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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7834813 | Methods and apparatuses for adaptively controlling antenna parameters to enhance efficiency and maintain antenna size compactness An antenna for a communications device having configurable elements controlled to modify an antenna impedance and/or an antenna resonant frequency to improve performance of the communications device. The antenna impedance is controlled to substantially match to an o... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7804458 | Slot antenna A communications device for sending and receiving an information signal. The communications device comprising an element having an opening defined therein for receiving an antenna, the element comprising first conductive material disposed proximate the opening and c... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7436360 | Ultra-wide band monopole antenna A wide band antenna. The antenna comprises a radiating element in a corner region of a substrate, spaced apart from a ground plane occupying a substantial portion of a remaining area of the substrate. Series and shunt impedance matching elements are connected to the... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7336243 | Radio frequency identification tag A radio frequency identification tag attached to an object and comprising an antenna and an integrated circuit for providing object information to a separate reader. The antenna further comprises a pair of meanderline transmission lines each terminated at a first en... | 02/26/2008 |
| D562311 | Tri-band miniature antenna for wireless handsets | 02/19/2008 |
| D530707 | Broadband adjustable match dipole antenna for embedded applications | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113135 | Tri-band antenna for digital multimedia broadcast (DMB) applications A radio frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus comprising an antenna further comprising a plurality of antenna segments. Each segment exhibits a different electrical length and certain of the segments are capacitively coupled to establish a resonant frequenc... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7084823 | Integrated front end antenna A radio frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus comprising a filter and an antenna, wherein the input reactance of the antenna is substantially equal in magnitude and opposite in sign to the output reactance of the filter. This reactance relationship permits ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079079 | Low profile compact multi-band meanderline loaded antenna An antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency energy. The antenna comprises a conductive radiator comprising a first and a second conductive region for providing a first and a second current path length. A feed conductor and a ground conductor operate as... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7046199 | Monolithic low profile omni-directional surface-mount antenna A monolithic surface mountable monopole antenna. The antenna comprises a top plate having a plurality of conductive regions and a like plurality of legs extending away from a plane of the top plate in a direction of a ground plane. Each leg is disposed between two a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042404 | Apparatus for reducing ground effects in a folder-type communications handset device An antenna for a folder type communications handset. The handset comprises first and second enclosures pivotably joined to permit rotation of one enclosure relative to the other enclosure. The antenna is disposed over a ground plane formed in a printed circuit board... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6965348 | Broadband antenna structures There is disclosed an antenna exhibiting resonance over a broad frequency band or over a plurality of closely-spaced frequency bands, comprising a ground plane, a non-driven element affixed substantially perpendicular to the ground plane, a driven element affixed su... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6950066 | Apparatus and method for forming a monolithic surface-mountable antenna An monolithic surface mountable antenna. The antenna comprises a ground plane, two dielectric layers separated by a conductive intermediate layer and a plurality of conductive regions on a top surface. Ground vias pass through the dielectric layers and connect one o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6937193 | Wideband printed monopole antenna An antenna comprising two monopole elements and a ground plane disposed on a dielectric substrate. The elements are spaced apart to provide spatial diversity and have a shape to provide operation in multiple frequency bands and/or over a wide bandwidth of frequencie... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6917334 | Ultra-wide band meanderline fed monopole antenna An ultra-wide bandwidth antenna. The antenna comprises a serially electrically connected top radiator, side radiator and bottom radiator. Geometrically, the top radiator, side radiator and bottom radiator form a U-shaped structure. A meanderline conductor is connect... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6897817 | Independently tunable multiband meanderline loaded antenna An antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency energy. The antenna comprises a conductive top plate formed in the shape of a spiral. In one embodiment a sidewall meanderline extends from an edge of the top plate in the direction of a ground plane. A short... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6888510 | Compact, low profile, circular polarization cubic antenna An antenna providing circular polarization for received and transmitted signals. The antenna comprises a vertical conductive surfaces oriented to form a closed structure and horizontal conductive surfaces forming a top face of the closed structure. Connection of sel... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6856286 | Dual band spiral-shaped antenna A planar antenna comprising a spiral conductive surface comprising an inner spiral segment and an outer spiral segment. A shorting leg for connection to a ground plane and a feed leg responsive to the antenna signal (in the transmit and the receive modes) extend dow... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6842148 | Fabrication method and apparatus for antenna structures in wireless communications devices There is disclosed a meanderline loaded antenna formed by applying a conductive ink or other conductive material to a flexible substrate. The substrate is then shaped by removing regions and folding other regions along perforated or scored lines to fit the antenna w... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6842158 | Wideband low profile spiral-shaped transmission line antenna An antenna incorporating slow wave structures. The antenna comprises at least two conductive serpentine structures disposed on a dielectric substrate and further comprising an oppositely disposed conductive top plate electrically connected to the conductive serpenti... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6812891 | Tri-band multi-mode antenna An antenna resonant in two or more frequency bands. The antenna comprises three parallel conductive plates disposed in a stacked orientation, with a first dielectric layer interposed between the bottom and the middle conductive plates and a second dielectric layer i... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6741212 | Low profile dielectrically loaded meanderline antenna An antenna having a plurality of conductive layers formed on a dielectric substrate. A ground plate and a feed plate are oriented in substantially parallel relation on two opposing sides of the dielectric substrate. A top plate, which is electrically connected to th... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6597321 | Adaptive variable impedance transmission line loaded antenna There is disclosed a meanderline-loaded antenna comprising a ground plane, a non-driven element affixed substantially perpendicular to the ground plane, a driven element affixed substantially perpendicular to the ground plane and a horizontal conductor or... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6489925 | Low profile, high gain frequency tunable variable impedance transmission line loaded antenna There is disclosed a meanderline-loaded antenna comprising a ground plane, a non-driven element affixed thereto, a driven or receiving element affixed thereto and a horizontal element between the driven and the non-driven elements. The non-driven and the ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6486844 | High gain, frequency tunable variable impedance transmission line loaded antenna having shaped top plates There is disclosed a meanderline loaded antenna comprising a ground plane, a non-driven vertical element affixed thereto, a driven vertical element and a shaped top radiating element conductively connected between the driven and non-driven vertical elemen... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6429820 | High gain, frequency tunable variable impedance transmission line loaded antenna providing multi-band operation There is disclosed a meanderline loaded antenna comprising a ground plane, a plurality of vertical elements orthogonally affixed thereto, a driven vertical element affixed thereto and a horizontal element between the vertical elements. All but one of the ... | 08/06/2002 |
