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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179330 | Omnidirectional wideband antenna An antenna may comprise a first loop, a second loop, and a third loop, which are arranged to have a common intersection point on an axis that is common to the first, second, and the third loop. The first, second, and the third loop are mutually separated by an angle... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8164530 | Antenna formed of multiple resonant loops A magnetic and/or magneto-electric antenna that has a plurality of conducting loops where each individual loop can be resonated at a frequency that is offset from the frequency of the other loops to provide a composite band-pass response that is broader than that of... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8144066 | Wireless communications including an antenna for wireless power transmission and data communication and associated methods The wireless communication system includes a first device, e.g. a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, having a wireless power transmitter, a first wireless data communications unit, and a first dual polarized loop antenna having isolated signal feedpoints ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8035568 | Electromagnetic reactive edge treatment An electromagnetic reactive edge treatment including an array of capacitively-loaded loops is disposed at or near an edge of a conductive wedge. The axes of the loops are oriented parallel to the edge of the wedge. This edge treatment may enhance or suppress the har... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8022884 | Circularly or linearly polarized antenna The invention relates to an antenna that produces a radiation pattern that is axisymmetric about a geometrical axis (X) and exhibits a radiation maximum in a plane perpendicular to the direction of said X axis that includes a feed wire extending along said axis (X) ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7990326 | Antenna apparatus and adjusting method thereof An antenna apparatus includes a base member that has an antenna unit and a loop pattern. The loop pattern is wound in such a manner that a magnetic field of the loop pattern is generated along the same direction as that of the antenna unit. Additionally, the loop pa... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7973729 | Thin-film EAS and RFID antennas An antenna assembly is capable of being installed in a structure wherein the structure includes a covering and a substructure and the antenna assembly is configured with thin film materials to have a total thickness such that the antenna assembly can be disposed bet... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969372 | Antenna apparatus utilizing small loop antenna element having minute length and two feeding points The small loop antenna element of the antenna apparatus includes loop antenna portions that have a predetermined loop plane and radiate a first polarized wave component parallel to the loop plane, and at least one connecting conductor that is provided in a direction... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7952531 | Planar circularly polarized antennas A planar circularly polarized antenna comprises at least one coplanar waveguide feed line and a plurality of driven loops electrically connected to the feed line, wherein the driven loops and the feed line are substantially coplanar. At least one of the plurality of... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7903039 | Broadband multi-loop antenna for mobile communication device A broadband multi-signal loop antenna in a mobile communication device such as a cellular phone having a chassis is disclosed. The antenna includes a conductor assembly electrically connected to the chassis and including a plurality of loops each starting at a commo... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7859473 | Systems and methods for managing information relating to medical fluids and containers therefor The present invention relates to management of information relating to medical fluids, containers therefore, and medical fluid administration devices for administering such medical fluids to patients. Data tags (e.g., RFID tags) are generally associated with contain... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852276 | Orientation-independent antenna (ORIAN) An orientation-independent antenna presents a circular polarization characteristic to incoming waves such that these waves are detected regardless or polarization and angle of arrival. The antenna includes crossed vertical loops and a horizontal loop, with the loops... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7847747 | Orientation-independent antenna (ORIAN) with shorts An orientation-independent antenna that presents a circular polarization characteristic to incoming waves such that these waves are detected regardless or polarization and angle of arrival is provided with shorts across elements thereof that provide for crossed vert... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7786943 | Antenna device and radio communication system An antenna device includes: a substrate; first and a second antenna units which are wound coaxially on a surface of the substrate, and include a plurality of antenna elements; and a feeder which feeds power only to the first antenna unit. A separation distance betwe... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7764241 | Electromagnetic reactive edge treatment An electromagnetic reactive edge treatment including an array of capacitively-loaded loops is disposed at or near an edge of a conductive wedge. The axes of the loops are oriented parallel to the edge of the wedge. This edge treatment may enhance or suppress the har... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760151 | Systems and methods for a capacitively-loaded loop antenna A capacitively-loaded loop antenna and corresponding radiation method have been provided. The antenna comprises a transformer loop having a balanced feed interface and a capacitively-loaded loop radiator. In one aspect, the capacitively-loaded loop radiator is a bal... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7714791 | Antenna with improved illumination efficiency An antenna is provided including a first loop having at least one first conductor and a second loop having at least one second conductor, the second conductor connected to the first conductor. The first loop has a first enclosed area defined by the area inside the p... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7701404 | Method and apparatus for limiting VSWR spikes in a compact broadband meander line loaded antenna assembly A method of operating a higher conductivity broadband loaded meander line antenna (10) is provided wherein the meander line is positioned on a sheet of a lower conductivity material (22) having a conductivity of from about 0.01 siemens/m to about 0.10 ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7639195 | Antennas for ultra-wideband applications An antenna comprising a radiating element for transmitting and receiving communication signals is disclosed. A load and a feed are connectable to the radiating element and that the feed is spaced apart from the load. The radiating element is a planar loop having two... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7579994 | Flat plate antenna with a rotating field, comprising a central loop and eccentric loops, and system for identification by radiofrequency An antenna includes a central loop and four adjacent coplanar eccentric loops. The central loop creates a magnetic field that is essentially perpendicular to the antenna. The centres of gravity of the four eccentric loops are essentially located on the periphery of ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579995 | Near field nulling antenna systems An antenna system is provided. The antenna system comprises a first antenna with a first operating frequency and a second antenna with a second operating frequency. The second antenna has a first near field with a first near region in which the first antenna is disp... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7505009 | Polarization-diverse antenna array and associated methods The polarization-diverse antenna array includes three orthogonal loop antennas having a common center, e.g. together defining a sphere. Each loop antenna includes a loop electrical conductor. Two signal feedpoints are along the loop electrical conductor and separate... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7456798 | Stacked loop antenna A small transceiver device and antenna system has an insulating layer with first and second surfaces. A transmit loop element having transmit loop segments is formed on the first surface. The transmit loop segments are disposed in a transmit zigzag configuration. A ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453408 | Detection or identification antenna insensitive to the environment thereof A resonant detection or identification antenna having at least one turn the antenna includes at least one electrically conducting wire and is connected to an electronic transponder chip, the operating frequency of the antenna being greater than or equal to 10 MHz an... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443359 | Locating technique and apparatus using an approximated dipole signal Location determination is performed using a transmitter including an elongated generally planar loop antenna defining an elongation axis. The elongation axis is positioned along at least a portion of a path. A magnetic field is then generated which approximates a di... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441711 | Semiconductor device and IC card In an IC card in which an internal circuit is operated by an internal power supply formed from alternate current from outside received by an antenna, the voltage of the internal power supply sometimes changes due to the operation of the internal circuit. Therefore, ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436309 | Identifiable packaging A packaging body is designed such that plate-shaped products can be stacked therein in a stacking direction. An antenna is fitted to the packaging body. The antenna is in the form of a coil having coil windings. The coil windings are flat along the packaging body. T... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432874 | Antenna array An antenna array for RFID antennas for large cohesive detection spaces, having an operating frequency between 100 kHz and 30 MHz. This antenna array can be connected with at least one reader. There can be at least one antenna consisting of an antenna loop having at ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7421245 | Field-shaping shielding for radio frequency identification (RFID) system A radio frequency identification (RFID) system is described that utilizes a substantially-contiguous conductive shield to shape an electromagnetic field formed by an antenna for communication with RFID tags. The antenna and the conductive shield have substantially p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417599 | Multi-loop antenna for radio frequency identification (RFID) communication A multi-loop antenna is described having a plurality of conductive loops to produce an electromagnetic field for radio frequency identification (RFID) communication with RFID tags. The conductive loops are spaced apart at least a distance that is selected based on a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408517 | Tunable capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole antenna A frequency-tunable capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole antenna includes a transformer loop having a balanced feed interface, and a capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole radiator with a tunable effective electrical length. In one embodiment, the capacitively-loaded ma... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400298 | Radio frequency identification tagging A RFID tag or label comprises a RFID tag module (comprising an electronic identification circuit and a coupling means) and an antenna structure coupled to the coupling means. The RFID tag module is separate from, separable or arranged to be severable from, the anten... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7372364 | Algorithm for RFID security Techniques for detecting radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags are disclosed. For example, an exit control system is described that detects unauthorized removal of articles from a protected facility. A series of antennas are setup to produce interrogation corri... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369671 | Switching structures for hearing aid A hearing aid is provided with a a programmable, signal processing circuit electrically connecting an input system to an output system, a magnetic field sensor, and a selection circuit connected to the magnetic sensor. The selection circuit may be adapted to control... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369200 | Semi-transmission type liquid crystal display which reflects incident light coming from outside to provide a display light source and transmits light from a light source at the back A semi-transmission type liquid crystal display that maximizes the luminance in reflection mode and transmission mode. The liquid crystal display comprises a lower substrate with thin film transistors, an opposite substrate facing the lower substrate, a liquid cryst... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365702 | Antenna device An antenna device includes a first elliptic reflective surface, a first antenna and a second antenna. The first elliptic reflective surface has a first focus and a second focus. The first antenna is disposed on the first focus, and the second antenna is disposed on ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365684 | Antenna having a filter and a signal feed-in point An antenna structure used in an electronic device includes a signal transmission line and an antenna unit. The signal transmission line is electrically coupled to the electronic device. The antenna unit includes a signal feed-in point, a filter, and a radiation part... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362285 | Compact radio frequency transmitting and receiving antenna and control device employing same A compact antenna for use in a device for controlling the power delivered to an electric load and operable to transmit or receive radio frequency signals at a specified frequency is presented. The antenna comprises a first loop of conductive material having a capaci... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360712 | Method and device for protecting text for reading A method and a device for protecting text for reading (23), arranged on at least one written face (22) of an object (25). The object (25) is connected to at least one matching antenna (12), produced by printing on a support (11 | 04/22/2008 |
