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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7786950 | Loop antenna and loop antenna manufacturing method A loop antenna is disclosed which can prevent the occurrence of variance in the loop length of the installed loop antenna element, and a method for manufacturing the loop antenna. The loop antenna comprises electrical wires constituting the antenna element and a hou... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7671819 | Antenna assembly An antenna assembly includes an antenna. The antenna assembly includes at least one interrupted loop or rod of electrically conducting material and a printed circuit board (PCB). At least a part of the PCB together with the at least one interrupted loop or rod of el... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7411559 | Headset loop antenna A headset has a first and an optional second earpiece 12, 16 respectively coupled to a plug 30 via first and an optional second conductors 14, 20, 18, 22. An antenna loop section 36 has a first loop section 31 at least partially bo... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408525 | Compact radio frequency transmitting and receiving antenna and control device employing same An antenna operable to transmit or receive radio frequency signals at a specified frequency, the antenna comprising a first printed circuit board comprising a first loop of conductive material having a capacitance and an inductance, the capacitance and the inductanc... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7342498 | Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and manufacturing method thereof An RFID tag includes a dielectric member, an antenna pattern formed on and around a surface of the dielectric member, and an IC chip that is electrically connected to the antenna pattern by means of two chip pads. ... | 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 |
| 7317425 | Antenna device and a method of making the antenna An antenna device comprising a hollow dielectric plastic holder (17) with a pair of opposite ends. A first helical electrode plate (18) is attached to one of the pair of opposite ends and has a first terminal device (25). A second flat electrode... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312528 | Semiconductor device having antenna connection electrodes A semiconductor device includes first and second antenna connection electrodes placed on the periphery of a semiconductor chip, an on-chip antenna connection electrode placed in the inner area of the semiconductor chip compared to the first and second antenna connec... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7295161 | Apparatus and methods for constructing antennas using wire bonds as radiating elements Antennas are provided which are constructed using one or more wires as radiating elements attached to a substrate or chip, wherein wire bonding methods can be used to attach and form loop profiles for the wires. The antennas can be integrally packaged with IC chips ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289081 | Antenna coil device In an antenna coil device 100, a coil portion 12 having a lead wire 2 wound around a magnetic core 1 is mounted on a case 3 made of plastic resin, and on one side of the case 3, terminal boards 4 and 5 that ele... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7259726 | Compact loop antenna for inductive read/write apparatus In order to provide a compact loop antenna, for use in an inductive read/write apparatus, capable of extending a communication range even if the antenna area or power supply thereto is constrained, a compact loop antenna, for use in an inductive read/write apparatus... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7230580 | Design of a two interconnect IC chip for a radio frequency identification tag and method for manufacturing same An apparatus and method for attaching antennae to RFID tags is disclosed. Included is the use of RFID tags having a symmetrical interconnect system for attaching one or more antennae, such that virtually any rotational orientation of the RFID tag will result in a su... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7113143 | Loop antenna and radio communication device having the same In a loop antenna of this invention, a plurality of segments are arranged in a loop while overlapping each other at end portions, a dielectric medium is inserted between the overlap portions of the segments to capacitively couple the segments, and a feed circuit is ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6927742 | Electromagnetic-induction system with optimum antenna layout and the method for forming the same This invention utilizes the design rule with minimum path to design the antenna layout so as to reduce the across-line effect, and it also makes changes in antenna address to design the optimum antenna layout. Furthermore, the single connector is also substituted fo... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922173 | Reconfigurable scanner and RFID system using the scanner A scanner has plasma loop or plasma window antennas for selectively scanning for ID tags along distinct radials of the scanner. Scanner elements are made electromagnetically invisible to adjacent elements by removing power or lowering plasma densities so that the sc... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6885354 | Non-contact communication medium A loop antenna is formed on one side of a circuit board and an IC chip is mounted on the same side of the circuit board. An inner end of the loop antenna is connected to an antenna connection terminal of the IC chip. An arm part provided with a first pad part, a sec... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6870460 | Input impedance arrangement for RF transponder A transponder 14.1 for a radio frequency (RF) identification system comprises an antenna 22.1 having an antenna impedance (ZA) having a real part (RA) connected to transponder circuitry presenting a load impedance (ZL) ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6839035 | Magnetically coupled antenna range extender A magnetically coupled antenna range extender structured to be interposed between an RF antenna and an electronic device. The antenna range extender is positioned between and proximate to one of the RF antenna and the electronic device, for extending the operating r... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6830193 | Non-contact IC card A non-contact IC card includes an information storage unit for storing information, a communication controller for controlling communication with an external device, and a loop antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio wave to and from the external device. The ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6822614 | Loop antenna A loop antenna system. The loop antenna system for a wireless transmission device having a signal end and a ground end, includes a loop antenna having a toroidal helix wire with a first end coupled to the signal end and a second end coupled to the ground end. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6703987 | Helical antenna When a contact terminal 11 is mounted by being inserted into a bobbin 12 from the bottom end thereof, the contact terminal 11 is fixed to the bottom part of the bobbin 12 by the action of raised tabs 11c which prevents the contact terminal 11 from coming ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6437751 | Contrawound antenna An electromagnetic antenna includes a multiply connected surface, such as a toroidal surface; first and second insulated conductors; and first and second signal terminals. The first insulated conductor extends around and over the surface with a first pitc... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6201511 | Composite antenna for duplexer-free duplex operation terminals and method An antenna assembly includes a receiving antenna and a separate transmitting antenna with an isolation circuit disposed in between to thereby isolate the Tx and Rx signals and provide a sufficient amount of attenuation outside the desired frequency band. ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6109962 | Electrical connector An electrical connector is provided for connecting an antenna to a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a terminal-receiving cavity and is mountable on a surface of the printed circuit board. A terminal is received in ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5995054 | Communications device A communications device comprises a loop antenna having a plurality of feed terminals defining at least two terminal pairs. A controller is provided for selecting one terminal pair to enable reception or transmission from the loop antenna using the select... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5751255 | Electrically small receiving antennas A small loop antenna employs circuits for increasing the power output and bandwidth of such antennas by employing coaxial cable or wide antenna elements on which the coaxial cable may be mounted or use microstrip, both for the purpose of reducing the indu... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5742256 | Wristband having embedded electrically conductive members for a wrist-mountable type electronic device A wristband for a wrist-mountable type electronic device comprises two wristband segments each including an outer layer member, an inner layer member and an antenna strip made of an electrically conductive member sandwiched between these members. The oute... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5625371 | Flat plate TV antenna A television antenna is constructed of a flat plate antenna comprising a plurality of concentric, rectangularly shaped loops formed of conductive material and disposed on a substrate. Each loop forms an antenna for signals in a predefined frequency band w... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5557293 | Multi-loop antenna A dual loop antenna (100) provides a dual frequency band response. The dual loop antenna (100) is configured on a substrate (102) which includes first and second radiator elements (106, 206) coupled through a common feed element (108).... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5014071 | Ferrite rod antenna An antenna for coupling to a printed circuit board comprises a ferrite rod and an electrically conductive coil having at least one turn extending around the core. The ends of the coil form the antenna's leads and are bent to retain the core therebetween. ... | 05/07/1991 |