Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090079639 | Antenna Device and Electronic Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes a folded element and an end-free element wound around a core member. A feed potion for a folded element and an end-free element is located close to one end of the core member, and a ground portion for a folded element is located closer to the one end than the feed portion. A coaxial cable connected to the feed portion is led away the antenna device, and an external conductor of the coaxial cable is connected near the ground portion. | 03-26-2009 |
20110065387 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a coupler for first wireless communication and a loop antenna for second wireless communication. The coupler is electrically asymmetrical, and arranged in such a manner that a feed point substantially coincides with a center position of the second wireless communication. | 03-17-2011 |
20110128189 | COUPLER APPARATUS AND COUPLING ELEMENT - In one embodiment, a coupling element configured to satisfy the following conditions. The element has a tabular shape having first to fourth open ends. Lengths of current paths from a reference point to the first to fourth ends is an integral multiple of ¼ of a wavelength of a central frequency. Two paths in the four paths are partially parallel to a first direction and opposite to each other. Two paths in the four paths are partially parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and opposite to each other. The first and second ends are provided at symmetrical positions, and the third and fourth ends are provided at symmetrical positions with a first straight line. The first and third ends are provided at symmetrical positions, and the second and fourth ends are provided at symmetrical positions with a second straight line orthogonal to the first straight line. | 06-02-2011 |
20110156980 | COUPLER APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler apparatus includes a coupling element and a ground plane. The coupling element is formed of a conductive material. The coupling element is subjected to power feeding to a reference point. The ground plane is formed of a conductive material. The ground plane faces the coupling element. The ground plane has a notch at a position facing at least a part of a portion of the coupling element except the reference point or near the position. | 06-30-2011 |
20110199266 | COUPLER APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler apparatus includes a coupling element, a ground plane, a first short element, and a second short element which short-circuits the second end of the coupling element and the ground plane. The coupling element includes a first conductive portion having first and second ends, and a second conductive portion which extends from a position between the first end and the second end and has an open end. The ground plane faces the coupling element and formed of a conductive material. The first short element short-circuits the first end of the coupling element and the ground plane The second short element short-circuits the second end of the coupling element and the ground plane. | 08-18-2011 |
20110207404 | COUPLER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler which transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave to and from another coupler includes a substrate, a coupling element, a ground plane, and a feed terminal. The coupling element is positioned at a first surface of the substrate and includes a feed point. The ground plane is positioned at a second surface of the substrate. The ground plane includes a base portion and a protrusion. A first surface of an end of the protrusion is in contact with the second surface of the substrate. The base portion faces the second surface of the substrate with a gap therebetween. The feed terminal is positioned at a second surface of the end of the protrusion and connected to the feed point of the coupling element via a first through-hole in the substrate. | 08-25-2011 |
20110244815 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an antenna, a wireless communication module and a switch circuit. The wireless communication module is configured to wirelessly communicate using the antenna. The wireless communication module includes a terminal to output a status indicating a state of a wireless communication. The switch circuit is configured to switch resonant frequency bands of the antenna based on the status signal. | 10-06-2011 |
20120007440 | COUPLER APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a coupler apparatus includes a monopole type coupling element, a parasitic element, and a ground plane. The coupling element includes a conductive material and subjects to power feeding to a feeding point. The parasitic element includes a conductive material. The parasitic element is arranged to be apart from the coupling element, and grounded. The ground plane includes a conductive material. The ground plane faces the coupling element and the parasitic element. The ground plane is cut out at a position where it faces at least a part of a portion other than the feeding point in the coupling element or near this position. | 01-12-2012 |
20120018208 | COUPLER APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler apparatus includes a coupling element and a ground plane. The coupling element comprises a conductive material and configured to be subjected to power feeding to a feeding point. The ground plane comprises a conductive material and faces the coupling element. The coupling element has one or more through holes along an alignment direction of the coupling element and the ground plane. | 01-26-2012 |
20120149314 | COUPLER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave by electromagnetic coupling between the coupler and another, includes a line-shaped coupling element including a first open end and a second open end, a ground plane, a feeding element connecting the coupling element and a feed point, and a short circuiting element connecting the feeding element and the ground plane. The feeding element includes a first end connected to an intermediate portion between the first open end and the second open end of the coupling element, and a second end connected to the feed point. The short circuiting element includes a third end arranged between the first end of the feeding element and the second end of the feeding element, and a fourth end connected to the ground plane. | 06-14-2012 |
20120274426 | COUPLER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave by electromagnetic coupling between the coupler and another coupler. The coupler includes a line-shaped coupling element having a first open end and a second open end, a ground plane, a feeding element connecting the coupling element and a feed point, and a short circuiting element connecting the coupling element and the ground plane. The feeding element comprises a first end connected to an intermediate portion of the coupling element between the first open end and the second open end, and a second end connected to the feed point. The short circuiting element comprises a third end connected to the intermediate portion of the coupling element, and a fourth end connected to the ground plane. | 11-01-2012 |
20120274530 | COUPLER - According to one embodiment, a coupler includes a ground plane, a feed point connected to the ground plane, and an element having a unicursal-pattern. An electrical length of the element is not less than a wavelength corresponding to a central frequency of a desired frequency band, and is double the wavelength or less. The element includes a first segment disposed on a first plane, and a second segment disposed on the first plane or on a second plane which is opposed to the first plane with a gap and is parallel to the first plane, the second segment extending in parallel to the first segment. An electrical length of each of the first segment and the second segment is ½ of the wavelength or more, and is the wavelength or less. | 11-01-2012 |
20130050030 | COUPLER APPARATUS AND COUPLING ELEMENT - In one embodiment, a coupling element configured to satisfy the following conditions. The element has a tabular shape having first to fourth open ends. Lengths of current paths from a reference point to the first to fourth ends is an integral multiple of ¼ of a wavelength of a central frequency. Two paths in the four paths are partially parallel to a first direction and opposite to each other. Two paths in the four paths are partially parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and opposite to each other. The first and second ends are provided at symmetrical positions, and the third and fourth ends are provided at symmetrical positions with a first straight line. The first and third ends are provided at symmetrical positions, and the second and fourth ends are provided at symmetrical positions with a second straight line orthogonal to the first straight line. | 02-28-2013 |
20130113675 | COUPLER APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler apparatus includes a coupling element, a ground plane, and at least one connecting element. The coupling element which is made of a tabular electrical conducting material and in which power feeding is performed to a reference point. The ground plane which is made of a tabular electrical conducting material and partially faces a part of the coupling element. The connecting element which is made of an electrical conducting material, disposed to the ground plane, contact to a metal member provided to a communication apparatus to face the ground plane, and electrically connects the ground plane to the metal member. | 05-09-2013 |
20130128437 | COUPLER APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler apparatus includes a coupling element and a ground plane. The coupling element comprises a conductive material and configured to be subjected to power feeding to a feeding point. The ground plane comprises a conductive material and faces the coupling element. The coupling element has one or more through holes along an alignment direction of the coupling element and the ground plane. | 05-23-2013 |
20130271326 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONVERSION ADAPTOR - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a attachment for removably inserted a attachable device includes a coupler configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves. The attachable device comprises a union element, and a power supplying element provided on a first surface and connecting the union element to a feeding point. The electronic apparatus comprises a non-union element. At least part of the non-union element or at least part of a conductive member projecting from the non-union element faces the power supplying element and is spaced apart from the power supplying element when the attachable device is inserted in the attachment. | 10-17-2013 |
20140306783 | COUPLER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave by electromagnetic coupling between the coupler and another, includes a line-shaped coupling element including a first open end and a second open end, a ground plane, a feeding element connecting the coupling element and a feed point, and a short circuiting element connecting the feeding element and the ground plane. The feeding element includes a first end connected to an intermediate portion between the first open end and the second open end of the coupling element, and a second end connected to the feed point. The short circuiting element includes a third end arranged between the first end of the feeding element and the second end of the feeding element, and a fourth end connected to the ground plane. | 10-16-2014 |
20140312995 | COUPLER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler for wireless transfer includes a coupling element including a first open end and a second open end. The coupler further includes a feeding element electrically connecting a feed point and an intermediate portion of the coupling element between the first open end and the second open end. The coupler further includes a short circuiting element electrically connecting the intermediate portion and a ground plane. An electrical distance from the feed point to each of the first open end and the second open end is ¼ of a wavelength corresponding to a central frequency used for the wireless transfer. | 10-23-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090147970 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SOUND INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - According to one aspect of the invention, a mobile terminal includes: a case having two flat faces opposite to each other and side faces having a first side face and a second side face opposed to each other; a first sound input/output unit provided on the first side faces; and a second sound input/output unit provided on the second side face. | 06-11-2009 |
20090197653 | MOBILE APPARATUS - According one aspect of the invention, there is provided a mobile apparatus including: a main face; a back face opposite to the main face, the back face being printed with visible user information; a thickness from the main face to the back face; an antenna disposed at a position nearer the back face than the main face; and an attachment portion attachable with a wearing tool, the wearing tool allowing a user to wear the mobile apparatus. | 08-06-2009 |
20090201210 | ANTENNA DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE RESONANT FREQUENCIES AND RADIO APPARATUS - An antenna device included in a radio apparatus having a printed board includes a ground conductor provided in the printed board, a first sub-element, a second sub-element and a short circuit element. The first sub-element is formed as an area having a first side and a second side crossing each other. The first side faces a side of the ground conductor. The first sub-element has a feed portion around a crossing of the first side and the second side. The second sub-element is formed to branch off from the first sub-element around an end of the second side being farther from the crossing, to be open-ended and to be directed at least partially in a direction opposite a direction from the crossing to an end of the first side opposite the crossing. The short circuit element short-circuits one of the first sub-element and the second sub-element with the ground conductor. | 08-13-2009 |
20090209281 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - According to an aspect of the invention, a portable terminal includes: a first audio input-output unit and a second audio input-output unit configured to receive audio or when a mode is set as an input mode and output audio when the mode is set as an output mode; and a setting unit configured to set the respective modes of the first audio input-output unit and the second audio input-output unit. | 08-20-2009 |
20100085258 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MATERIAL, ANTENNA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MATERIAL - An electrical circuit material including a substrate and a bend section is provided. The substrate is formed to be planar. The substrate has a first face and a second face being back to back each other. The first face is provided with a first conductive pattern. The bend section is formed by a planar flexible material being bent or rounded and having a third face and a fourth face being back to back each other. The third face is provided with a second conductive pattern. The bend section is arranged with the substrate in such a way that a portion of the third face being in contact with the first face of the substrate and that the second conductive pattern is connected to the first conductive pattern. | 04-08-2010 |
20100309080 | COMPLEX ANTENNA AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A complex antenna which receives or transmits a plurality of electromagnetic waves of different frequencies is provided. A first one of the electromagnetic waves is an alternating magnetic flux. The complex antenna includes a first antenna which receives or transmits the alternating magnetic flux. The complex antenna includes a second antenna arranged such that the first antenna and the second antenna overlap as viewed from a direction in which the alternating magnetic flux penetrates the first antenna. The second antenna is adapted for reducing an induction effect of a current which is induced by the alternating magnetic flux and flows in the second antenna. | 12-09-2010 |
20120274521 | COMPLEX ANTENNA AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A complex antenna which receives or transmits a plurality of electromagnetic waves of different frequencies is provided. A first one of the electromagnetic waves is an alternating magnetic flux. The complex antenna includes a first antenna which receives or transmits the alternating magnetic flux. The complex antenna includes a second antenna arranged such that the first antenna and the second antenna overlap as viewed from a direction in which the alternating magnetic flux penetrates the first antenna. The second antenna is adapted for reducing an induction effect of a current which is induced by the alternating magnetic flux and flows in the second antenna. | 11-01-2012 |