6972results about "Antenna couplings" patented technology

A headset antenna and a connector for the same are provided. The headset antenna includes an audio signal line, an antenna and a high impedance element in specified application frequency ranges. The audio signal line is adapted for transmitting an audio signal and the antenna is adapted for receiving an RF signal. The high impedance element is disposed on a transmission path of the audio signal and generates a high impedance at a specified frequency band of the RF signal, so that the audio signal line is equivalent to an open circuit and the antenna obtains a better receiving capability.

Systems, methods, and articles for a portable power case are disclosed. The portable power case is comprised of at least one battery and at least one PCB. The portable power case is operable to supply power to a transceiver. The portable power case is operable to be charged using a DC power source (e.g., solar panel, wind turbine, water turbine). A plurality of portable power cases, DC power sources, and transceivers are operable to form a mesh network.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing phase adjusting for one or more radiating elements of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing polarization adjusting for one or more orthogonally-polarized element pairs of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to an airborne Tiantong phased-array antenna and an application method thereof. According to the method, phased-array antenna beams are driven to perform electronic scanning according to a geometric azimuth angle, beacon signal blind acquisition is performed in a preset airspace in a wide beam mode, and when an initial signal is detected, the mode is immediately switched to a narrow beam scanning mode; dynamically adjusting a phase weighting coefficient to realize pointing adjustment, so that a signal quality parameter is continuously converged in an optimal threshold interval; carrying aircraft maneuvering acceleration feedback is introduced, beam pointing offset is dynamically compensated based on a pre-constructed interference feature library, and signal fluctuation caused by a multipath effect is suppressed; and continuously checking a data validity flag bit of the main inertial navigation system, seamlessly switching to an antenna built-in inertial navigation data stream when a failure threshold is triggered, and activating a rapid recapture program to maintain zero interruption of a communication link. Through dual-source inertial navigation data fusion and intelligent beam control, rapid and accurate tracking of Tiantong satellites in an airborne environment is realized.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing polarization adjusting by rotating one or more radiating elements of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Embodiments of the invention provide a pen-stylus that comprises a first antenna having a hemispherical shape at a proximal end of the pen-stylus where the pen-stylus engages with a display of a tablet device. The pen-stylus also includes a second antenna, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna communicate with the tablet device to enable a pen-stylus user to draw on the display of the tablet device. The pen-stylus additionally includes an insulating material between the first antenna and the second antenna that prevents interference between the first antenna and the second antenna. In some embodiments, the first antenna and the insulating material reside in a marker tip attached to the pen-stylus, the marker tip transmits axial forces received by engagement of the pen-stylus with the display on the tablet to a force sensor. The pen-stylus further includes a force sensor that converts axial forces received from the marker tip into an electrical signal and transmits the electrical signal to the tablet by at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna.

The invention discloses a compact dual-frequency dual-circularly-polarized satellite-borne common-caliber antenna array, which belongs to the technical field of antennae, and comprises a plurality of basic sub-arrays, each basic sub-array comprises a low-frequency receiving antenna, a high-frequency transmitting antenna, a metal cavity, a transmitting-receiving antenna differential feed phase-shift network and an antenna supporting structure which are sequentially connected from top to bottom; the transmitting antenna is fixed on the metal cavity, the metal cavity is connected with a feed probe insulator, a metal probe in the middle of the feed probe insulator is connected with feed coupling branches of the receiving antenna and the transmitting antenna in a spot welding mode, the metal cavity is provided with an open slot, and the open slot is communicated with the feed probe insulator. The receiving antenna is inserted into the transmitting antenna and the open slot in a plug-in manner; wherein the receiving antenna and the transmitting antenna both adopt an antenna form of differential feed and inverted-L-shaped probe adjacent coupling feed. According to the array, through reasonable arrangement of the receiving antenna, the transmitting antenna, the metal cavity, the transmitting and receiving antenna differential feed phase shift network and the antenna supporting structure, the requirements of low cost, integration, light weight and multi-band application of the satellite-borne phased array are met.

The invention discloses a microstrip MIMO antenna with a wide working frequency band and a wide decoupling frequency band, particularly relates to the technical field of microwave and millimeter wave communication, and solves the problems that most of the microstrip MIMO antenna mutual decoupling technologies in the prior art cannot be suitable for multimode broadband MIMO antennas; the technical problems that effective multi-mode mutual coupling suppression can be achieved only by additionally introducing a large-size metal structure or a stacked patch structure in a mutual coupling removal technology suitable for a multi-mode broadband MIMO antenna, and a high-integration-level planar broadband compact low-mutual-coupling MIMO antenna design scheme is lacked are solved. According to the technical scheme, on the basis of a single-layer planar microstrip antenna, a parasitic structure is loaded between two antenna units, and an antenna unit self-decoupling scheme is combined for design; the microstrip MIMO antenna is high in integration level and has a wide working frequency band and a wide decoupling frequency band at the same time.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying one or more radiating elements of an antenna system that are to be adjusted based on interference determined to affect an operation of the antenna system, and altering one or more properties of the one or more radiating elements to effect polarization adjusting such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing phase adjusting for one or more radiating elements of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

An antenna apparatus and an antenna system. The antenna apparatus is an antenna array composed of a plurality of micro-strip antenna units. Each micro-strip antenna unit comprises a dielectric substrate, a radiation patch, a metal base plate, a feed probe and a shorting pin, wherein the radiation patch is located on an upper surface of the dielectric substrate; the metal base plate is located on a lower surface of the dielectric substrate; the feed probe runs through the dielectric substrate to connect one end of the radiation patch to the metal base plate; and the shorting pin runs through the dielectric substrate to connect the other end of the radiation patch to the metal base plate. By configuring a shorting pin on a radiation patch and simultaneously exciting a first-order mode and a second-order mode, the radiation power of micro-strip antenna units in a preset region can be suppressed to generate a radiation null, such that signals radiated by the micro-strip antenna units can realize asymmetry, thereby realizing the asymmetry of an antenna array. By using an antenna system composed of the antenna array, the coupling suppression of a transceiving array of the antenna system can be realized, thereby improving the isolation degree of the transceiving array.

An antenna apparatus includes a radiation shield between an antenna element and at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) coupled to the antenna element. An antenna substrate includes a first dielectric layer having opposite first and second surfaces, and a first metallization layer attached to the second surface to form a ground plane. A base substrate includes at least one second dielectric layer having opposite third and fourth surfaces, and a second metallization layer having a first side attached to the third surface and a second side attached to the first metallization layer to form the radiation shield. The RFIC is RF coupled to the antenna element through at least one via extending through the base substrate and a coupling element within aligned openings of the first and second metallization layers.

The invention relates to a vehicle-mounted radar waveguide antenna structure, which is a waveguide processing piece formed by splicing an upper waveguide processing piece (51) and a lower waveguide processing piece (52) up and down, a first waveguide transmission cavity (1), a waveguide antenna cavity structure, an electromagnetic band gap structure (3) and an electromagnetic band gap avoiding area (4) are arranged in the upper waveguide machining part (51) and the lower waveguide machining part (52). Compared with a conventionally-designed terminal open-circuit waveguide antenna, the vehicle-mounted radar waveguide antenna structure has the advantages that splicing of two layers of waveguide pieces can be achieved, complex waveguide structures are horizontally laid through reasonable design, the distribution characteristics are simplified as much as possible while splicing of the two layers of waveguide pieces is achieved, the machining difficulty is greatly reduced, and the cost is reduced. The cost is reduced while the performance of the commercial vehicle-mounted radar is improved, and the influence of waveguide piece machining errors on the performance can be reduced while the wide impedance bandwidth is kept.

A differential feed waveguide slot antenna array disclosed by the present invention comprises a radiation layer and a feed layer, the radiation layer is provided with a first antenna radiation slot group and a second antenna radiation slot group, the feed layer comprises a one-to-two power divider, a first feed line and a second feed line, one end of the first feed line is connected with a first output end of the one-to-two power divider, and the other end of the first feed line is connected with a second output end of the one-to-two power divider. One end of the second feeder line is connected with the second output end of the one-to-two power divider, the other end of the first feeder line is connected with the other end of the second feeder line, and the length difference X exists between the first feeder line and the second feeder line, so that the phase difference between a first signal passing through the first feeder line and a second signal passing through the second feeder line is 180 degrees; the first antenna radiation slot group is arranged corresponding to the first feeder line, and the second antenna radiation slot group is arranged corresponding to the second feeder line. The antenna has the advantages of wide working bandwidth, low side lobe and low cost.

We generally describe an antenna system comprising a dual-polarized radiating element extending generally in a first direction parallel or substantially parallel to a reflector of the antenna system. The dual-polarized radiating element is configured to emit an electromagnetic wave. The antenna system further comprises a low-pass filter structure extending generally in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the reflector of the antenna system. The low-pass filter structure is spaced apart, in relation to the first direction, from a center portion of the dual-polarized radiating element. The antenna system further comprises a coupling feeding line which electrically couples, via a region which comprises an end portion of the dual-polarized radiating element, the low-pass filter structure with the center portion of the dual-polarized radiating element for feeding an electrical signal via the low-pass filter structure through the coupling feeding line to the center portion of the dual-polarized radiating element.

An antenna module according to an embodiment comprises: a first layer which is arranged on the front surface of a dielectric substrate, and which is composed of a radiator region having a metal mesh grid, and a dummy region having a dummy mesh grid formed of a plurality of patterns; and a second layer which is arranged on the rear surface of the dielectric substrate and which allows the metal mesh grid to operate as a ground. The plurality of patterns can form a first metal line to a fourth metal line, the first metal line and the third metal line can be parallel to each other, the second metal line can connect the first metal line to the third metal line, and the fourth metal line can be connected to a second end portion of the third metal line.

The invention provides a double-frequency common-caliber base station antenna array which comprises a high-frequency array fixed on a metal reflecting plate and a low-frequency antenna unit located in the middle of the high-frequency array. A low-frequency radiation unit in the low-frequency antenna unit is composed of two groups of mutually crossed low-frequency dipole arms, each low-frequency dipole arm is composed of two quadrilateral or hexagonal metal rings, and the positions of four notches formed in the metal rings are inwards connected with composite decoupling structures respectively; and the low-frequency radiation unit is arranged above the high-frequency array and partially coincides with the projection of the high-frequency array on the reflecting plate. The composite decoupling structure can induce high-frequency induction current on the low-frequency dipole arms to achieve reverse offset in a wide frequency band, interference of the low-frequency radiation unit on high-frequency electromagnetic waves is reduced, a good high-frequency directional diagram shape preserving effect is achieved, the low-frequency dipole arms are printed on the dielectric substrate, the structure is simple, and the antenna is convenient to manufacture. And meanwhile, the current path of the low-frequency radiation unit is prolonged by the composite decoupling structure, and miniaturization is realized.

A box dipole radiating element uses a compact quad arrangement of substantially coplanar radiating arms to support slant-polarized radiation, in response to differential-mode currents generated along four sides thereof and in response to common-mode currents, which may be generated in substantially the same plane as the differential-mode currents. A feed signal routing network is provided, which includes a feed signal routing substrate on portions of the radiating arms, first through fourth signal traces on a forward face of the substrate, and first through fourth ground plane segments on a rear face of the substrate. These first through fourth ground plane segments are capacitively coupled to the radiating arms. Each of the signal traces receives a corresponding feed signal, and spans a corresponding air gap between a pair of the radiating arms.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, via an antenna, a communication signal generated by a communication device, and detecting interference in the communication signal, wherein the interference is generated by one or more interference sources, wherein the interference is detected by monitoring a near field region of the antenna, an intermediate field region of the antenna, a far field region of the antenna, or any combinations thereof, wherein the monitoring excludes monitoring only the far field region of the antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The invention discloses a millimeter wave broadband dual circularly polarized antenna and an array. The millimeter wave broadband dual circularly polarized antenna comprises two layers of microwave medium substrates, a bonding medium, a grounding metal plate and a coaxial feed probe. Two E-shaped patch antennas, four small square patches and an L-shaped metal strip are printed on the upper surface of the upper-layer dielectric substrate, gaps are obliquely formed in the centers of the small square patches, the L-shaped metal strip is used for increasing port isolation, and the E-shaped patches excite the four small square patches to achieve the broadband radiation characteristic. And two coaxial feed probes are respectively connected with two output ends with 90-degree phase difference of the 3dB directional coupler on the lower surface of the lower-layer microwave dielectric substrate, sequentially penetrate through the lower-layer microwave dielectric substrate, the bonding medium, the grounding metal plate and the upper-layer microwave dielectric substrate, and are electrically connected with the two E-shaped patch antennas, so that circularly polarized radiation is realized. According to the invention, the circularly polarized antenna with wide beam width, wide impedance bandwidth, wide axial ratio bandwidth and dual polarization characteristics is realized, and the circularly polarized antenna is suitable for potential application requirements of millimeter wave frequency band wireless communication and satellite communication.

According to the broadband single-layer dual-polarization microstrip antenna, a radiation patch and a short-circuit metal column are combined to form an EBG structure, and the working bandwidth is greatly improved. And the two ports are connected with the circular parasitic patch through the coaxial line, so that radiation energy coupling is realized, and impedance matching is improved. And two ports are orthogonally arranged, so that the isolation is improved. The four slits suppress the coupling current between the adjacent antenna units, an additional decoupling structure is not needed, the polarization purity is ensured, and the cross polarization is less than-15dB. The antenna is compact in structure, a single-layer substrate is adopted, the profile of the antenna is 0.08 working wavelength, miniaturization, dual polarization, broadband and high isolation are achieved, processing is simple, the antenna works in the 16.7 GHz Ku frequency band, and the-10 dB impedance bandwidth is about 16%. According to the invention, a miniaturized, dual-polarized, broadband, high-isolation and monopole-like radiation mode is realized, the radiation mode is stable, and the antenna can be used as a phased array unit.

The invention discloses a directional diagram reconfigurable antenna capable of switching feed through an MEMS switch, and belongs to the field of radio frequency front-end devices. The directional diagram reconfigurable antenna is composed of a micro-strip radiation unit, a guide parasitic unit, a composite beam ohmic contact type MEMS switch, a one-to-four feed network, a direct current bias line, a test patch bonding pad, a coplanar waveguide, a gradual change micro-strip line, a dielectric substrate and a metal ground backboard. The two-stage MEMS switches are erected on the one-to-four feed network, when the two-stage switches on a certain feeder line are turned on, radio frequency current can flow to the corresponding basic radiation unit through the feeder line to generate an inclined beam facing the quadrant, and the two basic radiation units on the front side can be enabled by simultaneously turning on the four switches on the front side to generate an inclined beam facing the quadrant. And generating an inclined beam in the front side positive direction. The antenna adopts a single-layer board design, the dielectric substrate does not need to be punched, the structure is simple, manufacturing is convenient, the adopted MEMS switch is small in loss and high in isolation degree, and rapid printing and manufacturing can be achieved through the surface etching process.

The invention discloses a filtering antenna, a common-caliber antenna array and a base station, and the filtering antenna comprises a radiation structure which comprises a radiation substrate, at least one electric dipole and a plurality of open-circuit branches; the electric dipole comprises two annular radiation arms which are symmetrical about the center of the radiation substrate; the annular radiation arm is connected with at least one open-circuit branch knot and is in the same plane with the open-circuit branch knot; and the open-circuit branch knot is used as a filtering structure.

The invention provides a high-isolation antenna applied to millimeter wave multi-channel near field communication. The high-isolation antenna applied to millimeter wave multi-channel near field communication comprises an antenna main body and a wave absorbing layer, the antenna main body is provided with a plurality of horn structure cavities and accommodating cavities, the accommodating cavities are in one-to-one correspondence with the horn structure cavities, each horn structure cavity corresponds to one transmission channel, each horn structure cavity comprises an opening part, an extending part and a connecting part, the accommodating cavities are arranged at the bottoms of the horn structure cavities, and the connecting parts are arranged at the bottoms of the horn structure cavities. The accommodating cavity is communicated with the connecting part of the horn structure cavity, and a patch probe is arranged in the accommodating cavity; the top of the wave absorbing layer is provided with openings, the openings are in one-to-one correspondence with the horn structure cavities, and the openings are communicated with the opening parts. According to the scheme, the problem that a traditional non-contact connector is short in transmission distance is solved, meanwhile, the blank of the non-contact connector in multichannel communication is filled up, and a way is provided for implementation of the millimeter wave non-contact connector.

A switchable patch antenna comprises a planar conductor having an aperture (hole) formed in the middle of the planar conductor. Radiation of a sinusoidal signal is controlled by comparison of separate impedance values for two components that have separate impedance values. Each of the two components have one end coupled together at the terminal positioned at a center of the aperture and their other ends separately coupled to opposing edges of the aperture. A sinusoidal signal source is also coupled to the terminal positioned at the aperture's center. Further, when the impedance values of both components are substantially equivalent, radiation by the antenna of the provided signal and / or mutual coupling of other signals is disabled. Also, when an impedance value of one of the two components is substantially greater than the other impedance value of the other component, the provided signal is radiated and / or mutual coupling is enabled.

The invention discloses a broadband high-gain microstrip antenna, which is provided with a rectangular radiation patch, a symmetrical grooving parasitic patch, a dielectric substrate, a metal bottom plate and a polytetrafluoroethylene support column, the rectangular radiation patch and the symmetrical grooving parasitic microstrip are attached to the upper layer of the dielectric substrate; a certain distance is formed between the rectangular radiation patch and the slotted parasitic patch and is used for coupling electromagnetic waves; the upper dielectric substrate is provided with two through holes for feeding; the metal bottom plate and the upper-layer substrate are fixed through four polytetrafluoroethylene supporting columns; a space is reserved in the middle to form an air substrate; and an SMA interface is arranged below the floor. According to the microstrip patch antenna, the forms of differential feeding and parasitic patch adding are adopted, the high gain and broadband characteristics of the microstrip patch antenna are achieved, the profile of the antenna is kept within 0.1 lambda, and the unipolar radiation pattern is achieved while high performance is guaranteed. In addition, the antenna is relatively simple in technical structure and convenient for later processing, can be used as an array unit for arraying, and meets the requirements of modern communication.

The invention discloses a broadband low-coupling dual-polarization dielectric resonator antenna based on dual-mode resonance and differential feed. The broadband low-coupling dual-polarization dielectric resonator antenna comprises a dielectric resonator, two pairs of orthogonal coaxial probe pairs, a first Wilkinson power divider, a second Wilkinson power divider, a first feed port and a second feed port, the two pairs of orthogonal coaxial probes are both inserted into the dielectric resonator; each pair of coaxial probes is connected with two output ends of the corresponding Wilkinson power divider; the first feed port excites the pair of coaxial probes to feed the dielectric resonator through the first Wilkinson power divider, and excites a horizontal polarization radiation mode in the x-axis direction; a second feed port excites the other pair of coaxial probes to feed towards the dielectric resonator through a second Wilkinson power divider, and a horizontal polarization radiation mode in the y-axis direction is excited; according to the invention, a dual-polarization radiation mode which is compact in structure, broadband and low in coupling is realized, and each polarization further increases the bandwidth by exciting two resonance modes with close frequency points.

The present invention discloses a high polarization isolation dual-polarization tightly coupled ultra-wideband phased array antenna. It includes a dipole unit, a coaxial feed line, a metal reflective floor, a fishbone cross-shaped patch and a cross-shaped metal wall; the dipole unit includes a horizontal and two vertical dielectric substrates, and the vertical dielectric substrates are orthogonal to each other; two groups of coplanar and mutually perpendicular butterfly-shaped dipole units are printed on the lower surface of the horizontal dielectric substrate; a fishbone cross-shaped patch is embedded at the intersection of the ends of the dipole units, and there is a gap between the patch and the end of the dipole; a patch with an etched groove line is printed on one side of the vertical dielectric substrate; the patch is connected to the dipole; the microstrip line on the upper surface of the horizontal dielectric substrate is connected to the inner conductor of the coaxial feed line, and the dipole is connected to the outer conductor of the coaxial feed line; the fishbone cross-shaped patch is in contact with the cross-shaped metal wall. The present invention realizes high polarization isolation and low cross-polarization of the dual-polarization tightly coupled ultra-wideband phased array in a lower frequency band without the need for a complex feeding network.

Antennae, controllers, and / or the like are provided. In some embodiments, an antenna may include a chassis; a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) disposed on or within the chassis, a plurality of L-band antenna elements configured to transmit and receive data through satellite communication; a plurality of K / Ka-band antenna elements configured to transmit and / or receive data, wherein the plurality of L-band antenna elements and the plurality of K / Ka-band antenna arrays are disposed on the plurality of PCBs; and a controller disposed on the plurality of PCBs and configured to control the plurality of L-band antenna elements and the plurality of Ka-band antenna elements.