY FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS - An antenna architecture with enhanced emission directivity is disclosed. The antenna comprises a dielectric structure positioned over a plurality of radiator elements. The dielectric structure comprises columns of dielectric disks positioned above each radiator element. The antenna is driven by beam forming networks to form multiple, simultaneously steerable beams or a single main beam that can be dynamically steered. | 05-06-2010 |
20100283703 | HIGH-GAIN MULTI-POLARIZATION ANTENNA ARRAY MODULE - A high-gain multi-polarization antenna array module includes an antenna array and a plurality of Butler matrixes. The antenna array includes four antennas, and each antenna includes two feed portions. Each Butler matrix includes four 90° hybrid couplers, two phase shifters, four input ports, and four output ports, and the four output ports are respectively electrically connected to the four different antennas. The antenna array module integrates multi-polarization array antennas and base station antennas generating beam forming by using the Butler matrixes, such that beam shapes generated by the antenna array may be deflected according to a set specific angle, thereby greatly improving receiving quality of the antennas. | 11-11-2010 |
20110248901 | MULTIPLE FREQUENCY PROJECTED ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC MIRROR AND ANTENNA APPLICATION THEREOF - A multiple frequency projected artificial magnetic mirror (PAMM) includes a plurality of metal traces, a metal backing, and a dielectric material. The plurality of metal traces is on one or more layers of a substrate and the metal backing is on another layer of the substrate. The dielectric material is between the metal backing and the plurality of metal traces, which is electrically coupled to the metal backing. At least some of the plurality of metal traces is of various sizes and of various positioning and spacing to create a distributed inductor-capacitor network having a first frequency band of operation and a second frequency band of operation. | 10-13-2011 |
20120154238 | INTEGRATED MILLIMETER WAVE TRANSCEIVER - A millimeter wave transceiver including a plate forming an interposer having its upper surface supporting an interconnection network and having its lower surface intended to be assembled on a printed circuit board by bumps; an integrated circuit chip assembled on the upper surface of the interposer; antennas made of tracks formed on the upper surface of the interposer; and reflectors on the upper surface of the printed circuit board in front of each of the antennas, the effective distance between each antenna and the reflector plate being on the order of one quarter of the wavelength, taking into account the dielectric constants of the interposed materials. | 06-21-2012 |
20120268340 | Aperiodic and Non-Planar Array of Electromagnetic Scatterers, and Reflectarray Antenna Comprising the Same - The application discloses a one or two dimensional array of electromagnetic scatterers n scatterers (ED), whereby the aforementioned scatterers (ED) are arranged aperiodically on a curved line or surface (S). Further, the application describes a reflectarray antenna comprising at least one such array of electromagnetic scatters (ED) and at least one receiving and/or transmitting feed (F), cooperating with said array to generate an antenna beam A method for designing and manufacturing said array and said antenna is explained. The method optimizes in a several stages all degrees of freedom in order improve the performance of reflectarrays, increase the flexibility thereof and/or the conformity thereof with design specifications (radio pattern) and/or allowing said specifications to be satisfied with a smaller number of scatters. | 10-25-2012 |
20120280882 | MODULAR TYPE CELLULAR ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - A individually formed radiating unit, an antenna array, and an antenna assembly are provided. The individually formed radiating unit includes a reflector, at least one radiating element integrated into a first side of the reflector, and a housing disposed on a second side of the reflector. The housing forms a chamber for housing a feed network. | 11-08-2012 |
20130207867 | ANTENNA WITH EFFECTIVE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP (EBG) MEDIA AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus includes an antenna having multiple layers. At least a first of the layers includes both an effective medium and an electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) medium. The antenna could include a ground plane and a feed line, and the first layer of the antenna can be located between the ground plane and the feed line. The antenna could also include a slot ground and a planar antenna structure, and the first layer of the antenna could be located between the slot ground and the planar antenna structure. The antenna could further include a first substrate between a feed line and a slot ground and a second substrate covering a planar antenna structure, and the first layer could include one of the first and second substrates. | 08-15-2013 |
20130222202 | MINIATURE ANTI-JAM GPS ANTENNA ARRAY USING METAMATERIAL - Antennae are described. The antennae may be GPS antennae configured to receive GPS signals at both the L1 and L2 frequencies. The antennae may include patches and polarizers which allow the antennae to receive right-hand circularly polarized GPS signals from GPS satellites. In some situations, the polarizers may include a meta-material. The meta-material may in some situations include circuit components formed on a suitable substrate. | 08-29-2013 |
20140022138 | Multibeam Transmitting and Receiving Antenna with Multiple Feeds Per Beam, System of Antennas and Satellite Telecommunication System Containing Such an Antenna - The transmitting and receiving antenna comprises an array of feeds clustered by groups of four adjacent feeds along two directions X, Y of a plane, each feed comprising two transmitting ports and two receiving ports with orthogonal polarizations. For each group of four adjacent feeds, the first, or the second, transmitting ports, respectively the first, or the second, receiving ports, corresponding to a same pair of frequency and polarization values are connected two-by-two in the direction X then two-by-two in the direction Y, the four interconnected transmitting ports forming a transmitting beam and the four interconnected receiving ports forming a receiving beam. | 01-23-2014 |
20140062826 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - Antenna arrangement comprising at least two discrete antennas ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140125541 | END FIRE ANTENNA APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An end fire antenna apparatus built in an electronic apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB), at least one main antenna built in the PCB and configured to radiate a radio wave, and a ground plate disposed on a side surface of the PCB, the ground plate being electrically isolated from the at least one main antenna. The at least one main antenna has a pillar shape uniformly extending along a thickness direction of the PCB. | 05-08-2014 |
20140176386 | ANTENNA FOR A SATELLITE NAVIGATION RECEIVER - An antenna comprises notched semi-elliptical radiators. Each of the radiators has a first substantially planar surface. A ground plane has a second substantially planar surface that is generally parallel to the first substantially planar surfaces of the radiators by a generally uniform spacing. The ground plane has a central axis. Feeding members are adapted for conveying an electromagnetic signal to or from each radiator. Each of the feeding members is spaced radially outward from the central axis of the ground plane. A grounded member is coupled to each radiator and spaced apart, radially outward from the feeding spacer. | 06-26-2014 |
20140313095 | ANTENNA APPARATUS, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide an antenna apparatus, a base station and a communications system. The antenna apparatus includes: an antenna part, including a common radome; an active part, connected to the antenna part and including at least one active module, where each active module includes at least one antenna element, and an element reflector and a phase shifter and a radio frequency module that are corresponding to each antenna element, where the element reflector of the at least one active module is configured to implement an antenna function; and a common part, connected to the active part and the antenna part, and shared by the at least one active module in the active part, where the common part includes at least one common module. By using the above antenna apparatus, each radio frequency module can be flexibly configured, so as to simplify onsite replacement and maintenance operations. | 10-23-2014 |
20140347238 | REFLECTOR AND A MULTI BAND ANTENNA - The present invention relates to a reflector for an antenna comprising a first reflector assembly and at least one second reflector assembly, the first reflector assembly having a first reflector structure adapted for a first antenna frequency band ƒ | 11-27-2014 |
20150015449 | BASIC ANTENNA, AND CORRESPONDING ONE- OR TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY ANTENNA - A basic antenna ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150022414 | REFLECTARRAY AND DESIGN METHOD - A method of designing a reflectarray including a substrate having a surface perpendicular to a predetermined axis, wherein elements are disposed on the substrate. The method obtains a reflection phase of the elements as a function of a design parameter such as element spacing, when a radio wave enters the arranged elements, and stores a relationship between the reflection phase and the design parameter in a memory. Here, the design parameter is equally set for the elements. The method repeatedly determines, for each of the elements, the design parameter of a specific element in accordance with the relationship. The function of the design parameter has a range of almost 360 degrees with respect to a range of the design parameter. The reflection phase is the continuous function of the element spacing such that two resonant points occur at which the reflection phase becomes zero. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029070 | DEVICE TO REFLECT AND TRANSMIT ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE AND ANTENNA DEVICE - A device includes a dielectric, wherein a front and a back of the dielectric for reflecting and transmitting an electromagnetic wave are defined by a first surface and a second surface, the first or second surface forming a half mirror, the first surface has a height that changes in spiral as leaving from the second surface, and the second surface has a height that changes in spiral as leaving from the first surface. | 01-29-2015 |
20150102973 | REFLECTARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM - One embodiment describes a reflectarray antenna system. The system includes an antenna feed configured to at least one of transmit and receive a wireless signal occupying a frequency band. The system also includes a reflector comprising a reflectarray. The reflectarray includes a plurality of reflectarray elements, where each of the reflectarray elements includes a dipole element. The dipole element of at least a portion of the plurality of reflectarray elements comprises a crossed-dipole portion and a looped-dipole portion. The plurality of reflectarray elements can be configured to selectively phase-delay the wireless signal to provide the wireless signal as a coherent beam. | 04-16-2015 |
20150311597 | ARRAY OF TWO TWIN-REFLECTOR ANTENNAS MOUNTED ON A COMMON SUPPORT AND A SATELLITE COMPRISING THIS ARRAY - The two twin-reflector antennas comprise a common support on which they are mounted, with each twin-reflector antenna comprising a main reflector, a secondary reflector and at least one radiating source placed in front of the corresponding secondary reflector, and the two twin-reflector antennas criss-crossing one another on the common support. | 10-29-2015 |
20150349418 | WIDE BAND RECONFIGURABLE PLANAR ANTENNA WITH OMNIDIRECTIONAL AND DIRECTIONAL RADIATION PATTERNS - A planar reconfigurable antenna that is capable of generating omnidirectional and directional radiation patterns over a wide frequency band or over multiple frequency bands includes a substrate, one or more pairs of conductive elements on at least one side of the substrate, a common RF feed point, and respective switches that selectively connects one or all of the conductive elements to the common RF feed point. An omni-directional radiation pattern is generated when all of the conductive elements are connected to the common RF feed point, while a directional radiation pattern is generated when only a pair of conductive elements on opposite sides of the substrate are connected to the common RF feed point. In the directional radiation mode, the conductive elements that are not connected to the common RF feed point act as a reflector for other conductive elements that are connected to the common RF feed point. | 12-03-2015 |
20160020524 | INTEGRATED MILLIMETER WAVE TRANSCEIVER - A millimeter wave transceiver including a plate forming an interposer having its upper surface supporting an interconnection network and having its lower surface intended to be assembled on a printed circuit board by bumps; an integrated circuit chip assembled on the upper surface of the interposer; antennas made of tracks formed on the upper surface of the interposer; and reflectors on the upper surface of the printed circuit board in front of each of the antennas, the effective distance between each antenna and the reflector plate being on the order of one quarter of the wavelength, taking into account the dielectric constants of the interposed materials. | 01-21-2016 |
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20160104940 | INTEGRATED FAN OUT ANTENNA AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - An integrated fan out (InFO) antenna includes a reflector on a surface of a substrate; and a package. The package includes a redistribution layer (RDL) arranged to form an antenna ground, and a patch antenna over the RDL, wherein the RDL is between the patch antenna and the reflector. The InFO antenna further includes a plurality of connecting elements bonding the package to the reflector. Each connecting element of the plurality of connecting elements is located inside an outer perimeter of the reflector. The InFO antenna is configured to output a signal having a wavelength. | 04-14-2016 |
20160104942 | MULTI-SECTOR ANTENNAS - Multi-directional antenna assemblies including a plurality of individual antenna sections arranged in-line with a long axis, forming a linear assembly. An antenna assembly may include a radome over the linear assembly. A linear assembly may include three or more antenna sections, each with a trough-like reflector formed by two parallel walls, and may have corrugations at the outer edges to reduce noise. An array of radiators may be positioned at the base of each antenna section. The antenna sections may share a common vertical axis and each may have a beam axes that is offset by an angle. Adjacent antenna sections may be separated by an isolation plate with a corrugated outer edge. Each antenna section may radiate greater power in a specific direction as compared to the other antenna sections. | 04-14-2016 |