| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 343785000 | Dielectric type (e.g., polystyrene rod) | 30 |
| 20080252541 | Aperture matched polyrod antenna - A dielectric polyrod having at least one tapered section, where a section exposed outside of the waveguide is tapered a long a curve that depends on the dielectric constant of the material used. The invention also relates to an aperture matched polyrod antenna which includes the same and an inductive tuning element used to achieve wideband impedance match and to create a Gaussian beam in the radiating near field of the antenna, suitable to mimic a small region plane wave. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080266197 | Double Structure Broadband Leaky Wave Antenna - A leaky wave antenna contains a first and a second leaky wave antenna structure back to back against each other. Each antenna structure comprises a dielectric body and an elongated wave carrying structure, such as a slot in a conductive ground plane. In each leaky wave antenna structure the body and wave carrying structure are mutually arranged to radiate a leaky wave from the wave carrying structure through the dielectric body, the leaky wave radiating at a respective angle to the wave carrying structure. The dielectric bodies of the first and second wave antenna structure adjoin each other in a common plane that is at said respective angles to the wave carrying structures of the first and second wave antenna structure respectively, so that the ground planes are at an angle with respect to each other. The respective wave carrying structures run over into each other at said common plane, the antenna comprising a feed arranged to excite waves in both the respective wave carrying structures together. In this way bandwidth limitations due to the feed structure are reduced. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080303734 | Dielectric Leaky Wave Antenna - A dielectric leakage wave antenna in which both transmission characteristics of a dielectric image line for a radiating section and those of a microstrip line for an exciting section are satisfied while enhancing efficiency by such an arrangement as a dielectric substrate has a lower layer portion and an upper layer portion bonded onto the lower layer portion. A ground plate conductor forming the dielectric image line for making an electromagnetic wave propagate through the dielectric substrate direction in a direction intersecting its thickness direction perpendicularly is formed, as one surface side of the dielectric substrate, on the lower surface of the lower layer. A plurality of leakage metal strips provided in parallel at a predetermined interval on the opposite side of the dielectric substrate are formed on the upper surface of the upper layer of the dielectric substrate. A line metal strip forming the microstrip line with the ground plate conductor constituting the exciting section, and a branching means for branching an electromagnetic wave propagating on the microstrip line to a direction intersecting the plurality of leakage metal strips in the dielectric substrate are formed between the upper and lower layers of the dielectric substrate. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080309571 | Compact broad-band admittance tunnel incorporating Gaussian beam antennas - A plane wave antenna including: a horn antenna; a waveguide at least partially inside the horn antenna, wherein the waveguide includes: a central dielectric slab increasing in width toward the horn antenna and with a first dielectric constant, an upper slab above the central dielectric slab with a second dielectric constant, and a lower slab below the central dielectric slab with the second dielectric constant; wherein the central dielectric slab has a substantially constant thickness less than a quarter of a wavelength at a highest frequency of operation of the plane wave antenna. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090021443 | DIELECTRIC ANTENNA - A dielectric antenna is provided which uses a compounded material and exhibits a small change in relative dielectric constant at room temperature against a load due to temperature changes. The dielectric antenna includes a dielectric block, a radiation electrode, a feeding electrode and a fixing electrode provided on the dielectric block. The dielectric block contains a crystalline thermoplastic resin, ceramic powder, and an acid-modified styrenic thermoplastic elastomer. The acid-modified styrenic thermoplastic elastomer content in the dielectric block is 3% to 20% by volume. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090121954 | Device for Emitting and Receiving Electromagnetic Radiation - A device for emitting and receiving electromagnetic radiation, in particular microwave radiation, including at least one feed element, at least one hollow conductor and at least one rod radiator, the feed element being situated on a first end of the hollow conductor in such a way that the power emitted by the feed element is passed through the hollow conductor and/or the received power that is passed through the hollow conductor is injected into the feed element and the rod radiator is situated at a second end of the hollow conductor in such a way that the transmit power passed through the hollow conductor is bundled and emitted via the rod radiator and/or the incoming received power is bundled by the rod radiator and conducted into the hollow conductor. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090140944 | ANTENNA AND RESONANT FREQUENCY TUNING METHOD THEREOF - A dual-band dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is designed by splitting a rectilinear DR and carving notches and tunnels off the DR. The antenna comprises a substrate, a microstrip line, a ground plane and a resonant structure, wherein a first resonant part and a second resonant part of the resonant structure are separated by a gap. The proposed DRA can cover both the WiMAX (3.4-3.7 GHz) and the WLAN (5.15-5.35 GHz) bands by engraving notches and tunnels at different positions of the first resonant part and the second resonant part. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090160721 | Hollow dielectric pipe polyrod antenna - A waveguide including: a first section including a first surface, a second surface, an upper wall, and a lower wall facing the upper wall; and a second section extending from the second surface; wherein the first section includes an upper ridge on the upper wall of the first section and a lower ridge on the lower wall of the first section, wherein the second section includes an upper conductor extending from a top portion of the second surface and a lower conductor extending from a lower portion of the second surface with a gap between the upper and lower conductors, wherein the upper conductor is electrically connected to the upper ridge, wherein the lower conductor is electrically connected to the lower ridge, and wherein the upper and lower conductors are adapted to propagate a wave and reduce discontinuity of the wave a connection between the first and second sections. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090179810 | ARTICLE HAVING ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING MODULE ATTACHED THERETO - An article having an electromagnetic coupling module attached thereto includes an electromagnetic coupling module and a PET bottle having the electromagnetic coupling module bonded thereto. The electromagnetic coupling module includes a wireless IC chip arranged to process transmission and reception signals and the feed circuit board having the wireless IC chip mounted thereon. The feed circuit board includes a feed circuit including a resonant circuit having a predetermined resonant frequency. The feed circuit performs characteristic impedance matching between the PET bottle and the wireless IC chip. The PET bottle functions as a radiator arranged to radiate a transmission signal supplied from the feed circuit using electromagnetic field coupling and to supply a received reception signal to the feed circuit using electromagnetic field coupling. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090213022 | HORN ANTENNA, WAVEGUIDE OR APPARATUS INCLUDING LOW INDEX DIELECTRIC MATERIAL - A horn antenna includes a conducting horn having an inner wall and a first dielectric layer lining substantially the entire inner wall of the conducting horn. The first dielectric layer includes a metamaterial having a dielectric constant of greater than 0 and less than 1. The horn antenna may further include a dielectric core abutting at least a portion of the first dielectric layer. In one aspect, the dielectric core includes a fluid. A waveguide and a power combiner assembly, each including a metamaterial, are also disclosed. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090243950 | SCANNING ANTENNA WITH BEAM-FORMING WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE - A scanning antenna with an antenna element having an evanescent coupling portion includes a waveguide assembly including a transmission line, adjacent the coupling portion, through which an electromagnetic signal is transmitted, permitting evanescent coupling of the signal between the transmission line and the antenna element. First and second conductive waveguide plates, on opposite sides of the transmission line, define planes that are substantially parallel to the axis of the transmission line, each plate extending distally from a proximal end adjacent the antenna element, whereby the propagated signal forms a beam that is confined to the space between the plates and thus limited to a plane that is parallel to the planes defined by the plates. The signal coupled between the transmission line and the antenna element is preferably polarized so that its electric field component is in a plane parallel to the planes defined by the plates. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090284429 | HORN ANTENNA, WAVEGUIDE OR APPARATUS INCLUDING LOW INDEX DIELECTRIC MATERIAL - A horn antenna includes a conducting horn having an inner wall and a first dielectric layer lining the inner wall of the conducting horn. The first dielectric layer includes a metamaterial having a relative dielectric constant of greater than 0 and less than 1. The horn antenna may further include a dielectric core abutting at least a portion of the first dielectric layer. In one aspect, the dielectric core includes a fluid. A waveguide including a metamaterial is also disclosed. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100001917 | PLANAR DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE WITH METAL GRID FOR ANTENNA APPLICATIONS - A waveguide includes a dielectric substrate having first and second opposed surfaces defining a longitudinal wave propagation path therebetween; and a conductive grid on the first surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of substantially parallel metal strips, each defining an axis. The grid renders the first surface of the substrate opaque to a longitudinal electromagnetic wave propagating along the longitudinal wave propagation path and polarized in a direction substantially parallel to the axes of the strips. The grid allows the first surface of the substrate to be transparent to a transverse electromagnetic wave having a transverse propagation path that intersects the first and second surfaces of the substrate and having a polarization in a direction substantially normal to the plurality of metal strips. A diffraction grating on the second surface allows the waveguide to function as an antenna element that may be employed in a beam-steering antenna system. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100134370 | PROBE AND ANTENNA USING WAVEGUIDE - A probe and an antenna reduces the multiple reflection of electromagnetic waves. The probe includes: a waveguide; and a resonance unit entirely or partially disposed in the inside of the waveguide and comprising a conductor. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100295745 | DIELECTRIC ANTENNA - Described and shown is a dielectric antenna ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110080330 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH SHIELD - A multiband antenna system installed onto a circuit board of a mobile device is provided. The antenna system includes a planar dielectric substrate, an upper conductor formed on an upper surface of the dielectric substrate and shaped as a coplanar wave guide and includes first and second ground parts and a radiator, and a lower conductor formed on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate and shaped as a coplanar wave guide and includes third and fourth ground parts and an electrode part, via-holes that pass through the dielectric substrate and are electrically connected to the first ground part to the third, the second ground part to the fourth, and the radiator to the electrode part, respectively, and solder balls connect the electrode part to an electric wire of the circuit board and also the third and fourth ground parts to the ground of the circuit board. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110122036 | LIGHT TRANSMISSIBLE RESONATORS FOR CIRCUIT AND ANTENNA APPLICATIONS - Provided is a circuit for an electronic device having a non-planar transparent resonator. The transparent resonator is mounted on said circuit so as to at least partially occupy a footprint of another component of the circuit. The transparent resonator forms part of a light pathway on said circuit for transmitting light to or from said another component. Also provided is a transparent dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) for optical applications. Since the DRA is transparent, it can let light pass through itself and, thus, the light can be utilized by an optical part of a system or device. The transparent DRA can be placed on top of a solar cell. Since the DRA does not block the light, the light can reach the solar cell panel and power can be generated for the system or device. The system or device so obtained is very compact because no extra footprint is needed within the system or device for the DRA. It finds application in compact wireless applications that need a self-sustaining power device. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120013517 | INTEGRATED LENS ANTENNAS FOR MULTI-PIXEL RECEIVERS FOR PLANETARY AND ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS - Methods and apparatus for integrating lens antennas for receivers are disclosed. A method of fabricating a lens in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises integrating lens material with a dielectric material and flowing the lens material into a desired lens shape. An integrated lens antenna in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a dielectric material, a waveguide feed, coupled to the dielectric material through a leaky wave cavity, and a lens, coupled to the dielectric material opposite the leaky wave cavity, wherein material is first deposited onto the dielectric material, flowed into a desired lens shape and the desired lens shape is transferred to the dielectric material. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120056794 | PLANAR DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE WITH METAL GRID FOR ANTENNA APPLICATIONS - A waveguide includes a dielectric substrate having first and second opposed surfaces defining a longitudinal wave propagation path therebetween; and a conductive grid on the first surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of substantially parallel metal strips, each defining an axis. The grid renders the first surface of the substrate opaque to a longitudinal electromagnetic wave propagating along the longitudinal wave propagation path and polarized in a direction substantially parallel to the axes of the strips. The grid allows the first surface of the substrate to be transparent to a transverse electromagnetic wave having a transverse propagation path that intersects the first and second surfaces of the substrate and having a polarization in a direction substantially normal to the plurality of metal strips. A diffraction grating on the second surface allows the waveguide to function as an antenna element that may be employed in a beam-steering antenna system. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120206311 | DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA - Disclosed herein is a dielectric waveguide antenna including: a dielectric waveguide transmitting a signal applied from a power feeder; a dielectric waveguide radiator radiating the signal transmitted from the dielectric waveguide to the air through a first aperture; and a matching unit formed in a portion of the dielectric waveguide and controlling a serial reactance and a parallel reactance to thereby perform impedance matching between the dielectric waveguide radiator and the air, in order to reduce reflection generated in the first aperture during the radiation of the signal through the first aperture. Reflection in the aperture is reduced through the matching unit having various structures, thereby making it possible to improve characteristics of the dielectric waveguide antenna. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120274528 | HIGH PERFORMANCE LOW PROFILE ANTENNAS - A leaky travelling wave array of elements provide a broadband radio frequency antenna. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120306713 | DUAL-POLARISATION DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA - The invention concerns a dual-polarisation antenna comprising:
| 12-06-2012 |
| 20130249757 | LIGHT TRANSMISSABLE RESONATORS FOR CIRCUIT AND ANTENNA APPLICATIONS - Provided is a circuit for an electronic device having a non-planar transparent resonator. The transparent resonator is mounted on said circuit so as to at least partially occupy a footprint of another component of the circuit. The transparent resonator forms part of a light pathway on said circuit for transmitting light to or from said another component. Also provided is a transparent dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) for optical applications. Since the DRA is transparent, it can let light pass through itself and, thus, the light can be utilized by an optical part of a system or device. The transparent DRA can be placed on top of a solar cell. Since the DRA does not block the light, the light can reach the solar cell panel and power can be generated for the system or device. The system or device so obtained is very compact because no extra footprint is needed within the system or device for the DRA. It finds application in compact wireless applications that need a self-sustaining power device. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140055312 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A DUAL POLARIZATION FEED - Systems and methods for a dual polarization feed are provided. In at least one embodiment, a system comprises a polarization transition waveguide that comprises a first waveguide transmission line; an electrical transmission line, wherein a first electromagnetic signal propagating through the first waveguide transmission line propagates between the first waveguide transmission line and the electrical transmission line; and a dipole radiator coupled to the electrical transmission line, wherein the dipole radiator radiates the first electromagnetic signal in an orthogonal polarization to the polarization of the first electromagnetic signal when the first electromagnetic signal propagates in the first waveguide transmission line. The system further comprises a second waveguide transmission line that propagates a second electromagnetic signal having the same polarization as a signal propagating in the first waveguide transmission line; and a waveguide element coupled to both the polarization transition waveguide and the second waveguide transmission line. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140240187 | Dielectric Waveguide with Non-planar Interface Surface - A dielectric wave guide (DWG) has a dielectric core member having that has a first dielectric constant value. A cladding surrounding the dielectric core member has a second dielectric constant value that is lower than the first dielectric constant. A mating end of the DWG is configured in a non-planer shape for mating with a second DWG having a matching non-planar shaped mating end. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20150097747 | ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRIPLE-BAND SATELLITE COMMUNICATION - An antenna system for triple-band satellite communication according to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a feed horn device that is configured to simultaneously radiate or absorb wireless signals of triple bands including X, Ku and Ka bands, and a waveguide section that is coupled to the feed horn device and configured to transmit input and output of the wireless signals, wherein the feed horn device includes a corrugation horn that is configured to radiate or absorb the wireless signals of the X and Ku bands, the corrugation horn having a bell-like shape with a plurality of corrugations formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof in a stepped manner, and a dielectric feed horn that is configured to radiate or absorb the wireless signal corresponding to the Ku band and disposed in a central region of the corrugation horn. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150311596 | DIELECTRIC HOLLOW ANTENNA - A dielectric hollow antenna apparatus includes a hollow inside tapered rod (e.g., a waveguide) with a flat section and a cap. The antenna further includes a feed through section, a feed pin, and a metal flange. A low loss dielectric material fills the hollow rod that protrudes beyond the metal waveguide to form a radiating element. The radiating element is designed in such a way to maximize radiation and minimize reflections over the antenna bandwidth. The feed through section reduces internal reflection and the waveguide is designed to include a rectangular waveguide that support a propagation (TE01) mode and the waveguide then transitions to a circular waveguide that supports another propagation (TE11) mode. The antennas can be employed for radar level gauging and withstand high temperature and possesses a small diameter that permits the antenna to fit in small tank nozzles. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150372388 | CONNECTOR FOR PLASTIC WAVEGUIDE - A connector for a plastic waveguide includes a connector body having first and second openings aligned with one another. The first opening is configured to receive the plastic waveguide. A radio frequency (RF) antenna is positioned within the second opening of the connector body. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150380824 | META-MATERIAL RESONATOR ANTENNAS - Antennas suitable for use in compact radio frequency (RF) applications and devices, and methods of fabrication thereof. Described are resonator antennas, for example dielectric resonator antennas fabricated using polymer-based materials, such as those commonly used in lithographic fabrication of integrated circuits and microsystems. Accordingly, lithographic fabrication techniques can be employed in fabrication. The antennas have metal inclusions embedded in the resonator body which can be configured to control electromagnetic field patterns, which serves to enhance the effective permittivity of the resonator body, while creating an anisotropic material with different effective permittivity and polarizations in different orientations. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20190148835 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING AN OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTIC OF AN ANTENNA | 05-16-2019 |
