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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115694 | Dual-polarized coupling device comprising annular groove fed by first and second feed conductors A coupling device is provided, including a substrate, a ground element, a first feed conductor and a second feed conductor. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The ground element is disposed on the second surface, wherein the ground element ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8068063 | Dual-band coupling device comprising first and second annular grooves fed by first and second feed conductors A coupling device is provided. The coupling device has a substrate, a ground element, a first feed conductor and a second feed conductor. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The ground element is disposed on the second surface, wherein the ground... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7986279 | Ring-slot radiator for broad-band operation One embodiment is a ring-slot radiator having: at least one radiating element having a characteristic of dual resonance, double-tuned in which an open ended strip and a cavity are structured to resonate at at least two different frequencies. Another embodiment may h... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7864125 | Dual-band coupling device comprising first and second annular grooves being fed by first and second feed conductors A coupling device is provided. The coupling device has a substrate, a ground element, a first feed conductor and a second feed conductor. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The ground element is disposed on the second surface, wherein the ground... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7737902 | Diversity reception slotted flat-plate antenna The invention relates to a planar antenna realised on a substrate comprising a slot of closed form dimensioned to operate at a given frequency in a short-circuit plane of at least one feed-line. The perimeter of the slot being designed such that p=kλs where k is a ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7659860 | Triple polarized slot antenna The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement comprising a dielectric medium (2) with a first side (3) and a second side (4), with a feeding arrangement (6; 6′) on the first side and at least one slot (5; 62, 63, 64, 65, 66... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659859 | Antenna element, feed probe; dielectric spacer, antenna and method of communicating with a plurality of devices A multiband base station antenna for communicating with a plurality of terrestrial mobile devices is described. The antenna including one or modules, each module including a low frequency ring element; and a high frequency dipole element superposed with the low freq... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7420518 | Planar antenna with matched impedance and/or polarization The present invention relates to a planar antenna carried by a substrate comprising a slot in the form of a closed curve dimensioned to operate at a given frequency, supplied by a feeder line intersecting the slot at a point known as an excitation point, characteriz... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7382321 | Broadband antenna A broadband antenna includes a radiation part (10) for radiating and receiving electromagnetic signals, a feed portion (30) for feeding the electromagnetic signals, and a pair of ground planes (40) respectively disposed on sides of the feed port... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369098 | Compact multi-tiered plate antenna arrays An antenna array having a plurality of array elements is disclosed. The antenna array comprises a first array element (204A) having a first suspended radiator (207A) and a first ground conductor (206A), the first suspended radiator being displac... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365690 | Antenna device An antenna device is disclosed. An antenna such as a dipole antenna and a parallel feeder each formed of a conductor pattern are disposed on a dielectric plate. The connector is connected to the antenna through the parallel feeder. The parallel feeder has a length o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359177 | Dual bias frequency plasma reactor with feedback control of E.S.C. voltage using wafer voltage measurement at the bias supply output A plasma reactor has a dual frequency plasma RF bias power supply furnishing RF bias power comprising first and second frequency components, f(1), f(2), respectively, and an RF power path having an input end coupled to the plasma RF bias power supply a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7321338 | On-board antenna An on-board antenna includes a radiation element provided on a dielectric substrate, a grounding conductor surrounding a periphery of an outer edge portion of the radiation element at a position spaced away outwardly from the outer edge portion, and a conductive mem... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7307590 | Wideband traveling wave microstrip antenna The present invention by propagates a traveling wave of electric current along a microstrip antenna structure rather than a standing wave. By loading an antenna with a series of capacitive gaps of the correct values, the shape of the electric current distribution ca... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7289064 | Compact multi-band, multi-port antenna A multi-band, multi-port antenna includes at least one patch radiating element and at least one ring radiating element, that are operative within different frequency bands, on a common conductive layer. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289073 | Method for improving the efficiency of transparent thin film antennas and antennas made by such method A method for improving the efficiency of antennas having transparent thin-film conductive surfaces, and antennas improved by the method are disclosed. For a selected frequency of antenna operation, values for surface current density in areas distributed over the sur... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283101 | Antenna element, feed probe; dielectric spacer, antenna and method of communicating with a plurality of devices A multiband base station antenna for communicating with a plurality of terrestrial mobile devices is described. The antenna including one or modules, each module including a low frequency ring element; and a high frequency dipole element superposed with the low freq... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7271776 | Device for the reception and/or the transmission of multibeam signals The present invention relates to a device for the reception and/or the transmission of multibeam signals of the type comprising: a set of several means of receiving and/or transmitting waves with longitudinal radiation of the slot ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265729 | Microstrip antenna having embedded spiral inductor A microstrip antenna comprises of an antenna element and a feed-in/feed-out element. Wherein, a wiring pattern of the antenna element includes a plurality of spiral inductors, so that in the antenna element, the path of the electric current is lengthened, the resona... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253771 | Antenna device An antenna device is disclosed. An antenna such as a dipole antenna and a parallel feeder each formed of a conductor pattern are disposed on a dielectric plate. The connector is connected to the antenna through the parallel feeder. The parallel feeder has a length o... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250916 | Leaky wave antenna with radiating structure including fractal loops An antenna is provided for acquiring RF signals from various satellite ranging systems including GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and OmniSTAR®. The antenna configuration includes a radiating structure of multi-arm spiral slots terminated with fractal loops. A leaky wave micr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250868 | Manufacture of RFID tags and intermediate products therefor An improvement in the manufacture of radio frequency identification tags employs an antenna stamped from a thin metallic sheet and affixed to a substrate at a first location to establish an intermediate product in which the stamped antenna is affixed to the substrat... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247218 | Plasma density, energy and etch rate measurements at bias power input and real time feedback control of plasma source and bias power A plasma reactor process measurement instrument includes an input phase processor receiving wafer bias voltage, current and power and computing an input impedance, an input current and an input voltage to the transmission line; a transmission line processor for comp... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236130 | Symmetrical antenna in layer construction method An antenna array, especially for spacing ascertainment or speed ascertainment in the surroundings of motor vehicles, includes devices for transmitting and/or receiving signal waves, which includes a shielding layer construction, made up of at least two layers, which... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233297 | Steerable radial line slot antenna A steerable antenna comprising an array of T-shaped slots. The location of the slots is moved to define an array of ring- or spiral-patterned phase constant regions. Distortions or contractions of the pattern occur by repositioning some or all of the slots forming t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233296 | Transparent thin film antenna A method for improving the efficiency of antennas having transparent thin-film conductive surfaces, and antennas improved by the method are disclosed. For a selected frequency of antenna operation, values for surface current density in areas distributed over the sur... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227507 | Circular polarization antenna The present invention relates to a device for the reception and/or the transmission of electromagnetic signals comprising at least one means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals, consisting of an antenna of the slot type and a feed line cou... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224318 | Antenna apparatus and method for mounting antenna A planar antenna has a radiating element and a ground plate. A body of a vehicle has an internal edge that is formed by making a hole in the body. The planar antenna is located in the hole so that an imaginary plane of the internal edge is located between the radiat... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220937 | Plasma reactor with overhead RF source power electrode with low loss, low arcing tendency and low contamination A gas distribution ceiling electrode for use as a capacitive source power applicator and gas distribution showerhead in a plasma reactor includes a metal base and a process-compatible protective layer on the interior surface of he electrode having a dopant impurity ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221239 | Variable power divider A variable power divider and method can vary the RF power between ports in a high power and multi-carrier RF environment, such as is used in controlling signals sent and received in a base station antenna. The variable power divider can include a single-control phas... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7196283 | Plasma reactor overhead source power electrode with low arcing tendency, cylindrical gas outlets and shaped surface An overhead gas distribution electrode forming at least a portion of the ceiling of a plasma reactor has a bottom surface facing a processing zone of the reactor. The electrode includes a gas supply manifold for receiving process gas at a supply pressure at a top po... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196668 | Wireless communication system of notebook computer having antenna array module A wireless communication system of a notebook computer includes a first antenna, an antenna array module and a wireless local area network (WLAN) module. The antenna array module includes a plurality of second antennas and a plurality of connectors electrically conn... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191507 | Method of producing a wireless communication device A method for manufacturing wireless communication devices for use in tracking or identifying other items comprises a number of cutting techniques that allow the size of the antenna for the wireless communication device. Further, the chip for the wireless communicati... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190310 | Antenna apparatus A ring electrode is disposed in a ring shape opposite to a grounded electrode in a flat shape at a predetermined distance therefrom. A connection member is disposed which is made up of impedance converting portion and transmission line portion, connected in series w... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190320 | Antenna and dielectric substrate for antenna An antenna comprises a ground pattern, and a planar element that is fed and equipped with a cut-out portion provided from the farthest edge portion formed from the feed position toward the ground pattern side, and the ground pattern and the planar element are juxtap... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187329 | Antenna, dielectric substrate for antenna, and wireless communication card An antenna of this invention has a ground pattern and a planar element having a cut-out portion from an edge portion farthest from a feed position toward the ground pattern side, and the ground pattern and the planar element are juxtaposed with each other. By provid... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187330 | Differential and single ended elliptical antennas An antenna element includes a radiating antenna element having an elliptical shape disposed on a first surface of a substrate. A dielectric clearance region having an elliptical shape is disposed about the radiating antenna element to space the radiating antenna ele... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186943 | MERIE plasma reactor with overhead RF electrode tuned to the plasma with arcing suppression A plasma reactor for processing a semiconductor workpiece, includes a reactor chamber having a chamber wall and containing a workpiece support for holding the semiconductor support, the electrode comprising a portion of the chamber wall, an RF power generator for su... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187337 | Planar antenna with slot line A slot-line planar antenna has a substrate, an outer conductor disposed on one principal surface of the substrate and having an opening defined therein, an inner conductor disposed on the one principal surface of the substrate and positioned within the opening, the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176842 | Dual band slot antenna A slot antenna having one or more electronic components attached across a slot of the antenna to provide either an RF open or an RF short based on the bias supplied to a control terminal of the electronic component. The antenna is tunable via the RF open or short ac... | 02/13/2007 |
