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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165551 | Multi-band antenna and communications device having the same A multi-band antenna is adapted for disposing on a substrate with a ground plane and a matching circuit disposed thereon, and includes a feed-in section, a coupling section, a grounding section, a multiple-bend arm, and a conductor section. The feed-in section is co... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8041324 | Antenna apparatus An antenna apparatus, including: a power supply pin; a circuit substrate having a first through hole through which the power supply pin passes; and an antenna element having a second through hole which faces with the first through hole and through which the power su... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7941116 | Mobile wireless communications device antenna assembly with floating director elements on flexible substrate and related methods A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and comprising a ground plane, and wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board. The device may also include an antenna assembly... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7899425 | Multi-band wireless communication device and method The present invention relates to a wireless communication device, such as a transponder, that has a plurality of antennas for multi-frequency usage. The wireless communication device comprises a control system, communication electronics, memory, and the aforemention... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7412217 | Transceiver with interference signal rejection, and method for interference signal rejection A transceiver with interference signal rejection has a transmission path and a reception path. The transmission path is connected to a transmission amplifier whose output is coupled to an antenna. In addition, the antenna is also connected to the reception path. A c... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7392029 | Method and apparatus for true diversity reception with single antenna A system for wireless communication, particularly for receiving communication signals, said system comprising: A main antenna structure (330), said antenna structure adapted to receive a communication signal (325a) as a first internal signal; an... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7376406 | Diversity reception apparatus A diversity reception apparatus having a simple configuration which includes only one AD conversion unit and receives analog modulated signals is provided. The diversity reception apparatus includes a switching unit that analog-multiplexes signals received by two an... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373182 | Wireless mobile phone including a headset A wireless mobile phone is provided with an input-output interface and an output interface. The input-output interface may be employed singularly to facilitate removable attachment of a telephony headset to the phone to receive at least telephony audio signals from ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7356323 | Antenna selection for diversity combining A diversity combining receiver may employ a switching architecture that permits multiple receiver chains to be coupled to multiple antennas. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352337 | Portable SDARS-receiving device with integrated audio wire and antenna An antenna having a plurality of elongated conductors is disclosed. The elongated conductors have a substantially straight portion and a substantially helical portion. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334735 | Card for interaction with a computer A smart card comprising: a memory for storing information; at least one transmitting or receiving antenna; and a low frequency circuit, for handling information associated with said antenna and said memory, which information is modulated at a modulation frequency of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333786 | Relaying apparatus and communication system A relaying device for providing optimum communication between a non-contact information medium and an information read/write device, and a communication system employing the relaying device, in which the adverse effect on communication, brought about by limitations ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7317901 | Slotted multiple band antenna A multiple band antenna has an RF coupling structure (110) and a resonant RF structure (102). The RF coupling structure (110) has an RF connection (116, 118) and an RF coupling end (112, 114). The resonant RF structure (102)... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308285 | Antenna adaptation in a time division duplexing system A technique for steering a directional antenna such as may be used with User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. Optimum angle settings for the directional antenna are determined as different values for an uplink and downlink; that is for simple recep... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299070 | Dynamic MIMO resource allocation during a single communication A system and method for providing dynamic allocation of MIMO communication resources during a single communication. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise determining a first set of MIMO communication resources to utilize for communicating a first por... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295825 | Diversity antenna arrangement A diversity antenna arrangement to reduce cost and the number of switching operations between different antennas includes an antenna changeover switch for switching between antennas, and an evaluation circuit for evaluating reception quality of a signal derived from... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292705 | Antenna device An antenna device disclosed herein is integrated with an earphone for generating sound from an ear receiver, and connected to a wireless equipment through a connector to transmit an audio signal applied from the wireless equipment to the connector through a pluralit... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7257401 | Messaging service for communications devices Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for delivering a message to a communications device. One method migrates a subscriber's communications device to a Global System for Mobile communications network. The subscriber's communications device is migrated from a Time D... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248839 | Arrangement for operating various terminal devices In a first embodiment, the invention relates to an arrangement for operating a plurality of terminal devices (6) on a common antenna (4) with a coupling network (2) comprising a first separator (8) associated with the antenna (4) a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7224953 | Receiving device and television receiver A receiving device in which the shielding performance is improved to solve a pulling problem in a receiving device of a direct conversion system is provided. The receiving device includes: a substrate on which an amplifier 30 that amplifies high freque... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221923 | Receiving apparatus A receiving apparatus which appropriately selects one out of a plurality of antennae for reception. The receiving apparatus is provided with a reception means for receiving a radio wave via an antenna selected out of the plurality of antennae by a selection means, a... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218902 | Antenna for communication with a satellite A telecommunication system uses a satellite antenna showing on the horizontal plane, a sufficiently narrow radiation lobe to discriminate two adjacent satellites and showing on the vertical plane, a sufficiently narrow vertical lobe to ensure an adequate gain, but s... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213749 | Interactive multimedia smart affinity card A multimedia card, including, a multimedia portion, a multimedia card holder portion, and a multimedia cover portion, and wherein the multimedia cover portion and the multimedia card holder portion releasably cover the multimedia card portion in between the multimed... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215977 | All-in-one modular wireless device The present invention provides a modular designed CompactFlash interface for voice and data applications. The present invention provides the advantages of attachments, such as a keypad, that attach to a PDA and give the PDA the ability to provide a wireless voice ha... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206554 | Transmit diversity with formed beams in a wireless communications system using a common pilot channel A method and apparatus are provided that allows beamforming to be used on a user-specific signal together with a sector-wide pilot signal in a communication system, such as a CDMA system. In one embodiment, the invention includes transmitting a pilot signal with a w... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200373 | Antenna detection and diagnostic system and related method An antenna detection and diagnostic system and associated method, including current and voltage detection circuits, are disclosed for detecting antenna failure mechanisms for integrated radio receivers. Integrated current limit detection circuitry is disclosed that ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197298 | Radio-communication terminal device that prevents communication through an unauthenticated antenna A radio-communication terminal device having an antenna unit incorporating an antenna element and an authenticator for authenticating the connected antenna element, and a transceiver unit that includes a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, an authentication d... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190319 | Wave antenna wireless communication device and method A wireless communication device coupled to a wave antenna that provides greater increased durability and impedance matching. The wave antenna may be in the form of a polygonal, elliptical curve and/or coil shape. The wireless communication device is coupled to the w... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187239 | Multi-band low noise amplifier A multi-band low noise amplifier capable of operating in a plurality of band modes includes a plurality of input amplifiers respectively corresponding to the plurality of band modes and an output amplifier. Each input amplifier includes a receiving port for receivin... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183929 | Control of toys and devices by sounds A method of controlling at least one device by incidental sound produced by a living creature and including: attaching a sound-maker to a living creature so that the natural movements of the living creature will cause the sound-maker to emit a sound; receiving the s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184734 | Radio communication apparatus A radio communication apparatus using an array antenna has a plurality of reception branches for conveying reception signals received at the antenna element of the array antenna, and a calibration branch for selecting one of the plurality of reception branches and c... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184727 | Full-duplex antenna system and method A system and method is provided for full-duplex antenna impedance matching. The method comprises: effectively resonating a first antenna at a frequency selectable first channel in a first frequency band; generating a first antenna impedance at the first channel freq... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180472 | Quadrifilar helical antenna An antenna having a plurality of elongated conductors is disclosed. The elongated conductors have a substantially straight portion and a substantially helical portion. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7162217 | Interconnection circuit between two loop antennas embedded in a wristband of a wrist-carried wireless instrument The invention relates to a wireless instrument (1) includes a wristband (2) having a first (2a) and a second (2b) band portions connected to opposite edges of a casing (3), each of the first and second band portions h... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158789 | Communication network in particular for telephony A communications network, in particular for telephony, comprises at least one operator a plurality of remote units for exchanging signals with mobile terminals and an interface unit for controlling the data traffic between the operator and the remote units. The inte... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149544 | Detachable radio module A radio module that detachably connects with a host device. A radio module is provided that includes an antenna as an integral part of the radio module. The antenna satisfies regulatory requirements by being an integral part of the radio module. The radio module inc... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149489 | Diversity apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal A diversity apparatus for a mobile communication terminal with a GPS function. The diversity apparatus comprises: a first multiband antenna with a first reception polarization characteristic, for receiving a combined RF signal of a GPS signal and a mobile communicat... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7120398 | Mobile communication devices having high frequency noise reduction and methods of making such devices In accordance with the disclosed embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a technique to control and manage where the currents flow produced by noise producing components such as transmitters, and how to specifically exclude them from critical areas, s... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120468 | System and method for steering directional antenna for wireless communications A system and method for determining an optimal antenna position of a directional antenna in a wireless communication system are described. The optimal antenna position is determined by calculating a steering metric value for possible antenna positions and the antenn... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110719 | Indoor mobile communication device It is an object of the present invention to provide an indoor mobile communication device having a simple structure, providing a sufficient communication range, and also providing for stable communication with a small fading effect. In order to attain this object, t... | 09/19/2006 |
