Communications: radio wave antennas inventions 04/08

20080094289 - Antenna assembly with improved radiating effect: An antenna assembly includes a supporter forming two different continuous first and second surfaces, and a monopole antenna assembled on the supporter and comprising a radiating element comprising a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion respectively worked at different frequency bands, and a grounding element separated from the radiating... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080094286 - Decoupling arrays of radiating elements of an antenna: The present invention provides an antenna comprising at least two arrays comprising respective pluralities of radiating elements in alignment, disposed in parallel planes, and metal screens interposed between the arrays, the antenna being characterized in that each metal screen comprises a bottom portion facing non-radiating portions of the radiating elements... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094285 - Disk monopole antenna structure: In a disk monopole antenna structure, a semicircular region is provided, as well as an oppositely disposed, second frame-type region, which faces away from the semicircular region and forms a cut-out in the antenna structure.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080094287 - Meander feed structure antenna systems and methods: A transmitting and receiving system including an antenna element having first and second current paths, and a meander feed line connected to said first and second current paths, the meander feed line including a radiating portion parallel to the first current path, wherein a current in the radiating portion is... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080094283 - Antenna and antenna assembly thereof: An antenna disposed on a circuit board includes a first surface, a second surface, a feeding part, a body portion, a first accessory portion, a second accessory portion, and a ground plane. The feeding part includes a first feeding segment disposed on the first surface and a second feeding segment... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080094284 - Antenna with coupling feeding: An antenna (10) is provided. The antenna (10) with coupling feeding, printed on a substrate (30) for transceiving electromagnetic signals. The antenna includes a radiator (12), a feeding portion (14), and a grounded portion (16). The radiator is for the transceiving electromagnetic signals. The feeding portion defines a gap with... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080094288 - Multi-frequency antenna and electronic device having the same: The present invention provides a multi-frequency antenna and an electronic device having the same. The multi-frequency antenna comprises a radiating element, a grounding element and a connecting element. The radiating element comprises a high-frequency radiating unit and a low-frequency radiating unit, wherein the low-frequency radiating unit is constructed by bending... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080094282 - Multiple input multiple output antenna: A MIMO antenna (20) disposed on a substrate (10) including a first surface (102) and a second surface (104). The MIMO antenna includes a first antenna (20a) and a second antenna (20b) each including a radiating body (22a), a feeding portion (26a) electrically connected to the radiating body, and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080094291 - Antenna arrangement for a portable radio communication device, and a portable radio communication device comprising such and antenna arrangement: The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement for a portable radio communication device, such as a mobile phone, including RF circuitry and a portable radio communication device comprising such an antenna arrangement. The antenna arrangement is characterized in that a first connection portion (17; 25) of an antenna element... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080094293 - Broadband antenna: A broadband antenna comprises a radiating element, a grounding element, a connecting element and a parasitic element. The connecting element comprises a first end and a second end. The first end of the connecting element is electrically connected to the radiating element, and the second end is electrically connected to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080094290 - Mobile wireless communications device with multiple rf transceivers using a common antenna at a same time and related methods: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing and a common antenna carried by the housing and having a plurality of spaced apart signal feed points thereon. The device may further include a plurality of wireless radio frequency (RF) transceivers carried by the housing and coupled to respective ones... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080094292 - Stylus antenna device: A stylus can be used to operate a mobile communication device and can be used as an external antenna. The stylus can be packed in a containing socket for ease of use. The stylus can also be linked to a signal linking pad to enhance signal receiving ability.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080094295 - System and method for isolating an individual radiation pattern of a given radiator in the presence of other radiators: Disclosed is a system and method for determining the far-field radiation pattern of an antenna within a composite radiator. The method involves performing a near-field scan at an angular sample spacing corresponding to a minimum sphere centered at the crossing of two rotational axes encompassing the composite radiator, computing coefficients... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080094294 - Method for detection of faulty antenna array elements: A method for early detection of faulty antenna arrays comprising the step of treating said detection as a special case of target recognition; wherein targets of interest are all previous examples of defective antenna arrays.... Agent: Bae Systems

20080094296 - Antenna clusters for active device reduction in phased arrays with restricted scan: A plurality of antenna clusters form an antenna array used in microwave imaging. Each antenna cluster has at least two antenna elements and an active device. The active device controls the two antenna elements to direct microwave radiation to and from an object to capture a microwave image of the... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080094297 - Wideband fractal slot antenna: A fractal slot antenna developed for wideband communications with a reflector that increases the gain and preserves the wideband capability of the antenna. This is a typical microstrip slot antenna that is consisted from microstrip feed and radiating slot made in conductive ground. The slot shape is modified in meanings... Agent: George Stantchev

20080094298 - Antenna with shaped asymmetric main reflector and subreflector with asymmetric waveguide feed: A low-profile antenna system includes a main reflector (102) formed as a shaped main reflector surface that is approximately, but not precisely, parabolic. The main reflector (102) has a main reflector edge configuration (103) that is asymmetric. A feed system (104) for the main reflector includes a subreflector (106) formed... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Darby & Darby PC

20080094299 - Antenna arrangement: There is provided an antenna arrangement for use in an ultra-wideband network, the antenna arrangement comprising a plurality of active elements for emitting radio signals; and a reflecting structure disposed between at least two of the active elements for reflecting radio signals, the reflecting structure comprising an outer reflecting surface... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080094301 - Convex mount for element reduction in phased arrays with restricted scan: Grating lobe free scanning in a phased array with sparse element spacing is obtained by restricting the maximum scan angle for elements in the array, and arranging the elements in a convex form. One convex form is a paraboloid, which may be continuous, or piecewise in nature, tiled with flat... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080094300 - Element reduction in phased arrays with cladding: Grating lobe free scanning in a phased array with sparse element spacing is obtained by restricting the maximum scan angle for elements in the array, and cladding the array. Array elements may be integrated into the cladding.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080094302 - Systems and methods using ground plane filters for device isolation: A system for reducing unwanted signals comprises a ground plane, a first active component disposed so as to cause signals in the ground plane, a second active component disposed so as to cause signals in the ground plane, wherein the ground plane provides a path for the signals from the... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080094303 - Planer inverted-f antenna device: Planer inverted-F antennas are easily assembled into one device without diversity. The device diminishes interferences and polarization of the antenna to obtain high gain.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080094304 - Active antenna capable of wireless signal transmission and reception and mobile communication terminal having the same: An active antenna capable of transmitting and receiving a wireless signal of a low frequency band and a mobile communication terminal having the active antenna, are provided. The active antenna includes an antenna element which transmits and receives a wireless signal, a filter which filters the wireless signal being received... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094305 - Radio frequency coupling structure for coupling a passive element to an electronic device and a system incorporating the same: A coupling structure for coupling a device operable at a radio frequency with a body is formed of a polymeric material loaded with a conductive filler. A portion of the surface of the body defines a coupling area of a predetermined shape that receives a conductive pad having a shape... Agent: Medwick, George M. E.i.du Pont De Nemours And Companny

20080094306 - Wireless network card antenna position structure: A wireless network card antenna position structure is disposed between an antenna and a wireless network card body to adjust and fix a rotational angle between the antenna and the wireless network card body. The wireless network card antenna position structure includes a sunk position piece and a salient position... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080094307 - Dual polarized multifilar antenna: An antenna including a common ground plane, a first set of n approximately resonant elements with a length l2 and a second set of n approximately resonant elements with a length l1. The first set of n approximately resonant elements are wound to form a first helix with an initial... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080094308 - Dual polarized multifilar antenna: Various embodiments are described of an antenna including a common ground plane, a first set of N approximately resonant elements with a length I2 and a second set of M approximately resonant elements with a length I1. The first set of N approximately resonant elements are wound to form a... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080094309 - Dielectric resonator radiators: A dielectric resonator radiator comprising first and second portions, each portion being conical or monotonically varying in shape having a larger basal surface and a smaller basal surface and defining a longitudinal axis, the first and second portions being arranged with their longitudinal axes collinear and their larger basal surfaces... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080088511 - Antenna component and methods: An antenna component (200) with a dielectric substrate and two radiating antenna elements. The elements are located on the upper surface of the substrate and there is a narrow slot (260) between them. The antenna feed conductor (241) is connected to the first antenna element (220), which is connected also... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates

20080088510 - Microstrip antenna and high frequency sensor using microstrip antenna: A microstrip antenna has feed element 102 and parasitic elements 104, 106 on the front surface of substrate 1. Microwave electrical power is applied to feed element 102. Parasitic elements 104, 106 are connected via through hole type leads passing through substrate 1, to switches upon the rear surface of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080088509 - Dual-band antenna and mimo antenna using the same: A dual-band antenna (10) is disposed on a substrate (200). The substrate includes a first surface (210) and a second surface (220). The dual-band antenna includes a feeding portion (110), a first radiation portion (120), a second radiation portion (130), a first grounded portion (140), a second grounded portion (150),... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080088512 - Antenna apparatus: An antenna apparatus includes a hollow column, a conductive cable, a first metal wire, a column structure, and a second metal wire. The conductive cable is received in the hollow column, and the conductive cable electrically contacts the hollow column via a second conductive wire layer thereof. One side of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080088515 - Rotational antenna: A rotational antenna is disclosed. The rotational antenna includes a radiating member and a pivot. The radiating member preferably comprises a curved portion. The pivot further includes an axle and a body. The axle is coupled to the curved portion, and the body is electrically connected to a wireless communication... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080088514 - Wideband omnidirectional antenna for plug and play device: A wideband omnidirectional antenna for a plug and play device includes a system ground plane, a radiating element, a feeding element. The radiating element is installed above an edge of the system ground plane and comprises a first sub-radiating element and a second sub-radiating element. The first sub-radiating element is... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080088513 - Display device: A plurality of antennas 4 are arranged on the fringe of a monitor 2 supported by a device body 3 such that the antennas are located in a floating manner from a display surface 5 and the central axis of these directional patterns is disposed in a vertical direction to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080088516 - Transmission and/or reception device which is intended to be mounted to a vehicle wheel and a housing for one such device: The invention provides a transmission and/or reception device for mounting on a wheel of a vehicle and a housing for such a device. The device includes a tire information device configured to provide information relating to a tire. A transmitter/receiver is electrically connected to the tire information device. An antenna... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080088517 - Tunable antenna system: A technique for tuning an antenna may include one or more of the following: working against a ground plane, utilizing the third dimension by alternating layers on a substrate, integrating an inductive short stub in the substrate to improve port matching, and making a tuning port available for capacitive loading... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080088518 - Antenna alignment method: A method for antenna alignment includes defining a first link budget for wireless communication between first and second communication systems via respective first and second antennas in a normal operational mode in which a main lobe of the first antenna points toward the second antenna. The first antenna is aligned... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080088519 - Antenna array: An antenna array includes a folded thin flexible circuit board with a thin dielectric layer and a conductor layer pattern formed on a first surface of the dielectric layer. The circuit board may be folded in a plurality of folds to form a pleated structure. An array of radiator structures... Agent: Leonard A. Alkov, Esq. Raytheon Company

20080088520 - Cylindrical electronically scanned antenna: a set of radiating guides (2) arranged in cylinder form for, producing the antenna beam (8); An array (3) of 3 dB couplers is arranged in waveguide form. The inputs of the array are lit by a set of microwave feeds (4). The output of each coupler is coupled to... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080088521 - Directed dipole antenna having improved sector power ratio (spr): A dual polarized variable beam tilt antenna having a superior Sector Power Ratio (SPR). The antenna may have slant 45 degree dipole radiating elements including directors, and may be disposed on a plurality of tilted element trays to orient an antenna boresight downtilt. The directors may be disposed above or... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20080088522 - Grounded self-complementary antenna for electronic device: A metal complementary element of a grounded self-complementary antenna for an electronic device and a metal grounding element of the electronic device contact with each other, are electrically connected to each other or are a same article so as to substantially enlarge an area of a grounding end of the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080088523 - Rapidly deployable antenna system: An antenna system is provided including a rapidly expandable-collapsible housing which mounts two sections of fabric material each having an array of antenna elements formed of electrically conductive material such as copper thread embedded in the fabric sections. The fabric sections are movable between the expanded and collapsed positions with... Agent: Gray Robinson, P.A.

20080088524 - Composite material with chirped resonant cells: A composite material comprising a dielectric material and a plurality of non-overlapping local resonant cell groups disposed across the dielectric material is described. Each local resonant cell group comprises a plurality of resonant cells that are small relative to a first wavelength of electromagnetic radiation that is incident upon the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080088525 - Millimeter-wave transreflector and system for generating a collimated coherent wavefront: A planar multi-layer transreflector for generating collimated coherent energy comprises one or more of insulating layers between two or more metallic layers. The transreflector substantially reflects a cross-polarized component of an incident millimeter-wave signal and substantially transmits the remaining portions of the incident millimeter-wave signal. Each of the metallic layers... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080084354 - Antenna device and method of manufacturing the same: An antenna device includes an insulating base and an antenna element made of a metal plate fixed onto the base. The base has a surface having a recess therein having a bottom. A projection projects from the bottom of the recess. The antenna element has a hole in which the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080084352 - Fractal antenna based on peano-gosper curve: A fractal antenna array based on a modified Peano-Gosper curve. The fractal antenna array is constructed using a 100-segment fractal curve that has the fractal expansion in a linear direction.... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080084353 - Printed antenna and printed antenna module: A printed antenna includes a radiating portion, a capacitance matching portion, an inductance matching portion, a feeding portion and a grounding portion. The capacitance matching portion is disposed parallel to the radiating portion. One end of the inductance matching portion is electrically connected with the radiating portion, and the other... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080084355 - Electronic device with built-in antenna: An antenna substrate (13) and a waveguide substrate (11) are housed in a main unit case (3). The waveguide substrate (11) is fixed to an attachment part (9) in the main unit case (3). The antenna substrate (13) is disposed adjacent to the waveguide substrate (11) in a standing position... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080084356 - Antenna for portable communication device: The present invention relates to an antenna unit (500, 600) and a portable device (10) comprising such an antenna unit. The antenna unit (500, 600) may include at least two antenna elements (510B, 510C) forming a television antenna (600) arranged in a cable adapted for detachably connecting an auxiliary device... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.l.p.

20080084357 - Multitransmitter rf rotary joint free weather radar system: A multitransmitter RF rotary joint free weather radar system is used to transmit two transmitted waves toward an object and to receive two reflected waves from the object. The system incorporates an antenna pedestal having a platform support and a platform. The platform support is attached to a base. The... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20080084358 - Decoupling arrays of radiating elements of an antenna cross-reference to related applications: The present invention consists in an antenna including at least two arrays of radiating elements disposed linearly and parallel, plane metal screens being interleaved between the arrays. According to the invention screening means, added above the radiating elements, comprise crisscross metal filaments forming a grid and adapted always to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080079637 - Antenna apparatus: An antenna apparatus includes a radiation member and a substrate having a ground conductor. The radiation member has a plate-like shape, is made of a dielectric material, and includes a radiation conductor. The radiation member is joined to a surface of the substrate. The radiation conductor includes a feeding portion,... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080079635 - Antenna systems with ground plane extensions and method for use thereof: An antenna system comprising a ground plane structure on a substrate, an antenna space on the substrate adjacent to the ground plane structure, the antenna space including an ungrounded antenna therein with an associated first resonant length, an extension of the ground plane projecting into the antenna space, the ground... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080079636 - High power integrated circuit beamforming array: In one embodiment, an integrated circuit antenna array is provided that includes: a low voltage substrate supporting an RF transmission network, and a high voltage substrate bonded to the low voltage substrate, the high voltage substrate supporting a plurality of antennas coupled to the RF transmission network through power amplifiers... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080079640 - Compact multi-element antenna with phase shift: A phased array antenna system includes a first radiation element that is made of a material and has a length selected to resonate at a desired frequency. A phase-shift element is coupled to one end of the first radiation element. A second radiation element is coupled to the end of... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080079638 - Method for reducing electromagnetic field of terminal and terminal having structure for reducing electromagnetic field: A method of reducing electromagnetic field using metamaterial and a terminal having a structure for reducing an electromagnetic field using a metamaterial are provided. The method includes the steps of: deciding a body contacting part of a portable terminal or a wearable terminal; and disposing an electromagnetic field absorption member... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080079639 - Noise-supressing antenna assamblage: A noise-suppressing antenna assemblage applicable for being disposed within an electronic device is provided. The antenna assemblage includes an antenna and a blocking sheet. The blocking sheet is disposed on one side edge of the antenna in the transversal direction of the antenna, and forms a included angle with the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080079641 - Wireless field device with antenna for industrial locations: A wireless field device is disclosed. The wireless field device includes an enclosure having a processor disposed within the enclosure. A power module may also be located inside the enclosure and be coupled to the processor. A wireless communication module is operably coupled to the processor and is configured to... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080079642 - Antenna device and wireless communication apparatus: A compact and thin antenna device can be mounted in a small area of a substrate and has a multiband capability adaptable to various applications. The antenna device includes a chip antenna, an antenna element, and a chip antenna. The chip antenna is produced by forming a radiation electrode on... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080079643 - Low profile antennas and devices: An apparatus includes a monopole extending substantially along an axis that may be vertical. However, the monopole may have a loop portion that deviates from the axis. Further, the apparatus includes multiple conductive elements, each having a substantially linear first segment that is coupled to the monopole. The first segments... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080079644 - Multi-band slot resonating ring antenna: A multi-band slot resonating ring antenna (SRRA) is suitable to be manufactured on a circuit board. A first conductive plane includes concentric slots corresponding to different frequency bands. The antenna may be fed by microstrip feed lines. The antenna may also be fed by probes. A conductive layer may include... Agent: Lemoine Patent Services, PLLC

20080079645 - Antenna structure having stable properties and headset: An antenna structure includes a radiation conductor made of a metal plate that is supported by legs provided upright on a surface of a dielectric substrate and is spaced apart from the surface. The radiation conductor is circularly shaped such that the contour of the radiation conductor conforms to the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080079646 - Small spherical antennas: An antenna is provided for operating within the electrically small antenna regime (i.e., ka≅0.5), and having bandwidth performance quite close to fundamental limits. The antenna of the invention, in various embodiments, is based upon spherical resonator structures that are characterized by a performance factor (Q/Qchu,) close to 1.5. The antenna... Agent: Law Office Of John Ligon

20080079647 - System and method of producing a null free oblong azimuth pattern with a vertically polarized traveling wave antenna: A vertically polarized traveling wave antenna forms peanut-type directional lobes without significant nulls between the lobes. A self-supporting coaxial line feeds quad-dipole bays coupled around the coaxial line, with opposed dipole pairs spaced along the coaxial line. Matched-layer spacing provides substantial cancellation of the reactive components of the loads. Dipoles... Agent: Baker & Hostetler, LLP For Boeing Company

20080079648 - Antenna multiplexer with a pi-network circuit and use of a pi-network circuit: An antenna multiplexer with a pi-network circuit is described, comprising an inductance connected in series and, on each of the two connection sides of the inductance, a capacitance connected in parallel. The pi-network circuit is used for effecting an impedance mismatch of a signal path of the antenna multiplexer.... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080079649 - Electronically scanned array having a transmission line distributed oscillator and switch-mode amplifier: In one embodiment, an integrated circuit antenna array is provided that includes: a first substrate, a plurality of antennas adjacent the first substrate; an RF network adjacent the first substrate, and a plurality of distributed amplifiers integrated with the first substrate and coupled to the RF network, each distributed amplifier... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080079650 - Rf interface for accomodating difference antenna impedances: An RF interface for interfacing between a differential transceiver and at least two antenna ports, which transceiver has at least two receive inputs for receiving RF signals from the at least two antenna ports and at least two transmit outputs for transmitting RF signals to the at least two antenna... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20080079651 - Antenna device of a mobile terminal: An antenna device for a mobile terminal. The antenna device includes a first antenna pattern provided within a case of the mobile terminal, and a second antenna pattern provided within the case and electrically connected to the first antenna pattern through contact with the first antenna pattern. Therefore, by forming... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080079652 - Switching power amplifier and dac for an electronically-scanned array: In one embodiment, an integrated circuit antenna array is provided that includes: a low-voltage substrate; a high-voltage substrate; a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) integrated with the low-voltage substrate, the DAC being operable to receive a digital command and convert it into an analog voltage; a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) integrated with the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080079653 - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for complementary metal oxide semiconductor (cmos) antenna switches using body switching in multistacking structure: Embodiments of the invention may provide for a CMOS antenna switch, which may be referred to as a CMOS SP4T switch. The CMOS antenna switch may operate at a plurality of frequencies, perhaps around 900 MHz and 1.9 GHz according to an embodiment of the invention. The CMOS antenna switch... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP