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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8134516 | Electrically small supergain endfire array antenna An electrically small supergain endfire transmitting and receiving array antenna comprising at least one first resonant element with a first input terminal. The first resonant element driven by a power supply voltage supplied at the first input terminal. The electri... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7978144 | Sector antenna A first printed circuit board for vertical polarized wave has a plurality of vertical polarized wave elements which serves as antenna elements, and a first feeder circuit which is connected to the plurality of vertical polarized wave elements. A second printed circu... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7834815 | Circularly polarized dielectric antenna An antenna for radiating an electromagnetic field includes a ground plane, a feeding probe, and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the ground plane and has a radiating surface. The feeding probe electrically is embedded in the dielectric layer, ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7755560 | Antenna having parasitic element An antenna having a parasitic element is disclosed, the antenna including a ground, a radiation unit which is arranged on a different area of the same plane as the ground, and a parasitic element which is selectively connected to the ground, and operates as an anten... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7528789 | Adaptive antenna for use in wireless communication systems An antenna apparatus, which can increase capacity in a cellular communication system or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), such as an 802.11 network, operates in conjunction with a mobile subscriber unit or client station. At least one antenna element is active and... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7498997 | Plate board type MIMO array antenna including isolation element A plate board type MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) array antenna including a board, a plurality of antenna elements manufactured on the board, and an isolation unit offsetting effects of electromagnetic waves radiated from the plurality of antenna elements on ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495628 | Corner reflector antenna with ground plate A corner reflector antenna includes a ground plate having a main surface, a reflector including a rectangular first metal plate and a rectangular second metal plate which are perpendicularly provided on the main surface of the ground plate, the first and second meta... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7453413 | Reconfigurable parasitic control for antenna arrays and subarrays Reconfiguration of parasitically controlled elements in a phased array is used to expand the range of operational functions. Embedded array elements can be frequency tuned, and bandwidth can be improved by using reconfiguration to broaden the bandwidth of the embedd... | 11/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7403160 | Low profile smart antenna for wireless applications and associated methods A low profile smart antenna includes an active antenna element carried by a dielectric substrate, and active antenna element has a T-shape. Passive antenna elements are carried by the dielectric substrate, and they have an inverted L-shaped portion laterally adjacen... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394440 | Three-dimensional antenna fabrication from multiple two-dimensional structures A method for making an antenna array includes forming a ground plane having spaced apart openings extending therethrough, and forming a first antenna board having a support section and spaced apart first legs extending outwardly from the support section. An antenna ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388556 | Antenna providing downtilt and preserving half power beam width A panel antenna is provided having one or more radiating elements and a series of directors associated with each radiating element. Each series of directors is angled with respect to a direction of maximum radiation of the associated radiating element, in order to t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385563 | Multiple antenna array with high isolation A high-isolation multiple in, multiple out (MIMO) antenna array includes, in one configuration, a ground plane, and a plurality of antenna transmitting/receiving elements arranged near the periphery of the ground plane, wherein each of the antenna transmitting/recei... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385558 | Capacitive feed antenna An antenna including a first monopole radiating element having a galvanic connection to an antenna feed and second and third monopole radiating elements having a capacitive connection to the antenna feed. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7366464 | Access point operating with a smart antenna in a WLAN and associated methods An access point operates in an 802.11 wireless communication network communicating with a client station, and includes a smart antenna for generating directional antenna beams and an omni-directional antenna beam. An antenna steering algorithm scans the directional ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358900 | Symmetric-slot monopole antenna A symmetric-slot monopole antenna is provided, including a metallic board. Formed on the metallic board are a ground connection part to provide a ground circuit for the monopole antenna and a radiation part formed integrally on the ground connection part to receive ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340254 | Measurement opportunities for a mobile unit operating with a switched beam antenna in a CDMA system Measurement opportunities are provided to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) operating with a switched beam antenna in a CDMA wireless communication system. The switched beam antenna is a smart antenna generating a plurality of directional beams and an omni-dir... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333068 | Planar anti-reflective interference antennas with extra-planar element extensions Disclosed herein are wireless products adapted to be positioned in a normal or resting position, that also include an antenna composed of a set of elements arranged in a plane in a radially symmetrical configuration providing a reduction in the susceptibility of ref... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330152 | Reconfigurable, microstrip antenna apparatus, devices, systems, and methods An antenna device includes a dielectric layer, an electrical ground layer carried on one side of the dielectric layer, and an antenna arrangement carried on another side of the dielectric layer. This arrangement includes two parasitic microstrip elements and a micro... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327304 | System and method for minimizing background noise in a microwave image using a programmable reflector array A microwave imaging system captures a microwave image of a target and minimizes noise in the microwave image using phase differentiation. A reflector antenna array is provided including a plurality of antenna elements for reflecting microwave radiation towards the t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7324817 | Wireless communication method and apparatus for selecting and reselecting cells based on measurements performed using directional beams and an omni-directional beam pattern A wireless communication method and apparatus for selecting and reselecting cells used by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a wireless multi-cell communication system. The WTRU includes a switched beam antenna configured to form a plurality of directional b... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324051 | Supplemental parasitic antenna apparatus A supplemental antenna assembly is provided for use with an electronic device having an integral radio antenna, such as a wireless-enabled laptop computer, notebook computer, gaming device, personal digital assistant (PDA), or circuit card (e.g., a PCMCIA card) or o... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7295811 | Method for performing measurements for handoff of a mobile unit operating with a switched beam antenna in a wireless communication system, and corresponding system Measurements for handoff are made by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) operating with a switched beam antenna in a wireless communication system. The switched beam antenna is a smart antenna generating a plurality of directional beams and an omni-directional b... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7289828 | Method for steering a smart antenna for a WLAN using a periodic re-scan A smart antenna steering algorithm performs a periodic re-scan at an end of a sustained use period and before a next sustained use period. During a sustained use period, a re-scan of the other antenna beams is not performed. The periodic re-scan is performed on alte... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286098 | Circular polarization antenna and composite antenna including this antenna When configuring a film antenna for receiving a circular polarized wave, at least one loop antenna is formed on a transparent plastic film and, at the same time, a non-powered element constituted by a wire-shaped conductor independent from the antenna conductor conf... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283085 | System and method for efficient, high-resolution microwave imaging using complementary transmit and receive beam patterns A scanning panel for use in a microwave imaging system captures a microwave image of a target using two complementary arrays of antenna elements. Each of the antenna elements in a first array is capable of being programmed with a respective phase delay to direct a t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283092 | Enhanced switched-beam antenna arrangement Switched-beam antenna arrangement means use a method of controlling an antenna pattern of such antenna arrangement means. Each antenna pattern of a predetermined number of fixed antenna patterns is allocated to a predetermined time slot of a time multiplexed signal.... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276990 | Single-pole multi-throw switch having low parasitic reactance, and an antenna incorporating the same A switch arrangement comprises a plurality of MEMS switches arranged on a substrate about, and close to, a central point, each MEMS switch being disposed on a common imaginary circle centered on the central point. Additionally, and each MEMS switch is preferably spa... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274936 | Method and apparatus for measuring channel quality using a smart antenna in a wireless transmit/receive unit A method and apparatus for measuring a channel quality in wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) which are equipped with a subscriber based smart antenna. The WTRUs are equipped with a smart antenna so that the WTRU generates a plurality of directional beams and, o... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274330 | Beam switching antenna system and method and apparatus for controlling the same A beam switching antenna system and method and apparatus for controlling the same is provided, by which optimal antenna characteristics can be maintained according to a peripheral environment, the necessary time and power consumption of searching an optimal beam-dir... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265720 | Planar inverted-F antenna with parasitic conductor loop and device using same A planar inverted-F antenna structure (204) is parasitically coupled to a conductor loop (214) at an open end (208) of the main radiator of the inverted-F antenna. The conductor loop is grounded (216). ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253699 | RF MEMS switch with integrated impedance matching structure An impedance matching structure for a RF MEMS switch having at least one closeable RF contact in an RF line, the impedance matching structure comprising a protuberance in the RF line immediately adjacent the RF contact that forms one element of a capacitor, the othe... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245269 | Adaptive beam forming antenna system using a tunable impedance surface A method of and apparatus for beam steering. A feed horn is arranged so that the feed horn illuminates a tunable impedance surface comprising a plurality of individually tunable resonator cells, each resonator element having a reactance tunable by a tuning element a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245266 | Antenna directivity enhancer An antenna directivity enhancer to enhance the directivity of an antenna is disclosed. The enhancer has a 3-dimensional structure in a predefined 3-dimensional shape when operating to enhance the directivity of an antenna. The 3-dimensional structure can be flexibly... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239288 | Access point antenna for a wireless local area network An access point antenna for a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes a combiner network with a feed point, a ground plane adjacent the combiner network, and a dielectric substrate adjacent the ground plane. Conductive paths are on the dielectric substrate and a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236759 | Method for steering smart antenna beams for a WLAN using signal and link quality metrics An antenna steering algorithm for a smart antenna uses signal quality metrics and link quality metrics for selecting a preferred antenna beam. The link quality metrics supplement the signal quality metrics for improving the antenna steering decision. The link qualit... | 06/26/2007 |
