Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130200947 | Programmable antenna having metal inclusions and bidirectional coupling circuits - A programmable antenna includes a substrate, metallic inclusions, bidirectional coupling circuits, and a control module. The metallic inclusions are embedded within a region of the substrate. The bidirectional coupling circuits are physically distributed within the region and are physically proximal to the metallic inclusions. The control module activates a set of bidirectional coupling circuits, which, when active, the set of interconnects a set of metallic inclusions to provide a conductive area within the region. The conductive area functions an antenna. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201068 | Programmable antenna having a programmable substrate - An antenna circuit includes a substrate, an antenna, and a projected artificial magnetic minor (PAMM). The antenna is fabricated on the substrate and is positioned in a region of the substrate that has a high permittivity. The PAMM produces an artificial magnetic conductor at a distance above a surface of the substrate to facilitate a radiation pattern for the antenna. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201072 | Tunable projected artificial magnetic mirror and applications thereof - A tunable projected artificial magnetic minor (PAMM) includes a plurality of artificial magnetic minor (AMM) cells and a control module. The AMM cells collectively produce an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) having a geometric shape a distance from a surface of the tunable PAMM for an electromagnetic signal in a given frequency range. The control module is operably coupled to the plurality of AMM cells and provides control information to one or more of the AMM cells to tune at least one of the geometric shape of the AMC and the distance of the AMC from the surface of the tunable PAMM. | 08-08-2013 |
20130285848 | Integrated and Configurable Radar System - An integrated radar system includes a processing module and a radar device. The radar device includes an antenna module, a configurable shaping module, and a configurable transceiver module. The processing module generates an outbound signal and a control signal to configure the integrated radar system. The configured transceiver module converts the outbound signal into an outbound wireless signal. The configured shaping module shapes the outbound wireless signal into a shaped signal. The antenna module transmits the shaped signal and then receives an inbound radar signal. The configured shaping module shapes the inbound radar signal into an inbound wireless signal. The configured transceiver module converts the inbound wireless signal into an inbound symbol stream. The processing module determines location information regarding an object based on the inbound symbol stream. | 10-31-2013 |
20140030983 | RECEIVER UTILIZING MULTIPLE RADIATION PATTERNS TO DETERMINE ANGULAR POSITION - A receiver includes an antenna array, an angular positioning module, a low noise amplifier module, and a down conversion module. The antenna array is operable to receive an inbound wireless signal. The angular positioning module is operable to: receive a plurality of received inbound wireless signals from the antenna array. An angular position of a source of the inbound wireless signal is determined from at least some of the plurality of received inbound wireless signals based on a first radiation pattern and a second radiation pattern of the plurality of received inbound wireless signals; and output a representation of the inbound wireless signal. The low noise amplifier module is operably coupled to amplify the representation of the inbound wireless signal to produce an amplified inbound wireless signal. The down conversion module is operably coupled to convert the amplified inbound wireless signal into a baseband or near baseband signal. | 01-30-2014 |
20150070215 | POLY SPIRAL ANTENNA AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A poly spiral antenna includes spiral antenna sections and interconnecting traces. A first spiral antenna section has a first interwoven spiral pattern and a first excitation configuration to provide a first radiation pattern component. A second spiral antenna section has a second interwoven spiral pattern and a second excitation configuration to provide a second radiation pattern component. A third spiral antenna section has a third interwoven spiral pattern and a third excitation configuration to provide a third radiation pattern component. The interconnecting traces couple the first, second, and third spiral antenna sections together such that the first, second, and third radiation pattern components form a radiation pattern of the poly spiral antenna. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070216 | RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA STRUCTURE WITH RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A reconfigurable antenna structure includes first and second reconfigurable antennas, a configuration module, and an antenna processing circuit. The first reconfigurable antenna is configured, in response to a first configuration signal, to have a first radiation pattern and to have a first frequency bandwidth and the second reconfigurable antenna is configured, in response to a second configuration signal, to have a second radiation pattern and to have a second frequency bandwidth. The configuration module is configured to generate the first and second configuration signals. The antenna processing circuit is configured to send one or more transmit signals to one or more of the first and second reconfigurable antennas for transmission via one or more of the channels of interest and receive one or more receive signals from the one or more of the first and second reconfigurable antennas. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070229 | ANTENNA ARRAY STRUCTURE WITH DIFFERING ANTENNAS - 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. | 03-12-2015 |