Communications: radio wave antennas inventions 08/07

20070200766 - Adaptively tunable antennas and method of operation therefore: An embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus, comprising a tunable antenna including a variable reactance network connected to the antenna a closed loop control system adapted to sense the RF voltage across the variable reactance network and adjust the reactance of the network to maximize the RF voltage.... Agent: James S. Finn C/o William Tucker

20070200768 - Hybrid circuit with an integral antenna: A circuit with an integral antenna, including a hybrid circuit on a substrate, a patch antenna that is adapted to be positioned at a pre-selected distance above the hybrid circuit and coupled to the hybrid circuit to form a single physical unit, a feeder that electronically connects between the hybrid... Agent: Soroker-agmon Advocate And Patent Attorneys

20070200763 - Phased array antenna including flexible layers and associated methods: A phased array antenna may include a first flexible layer, in turn, including a plurality of phased array antenna elements. The phased array antenna may further include a second flexible layer including an electrically conductive material that serves as a ground plane for the phased array antenna elements. In addition,... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070200765 - System and method for an integrated antenna in a cargo container monitoring and security system: A system and method for an antenna which is constructed into or conforming onto the roof or wall of a cargo container is provided. The antenna system may have multiple antennas for short range wireless, cellular, global positioning, or satellite built into a single functional element. The antenna system may... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070200762 - Ultra wide band flat antenna: A flat, ultra wideband, unidirectional antenna is disclosed, the antenna may comprise a pair of active elements having the shape of substantially half-circles or half-ellipsoids made of thin conductive material and a ground element made of thin conductive material placed parallel and against to the active electrodes and spaced from... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070200767 - Asymmetrical flat antenna, method of manufacturing the asymmetrical flat antenna, and signal-processing unit using the same: An asymmetrical flat antenna contains an insulation layer. The antenna also contains a conductive power supply pattern that is provided on the insulation layer and a conductive antenna pattern that extends from the power supply pattern and is provided on the insulation layer. The conductive antenna pattern has an asymmetrical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070200769 - Broadband antenna unit comprising a ground plate having a lower portion where both side corner portions are deleted: In a broadband antenna unit having a ground plate and an elliptically shaped radiation element disposed at an upper portion of the ground plate in a plane where the ground plate extends, the ground plate has a semi-elliptically shaped upper edge and a lower portion where both side corner portions... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070200770 - Integrated filter in antenna-based detector: An antenna system includes a dielectric structure formed on a substrate; an antenna, partially within the dielectric structure, and supported by the dielectric structure; a reflective surface formed on the substrate. A shield blocks radiation from a portion of the antenna and from at least some of the dielectric structure.... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070200764 - Multilayer planar array antenna: Disclosed herein is a multilayer planar array antenna. The antenna includes a waveguide, a first dielectric layer, a radiating unit, a second dielectric layer, parasitic elements, and a feeding cover unit. The waveguide is configured to transmit signals. The first dielectric layer stacked on the waveguide. The radiating unit is... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070200775 - Information apparatus and operation control method thereof: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display unit on which an antenna is mounted, an LCD provided on the display unit, and a controller which controls the amount of radiation of an electromagnetic wave from the antenna, when the antenna is located in a downward direction... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070200777 - Multi-band antenna of compact size: A multi-band antenna of compact size includes a conductor of uniform cross-section folded to form the antenna with a connection portion, a low-frequency first radiation portion, and a high-frequency second radiation portion. The connection portion has a feeding point for signal feeding. The first and second radiation portions connect to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070200778 - Passive wireless keyboard powered by key activation: A wireless controller, such as a keyboard, and reader combination comprises a controller having a plurality of keys, one or mechanical to electrical energy converters providing energy from key activation, an antenna, and one or more passive transponder circuits, coupled to the antenna and associated with the keys. The passive... Agent: David L. Henty

20070200776 - Wireless communication device: A wireless communication device (10) includes an antenna (100), a printed circuit board (180), a signal cable (140), and a conducting portion (160). The antenna is used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals. The printed circuit board has a grounding portion. The signal cable is electronically connected to the antenna... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070200774 - Antenna for wwan and integrated antenna for wwan, gps and wlan: The present invention relates to an antenna for WWAN and an integrated antenna for WWAN, WLAN, and GPS. The integrated antenna comprises a ground metal plate, a coupled WWAN antenna, a WLAN antenna, an auxiliary grounding element, and at least one supporting element. The integrated antenna of the invention can... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20070200772 - Antenna system configuration for mobile phones: An antenna configuration for a flip type mobile phone is disclosed. The antenna configuration is designed to reduce, to a hearing aid compatibility (HAC) M3 rating or better, any scattered EM field effects that can cause interference to an active hearing aid. The antenna configuration comprises a halfwave type antenna... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20070200771 - Foldable mobile telephone terminal with antenna and ground plane made in one piece: The present invention relates to a portable communication device and an antenna system. The device comprises an antenna feeding circuit and at least a first part having a hollow interior where different electrical elements are provided and provided with a main section having a certain width, length and a first... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070200773 - Internal diversity antenna architecture: Various embodiments of an internal diversity antenna architecture are described. In one embodiment, a wireless device may include a housing enclosing a printed circuit board, a first diversity antenna, and a second diversity antenna internal to the housing. The second diversity antenna may be positioned substantially near the bottom of... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070200779 - Vehicle security system: A vehicle security system includes a bumper assembly, an antenna and a controller. The bumper assembly includes an energy absorbing portion and a cover portion overlying the energy absorbing portion. The antenna is supported by the energy absorbing portion and covered by the cover portion of the bumper assembly. The... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070200780 - System of stowing and deploying multiple phased arrays or combinations of arrays and reflectors: A spacecraft is provided that includes a spacecraft body, a phased array coupled to a side of the spacecraft body by a first deployment couple, and a reflector coupled to the side of the spacecraft body by a second deployment couple. The first and second deployment couples are configured to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070200781 - Antenna-feeder device and antenna: s

20070200782 - Antenna and rfid tag: An antenna for an RFID tag includes each power feeding parts 11 that is formed of a conductor, meandering parts 13a and 13b that are formed of conductors shaped as a pair of meandering lines, connected to the power feeding parts 11, and extend from the power feeding parts 11... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070200783 - Dipole design: A broadband dipole including two co-working conductors. The invention is characterized in, that a first of the conductors (11) is comprised of a rod (12) including a substantially centrally located axial hole (2), said hole (2) forming an outer conductor (11) of a coaxial line, and that the second conductor... Agent: The Jansson Firm

20070200784 - Integrated filter in antenna-based detector: An antenna system includes a dielectric structure formed on a substrate; an antenna, partially within the dielectric structure, and supported by the dielectric structure; a reflective surface formed on the substrate. A shield blocks radiation from a portion of the antenna and from at least some of the dielectric structure.... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070200785 - Satellite antenna cover: A satellite antenna cover includes a substantially rigid and concave surface configured to permit the reception and transmission of satellite communication signals, a curved outer rim emanating there from, and at least one secure antenna attachment member integrally formed on the outer rim. The antenna attachment member includes a body... Agent: Cislo & Thomas, LLP

20070200786 - Antenna holder: An antenna holder for holding an antenna includes signal wiring and ground wiring being disposed on a single circuit board as either one of an external element and an internal element respectively with one end electrically coupled with a circuit on the single circuit board for serving as the external... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070200788 - Antenna unit having a single antenna element and a periodic structure upper plate: An antenna unit consists of an EBG reflector, a single curl antenna supported at a central portion of the EBG reflector, and a periodic structure upper plate disposed apart from a principal surface of the EBG reflector by a predetermined distance. The EBG reflector includes a substrate having the principal... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070200787 - Thermoformed frequency selective surface: A three-dimensional FSS fabrication system is described. FSS elements are pre-mapped in two-dimensional form and constructed on a flat FSS panel that is then formed into a desired three-dimensional shape. The 2-D flat surface of the designed FSS is mapped into a desired three-dimensional curvature so that when formed from... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070200789 - Arbitrarily shaped deployable mesh reflectors: A method and apparatus for making a mesh reflector that may be used to produce a shaped reflector is provided. The mesh reflector may be an umbrella-style deployable mesh reflector capable of approximating both parabolic and arbitrarily shaped reflecting surfaces, including those with regions of reversed curvature. The reflecting surface... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070200790 - Method and apparatus for grating lobe control in faceted mesh reflectors: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling grating side lobes in a faceted mesh reflector. Facets may be formed of a like shape but with a majority of the facets across the reflector having varying size which reduces the grating lobe intensity in the far field pattern.... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070194991 - Analog phase shifter: In one embodiment, an integrated phase shifter includes: a plurality of stages, wherein each stage comprises: a transistor amplifier configured to amplify a voltage signal received at an input node into an amplified voltage signal at an output node according to a gain, wherein the transistor amplifier is configured such... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070194993 - Inductively coupled feed structure and matching circuit for rfid device: A feed structure (18) and matching circuit (20) for inductively coupling an antenna (16) with an IC (22) in an RFID tag (10). The tag (10) includes first and second feed structures (26,28) coupled with the antenna (16), a first transmission line (30) coupling the feed structures (26,28), and a... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20070194990 - Monopole antenna for ultrawideband applications: An ultra wideband antenna includes a substrate, a transmission line coupled to the substrate, and a radiating element coupled to the transmission line at a distance from the substrate and being symmetric about the transmission line. An outer edge of the radiating element has a shape defined by a binomial... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070194992 - Multi-level antennae: Antennae in which the corresponding radiative element contains at least one multilevel structure formed by a set of similar geometric elements (polygons or polyhedrons) electromagnetically coupled and grouped such that in the structure of the antenna can be identified each of the basic component elements. The design is such that... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070194989 - Planar antenna having a wide operating bandwidth: A planar antenna includes a high frequency radiating element, a meandering low frequency radiating element, and an interconnecting element. The low frequency radiating element has an operating bandwidth which is lower than that of the high frequency radiating element. The interconnecting element interconnects the high frequency radiating element and the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070194996 - Chip antenna mounting apparatus: A connection apparatus for a chip antenna includes a connection base and at least one chip slot. The connection base is disposed on a circuit board and connects to the electronic components of the circuit board via a connection wire. The chip slot is disposed on the connection base for... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070194995 - Antenna apparatus and mobile communication device using the same: An antenna apparatus having an antenna unit with length shorter than ¼ the operating wavelength. The antenna unit formed on a first plane can be arranged to set a first distance and a first angle with respect to a ground plane of the antenna apparatus, to tune and improve impedance... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070194998 - Antenna for portable terminal and portable terminal: When a coil 1b is arranged at the forward end of an antenna element 1a which resonates with the frequency band of portable phones and an effective length of the combination the antenna element 1a and coil 1b is set equal to the length at which the frequency band of... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070194994 - Extendible mobile slot antenna apparatus, systems, and methods: Embodiments of an extendible slot antenna for incorporation into a portable electronic device are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070194997 - Folding portable wireless unit: A conductive metal frame attached to an upper case is electrically connected to hinge metal member. The hinge metal member is connected to a hinge metal member by a rotary shaft in a rotatable manner. The hinge metal member, a further hinge metal member, and the rotary shaft are made... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070194999 - Slit loaded tapered slot patch antenna: Patch antenna (100) for a wireless communications device has a reduced size. The patch antenna is operable on a fundamental frequency f0 and a first harmonic f, of the fundamental frequency, with substantially co-located peak gain directions on both frequencies. The patch antenna (100) is formed from a conductive ground... Agent: Sacco & Associates, Pa

20070195000 - Multibeam antenna: An antenna capable of generating multiple beams that are close together and have side lobes of low level includes optics comprising a single main reflector and a set of primary sources, each source suitable for generating a beam taken up by the optics that transmits it, or suitable for receiving... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070195001 - Three-axis antenna, antenna unit, and receiving device: To achieve sensitivity not deviating in any of XYZ directions. A three-axis antenna with a cross-shaped core (2) having a pair of X-axis arms (22a, 22b) projecting in the X-axis direction in an orthogonal coordinate system and a pair of Y-axis arms (23a, 23b) projecting in the Y-axis direction orthogonal... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070195002 - Digital-television receiving antenna: A receiving antenna for digital television signal reception includes a dielectric substrate, a radiating plate formed on the dielectric substrate with a bar shape, having a first long edge and a second long edge corresponding to the first long edge, a slit formed on the radiating plate with a length... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070195003 - Virtual short circuit for providing reference signal in rfid tag: An RFID tag (10) including a virtual short circuit using a stepped impedance transformation from an open circuit or other known impedance point to provide a reference signal to an integrated circuit (22). The stepped impedance transformer (28) does not consist solely of a quarter wavelength transmission line. The stepped... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20070195004 - Multi-beam antenna: A plurality of antenna elements on a dielectric substrate are adapted to launch or receive electromagnetic waves in or from a direction substantially away from either a convex or concave edge of the dielectric substrate, wherein at least two of the antenna elements operate in different directions. Slotlines of tapered-slot... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.C.

20070195005 - Small aperture broadband localizing system: The present invention is directed to a small aperture broadband localizing system, comprising one or more systems for ascertaining angle-of-arrival of an electromagnetic signal and a transmit tag. A system for ascertaining angle-of-arrival of an electromagnetic signal further comprises a compact antenna array and an evaluation apparatus, and an electromagnetic... Agent: Hans Schantz

20070195006 - Enhanced back assembly for ka/ku odu: An alignment mechanism for aligning an antenna to a satellite configuration is disclosed. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises an antenna for receiving the satellite signals, a mast, for mounting the antenna to a desired location, and an alignment mechanism, coupled between the antenna and the mast,... Agent: The Directv Group Inc

20070188383 - Antenna and portable radio communication apparatus: In an antenna, a feeding radiation element and a first non-feeding radiation element that are loaded with dielectric substances are provided on a ground electrode, and a second non-feeding radiation element is disposed such that substantially the entire second non-feeding radiation element projects outside from a desired side of the... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070188384 - Co-construction with antenna and emi shield: A co-construction with an antenna function and an EMI shielding function is electrically connected with a printed circuit board (PCB). A radio frequency circuit having a high frequency element is disposed on the PCB. The co-construction includes a shield and a first antenna. The shield has a first hole. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070188387 - Device comprising an antenna for exchanging radio frequency signals: Relatively small omnidirectional antennas (2,3) with sufficient antenna impedance for exchanging radio frequency signals are provided with two parallel elements (21,22) coupled to each other via their outer ends. Each element (21,22) comprises two subelements (23,24,25,26) separated by a gap (27,28). The elements (21,22) have lengths smaller than half the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070188388 - Multiband antenna and multiband antenna system: A multiband antenna includes an antenna portion having a front surface and a back surface and a ground plane located adjacent to the antenna portion. The multiband antenna includes a front surface side element arranged on the front surface side and connected to a feeding point. The back surface side... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070188386 - Solid flat antenna: A solid flat antenna includes a reflecting unit, a first radiating unit and a second radiating unit. The reflecting unit has a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface. The first radiating unit, which has a first radiating portion and a first electrically connecting portion, is disposed opposite to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070188385 - Variable metamaterial apparatus: Artificial materials, such as metamaterials, include adjustable properties. In some approaches the properties are adjustable according to active feedback of interaction with electromagnetic waves.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070188392 - Antenna apparatus and radio communication apparatus: The present invention relates to an antenna apparatus corresponding to a plurality of multi-bands, etc. and makes a plurality of radio communication frequencies easily changed or set. The present invention includes a passive element composed of a plurality of element units (elements 141, 142, 143) linked with a switching element... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070188390 - Antenna system having receiver antenna diversity and configurable transmission antenna and method of management thereof: An antenna system comprises a receive diversity antenna system and a configurable antenna arrangement. Incoming signals are received through the receive diversity antenna system and outgoing signals are transmitted through the configurable antenna arrangement. A controller generates control signals to adjust the configurable antenna arrangement to change the transmission performance... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20070188389 - Electromagnetic wave reception and decoding system provided with a compact antenna: The invention relates to a data transmission system comprising an antenna provided with a monopole radiating element held in place by an earth plane provided with a conducting surface. According to the invention, the radiating element is located facing the surface of the earth plane so as to interact with... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070188391 - Internal antenna and motherboard architecture: Various embodiments of an internal antenna and motherboard architecture are described. In one embodiment, a wireless device may include a housing enclosing a first motherboard and a second motherboard. The ground plane of the first motherboard may be coupled to the ground plane of the second motherboard within the housing.... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070188393 - Easily maintainable on-vehicle electronic device: An on-vehicle electronic device (1) is for amplifying an external signal received by an antenna radiating conductor (21) patterned on a glass surface (20) of a vehicle window, and for sending the amplified signal to a receiver circuit. The on-vehicle electronic device (1) mainly includes an attachment base (2) including... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070188394 - 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 provided via an antenna element having one or more angled surfaces. A third mechanism directs the... Agent: Thomas J. Finn, Esq. Raytheon Company, Eo/e4/n119

20070188395 - 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 the second focus. The first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070188396 - Potential separation for filling level radar: For safety reasons the potential of an electrical supply line of a radar sensor should be separate from the potential of the filling level container. An arrangement for potential separation for a filling level radar includes a separation element for insulating the waveguide from the antenna. The separation element, corresponding... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070188397 - Broadband polarized antenna including magnetodielectric material, isoimpedance loading, and associated methods: The broadband small antenna has equal magnetic electric proportions, circular polarization, and an isoimpedance magnetodielectric (μr≡εr) shell for controlled wave expansion. The shell is a radome without bandwidth limitation, with reflectionless boundary conditions to free space, providing loading and broad bandwidth antenna size miniaturization. The system is spherically structured based... Agent: Christopher F. Regan, Esquire Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070188398 - High power, polarization-diverse cloverleaf phased array: A phased array antenna includes a substrate, and multiple radiating elements conformally mounted as micro-strip on the substrate. Each of the radiating elements is of a triangular shape, and four of the radiating elements are arranged to form a crossed bowtie cloverleaf radiator. In addition, the four radiating elements form... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070188399 - Dipole antenna: A conductor for use as a radiator in an antenna has a contact section adapted to connect to a high-frequency source, a first section of alternating shape extending along a first longitudinal axis from an inner end at the contact section to an outer end, and a second section of... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070188400 - 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 metal plates being combined together to form a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070188401 - Antenna cover and antenna apparatus: After a receiving antenna (A1) is inserted from a slot (B16) into a housing portion (B14) formed between cover members (B11, B12), the slot (B16) is pasted so as to secure the receiving antenna (A1). The receiving antenna (A1) is thus housed. Further, a tab (B17) which extends from one... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20070188402 - Loop antenna for in the ear audio device: The invention regards a communication device which is adapted for placement in a users ear and comprises a shell part enclosing an input transducer for receiving an input signal, a signal processing device and an output transducer for providing a signal perceivable as sound, a battery located at a surface... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070182642 - Antenna apparatus: An antenna apparatus is disclosed. The antenna apparatus is structured by a ground plate that is shaped like a plate, and a feeding unit that is formed by a plate-like member, the feeding unit extending from the ground plate generally perpendicular to the ground plate at a predetermined angle to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070182637 - Antenna assembly including z-pinning for electrical continuity: An antenna assembly comprises a composite support structure including an electrically conductive outer layer, an inner layer and a core layer between the outer layer and the inner layer; a cavity structure positioned adjacent to the inner layer of the composite support structure; a window structure positioned adjacent to the... Agent: Robert P. Lenart Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070182634 - Antenna device: Four antenna units arranged adjacent to each other are respectively connected to switches, and are connected to load impedance elements via the switches, or connected to an output terminal and a comparator via a switch. Another ends of the load impedance elements are grounded. The comparator judges which antenna unit... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070182641 - Antennas and electrical connections of electrical devices: The invention is to novel articles and methods useful in the mass production of wireless communication devices. Methods and structures to achieve combining of electrical devices such as chips with antennas are disclosed.... Agent: Daniel Luch Ertek, Inc.

20070182635 - Array antenna for suppressing back singal and method for designing the same: The present invention provides a method for designing a front directional array antenna for suppressing a back signal used in a wireless communication, comprising: (a) an analogous pattern element arranging step for arranging, on a reflecting panel which is a conductor at a predetermined interval, elements having mutual analogous emission... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070182640 - Highly dielectric elastomer composition and dielectric antenna: The present invention provides a highly dielectric elastomer composition which shows a high dielectric constant in a wide temperature range from low to high temperature and has a low dielectric loss tangent, and a dielectric antenna composed of the highly dielectric elastomer composition. A dielectric antenna including a molding of... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070182638 - Systems and methods for using parasitic elements for controlling antenna resonances: Systems and methods for communicating over multiple frequency bands include a driven antenna element and a parasitic element communicatively coupled to the driven antenna element, the parasitic element including at least a first and a second conductive section. The parasitic element can include two or more conductive sections, and the... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20070182639 - Tunable impedance surface and method for fabricating a tunable impedance surface: A tunable impedance surface includes a varactor. The varactor comprises a bottom electrode formed on a surface of a substrate. First and second ferroelectric elements are on top of the bottom electrode and electrically connected to one another through the bottom electrode. A first top electrode is on top of... Agent: Leonard A. Alkov, Esq. Raytheon Company

20070182636 - Dual band trace antenna for wlan frequencies in a mobile phone: An antenna for use in mobile electronic devices at more than one frequency. A circuit board contains a first antenna element at a first layer and a second antenna element at a second layer. The antenna elements have a common feed connection and ground connection. The antenna elements are arranged... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070182648 - Antenna device: Provided is a compact antenna for installment in a portable terminal and adjusting a resonant frequency. The compact antenna device includes an antenna unit including first and second elements, the first element including a first antenna terminal having at least one of meandering and curved patterns wholly or partially, and... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070182643 - Dual band wlan antenna: An antenna system comprises first, second, and third antennas that are arranged on a printed circuit board (PCB) and that include an arc-shaped element having a concave side and a convex side, and a conducting element that extends substantially radially from a center of the concave side.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070182644 - Dual band wlan antenna: An antenna system comprises first, second, and third antennas that are arranged on a printed circuit board (PCB) and that include an inner ring and an outer ring that is concentric to said inner ring.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070182645 - Dual band wlan antenna: An antenna system comprises first, second, and third antennas that are arranged on a printed circuit board (PCB) and that include an arc-shaped element having a concave side and a convex side. A conducting element extends substantially radially from a center of the concave side. A U-shaped element has a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070182646 - Dual band wlan antenna: An antenna system comprises a first antenna that is arranged on a printed circuit board (PCB) and that includes an arc-shaped element having a concave side and a convex side. A conducting element extends substantially radially from a center of the concave side. A U-shaped element has a base portion... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070182647 - Dual band wlan antenna: An antenna system comprises first and second antennas that are arranged on a printed circuit board (PCB) and that include an arc-shaped element having a concave side and a convex side. A conducting element extends substantially radially from a center of the concave side. A U-shaped element has a base... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070182649 - Shielding device for vehicular electronic components: A shielding device for an electronic component for use in a vehicle. The electronic component is positioned on the vehicle and generates an electromagnetic wave. A conductive panel is positioned between the electronic component and an antenna and substantially covers the electronic component. A ground wire is connected to the... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070182651 - Compact vehicle-mounted antenna: A compact, vehicle-mounted antenna (10) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a first and second antenna elementS (30, 40) are positioned on a conductive ground plane (FIG. 1). The antenna elements can comprise platforms supported by a ground (34) and a feed (36). The antenna elements can be tuned to various... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070182650 - Passive device for increasing the transmission efficiency of radio-frequency systems: Radio-frequency transmission device comprising a transmission antenna (2) and a receiving antenna (4), characterised by comprising one or more passive resonant circuits (5) positioned between the transmission and receiving antennas (2, 4).... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070182652 - Mount assembly for two-way radio antenna: A mount assembly for mounting a two-way radio antenna to a curved section of a vehicle has top and bottom collars shaped to match the contour of the vehicle curved section. During installation of the mount assembly, the top and bottom collars are positioned on opposite sides of the vehicle... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070182653 - Receiver system for ultra wideband: An ultra wide band receiver system comprising a ultra wide band antenna and an active circuit. The ultra wide band antenna including a power feed operable to receive electromagnetic energy. The ultra wide band antenna further includes a radiator operable to be excited by the electromagnetic energy fed through the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070182654 - Reconfigurable payload using non-focused reflector antenna for hieo and geo satellites: An antenna system for generating and configuring at least one defocused beam is provided. The antenna system includes a reflector having a focal plane and a non-parabolic curvature for forming the at least one defocused beam, and a plurality of feed antennas that illuminate the reflector. Each feed antenna is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070182655 - Broad-band log-periodic dipole antenna: Disclosed is a broadband log-periodic dipole antenna, which has first and second radiating elements alternately and symmetrically arranged in both surfaces of a dielectric substrate according to the corresponding PCS frequency band, IMT-2000 frequency band, and wireless LAN (IEEE 802, 11a/b) frequency band, so that the first and second radiating... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070182656 - Balanced dipole antenna: A balanced dipole antenna has a coaxial cable connected between a load or source and the left and right dipole arms to substantially eliminate common mode current and radiative coupling between the coaxial cable and the left and right dipole arms. The connection between the source/load coaxial cable and the... Agent: Brenda Pomerance Law Office Of Brenda Pomerance

20070182657 - Directive antenna in a dual band phased array employing spatial second harmonics: A directive antenna operable in multiple frequency bands includes a ground plate, an active antenna electrically coupled to the ground plate, and at least one passive antenna, coupled to the ground plate via either a first or second reactive component. When the at least one passive antenna is coupled to... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070182658 - Loop antenna with a parasitic radiator: It is an objective of the present invention to provide an antenna construction that allows the thickness of an antenna structure be lower than that of planar antennas according to prior art without sacrificing the radiation efficiency at the desired RF-bands as 900 MHz GSM and 1800 MHz/1900 MHz DCS/PCS.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070182659 - Radio communication antenna fitted with a radome and method of assembling this kind of radio communication antenna fitted with a radome: The present invention concerns a radio communication antenna comprising a reflector fitted to a first opening of a cylindrical lateral screen and a radome formed by a flexible material covering a second opening of this lateral screen so as to have a protective surface facing the reflector. According to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070182660 - Control system of antenna array of rfid reader applications: The present invention provides a control apparatus of an antenna array. The control apparatus of an antenna array comprises a control circuit including a serial interface circuit connected to the first switch and the second switch by a first control line and a second control line separately, and an antenna... Agent: John Chen Room 303

20070182661 - Frangible antenna mount: An antenna mount includes a base, a mounting member and a resilient member extending between the mounting member and the base. The resilient member may be removably coupled to the base via a first coupling member and/or coupled to the antenna mount via a second coupling member. The coupling members... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070176827 - Composite right/left-handed transmission line based compact resonant antenna for rf module integration: An apparatus based on composite right-handed or left-handed (CRLH) principles to provide a transmission line or antenna structure having a plurality of cells to which one or more feed ports are attached. The apparatus is based on an equivalent circuit Right-Hand (RH) series induction (LR) and shunt capacitor (CR), and... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070176828 - 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 that it keeps functioning as a pole for forming a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070176836 - U-antenna: Systems and methods for a directional antenna and methods for manufacturing the same are described. One system and method includes a plurality of antenna elements. Groups of the antenna elements cooperate to form a directional antennas. In one configuration, a first element is configured as a driven element and a... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070176837 - Combination of tube assembly and clip for wireless antenna grounding: An antenna tube configured to accommodate a grounding clip and an antenna the antenna tube having a cylindrical tube having an upper end and an inner end opposite the upper end; a circumferentially extending groove in the cylindrical tube located between the upper end and the inner end; and a... Agent: Moffat & Co

20070176834 - Diverse spectrum antenna for handsets and other devices: A system, apparatus and method for a diverse spectrum antenna is disclosed. The diverse spectrum antenna may comprise a circuit board having a ground plane and a chip antenna including a notch, wherein the chip antenna is mounted on the circuit board at a selected distance from the ground plane.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070176831 - Heat-dissipating wireless communication system: A heat-dissipating wireless communication system for a computer device comprises an antenna configured for wireless communications, the antenna configured to dissipate heat generated by the computer device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070176830 - Internal antenna for handheld mobile phones and wireless devices: An antenna for a foldable wireless device is provided. The foldable wireless device and antenna include a first housing and a second housing pivotally connected. A printed circuit board associated with the wireless device comprises a first PCB in the first housing and a second PCB in the second housing.... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20070176829 - Mimo antenna configuration: The present invention provides a MIMO antenna structure and design. A single dipole antenna stands at the center of a triangle which is formed by three PIFAs antennas, and the three PIFA antennas has equal squint angle relative to the neighbors, that is there is 120° sector angle between any... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070176833 - Mobile communication device with reduced electric field emission levels near the earpiece: A mobile communication device (1) is provided with an antenna (10) having an antenna element (10a) and a conductive ground element (26) to cooperate with the antenna element. In use, RF currents are generated in the conductive ground element and as a result an oscillating electric field arises. The conductive... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070176835 - 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 couple to the first antenna element. The floating antenna element is configured to operate... Agent: David B. Cochran, Esq. Jones Day

20070176832 - Nanostructured tunable antennas for communication devices: An apparatus (10, 30, 40, 50) is provided that relates to nanotubes as radiation elements for antennas and phased arrays, and more particularly to a macro-sized RF antenna for mobile devices. The antenna comprises a plurality of nanostructures (16), e.g., carbon nanotubes, forming an antenna structure on a substrate (12),... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070176838 - Broadband structurally-embedded conformal antenna: An antenna comprising a crossed pair of center-fed end-loaded bent-dipole radiators which are structurally embedded into a properly loaded cavity. Broadband, dual independent polarized, and hemisphere field-of-view coverage with low RCS characteristics is provided with this antenna.... Agent: Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

20070176839 - Folding dipole antenna and tag using the same: In a folded dipole antenna, both ends of a first dipole portion with a feeding portion are connected to both ends of a second dipole portion so that a slot portion may be formed, and the first and the second dipole portion have a width for generating a linearly-polarized wave... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070176841 - Antenna device and shield cover thereof: A circuit board has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. An antenna element is mounted on the first face. A shield cover is attached to the second face. The shield cover includes a polygonal base portion, a first wall provided on a first side... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070176840 - Multi-receiver communication system with distributed aperture antenna: A multi-user wireless communication system for use in an enclosed space includes a distributed aperture antenna having multiple apertures distributed along an outer shield of the antenna. The apertures allow radiated energy to leak from the antenna and form low-power, localized electric fields that can couple receivers to the antenna.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070176842 - Locating technique and apparatus using an approximated dipole signal: Location determination is performed using a transmitter including an elongated generally planar loop antenna defining an elongation axis. The elongation axis is positioned along at least a portion of a path. A magnetic field is then generated which approximates a dipole field. Certain characteristics of the magnetic field are then... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20070176843 - Rf communication system with embedded antenna: Provided is a wireless RF communications system for use in electronic devices requiring a communication capability. The system, which may be positioned between any two surfaces or panels of the electronic device includes a printed circuit board (“PCB”), a radio module incorporated into the PCB, and at least one antenna... Agent: Kutak Rock, LLP

20070176844 - Removable mountable aerodynamic bayonet antenna apparatus and method: A mountable antenna apparatus and method involving a housing member (100); a bayonet adapter (200); and an antenna assembly (300) being disposed within the housing member (100). The housing member (100) comprises an aerodynamic configuration for reducing drag on, and for eliminating fatigue as well as flutter of, the antenna... Agent: Cislo & Thomas, LLP

20070176845 - Semiconductor device: It is an object of the present invention to provide an ID chip in which gain of an antenna is increased and the mechanical strength of an integrated circuit can be enhanced without suppressing a circuit scale. A semiconductor device typified by an ID chip of the present invention includes... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070176846 - Radiation controller including reactive elements on a dielectric surface: A device for controlling electromagnetic radiation emitted by a structure is described. The device has a reactive element comprising an array of conductors disposed on a dielectric surface such that the displacement between a conductor and any other conductor adjacent to it is small compared to the wavelength of the... Agent: Welsh & Flaxman LLC