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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184060 | Low profile antenna A multi-band antenna is provided that operates in at least two non-harmonically related frequency bands. The antenna includes a ground plane, a cone-shaped relatively high frequency antenna element with a tip of the high frequency antenna disposed adjacent to but el... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184061 | Antenna system and method A device comprising a metallic conical portion, said conical portion substantially hollow having a vertex end and a base end, a first cylindrical portion disposed annularly about the base end of the conical portion, a metallic second cylindrical portion coupled to t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8063842 | Antenna apparatus An antenna apparatus is disclosed that includes an antenna element having a teardrop shape and configured to be fed with electrical power from an external power source; and a ground element coupled to the antenna element, wherein the antenna element includes one or ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059050 | Biconical antenna assembly An biconical antenna assembly including a pair of conductors each having a plurality of radiating conductors. One of the conductors defines a cone shape and radiating conductors extending to define a generally conical form. The other conductor defines a cylindrical ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7973732 | Wideband vehicular antennas Antennas suitable for wideband transmission and reception are disclosed that are useful in environments susceptible to vibration and impact motion such as for example vehicles of various types, e.g., automobiles, trains, etc. The apparatus can include a bicone anten... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7924234 | Cladding for a microwave antenna A cladding (2) for a microwave antenna comprises at least one plate (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) which has, in a first section plane (x=0; y=0), a cross section in the shape of a logarithmic spiral, characterized in... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7876280 | Frequency control of electrical length for bicone antennas A broadband bicone antenna supports frequency selective control of electrical length. Frequency selective control of the electrical length of an antenna can provide an antenna exhibiting two or more different electrical lengths where use of each length depends upon ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7864127 | Broadband terminated discone antenna and associated methods The discone antenna is a small communication antenna with broad voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) bandwidth. The discone antenna includes a conical antenna element and a disc antenna element adjacent the apex thereof and including a proximal electrically conductive... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855693 | Wide band biconical antenna with a helical feed system A wide band biconical antenna with a helical feed system comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) that maintains a plurality of antenna elements having an entry conic and a termination conic arranged about a common axis. Each of the antenna elements receive a signal ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7538737 | High impedance bicone antenna A high impedance bicone antenna system supporting ultra wideband operation. The antenna may comprise a reduced aperture size and reduced half-angles of the conductive cones forming the antenna. Reduction in cone angles may increase the impedance of the cones. An imp... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7525501 | Bicone pattern shaping device A broadband omni-directional bicone antenna. The antenna can comprise conductive surfaces of conical voids provided within a solid dielectric structure. The outside surface of the solid structure can support a radio frequency (RF) lens geometry operable for beam for... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7456799 | Wideband vehicular antennas Antennas suitable for wideband transmission and reception are disclosed that are useful in environments susceptible to vibration and impact motion such as for example vehicles of various types, e.g., automobiles, trains, etc. The apparatus can include a bicone anten... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7443350 | Embedded multi-mode antenna architectures for wireless devices Low-profile, compact embedded multi-mode antenna designs are provided for use with computing devices, such as laptop computers, which enable ease of integration within computing devices with limited space, while providing suitable antenna characteristics (e.g., impe... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7408521 | Low profile bicone antenna An antenna that includes, in at least one embodiment, first and second radiating elements each having a substantially conical radiating surface. Each radiating surface may be substantially linearly conical or nonlinearly conical. The radiating surfaces are substanti... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7366544 | Mote networks having directional antennas A mote network having and/or using one or more directional antennas. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352334 | 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... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339529 | Wide band biconical antennas with an integrated matching system A biconical antenna includes an entry conic having an entry base opposite an entry vertex and a termination conic having a termination base opposite a termination vertex. The entry and termination conics share substantially the same axis and the entry vertex is adja... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339542 | Ultra-broadband antenna system combining an asymmetrical dipole and a biconical dipole to form a monopole An ultra-broadband antenna system is disclosed. The antenna system is a single tubular antenna structure comprising an asymmetrical dipole fed with a biconical dipole. The biconical dipole covers the high frequency spectrum, while the asymmetrical dipole covers inte... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336234 | Antenna apparatus and communication method employing it An antenna apparatus includes a monopole antenna forming an antenna element having a metal shell body, and the antenna element has an approximately conical part, a vertex of which is on the side of a power supply part. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330157 | Antenna device having wide operation range with a compact size This patent specification describes an antenna device which includes a non-directional antenna having a radiating element and a ground plate, a coaxial line configured to feed an electromagnetic power to the non-directional antenna, a dielectric film arranged on the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327315 | Ultrawideband antenna Antennas for transmitting and receiving ultrawideband (UWB) signals are disclosed. A UWB antenna structure includes a planar conductor of substantially uniform resistance. The structure has the shape of a pair of conjoined, generally triangular figures, each with a ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323949 | Method for conversion of waveguide modes, mode-converting arrangement and antenna arrangement The invention relates to a method for conversion of waveguide modes from a mode of type TM01 to mode of type TE11 for transmission of power within the microwave range. The invention also relates to a mode-converting arrangement and an antenna a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321341 | Compact broadband antenna with constant radiation pattern An antenna having multiple antenna elements of unequal lengths, form in a conical shape. The longest antenna element has a trap in a specific location of the antenna element. Multiple traps can be used for extended coverage depending upon the frequency band. The ant... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7286094 | Three-dimensional omni-directional antenna designs for ultra-wideband applications The present invention generally relates to the field of microwave antennas, and, more particularly, to a number of three-dimensional designs for the radiation element of an ultra-wideband monopole antenna with a symmetrical omni-directional radiation pattern operate... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286095 | Inverted feed discone antenna and related methods The discone antenna includes a conical antenna element, having an apex, and a disc antenna element adjacent the apex of the conical antenna element. An inverted antenna feed structure, such as a flanged coaxial connector or coaxial cable, is connected to the disc an... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283103 | Compact broadband antenna A compact broadband antenna. The antenna includes a first mechanism for receiving input electromagnetic energy. A second mechanism provides radiated electromagnetic energy upon receipt of the input electromagnetic energy. The radiated electromagnetic energy is provi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265727 | Top loaded disk monopole antenna In an exemplary aspect of the invention, an antenna is disclosed that includes a ground plane and a disk disposed adjacent to the ground plane. The disk has a perimeter. The antenna further includes a loading reflector having an underside. At least a portion of the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7221326 | Biconical antenna A biconical antenna according to the present invention includes a columnar dielectric member having frustum-shaped cavities extending respectively from an upper surface and a lower surface toward a center of the columnar dielectric member, wherein flat surfaces of a... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7193578 | Horn antenna array and methods for fabrication thereof A method for making a horn antenna array includes the steps of making first and second equal-size printed-circuit half-horn-elements, and offset-juxtaposing element pairs to make horn elements having a dielectric lip or step. A ground plane defining mutually interse... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193582 | Digital receiving antenna device for a digital television A digital receiving antenna device is connected to a digital television through a coaxial cable and has a casing, a flat antenna, a coaxial cable connector and a coaxial transmission line. The flat antenna is mounted in the casing and connected electronically to the... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7183978 | Wideband omnidirectional antenna A compact antenna includes a disk-type radiating element normal to a ground plane section. Each face of the radiating element may have a third-dimensional characteristic (e.g., a convex outer surface.) Dielectric material may be positioned on the ground plane forwar... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180458 | Antenna and information communication apparatus using the antenna An antenna including a grounded conductor and a radiating element having a diameter that increases from the top to the bottom in which the top of the radiating element is opposed to the grounded conductor is disclosed. The radiating element of the antenna includes t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180466 | Unbalanced antenna An unbalanced antenna having a radiation conductor and a ground conductor provided with a predetermined gap therebetween is provided. At least a predetermined part of the ground conductor, the predetermined part being opposed to the radiation conductor, is left so t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173574 | Integrated antenna and method of manufacturing the same In an integrated antenna, an antenna characteristic of a first antenna element is obtained when the first antenna element and a second antenna element are mounted on first and second positions of a base by first and second mount portions, respectively. A conductive ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7167137 | Collapsible wide band width discone antenna A collapsible discone antenna is provided with an ultra wide band width by providing a collapsible conical skeleton cone, with the rods of the skeleton being provided with meander lines so as to effectively reduce the overall dimensions of the antenna by a factor of... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7142166 | Wide band biconical antennas with an integrated matching system A biconical antenna; an entry conic having an entry base opposite an entry vertex and a termination conic having a termination base opposite a termination vertex. The entry and termination conics share substantially the same axis and the entry vertex is adjacent the... | 11/28/2006 |
