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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7920100 | Foldable reflect array A foldable reflect array may include a plurality of geometrically-flat reflect antennas. Each of the reflect antennas may include a respective plurality of antenna elements to receive and retransmit an incident wavefront, and each of the plurality of reflect antenna... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7830325 | Mobile wireless communications device including an electrically conductive director element and related methods A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7679576 | Antenna arrangement, in particular for a mobile radio base station An improved antenna arrangement comprises at least a dipole-shaped radiator arrangement with the associated carrying device and/or balancing device and the associated dipole and/or radiator halves as well as the reflector or the part reflector or the reflector frame... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7656360 | Antenna device, wireless communication apparatus using the same, and control method of controlling wireless communication apparatus An antenna device has semi-conductive antenna bodies each having a predetermined length, which are positioned on a dielectric substrate, and control electrodes that are respectively connected with the semi-conductive antenna bodies. Direct-current biased voltage app... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7633455 | Plane antenna A plane antenna comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a first radiating element, a first power feeding pattern connected to the radiating element, and a first non-power feeding loop type radiating element provided adjacent to the first r... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7542004 | Parasitic dipole for azimuth uniformity in broadband antennas apparatus and method A horizontally polarized, substantially omnidirectional broadband transmitting antenna uses parasitic dipoles to increase azimuthal circularity over frequency. Because the magnitude of nulls in the field strength increases with frequency, the dipoles are preferentia... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7501992 | Planar antenna The planer antenna includes: a linear radiating antenna element to which electric power is to be supplied; and multiple linear parasitic antenna elements to which electric power is not to be supplied. The parasitic antenna elements are disposed at a position at whic... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7443345 | Antenna device An antenna device has: a dielectric substrate; an electric supply line that has a microstrip line and is formed on the dielectric substrate; an antenna element that has a microstrip line and is formed on the dielectric substrate; and a reflector plate disposed on th... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427964 | Center fed half wave dipole antenna system A center fed half-wave dipole antenna system includes first and second end brackets that are separated by a center bracket. The center bracket and each of the end brackets include a plurality of electrically isolated terminals allowing the center bracket to be coupl... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423605 | Mobile wireless communications device including an electrically conductive director element and related methods A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420521 | Wideband segmented dipole antenna A wideband antenna comprised of two or more conductive segments that are parasitically coupled. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7400300 | Multiple-element antenna with floating antenna element A multiple-element antenna for a wireless communication device is provided. The antenna comprises a first antenna element having a first operating frequency band and a floating antenna element positioned adjacent the first antenna element to electromagnetically coup... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394437 | Multi-resonant microstrip dipole antenna A multi-band antenna for use, for example, in a wireless communications network, employs multi-resonant microstrip dipoles that resonate at multiple frequencies due to microstrip “islands.” Gaps in the microstrips create an open RF circuit except for desired fre... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391385 | Directional antenna An antenna array includes an upper antenna and a lower antenna. Each antenna includes a driver dipole element and a director element horizontally spaced apart approximately one eighth wavelength from the driver dipole element. The driver dipole element is preferably... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7369089 | Antenna with multiple-band patch and slot structures A multiple-band antenna having a plurality of operating frequency bands is provided. The antenna includes a plurality of structures configured for operation in respective ones of the plurality of operating frequency bands, and a plurality of structures configured fo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365695 | Antenna system An antenna system for sharing of operation employs contiguous transmit frequencies. Transmit frequencies are separated into non-contiguous sub-groups isolated from one another by filters 158(+) and 160(−) associated with positive and negative polaris... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352328 | Flat-plate MIMO array antenna with isolation element A flat-plate MIMO array antenna includes a substrate, a plurality of antenna elements disposed on the substrate, and at least one isolation element interposed between a plurality of antenna elements on the substrate and connected to a ground. Mutual interference bet... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342543 | Electronic device to receive radio frequency signals An electronic device (400) enabled to receive radio frequency signals can comprise a housing (405), a PCB (110) enclosed in the housing (100), an antenna (115) coupled to the PCB (110) and enabled to receive the radio freque... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324061 | Double inductor loop tag antenna An RFID tag in one embodiment. The RFID tag includes at least one integrated circuit and an antenna pattern coupled to the integrated circuit, wherein the antenna pattern has an inductor pattern which limits the effect of misplacement of the integrated circuit relat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323977 | Tunable RFID tag for global applications An RF transponder comprises a transponder integrated circuit, an antenna connected to the transponder integrated circuit, and at least one parasitic element adapted to interact electrically with the antenna and thereby affect antenna impedance. The orientation of th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315289 | Coupled multiband antennas The present invention consists of an antenna comprising at least two radiating structures, said radiating structures taking the form of two arms, said arms being made of or limited by a conductor, superconductor or semiconductor material, said two arms being coupled... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304578 | Tag including RFID circuit storing data modifiable using a physically alterable medium A tag includes an RFID circuit storing bits. One or more of the bits are modified in response to physically altering a portion of a medium that the RFID circuit is affixed thereto. Also, the RFID circuit is activated in response to physically altering a portion of t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292148 | Method of variable position strap mounting for RFID transponder A method of coupling an RFID chip to an antenna includes the steps of, iteratively until a test criterion is met, positioning an RFID chip relative to an antenna and testing the RFID chip and antenna. Once the test criterion is met, the RFID chip is coupled with the... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292201 | Directional antenna system with multi-use elements Systems and methods for a wireless communication device having a switched multi-beam antenna and methods for manufacturing the same are described. One system and method includes a plurality of antenna of elements. Groups of the antenna elements cooperate to form act... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286092 | Radiocommunications antenna with misalignment of radiation lobe by variable phase shifter A radiocommunications antenna, notably for cellular radiotelephony network base station, of radiation lobe depointing type induced by variable phase adjustment unit including an actuating device including an actuator (13 or 41) whereof the displacement... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286097 | Yagi antenna with balancing tab An antenna minimizes radiation from the outer conductor (44) of a coaxial cable (40) that is coupled to the antenna by providing a balancing tab (90) that lies near the connection (72) of the cable outer conductor (44) to the anten... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7271726 | RFID tag-pallet A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and systems and methods of using an RFID tag. The RFID tag is a multi-planar tag that may be incorporated with an object, such as a container or pallet. The tag and/or the tag/object combination may then be used in a metho... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268738 | Beamforming using a backplane and passive antenna element An active antenna element to transmit and/or receive RF (Radio Frequency) signals is positioned in relation to a backplane that reflects RF signals. One or more passive antenna elements can be disposed on a similar side of the backplane as the active antenna element... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265718 | Compact multiple-frequency Z-type inverted-F antenna A compact multiple-frequency Z-type Inverted-F antenna includes a dielectric substrate having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis perpendicular to the horizontal axis. A feed point is disposed along the horizontal axis on a first side of the vertical axis and a gr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256741 | Antenna with multiple-band patch and slot structures A multiple-band antenna having a plurality of operating frequency bands is provided. The antenna includes a plurality of structures configured for operation in respective ones of the plurality of operating frequency bands, and a plurality of structures configured fo... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253775 | Antenna with near-field radiation control An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided. The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point, and... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245227 | Method and apparatus for preparing media Work tools such as a printhead, platen, and/or cutting head are spaced normally with respect to a media path based on a location of one or more objects carried by the media, and the position of the media with respect to the work tool. Additionally or alternatively t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239270 | Mobile wireless communications device comprising a satellite positioning system antenna and electrically conductive director element therefor A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. An antenna may also be carried by the portable hou... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239287 | Wireless communication device having conductive elements antenna An antenna coupled to a wireless communication device that is comprised of a series of conductive elements that form a conductor when placed under a force. The conductor is coupled to a wireless communication device to provide an antenna so that the wireless communi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7218288 | Antenna that uses four metal conductors An antenna comprising a rectangular reflector; first and second dipole antennae disposed in front of the reflector and aligned parallel to the long edge of the reflector; rod-shaped first metal conductors arranged parallel to the first and second dipole antennae and... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7205953 | Directional antenna array A directional antenna array is provided that includes a driven element and a first parasitic element separated from the driven element with the first parasitic element and/or the driven element having a width that is greater than about one-half a percent (0.5%) of a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
