469results about "Differential interacting antenna combinations" patented technology

A modular, radio frequency (“RF”) system includes one or more directional antennas and is configured with both hardware and software components to enable the RF system to monitor (e.g., detect or track signals or objects) and / or interact with (e.g., track signals or objects, or transmit signals) objects in particular directions. The RF system includes one or more machine learning models to determine, based on received signals, one or more signals to transmit.

An antenna-in-module includes a ground plate, three radiating elements, and two feed stubs. A first radiating element and a ground plate are arranged at an interval along a Z-axis and are disposed opposite to each other. The first radiating element and a second radiating element are arranged at an interval along an X-axis. A first gap between the first radiating element and the second radiating element extends along a Y-axis. A third radiating element and the second radiating element are arranged at an interval along the Z-axis and are disposed opposite to each other. At least a part of a first feed stub is disposed in a first aperture that includes space between the first gap and the ground plate. At least a part of a second feed stub is disposed in a second aperture that includes space between the second radiating element and the third radiating element.

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.

According to one embodiment, a transmit / receive antenna module includes a radar circuit arranged at a substrate, a transmit antenna arranged at a first end portion of the substrate and connected to the radar circuit, a receive antenna arranged at a second end portion of the substrate and connected to the radar circuit. The transmit antenna is capable of transmitting an electromagnetic wave parallel to the substrate. The receive antenna is capable of receiving an electromagnetic wave parallel to the substrate.

An antenna assembly can include a case, a first ground plane, and a multi-band multi-element antenna. The case can include a body portion and a door pivotably coupled to the body portion. The first ground plane can be coupled to the body portion and can divide the case into a first internal volume and a second internal volume. The multi-band multi-element antenna can include at least one multi-band radiating element coupled to a top side of the first ground plane. The antenna assembly can include a tablet computer and / or a display screen.

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.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of antenna configuration for positioning. The method comprises identifying, at a first device, at least one second device hearable by the first device based on a monitoring of respective reference signals from the at least one second device; determining respective transmit power on at least two antenna panels allocated for the at least one second device based on a measurement associated with the respective reference signals; and transmitting, to the at least one second device, a message associated with a positioning of the first device by using the at least two antenna panels with the respective transmit power. In this way, the chance of successful PRACH for positioning reception at all identified involved gNBs may be optimized for maximized positioning accuracy at low latency and low UE power consumption.

Devices and systems for increasing the gain and / or offering multiple antenna frequencies while conserving space on the antenna are provided. According to various aspects of the technology, panels with antenna elements are stacked to create a MIMO antenna array with more antenna elements while conserving space. In some aspects, the antenna elements are the same size and produce the same frequency while their physical configuration increases the gain of the antenna. In alternative aspects, the antenna elements are different sizes and produces different frequencies such that the antenna offers a greater variety or bandwidth of frequencies while conserving physical space on the antenna (i.e., maximizing a total quantity of antenna elements associated with the antenna). Using an antenna system and device with an increased quantity of antenna elements increases one or more of the system capacity, data rates, reliability, gain, coverage range, and the like.

A vertically-polarized omnidirectional antenna, including: a body including: a host printed circuit board (PCB) including: first and second slots, and a metal flooded ground plane, first and second antenna PCBs forming four dipole pairs, the first and second antenna PCBs mounted to the host PCB, respective first to third ground connection fillet tabs, the first and second tabs being on an opposite side of the host PCB from the third tab, the first to third tabs being on a same side of its antenna PCB, an amplitude taper on each antenna PCB at transitions between the host and antenna PCBs, including: a first transmission line splitting off into a second transmission line and a third transmission line, the second transmission line feeding two antennas to form one dipole pair, the third transmission line stepping down using a quarter-wave transformer, and a radio frequency (RF) connector to receive a power supply.

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.

To facilitate positioning a user device, the user device is configured to measure, per an antenna array, reference signals received from transmission-reception points and to check, whether a downlink reference signal from a transmission-reception point is received in a serving antenna array and in one or more non-serving antenna arrays with a first delay. A non-serving antenna array receiving the signal with the first delay is an alternative antenna array to the serving antenna array. When the serving antenna array is under a maximum permissible exposure event, the user device is configured to select, which one of one or more alternative antenna arrays and the serving antenna panel is to be used for transmitting at least a positioning signal to the transmission-reception point.

Devices and systems for increasing the gain and / or offering multiple antenna frequencies while conserving space on the antenna are provided. According to various aspects of the technology, panels with antenna elements are stacked to create a MIMO antenna array with more antenna elements while conserving space. In some aspects, the antenna elements are the same size and produce the same frequency while their physical configuration increases the gain of the antenna. In alternative aspects, the antenna elements are different sizes and produces different frequencies such that the antenna offers a greater variety or bandwidth of frequencies while conserving physical space on the antenna (i.e., maximizing a total quantity of antenna elements associated with the antenna). Using an antenna system and device with an increased quantity of antenna elements increases one or more of the system capacity, data rates, reliability, gain, coverage range, and the like.

A waveguide antenna and a related device relate to the technical field of millimeter wave radars. The waveguide antenna comprises at least one power division unit and N waveguides, the at least one power division unit is used for dividing a first signal from a radio frequency chip into N paths of signals, the N paths of signals are transmitted through the N waveguides respectively, at least two waveguides in the N waveguides are different in length, and N is an integer larger than 1. The waveguide antenna can meet different requirements of different application scenes on the detection capability of the antenna at the same time.

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.

A three-dimensional (3D) antenna array system in the form of a phased array antenna having a first antenna array and a second antenna array, a calibration circuit including an external signal generator, and a hinged power transformer is described. The external signal generator is electrically connected to the first antenna array, and the first antenna array is electrically coupled to the second antenna array via the hinged power transformer. The hinged power transformer mechanically joins the first antenna array to the second antenna array in one of a first position and a second position, with the first antenna array being disposed at an angle in relation to the second antenna array when the hinged power transformer is disposed in the first position.

A beam steering system includes a differentially segmented aperture antenna comprising a plurality of pyramid structures arranged in an array, and a plurality of elements formed in an array, each element being defined between two adjacent pyramid structures; phase conversion circuitry to determine a phase conversion for each element, the phase conversion for each element being based on an angle of a target with respect to the element, and an operating frequency of the DSA antenna; transmit phase shift circuitry to apply a phase difference for each element based on the phase conversion, the phase difference steering the signal to the target so that the signal interferes constructively; and receive phase shift circuitry to apply a phase difference for each element based on the phase conversion, causing the signal to interfere constructively for a signal of interest, and suppresses an unwanted signal by steering the signal into a null.

Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a device. The method generally includes: transmitting a transmit signal via a first antenna; receiving a first receive signal via a second antenna and a second receive signal via a third antenna, the first receive signal and the second receive signal being associated with the transmit signal; generating a first phase-shifted signal via a first phase shifter based on the first receive signal, and a second phase-shifted signal via a second phase shifter based on the second receive signal; and combining the first phase-shifted signal and the second phase-shifted signal to generate a combined receive signal, wherein a phase-shift setting of at least one of the first phase shifter or the second phase shifter is controlled based on at least one of a mutual coupling component or a phase noise of the combined receive signal.

Systems and methods are provided for implementing a phased array antenna with an optical axis direction. A scan angle within a defined scan angle range is selected for the phased array antenna such that the selected scan angle differs from a scan angle associated with the visual axis direction. An antenna port impedance associated with each of a plurality of antenna elements constituting the phased array antenna varies with the scan angle of the phased array antenna. A plurality of amplifiers are each coupled to an antenna port of one of the plurality of antenna elements. Each amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers is configured such that a maximum of performance characteristics of the plurality of amplifiers is achieved when an impedance at the antenna port corresponds to the selected scan angle.

The embodiments of the present application provide an antenna device and an electronic device, in which a main screen antenna and a secondary screen antenna are respectively designed in the main screen part and the secondary screen part of the electronic device, wherein the main screen antenna and the secondary screen antenna can be antennas of the same frequency band, and when the folding screen is in the folded state, the positions of the main and secondary screen antennas will overlap. The main screen antenna and the secondary screen antenna can excite two antenna modes with high isolation. In this way, even if the main screen antenna and the secondary screen antenna are of the same frequency and overlap, good isolation can be obtained, and the radiation patterns are complementary, which is particularly beneficial for the MIMO antenna design of electronic devices with folding screens. Moreover, it is not necessary to isolate multiple antennas of the same frequency band in physical positions. For example, two or more antennas of the same frequency with high isolation can be obtained without staggering the design in physical positions, thereby making full use of the antenna design space of electronic devices with folding screens.

Disclosed herein is a reconfigurable phased array and a method for determining the current configuration of a phased array. Certain disclosed embodiments include a reconfigurable phased array including a constellation of antennas configured to receive and transmit radiation towards a far field target. Each of the antennas senses incidental power from the retransmitted radiation from the other antennas of the constellation of antennas. This incidental power may be referred to as mutual coupling. The reconfigurable phased array further includes a computer system configured to: measure the incidental power sensed by the each of the antennas; perform a physical constraint mapping of the constellation of antennas; perform an array shape construction to determine a current position of all the elements based on the physical constraint mapping of the constellation of antennas and the incidental power sensed by each of the antennas.

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.

A multi-step coherent combination of signals received by multiple distributed phased antenna arrays to increase the coverage area of the distributed phase antenna arrays while decreasing the loss of such antennas, particularly in sections of a service area that traditionally are not covered by such antennas. More particularly, the solution presented herein coherently combines, in a multi-step coherent combination process, two or more data streams from two or more Phased Array Antenna Modules (PAAMs) to generate output data for the corresponding wireless device. In so doing, the solution presented herein achieves diversity gain in some scenarios, e.g., when adjacent PAAMs have partially overlapping frequency ranges, facilitates unsymmetrical BW support for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) implementations, and / or provides service to more users.

The invention discloses a spherical conformal array antenna fast beam forming method based on multi-surface splicing, which comprises the following steps: designing a circularly polarized antenna unit according to an actual demand, and extracting radiation information of the circularly polarized antenna unit; determining a specific form of a multi-surface spliced spherical conformal array according to an actual demand, and calculating array element position information; according to the center position of each plane of the spherical array, array element radiation information used by each plane of the multi-plane spliced spherical conformal array is calculated; determining different working array elements according to different beam directions; 5, calculating the compensation phase of the working array element according to different wave beam directions and the polarization condition of the array element; and performing beam forming according to the required scanning angle. According to the method, the problem that the beam pointing directions of array elements of the spherical conformal array are inconsistent is solved by utilizing a rotation matrix, and the problem that the polarization directions of the array elements of the spherical conformal array are inconsistent is solved by utilizing phase compensation. The method is of great significance to large-angle scanning and rapid beam forming of the spherical array.

The present invention discloses a sensor system and method. The sensor system includes one or more rotor antennas on an axis moving in a stator bracket, the one or more rotor antennas are one or more of the conditions around the axis of the sensor system or along the axis of the sensor system, and the one or more rotor antennas are configured to communicate sensing data with the one or more stator antennas on the stator bracket. Each rotor antenna has a rotor signal trace disposed on an outer rotor side of a dielectric substrate of the rotor antenna and a rotor return trace disposed on the outer rotor side of the dielectric substrate, wherein the rotor signal trace and the rotor return trace are not concentric with respect to each other.

Antenna group system, comprising: a phased array antenna (30) having a first antenna group (40) and a second antenna group (50), a calibration circuit (70), and a foldable power transformer (60); wherein the calibration circuit (70) is electrically connected to the first antenna group (40); wherein the first antenna group (40) is electrically coupled to the second antenna group (50) via the foldable power transformer (60) when the foldable power transformer (60) is arranged in a first position; wherein the foldable power transformer (60) mechanically connects the first antenna group (40) to the second antenna group (50) in the first position and a second position, respectively; and wherein the first antenna group (40) is arranged at an angle with respect to the second antenna group (50) when the foldable power transformer (60) is in the first position.

A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a first antenna structure disposed on an antenna carrier, a printed circuit board, a semiconductor packaging substrate packaged with the printed circuit board, a second antenna structure disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the semiconductor packaging substrate, and a contact structure electrically connecting the first antenna structure and the second antenna structure.

Disclosed is a radiofrequency transmission / reception system (100) comprising an array of active antennas (308) and a device (3) for controlling the array of active antennas, the device being designed to receive a misalignment value from among several possible misalignment values and to control the antennas so as to transmit at least one beam misaligned by a received misalignment relative to a default direction. The array (308) of active antennas further comprises parasitic elements (6.1, …, 6.n,…, 6.N), respectively associated with at least some of the active antennas so as to modify a directivity of the associated antenna, and control means (307a) designed to selectively activate each of the parasitic elements.

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.