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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130160 | Composite dipole array assembly A composite dipole array assembly can have a composite dipole array defined by a plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of non-linear element electrically interconnecting pair of the antenna elements. A reflector can be configured to reflect electromagnetic e... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7969374 | Multipath manipulator A multipath enhancer is disclosed ias including more than one antenna. At least one of a receiver and a transmitter is coupled to the more than one antenna. A selectively reflective surface is adjacent the more than one antenna. A controller is configured to alter t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7855691 | Automotive radar using a metamaterial lens An example apparatus comprises an electromagnetic source, such as an antenna, a metamaterial lens, and a reflector. The antenna is located proximate the metamaterial lens, for example supported by the metamaterial lens, and the antenna is operable to generate radiat... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7443573 | Spatially-fed high-power amplifier with shaped reflectors A spatially-fed high-power amplifier comprises one or more shaped reflectors to reflect an initial wavefront, and an active array amplifier to amplify the reflected wavefront to generate a high-power planar wavefront. The shaped reflectors provide the reflected wave... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7378914 | Solid-state high-power oscillators Embodiments of High-Power Millimeter-Wave Oscillators are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, the oscillator includes a polarized partial reflector to at least partially reflect back signals to a reflectio... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7339551 | Reflective fresnel lens for sub-millimeter wave power distribution A reflective Fresnel lens for shaping an incident wave for efficiently delivering the incident wave to an array of receivers, having a wavelength within a predetermined range. The Fresnel lens comprises a ground plate and a plurality of reflective elements formed at... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327319 | Antenna device, radio device, and electronic instrument An antenna apparatus 2 has a separator 23; solid electrolytic layers 24a and 24b disposed on both sides of the separator 23; and linear antennas 22a and 22b disposed on the solid electrolyt... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324067 | Satellite dish antenna assembly A satellite dish antenna assembly includes a dish surface, a convexly curved arc surface, a pair of corresponding protruding edges A, B disposed at the utmost front end of the two sides and serving as a base line AB, such that upper and lower ends of the arc ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317420 | Low cost omni-directional antenna manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Omni-directional antenna devices are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7301507 | Reflector comprising a core having a thickness that varies in accordance with a given pattern The present invention relates to a reflector for a reflector antenna. The reflector includes a reflective surface in the form of a first skin, wherein the first skin is adherent to a core that is substantially thicker than the first skin. A portion of the core not a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7245267 | Mobile radio antenna radome with integral reflector An improved radome comprises at least one conductive flat structure integrally incorporated in the material of the radome, which acts as a reflector for a mobile radio antenna at least partially enclosed within the radome. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7215294 | Antenna with reflector An antenna which includes a monoconical antenna feed assembly, where the feed assembly has a base and an apex, a ground plane adjacent to the monoconical antenna feed assembly near the apex, and an antenna reflector coupled to the ground plane, where the antenna ref... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212170 | Antenna beam steering via beam-deflecting lens and single-axis mechanical rotator An antenna beam steering apparatus and method comprising providing an antenna, employing a beam-deflecting lens through which energy passing from and to the antenna is deflected, and rotating the antenna with a single-axis rotator. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196637 | Antenna system embedded in a support structure for interrogating a tire sensor transponder A vehicle tire interrogation system for interrogating sensors embedded in a vehicle tire. The interrogation system both transmits and receives appropriate RF signals to and from the sensors. The system includes antennas operating at two separate frequency bands that... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190318 | Wide-band fractal antenna An apparatus includes a discone antenna including a cone-shaped element whose physical shape is at least partially defined by at least one pleat. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7170461 | Conical dipole antenna and associated methods The dipole antenna includes a first antenna element assembly and a second antenna element assembly arranged in a dipole antenna configuration. The first antenna element assembly has one or more conical antenna elements, and the second antenna element assembly has a ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161539 | Microstrip reflective array antenna adopting a plurality of U-slot patches The present invention relates to a microstrip reflective array antenna adopting a plurality of U-slot patches. The microstrip reflective array antenna comprises a reflective disk, a horn antenna and a support. The reflective disk is adapted to reflect microwave sign... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154435 | Sparse numerical array feed for compact antenna and RCS ranges Systems and methods enable numerically creating a flat field in a compact radar range with a curved reflector, and without use of a separate phased array of elements, at frequencies lower than those that are possible with currently known, reflector-only compact rada... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142172 | Antenna reflection structure An antenna reflection structure including a plate, a side wall and a protrusion is disclosed. The side wall is generally perpendicular to the plate and the protrusion respectively. And a concave slot is formed by the side wall, the plate and the protrusion. The ante... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138958 | Reflector antenna radome with backlobe suppressor ring and method of manufacturing A radome adapted to reduce backlobes of an associated reflector antenna via application of a conductive ring with an inward facing edge about the periphery of the radome. The conductive ring may be applied extending around the radome periphery to an inside and or ou... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136620 | Method and apparatus for providing wideband services using medium and low earth orbit satellites A method and apparatus for mitigating communications interference between satellite communications systems in different orbits is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of evaluating a geometrical relationship between a second ground station and the satellites in... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132993 | Wideband antenna A monoconical antenna comprises: a substantially conical concavity formed in one end face of a dielectric; a radiation electrode provided on the surface of the concavity; and a ground conductor provided in proximity to and substantially in parallel with the other en... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7075492 | High performance reflector antenna system and feed structure A reflector-feed assembly for a reflector dish antenna system includes a feeding waveguide and a reflector plate. The feeding waveguide is operable to support the propagation of a signal therethrough, the feeding waveguide having a major axis along which the signal ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7042407 | Dual radius twist lock radome and reflector antenna for radome A radome and a reflector antenna configured to mate with the radome. The radome has a central portion and a surrounding outer portion. The central portion having a radius selected to redirect a reflected component of the transmitted RF signal from the radome to the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042420 | Multi-beam antenna A multi-beam antenna comprises at least one curved surface, at least one dielectric substrate, and a plurality of end-fire antenna feed elements on the dielectric substrate. The at least one curved surface may be either reflective, refractive or diffractive. |Electr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7015867 | Illuminating reflector with low-gain propagator An illuminating-reflector system is provided for transmitting a frequency band in an dispersed beam and a substantially collimated beam. The system includes a secondary reflector configured to transmit a first portion of the frequency band to form the dispersed beam... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006049 | Dual reflector system and method for synthesizing same In one embodiment of the present invention, an offset folded reflector pair is optimized for scanning off boresight by enforcing the Abbe Sine condition using a least-error approximation. Coma and astigmatism compare favorably over single reflector system and Gregor... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999035 | Antenna device and method of manufacturing same An antenna device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The antenna device can receive a plurality of radio waves, with a small number of parts and at low cost. The antenna device includes a micro lens array and a receiver facing a reflecting surface ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995727 | Reflector antenna feed An antenna feed comprises, aligned and centered on an axis OO′, a waveguide having an inside diameter, a first end and a second end, a dielectric body having a portion inside the waveguide and a portion outside the waveguide, the outside portion comprising a secti... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980168 | Ultra-wideband antenna with wave driver and beam shaper An antenna comprises an antenna feed line having first and second conductors. It also comprises an antenna driver section having a pair of opposing cones. Each of the cones has an apex region and the cones are arranged so that the apex regions are spaced apart and a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980167 | Electromagnetic probe An electromagnetic probe having at least one assembly including in combination: a coaxial type connectio, a ground plane connected to the outer sheath of the coaxial connection, a reflector cone placed facing the ground plane and shaped to define impedance that is a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6943742 | Focal plane array for THz imager and associated methods A high-frequency imaging system for the millimeter and submillimeter radiation includes a high frequency lens to image an object at its focal plane. The object emits electromagnetic radiation at a first frequency above the microwave band of the electromagnetic spect... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6924775 | Feed horn of converter for satellite communication reception, fabrication method of such feed horn, and satellite communication reception converter A tubular resin member constituting the frame of a feed horn is divided into an inner side resin member located at an inner circumferential plane side and an outer side resin member located at an outer circumferential plane side. The inner side resin member is forme... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922574 | Mobile wireless communication devices with internal antennas and replaceable housings A wireless communication handset and system having improved antenna performance. The system includes a handset body (300) and multiple housing portions with different antenna loading characteristics, for example different materials or shapes, interchangeably ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919845 | Apparatus for measuring specific absorption rate based on near magnetic field for use in radio apparatus In an apparatus for measuring a specific absorption rate (SAR) for use in a radio apparatus, a first near magnetic field of a radio wave radiated from a reference radio apparatus is measured in free space, and an SAR of the radio wave radiated from the reference rad... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6914575 | Selectable reflector and sub-reflector system using fluidic dielectrics A selectable sub-reflector antenna system (100) comprises a main reflector unit (101), a sub-reflector unit (111) disposed apart from the main reflector unit and having at least one cavity (116), and at least one fluidic dielectric having... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6909405 | Radar head module A radar head module includes a high-frequency circuit that sends and receives a radar beam for a radar, a case that covers the high-frequency circuit, and a mounting member for attaching the radar head module to an outside body on which the radar head is to be mount... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6885355 | Spatial filtering surface operative with antenna aperture for modifying aperture electric field A spatial filtering surface includes a dielectric substrate and a plurality of spaced, geometrically configured, resonant elements positioned on the dielectric substrate. The resonant elements form concentric rings that each attenuate any electromagnetic radiation p... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6861987 | Bilayer microstrip reflector antenna A bilayer microstrip reflector antenna is disclosed to include a first dielectric layer, the first dielectric layer having antenna units and phase-delay circuit units overlapped on antenna units, and a second dielectric layer abutting against the first dielectric la... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6747608 | High performance multi-band frequency selective reflector with equal beam coverage A high performance multi-band antenna reflector having low sidelobe and cross polarization levels, and a superior carrier-to-interference ratio has two concentric zones (12, 14 in a first embodiment and 102, 104 in a second embodiment). In the first em... | 06/08/2004 |
