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128results about "Differential interacting antenna combinations" patented technology

Electronic Device and Case with Satellite Communication Capabilities

An electronic device may be mounted to a main body of a removable case. The case includes a cover that rotates between open and closed positions. The device may convey wireless data and / or a control signal with the removable case over radio-frequency connectors, near-field communications (NFC) coils, connector electrodes, and / or wired data connectors. The removable case may relay the wireless data between the electronic device and a communications satellite in space. The case may include a phased antenna array in the cover. In the open position, the cover may point the phased antenna array towards the sky. The removable case may include beamforming circuitry in the cover and coupled to the phased antenna array. The control signal may control the beamforming circuitry to produce, using the phased antenna array, a signal beam oriented towards the communications satellite.
Owner:APPLE INC

Fixed-frequency beam scanning leaky-wave antenna and electronic equipment

The invention provides a fixed-frequency beam scanning leaky-wave antenna and electronic equipment. The leaky-wave antenna comprises a first microstrip line and a second microstrip line, wherein the first microstrip line and the second microstrip line are used for transmitting radio frequency signals and are arranged at an interval; the N antenna units are connected to the first microstrip line and the second microstrip line, and each antenna unit comprises a first switch and a second switch; a first stub and a second stub, and an antenna. According to the technical scheme, the leaky-wave antenna is simple in structure, easy to process, high in expansibility and capable of reducing parasitism, transmission loss, element loss and the like.
Owner:PEKING UNIV CHONGQING CARBON-BASED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT RES INST

Antenna systems

An antenna assembly can include an internal ground plane, a base PCB, and a plurality of antennas. The base PCB can be positioned above the internal ground plane. The base PCB can include a plurality of individual ground planes spaced circumferentially about a center of the base PCB, with the plurality of individual ground planes being electrically connected to the internal ground plane. Each antenna of the plurality of antennas can be electrically connected to an individual ground plane of the plurality of individual ground planes. The plurality of antennas can include a plurality of multi-band antennas and one or more WiFi antennas.
Owner:PARSEC TECHNOLOGIES INC

Portable electronic device comprising a microcontroller, a secure element and a peripheral component controlled by the secure element

A portable electronic device comprising a microcontroller, a secure element, and at least one peripheral component controlled by the secure element, wherein the secure element is connected to the microcontroller through a first serial data link and is connected to the peripheral component through at least one second serial data link. At least one digital input of the peripheral component is connected to at least one digital input / output of the microcontroller and the secure element is configured to send to the microcontroller, via the first data link, control commands of said digital input / output of the microcontroller such that it provides a specified signal on the digital input of the peripheral component.
Owner:LEDGER

Wearable device and antenna control method

The present application relates to the technical field of virtual reality, and particularly relates to a wearable device and an antenna control method. The wearable device comprises a handle and a head-mounted display, the head-mounted display comprising a first antenna, the first antenna comprising a first feed point and a second feed point, the handle comprising a second antenna, and the second antenna comprising a third feed point and a fourth feed point, wherein a first target pattern is generated when the first antenna is fed via a first target feed point among the first feed point and the second feed point, a second target pattern is generated when the second antenna is fed via a second target feed point among the third feed point and the fourth feed point, and an antenna radiation range indicated by the first target pattern at least partially overlaps with an antenna radiation range indicated by the second target pattern. In this way, a pattern of the head-mounted display can be kept aligned with an antenna pattern of the handle, thereby maintaining good communication quality between the head-mounted display and the handle.
Owner:HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

Multibeam sector-splitting base station antennas having compact beamforming networks

Multibeam base station antennas include an antenna array that includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements and a beamforming network having at least two rows and two columns of directional couplers, where adjacent pairs of directional couplers in each row are connected to each other by respective ones of a plurality of delay lines, where at least some of the delay lines have a wave shape having multiple peaks and valleys.
Owner:OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC

Method and radio base station comprising antennas for providing coverage in a cell

The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a radio base station (100) for providing radio coverage in a cell (101), and a radio base station (100) performing the method. In an aspect, a method performed by a radio base station (100) for providing radio coverage in a cell (101) is provided. The method comprises establishing (S102) communication channels in a plurality of directions via a first antenna (102) capable of performing beam forming, acquiring (S102) performance indicators for the established communication channels, and directing (S103) at least a second antenna (103) in a selected direction based on the acquired obtained performance indicators.
Owner:TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)

Space time chaotic antenna array active incoherent mm-wave imaging system

An apparatus comprising an antenna array including multiple planar slot antenna elements with integrated feedlines, wherein the positions, orientation angles, and feedline lengths of the antenna elements are mutually uncorrelated to produce spatial and temporal incoherence. The apparatus may include a substrate having irregular ridge faces supporting the antenna elements, a switching circuit configured to activate subsets of the antenna elements according to randomized or pseudo-random sequences, and a controller operatively coupled to the switching circuit.
Owner:UNIV OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Beam steering and direction finding for differential segmented aperture antennas.

Providing a beam steering system for a differential segmented aperture antenna. [Solution] A beam steering system includes a differential segmented array (DSA) antenna including a plurality of pyramidal structures and elements arranged in an array including first and second sets of directional elements, each element being defined between opposing faces of two adjacent pyramidal structures and the position of each element being spaced a distance from a common origin of the elements of the array, a phase gradient determination circuit for determining first and second phase gradients for the directional elements, the phase gradient being based on first and second angles of a target relative to the DSA antenna and an operating frequency of the DSA antenna, and a phase shift determination circuit for determining first and second phase shifts for each of the elements and determining a composite phase shift by summing the respective first and second phase shifts for each element.
Owner:BATTELLE MEMORIAL INST

Antenna and electronic device

This application provides an antenna and an electronic device. The antenna is a combination of a dipole antenna and a slot antenna, and the antenna includes a radiator and a balun structure. The radiator includes a first branch for a first current to flow through and a second branch for a second current to flow through. The first branch and the second branch are arranged on two opposite sides of the balun structure, and serve as two branches of the dipole antenna. A direction of the first current is at least partially opposite to that of the second current. The first branch is spaced from the balun structure by a first slot. The second branch is spaced from the balun structure by a second slot. The first slot is configured to form a first horizontally-radiated electric field by the first current and a current on the balun structure. The second slot is configured to form a second horizontally-radiated electric field by the second current and the current on the balun structure. Through coordination of the slots with the first branch and the second branch, radiation in both horizontal and vertical directions of the antenna is enhanced and antenna pattern roundness is increased.
Owner:HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

A one-dimensional phase-scan waveguide slot antenna based on tunable reflective phase shifter

The application discloses a one-dimensional phase scanning waveguide slot antenna array based on an adjustable reflective phase shifter, wherein a TE10 mode signal is converted into four equal-amplitude and in-phase TEM mode signals by a one-to-four coaxial feeding layer and transmitted to an adjustable reflective phase shifter group, the adjustable reflective phase shifter group adjusts the phases of the four TEM mode signals, generates four TEM mode signals and transmits the four TEM mode signals to a double-ridge-to-coaxial layer, the double-ridge-to-coaxial layer converts the four TEM mode signals into four TE10 mode signals through a coaxial-to-double-ridge structure and outputs the four TE10 mode signals to a single-ridge waveguide transmission layer, the single-ridge waveguide transmission layer transmits the four TE10 mode signals to a slot radiation layer through a double-ridge waveguide-to-single-ridge waveguide structure, the slot radiation layer radiates the four TE10 mode signals to free space, and the slot radiation layer, the single-ridge waveguide transmission layer, the double-ridge-to-coaxial layer, the adjustable reflective phase shifter group and the one-to-four coaxial feeding layer are all made of full metal; the one-dimensional phase scanning waveguide slot antenna array based on the adjustable reflective phase shifter has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, large-angle scanning and high gain.
Owner:NINGBO UNIV

Ultra-wideband monopole antenna and array thereof

The invention provides an ultra-wide-band monopole antenna and an array thereof. The ultra-wide-band monopole antenna comprises a bottom plate disc, a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna, the antenna comprises a base plate disc, a plurality of antenna units, the antenna units are circumferentially distributed on the base plate disc, the center distance between the antenna units and the base plate disc is 0.5 lambda, and lambda is the wavelength under the center frequency of the antenna units. By arranging the antenna units on the circumference, the problems of radiation efficiency reduction and directional diagram distortion are solved, and the technical problem that an antenna structure design capable of avoiding radiation efficiency reduction and directional diagram distortion is lacked in the prior art is solved.
Owner:CHINA SHIP DEV & DESIGN CENT

Circular array antenna

To provide a circular array antenna that improves ripple in an omnidirectional radiation pattern without causing characteristic deterioration.SOLUTION: In a circular array antenna 1, a plurality of planar antennas 4, 5, 6, 7 having a rectangular substrate 41, 51, 61, 71 and a radiating element 42, 52, 62, 72 are placed in a rectangular tube shape, and the circular array antenna includes an antenna main body 2 in which each of the radiating elements is arranged on the outer circumferential side of the rectangular tube shape, and an annular ripple improvement ring 3 arranged on the outer periphery of the antenna main body 2 and provided along the circumferential direction of the central axis C of the antenna main body 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:JAPAN RADIO CO LTD

Antenna device and electronic device including the same

An antenna device for providing a higher data transmission rate in a wireless communication system is provided. The antenna device includes a first radiating body mounted to a side surface of a multiple layer circuit board to transmit and receive a wireless signal and a second radiating body mounted to a top surface of the multiple layer circuit board and electrically connected to the first radiating body to transmit and receive the wireless signal together with the first radiating body.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Antenna device and communication device

An array accommodated in a housing includes multiple antenna elements. The antenna elements face an inside surface of the housing and are arrayed in a first direction at least one-dimensionally. A waveguide is coupled to the antenna elements of the array antenna and extends from the array antenna toward the inside surface of the housing. The waveguide has a housing-side end face facing the inside surface of the housing and an antenna-side end face facing the array antenna. A length from one end to an opposite end of the housing-side end face in the first direction is greater than a length from one end to an opposite end of the antenna-side end face in the first direction. An antenna device that can improve antenna gain without increasing the size of the antenna module is provided.
Owner:MURATA MFG CO LTD

Broadband arbitrary polarization multi-plane phased array antenna

The invention discloses a broadband arbitrary polarization multi-plane phased-array antenna, which belongs to the technical field of antennas and comprises an antenna mounting side panel, an antenna mounting top panel and a broadband dual-polarization antenna array. The number of the antenna mounting top panels is a regular polygon, the number of the antenna mounting side panels is consistent with the number of sides of the antenna mounting top panels, and the antenna mounting side panels are trapezoidal; the antenna mounting top panel and the plurality of antenna mounting side panels form a polyhedral halfpace; the broadband dual-polarized antenna array is mounted on the antenna mounting side panel and the antenna mounting top panel; the arrangement mode of the broadband dual-polarized antenna array is a two-dimensional plane arrangement mode, the broadband dual-polarized antenna array comprises a radiation array plane and a parasitic coupling unit installed at the edge of the radiation array plane, and two adjacent basic array elements in the broadband dual-polarized antenna array jointly form a radiation unit. The antenna provided by the invention can radiate any polarization signal meeting requirements, and realizes full-airspace coverage.
Owner:NANJING CHANGFENG AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS SCI & TECH

Component carrier with shielded cavity and over antenna and non-conductive low-loss high-frequency structure

A component carrier (100), the component carrier comprising: a stack (102) comprising a plurality of electrically conductive layer structures (150) and at least one electrically insulating layer structure (152); a cavity (104) formed in the stack (102) and delimited by a circumferential wall; a conductive shield (106) that covers at least a portion of a circumferential wall of the cavity (104); a non-conductive, low loss, high frequency structure (154) over the cavity (104); and an antenna (108) located at least partially above the low-loss high-frequency structure (154).
Owner:AT&S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGY & SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY AG

Passive / active base station antenna systems having passive reflector assemblies with an opening for an active antenna array

A base station antenna comprises a reflector assembly and a first radiating element having a first feed stalk and a first radiator. A base of the first feed stalk is adjacent the reflector assembly and the first radiator is adjacent a distal end of the first feed stalk. A center of the first radiator is offset from the base of the first feed stalk in a longitudinal direction that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the base station antenna.
Owner:OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC

Mixed Huygens-Yagi antenna and high-directivity bandwidth enhancement method thereof

The invention discloses a mixed Huygens-Yagi antenna and a high-directivity bandwidth enhancement method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of antennas. A mixed mode antenna, comprising: a Huygens source structure, the Huygens source structure comprising a first electric dipole and a magnetic dipole; the second electric dipole and the Huygens source structure are arranged at an interval along the preset axial direction; wherein the mixed-mode antenna is configured to excite the Huygens source structure to work in a Huygens mode at a first frequency; and at a second frequency, exciting the first electric dipole as a driving unit, and using the second electric dipole as a reflector, so that the first electric dipole and the second electric dipole work together in a Yagi mode, wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency.
Owner:ANHUI UNIV

Apparatus with antenna array

An apparatus includes: a first antenna array including a plurality of first antenna array elements configured to transmit a signal including coded data in a first frequency band; a second antenna array including a plurality of second antenna array elements configured to receive a signal including coded data in the first frequency band; a third antenna array including a plurality of third antenna array elements; a suppression signal generator configured to generate a first suppression drive signal in the first frequency band for the third antenna array elements to generate a compensating electromagnetic field for reducing interference received by the plurality of second antenna array elements from the plurality of first antenna array elements in the first frequency band; and a transceiver coupled to the third antenna array and configured to transmit a signal including coded data in a second frequency band, wherein the second frequency band is different from the first frequency band.
Owner:NOKIA NETWORKS OY

Irregular subarray arrangement method, antenna array and related device

The invention discloses an irregular sub-array arrangement method, an antenna array and a related device, and belongs to the technical field of antennae, and the method comprises the steps: generating a plurality of candidate sub-arrays according to the type and orientation of the antenna sub-arrays and the boundary constraint of an antenna array region, and forming a candidate sub-array set; establishing a sub-array conflict list according to whether the positions of the candidate sub-arrays are overlapped or not; and according to the candidate sub-array set and the sub-array conflict list, selecting candidate sub-arrays meeting a preset quantity requirement from the candidate sub-array set by adopting an optimization algorithm, and enabling the positions of all the candidate sub-arrays not to conflict and meeting a preset performance index of an antenna array radiation pattern to obtain an optimal irregular sub-array arrangement scheme. According to the method, the continuous layout problem of the irregular antenna array surface and the multi-type antenna sub-arrays is converted into the problem of carrying out combined selection from the pre-generated and limited antenna sub-array set, conflict pruning is realized in combination with the conflict relation, and the universality and the calculation efficiency of the antenna layout design are remarkably improved.
Owner:PHASYM TECH CO LTD

Slotted antenna comprising an electrode radiofrequency signal injector and device comprising such an antenna

An electronic device comprising a chassis receiving a closed-slot antenna comprising a longitudinal port made in and through a side wall of the chassis. The antenna comprises a radio frequency signal injector comprising two substantially parallel flat electrodes, the first electrode resting on a first surface of the longitudinal port and the second electrode resting on a second surface of the longitudinal port. A compression element made of a flexible and elastic material, arranged between the two electrodes, exerts a spreading force on them which presses them against the first and second surfaces of the longitudinal port.
Owner:LEDGER

Apparatus having antenna arrays

An apparatus, comprising: a transmit antenna array comprising a plurality of transmit antenna array elements; a receive antenna array comprising a plurality of receive antenna array elements; a suppression antenna array comprising a plurality of suppression antenna array elements; and a signal generator configured to generate suppression antenna array element drive signals for the suppression antenna array elements to generate a compensating electromagnetic field to reduce interference received by the plurality of receive antenna array elements from the plurality of transmit antenna array elements.
Owner:NOKIA SOLUTIONS & NETWORKS OY

Phased array antenna module and communication device with the same

Antenna module, comprising: a phased array (111; 220; 410) comprising a plurality of antennas (221a, 221b, 221c, 221d, 222) and designed to transmit a first radio frequency (RF) signal (RF1) and a second RF signal (RF2) polarized in different directions; an integrated front-end radio frequency circuit (HFIC) (112; 210; 420) comprising a first RF circuit (421; 600a; 600b) designed to process or generate the first RF signal (RF1), and a second RF circuit (422) designed to process or generate the second RF signal (RF2); and a switching circuit (430) designed to connect both the first RF circuit (421; 600a; 600b) and the second RF circuit (422) to a first terminal (441) or a second terminal (442) of the antenna module (400) according to a control signal, wherein the first terminal (441) and the second terminal (442) are connectable to a backend RFIC (150; 300; 700a; 700b; 810; 920) which processes or generates a baseband signal.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Multi-beam phased array

The embodiment of the invention provides a multi-beam phased array, and aims to avoid mutual influence of a receiving array plane, a synthesis network and a power supply control chip in the multi-beam phased array. The multi-beam phased array comprises a plurality of microwave plates, a receiving array plane, a synthesis network and a power supply control chip, the plurality of microwave plates comprise a first microwave plate, a second microwave plate and a third microwave plate which are stacked, the second microwave plate is located between the first microwave plate and the third microwave plate, the receiving array plane is arranged on the first microwave plate, and the synthesis network is arranged on the receiving array plane. The synthesis network is arranged on the second microwave plate, the synthesis network is electrically connected with the receiving array plane, the power supply control chip is arranged on the third microwave plate, and the power supply control chip is electrically connected with the synthesis network; the receiving array plane, the synthesis network and the power supply control chip are separately arranged, and mutual influence of the receiving array plane, the synthesis network and the power supply control chip is avoided.
Owner:CHINA UNITED NETWORK COMM GRP CO LTD +1

Electronic device with antenna modules

An antenna module implemented as a multi-layered package includes: a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of layers; an array antenna portion including a plurality of antenna elements disposed on the PCB; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) chip bonded to a second surface of the PCB, the second surface being another outermost surface of the PCB; and a plurality of signal connection lines connected from the RFIC chip to the array antenna portion. A length of each of the plurality of signal connection lines may be a length of a connection line connected between the RFIC chip and the array antenna portion, and the plurality of signal connection lines may have the same length.
Owner:LG ELECTRONICS INC

High performance lens antenna systems

A cascaded lens system associated with a lens antenna system is disclosed. The cascaded lens system comprises a focusing lens configured to receive a collimated beam associated with a source antenna circuit and focus the collimated beam, in order to convert the collimated beam from spatial domain to spatial frequency domain, thereby forming a focused beam associated with the focusing lens and a collimation lens configured to couple to the focused beam and collimate a select spatial frequency component associated with the focused beam, thereby forming a real collimated beam.
Owner:INTEL CORP