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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179329 | Composite antenna A composite antenna achieves favorable radiation characteristics and favorable communication performance, and can be used in short distance communication as well as long distance communication. The composite antenna includes a dipole antenna having an elongated shap... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8144065 | Planar compound loop antenna The present invention relates to planar compound field antennas. Improvements relate particularly, but not exclusively, to compound loop antennas having coplanar electric field radiators and magnetic loops with electric fields orthogonal to magnetic fields that achi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7868836 | Antenna and mobile terminal An antenna for a mobile terminal includes a substrate, a dipole placed on the substrate, a loop placed on the substrate, and a matching circuit on the substrate. The matching circuit comprises at least one of a variable capacitor or a variable inductor. The radiatio... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7750862 | Broadband antenna for a transponder of a radio frequency identification system A broadband antenna structure (10) for a transponder of a radio frequency identification system comprises—a loop resonator (12) with a feedpoint (14) for connecting with an electronic circuit (16), and—a dipole resonator (18) e... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7589686 | Small ultra wideband antenna having unidirectional radiation pattern A small ultra wideband (UWB) antenna designed to have a unidirectional radiation pattern is disclosed. The UWB antenna includes a substrate; a power feeding part, provided on an upper surface of the substrate, for receiving a supply of an external electromagnetic en... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7551144 | Triple polarized clover antenna with dipoles The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement comprising a constant current electrical loop, which is arranged to provide a first essentially toroid-shaped radiation pattern, where the antenna arrangement further comprises a first and a second electrical d... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7522113 | Planar antenna The present planar antenna include: a linear antenna element to which electric power is to be supplied and a loop-shaped parasitic antenna element placed in the vicinity of said linear antenna element, which are provided on one side of a dielectric substrate. This s... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7427930 | Vehicular traffic sensor A vehicle traffic sensor for detecting and monitoring vehicular targets is presented. The sensor employs a planar design resulting in a reduced profile sensor. The sensor includes a multi-layer radio frequency board with RF components on one of the sides and both is... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7408467 | Antenna and RFID tag mounting the same The RFID tag of the present invention includes the tag antenna, and the LSI chip being connected in parallel with the tag antenna. The tag antenna includes a feeder terminal to which the LSI chip is connected, a loop antenna connected to the feeder terminal, and a b... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7358905 | Antenna device In an antenna device of the present invention, a plurality of antennas 21 are connected to a radio module 41 through respective coaxial cables 22, and one or more of the antennas 21 in good communication conditions can be selected by the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356390 | Systems and applications of lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms Innovative new methods in connection with lighter-than-air (LTA) free floating platforms, of facilitating legal transmitter operation, platform flight termination when appropriate, environmentally acceptable landing, and recovery of these devices are provided. The n... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7319428 | Positioning of mobile wireless terminal A wireless apparatus for determining a phase difference of a received RF signal, and method. The apparatus includes antennas displaced from each other by a predetermined distance for receiving an RF signal. The apparatus also includes an exclusive OR (EXOR) circuit ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312707 | System and method for authenticating a RF transaction using a transaction account routing number A system and method for securing a Radio Frequency (RF) transaction using a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) transaction device are provided. A random number is transmitted from an RFID reader to an RFID transaction device, an RFID transaction device authentica... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313477 | Vehicle dash-mounted navigation device A GPS system (10) which may be mounted on a dashboard (12) of any vehicle (14) after the vehicle has been manufactured yet appears to be integral with the dashboard. The GPS system (10) includes a GPS device (16), a hood (18... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310536 | Coupler for phone with moveable portions A gap is provided between portions of a phone across which a signal between an antenna and a circuit is transferred. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289015 | Method for efficiently querying and identifying multiple items on a communication channel A method for identifying objects using an interrogation device on a communication channel is disclosed. Each object has an identification number in the form of a plurality of digits and has the ability to communicate to the interrogating device at least two differen... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289877 | Fuel dispensing system for cash customers The present invention is to provide a fuel dispensing system for enhancing cash transactions wherein the system includes a fuel dispenser associated with a control system and a receiver adapted to receive signals including identification indicia from a remote commun... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286098 | Circular polarization antenna and composite antenna including this antenna When configuring a film antenna for receiving a circular polarized wave, at least one loop antenna is formed on a transparent plastic film and, at the same time, a non-powered element constituted by a wire-shaped conductor independent from the antenna conductor conf... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279920 | Expeditious and low cost testing of RFID ICs System and method for integrated circuit manufacturing. A preferred embodiment comprises transmitting a first set of data to integrated circuits (ICs) while they are in an on-wafer state and having each IC store the first set of data into memory, transmitting a seco... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271772 | Mobile wireless communications device comprising multi-frequency band antenna and related methods A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the housing. The multi-frequency band antenna may include a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of the main loop condu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268735 | Antenna structure An antenna structure is composed of an antenna seat, a terminal, and an antenna set. The antenna set includes antennae, a matching circuit, conducting wires, and a lead wire. By the conducting wires and matching circuit connected on the antennae, an impedance matchi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268733 | High frequency glass antenna for automobiles A high frequency and broad band glass antenna for automobiles has a strong directivity in one direction even if the antenna is provided near to the mental portion of a body. The antenna comprises an antenna line provided near to the metal portion of a body, one end ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265674 | Thin flexible, RFID labels, and method and apparatus for use A radio frequency identification (REID) device may include a first, thin, flexible sheet, an antenna, and an integrated circuit. A surface portion of the first sheet may be affixed to a second, thin, flexible sheet to form a thin, flexible label. Such a label may be... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265726 | Multi-band antenna A multi band antenna system (100) and a wireless communication device are disclosed. The multi band antenna system provides coverage over multiple frequency bands. The multi band antenna system comprises a ground surface, a first conductor (102), a sec... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246521 | Diagnostic system for monitoring structural health conditions Sensors and systems for monitoring structural health conditions. The present invention provides a device for monitoring structural health conditions including a dielectric substrate, a piezoelectric device for actuating and/or sensing Lamb waves, a molding layer dep... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245950 | Portable radio communication apparatus provided with a boom portion and a part of housing operating as an antenna In a portable radio communication apparatus including a housing, at least one part of the housing is formed as a housing electrical conductor portion by an electrically conductive material. The housing electrical conductor portion is connected with a radio communica... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239226 | System and method for payment using radio frequency identification in contact and contactless transactions A transponder-reader payment system includes a fob including a transponder, and a RFID reader for interrogating the transponder. The system may further include a personalization system for populating onto the fob and RFID reader identifying information and security ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225003 | Mobile terminal including first and second housings and an antenna A mobile phone includes a lower housing having one and and the other end, an upper housing having one end pivotally connected to the lower housing, and an antenna accommodated close to one end of the lower housing. The other end of the upper housing pivots toward an... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215292 | PxM antenna for high-power, broadband applications A broadband antenna including both electric and magnetic dipole radiators is provided herein. The broadband antenna may be referred to as a “P×M antenna” and may include a pair of magnetic loop elements, each having multiple feed points symmetrically spaced aro... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212125 | Radio frequency identification architecture A radio frequency identification (RFID) architecture is described. RFID tags are interrogated by a reader, which may be located in a network of readers. The reader transmits symbols to the tags. Tags respond to the interrogations with symbols that each represent one... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205835 | Switching mode power amplifier having increased power efficiency An increased power efficient switching mode power amplifier system. The system includes a SMPA and an E/S reactive component. The SMPA includes a transistor, an RF choke and a tank circuit. The transistor has an emitter/source and is capable of receiving an input si... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203491 | Unmanned lighter-than-air safe termination and recovery methods Innovative new methods in connection with lighter-than-air free floating platforms, of facilitating legal transmitter operation, platform flight termination when appropriate, environmentally acceptable landing, and recovery of these devices are provided. Especially,... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199761 | Wireless communication device with improved antenna system A wireless communication device (100) comprises an antenna (204) comprising a major radiating element (210) that includes a letter C shaped part (212) connected to a letter U shaped part (214). The major radiating element (210 | 04/03/2007 |
| 7173518 | Method and apparatus for efficiently querying and identifying multiple items on a communication channel A method for interrogating objects to identified over a communication medium utilizes objects that include a counter. The objects provide predetermined responses indicative of object identification numbers. Interrogation signals operate to interrogate a signal digit... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159298 | Method for the formation of RF antennas by demetallizing A thin and flexible radio frequency (RF) antenna tag or label is disclosed which contains an RF circuit connected to an antenna which is created by demetallizing the area around the antenna pattern on a thin, metallized substrate such as a film or paper web. Antenna... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158031 | Thin, flexible, RFID label and system for use A radio frequency indentification (RFID) label includes an integrated circuit and an antenna. The label may also include two flexible films directly sealed to each other. The label may be affixed to an article and used in conjunction with an interrogation system to ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158820 | Mobile communication terminal A mobile communication terminal of a portable telephone is housed in a casing having a first surface. A receiver section of the portable telephone capable of generating a voice is arranged on the first surface. A two-wavelength loop antenna arranged on a plane subst... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145515 | Antenna beam controlling system for cellular communication An antenna beam controlling system (ABCS) for use in cellular communication systems. The ABCS allows the antenna's horizontal beam direction and horizontal beam width to be remotely adjusted for optimum reception and transmission. The ABCS, in its basic design, is c... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142980 | Vehicle dash-mounted navigation device A GPS system (10) which may be mounted on a dashboard (12) of any vehicle (14) after the vehicle has been manufactured yet appears to be integral with the dashboard. The GPS system (10) includes a GPS device (16), a hood (18... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138959 | Method for improving isolation of an antenna mounted on a structure A method for improving the electric isolation of a wide coverage antenna mounted on a structure. The structure defines a peripheral wall and a first end wall and the elongated antenna has a base. The antenna pivotally mounts on the structure about a mounting axis pa... | 11/21/2006 |
