Communications: radio wave antennas inventions 09/08

20080231518 - Antenna device and radio communication device: First and second wires are formed so that the further away from a semiconductor chip, the greater the distance between the first and second wires. This prevents currents flowing through the first and second wires from cancelling out each other, and further enables a metallic plate to be disposed as... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080231515 - Antenna with low sar: An antenna having a low specific absorption rate has it power feed connected to radio frequency power such that a connector is arranged between a head of the user and a portion of the power feed.... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080231517 - Multi-band antenna: An antenna having a plurality of resonant frequencies and comprising a feed point, a ground point and a conductive track that extends from the feed point and returns to the ground point and means for locally increasing the reactance of the antenna track at a first position coincident with a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080231516 - Multi-frequency antenna and an electric device thereof: A multi-frequency antenna is disclosed. The multi-frequency antenna is positioned on an electric device for transmitting Wi-Fi and Wimax wireless signals. The multi-frequency antenna comprises a radiating element, a grounding element and a connecting element. The radiating element comprises a first radiating area and a second radiating area, which are... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080231523 - Communication apparatus: A communication apparatus is provided that includes an apparatus main frame, an antenna, and a connecting element that connects the antenna to the apparatus main frame and positions the antenna away from the apparatus main frame.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080231520 - Modem card with three-dimensional antenna arrangement: A modem card is configured to provide communication between a computer and a communications system. The modem card includes a case holding electronics. A corner extends along a top side of the case. An antenna body is connected to the case such that the antenna body bends around the corner... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20080231519 - Modularized planar antenna structure: A modularized planar antenna structure includes an antenna unit, a connection unit, a circuit board and a cover. The modularized planar antenna structure connects the antenna unit and circuit board. The antenna unit includes a signal feeder electrically connected the circuit board at end thereof such that the antenna unit... Agent: Hdsl

20080231521 - Shaped ground plane for radio apparatus: This invention refers to an antenna structure for a wireless device comprising a ground plane and an antenna element, wherein the ground plane has a slot with at least a short end, an open end and a length substantially close to a quarter wavelength. The feeding and ground connections of... Agent: Winstead PC

20080231522 - Slot antenna: A communications device for sending and receiving an information signal. The communications device comprising an element having an opening defined therein for receiving an antenna, the element comprising first conductive material disposed proximate the opening and comprising transmitting and receiving circuits. The antenna comprises: a dielectric tubular member, second conductive... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20080231524 - Ear mounted communication devices and methods: Disclosed is a wireless communication device including a housing and an earmount attached to the housing. A wireless transceiver is supported by the housing, the wireless transceiver being configured to communicate with a cellular base station. A power source supported by the housing can be coupled to the wireless transceiver,... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080231525 - Measuring device and method for locating objects enclosed in a medium, using high-frequency electromagnetic signals: The invention relates to a measuring device, in particular a hand-held measuring device for locating objects enclosed in a medium, using high-frequency electromagnetic signals. Said device comprises a housing (82) and at least one high-frequency sensor, which is located in the housing and has a first antenna assembly (10) containing... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080231526 - Antenna assembly and wireless unit employing it: An antenna apparatus 1 of the invention includes linear radiator 2, 3; a first linear director 4; and first and second linear conductors 5 and 6 connected at one end to the radiator 2, 3 and at an opposite end to the first director 4 through switches 7. The first... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080231527 - Dual connector for an antenna element: Two connection interfaces are combined in a single assembly for high frequency signal propagation of a GPS antenna. At least one connection interface is a constant impedance connector. The connector assembly allows for the application of o-rings and gaskets to be placed circumferentially about the radome to protect against environmental... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080231528 - Cavity antenna excited with one or several dipoles: Cavity antenna excited with one or several dipoles in a single piece, which has on the element that excites the cavity a metallic plate connected to earth and which allows the input impedance of the antenna to be adjusted as well as the reflections in the radome, by means of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080231529 - Interferometric polarization control: A signal conditioning module provides a polarimeter capability in a photometric system. The module may include multiple variable delay polarization modulators. Each modulator may include an input port, and a first arm formed to include a first reflector and first rooftop mirror arranged in opposed relationship. The first reflector may... Agent: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

20080231531 - Antenna apparatus, and associated methodology, for a multi-band radio device: Antenna apparatus, and an associated methodology, for a multi-frequency-band-capable radio device, such as a quad-band mobile station. The antenna apparatus forms a hybrid strip antenna having a pair of resonant elements. A first resonant element forms a peripheral loop extending about the periphery of a substrate. A meander line extends... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080231530 - Dual-band f-slot patch antenna: A dual-band antenna includes a planar conductive layer comprising a conductive region and a central non-conductive region. The conductive region and the non-conductive region together define a pair of interconnected F-slot structures, and a loop strip structure coupled to and disposed around the F-slot patch slot antenna structures.... Agent: Heenan Blaikie LLP

20080231532 - Multi-band slot-strip antenna: A multi-band antenna includes a planar conductive layer that comprises a conductive region and a non-conductive region. The conductive region and the non-conductive region together define a first slot-strip structure, a second slot-strip structure coupled to the first slot-strip structure, and a third slot-strip structure coupled to the second slot-strip... Agent: Heenan Blaikie LLP

20080231533 - Flat-aperture waveguide sidewall-emitting twist-reflector antenna: A flat aperture waveguide sidewall-emitting twist-reflector (FAWSET) antenna, having an E-plane sectoral flare having a depth merely the H-plane width of the waveguide. Extending the E-plane sectoral flare is a twist-reflector tilted from one sidewall of the E-plane flare and a trans-reflector extending from another opposing sidewall of the E-plane... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080231534 - Multiple phase shifter for protecting individuals against electromagnetic waves: The invention relates to a multiple phase shifter for protecting individuals against electromagnetic waves. The invention comprises several phase shift modules which each comprise two identical or homothetic flat loops which are electrically connected by means of two inter-loop connection elements at a first opening in each of the loops... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080231537 - Method and system for fm transmit and fm receive using a transformer as a duplexer: Aspects of a method and system for FM transmit and FM receive using a transformer as a duplexer may include communicating radio frequency signals via an antenna coupled to primary windings of a radio frequency transformer, wherein secondary windings of the radio frequency transformer may be utilized for receiving and/or... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080231536 - Method and system for using a single transformer for fm transmit and fm receive functions: Aspects of a method and system for using a single transformer for FM transmit and FM receive functions may include communicating radio frequency signals via an antenna coupled to primary windings of a radio frequency transformer, wherein first secondary windings of the radio frequency transformer may be utilized for receiving... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080231535 - Method and system for using a transformer for fm transmit and fm receive functionality: Aspects of a method and system for using a transformer for FM transmit and FM receive functionality may include communicating radio frequency signals via an antenna coupled to primary windings of a radio frequency transformer, wherein secondary windings of the radio frequency transformer may be utilized for receiving and/or transmitting... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080231538 - Electronic equipment unit: Disclosed herein is an electronic equipment unit having a cradle, electronic equipment detachably mounted to the cradle, and a connecting mechanism for detachably connecting the electronic equipment to the cradle. The electronic equipment has a housing, an antenna case connected to the back side of the housing, and a recess... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080231539 - Receiving antenna: The invention provides a sky wave receiving antenna which includes a receiving element having a radiator and a plurality of directors arranged in parallel on a horizontal support boom with a constant interval in a alternatively crossed direction, a base and a vertical direction adjustor rotationally connected at its one... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC Franklin Square Third Floor West

20080231540 - Gaussian radiative cluster: A resonant radiating array comprising of a cluster of randomly arranged resonant elements for producing a radiation field... Agent: Art Unwin

20080231541 - Circularly polarized antenna and radar device using the same: A circularly polarized antenna has a dielectric substrate, a ground conductor which is piled up one surface side of the dielectric substrate, a circularly polarized type of antenna element formed on an opposite surface of the dielectric substrate, a plurality of metal posts whose respective one end sides are connected... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080231542 - Multi-frequency antenna: A portable electronic device with function of receiving and radiating radio frequency (RF) signal and a multi-frequency antenna thereof are disclosed. The portable electronic device comprises a RF module and a multi-frequency antenna connecting to the RF module. The multi-frequency antenna comprises a helix element and a coaxial cable disposed... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080231543 - Method and system for equalizing antenna circuit matching variations: Aspects of a method and system for equalizing antenna circuit matching variations may include adjusting a frequency response of an antenna via a programmable filter and a gain of the antenna by varying a programmable amplifier. The antenna frequency response and the antenna gain may be adjusted dynamically and/or autonomously.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080224931 - Transition region for use with an antenna-integrated electron tunneling device and method: An electron tunneling device includes a first non-insulating strip and a second non-insulating strip spaced apart from one another such that first and second end portions, respectively, of the first and second non-insulating strips cooperate to form an antenna having an antenna impedance. The first and second non-insulating strips include... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group

20080224933 - Mobile antenna unit and accompanying communication apparatus: An antenna unit is provided with an inverted F-type antenna element provided with a feeding point and a ground connection point, and a non-feed antenna element configured so as to resonate with the inverted F-type antenna element through electrical coupling. In addition, the antenna unit may also be provided with... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080224932 - Portable terminal device: A portable terminal device can suppress/reduce a noise radiated from the portable terminal device, especially more effectively can suppress/reduce adverse effects of a high-frequency noise in VHF/UHF band or higher, so that reception sensitivity of its antenna can be improved effectively. The portable terminal device is arranged such that a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080224934 - Tight-fitting garment including a sensor for measuring length and/or shape: A tight-fitting garment comprising a dipole resonator which is adapted to vary its length and/or shape in conformity with the length and/or shape variations of a person wearing the garment. The length and/or shape of the resonator determines the resonance frequency which can be detected by a reflection analyser. The... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

20080224935 - Antenna: An antenna includes inductance elements that are magnetically coupled together, an LC series resonant circuit that includes one of the inductance elements and capacitance elements, and an LC series resonant circuit that includes another of the inductance elements and capacitance elements. The plurality of LC series resonant circuits are used... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080224936 - Modular waveguide inteconnect: In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises a circuit board, an antenna structure on the circuit board, and a waveguide mounted on the circuit board above the antenna structure. Other embodiments may be described.... Agent: Caven & Aghevli C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080224937 - Molded ferrite sheet, sintered ferrite substrate and antenna module:

20080224938 - Antenna assembly and method for manufacturing the same: In an antenna apparatus, at least one choke in the form of a groove is arranged between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna. The choke functions to suppress the mutual electromagnetic coupling between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna. The depth of the choke is in a range... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080224939 - Cladding for a microwave antenna: A cladding plate (2) for a microwave antenna has a thickness which increases with the distance r from a point of minimum thickness (11) proportional to Formula (I) wherein ∈R is the dielectric constant of the material of the cladding plate and a is a positive constant.... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080224940 - Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention provides a semiconductor device which is not easily damaged by external local pressure. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of a highly-reliable semiconductor device, which is not destroyed by external local pressure, with a high yield. A structure body, in which high-strength fiber of an... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080224941 - Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention provides a semiconductor device which is not easily damaged by external local pressure. The present invention further provides a method for manufacturing a highly-reliable semiconductor device, which is not destructed by external local pressure, with a high yield. A structure body, in which high-strength fiber of an... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080224942 - Antenna device and portable radio communication device comprising such an antenna device: The present invention relates to a portable radio communication device operable in at least a first and a second frequency band, the antenna device comprises a first electrically conductive radiating element comprises a first feeding portion connectable to a feed device (RF) of the radio communication device for feeding and... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080224943 - Information processing apparatus with antenna switching function, communication apparatus, antenna switching control unit, antenna switching control program, and computer-readable recording medium recording the same program: In an information processing apparatus such as a notebook type personal computer having radio communication functions, for communication units to simultaneously carry out transmission/reception independently of each other without increasing the number of antennas, and for sufficiently utilizing a diversity function in the case of only a portion of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080224944 - Combination of antenna terminal and reception member: An antenna assembly includes a reception member and an antenna terminal and the antenna terminal includes a metal core member which is inserted into the reception member. The reception member has an annular flange extending from an inner periphery thereof and a plurality of claws extend from a surface of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080224945 - Antenna apparatus: An antenna apparatus includes a substrate having a GND pattern land and an electric power feed pattern land on a same surface, an outer element extending away from the land in a spiral shape, and an inner element extending along an axis of the outer element in a spiral shape... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080224946 - Chip antenna: The present invention relates in general, to a chip antenna and, more particularly, to a dual-band small-sized chip antenna, in which a first antenna element, including a plurality of coil members, is coupled with a second antenna element, having a plurality of circuit patterns, in a zigzag fashion, thus forming... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080224947 - Reconfigurable frequency selective surfaces for remote sensing of chemical and biological agents: An improved frequency selective surface (FSS) comprises a periodically replicated unit cell, the unit cell including a material having a first electrical conductivity in the presence of an external condition, and a second electrical conductivity in the absence of an external condition, or in the presence of a modified external... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080218419 - Antenna and manufacturing method thereof: An antenna according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of parallel disposed linear conductors; two insulating films between which the plurality of linear conductors are sandwiched; at least one cut portion formed in at least one of the plurality of linear conductors; and a feed point connected to at... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080218416 - Arbitrarily-shaped multifunctional structures and method of making: Multifunctional structures and methods of manufacturing multifunctional structures which function as both electronic devices and load-bearing elements are disclosed. The load-bearing elements are designed to have electronic functionality using electronics designed to be load-bearing. The method of manufacturing the multifunctional structure comprises forming an electronic element directly on at least... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP Firm 21269

20080218418 - Patch antenna including septa for bandwidth conrol: A patch antenna element includes a parasitic patch which is positioned on a top surface of a substrate. Located beneath the parasitic patch is a driven patch. The driven patch is coupled either directly or capacitively to the center conductor of a coaxial cable and hence provides a signal which... Agent: Howard Ip Law Group

20080218417 - Probe fed patch antenna: A microstrip antenna configuration employs a metallic patch which is positioned on the top surface of a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate has the bottom surface coated with a suitable metal to form a ground plane. A hole is formed through the ground plane, through the dielectric to allow access... Agent: Howard Ip Law Group

20080218420 - Antenna arrangement and method for making the same: An inverted-F antenna arrangement comprising a dielectric element structure, a radiating element on the dielectric element, the radiating element having a first end and a second end, a planar ground element, the dielectric element separating the radiating element and the planar ground element, a ground connection element on the dielectric... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, Llc

20080218421 - Mobile platform window choke rings for controlling electromagnetic interference with electronics systems: A choke ring apparatus for attenuation of electromagnetic waves in a mobile platform fuselage includes a ground plane mounted on a surface of the fuselage. The choke ring has an axial circular window and a series of concentric circular ring segments on the ground plane arranged coaxially about the axis... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick Llc

20080218422 - Antenna for radio reception with diversity function in a vehicle: Antenna for radio reception, which is disposed, for reception of frequencies above the high-frequency range, in a motor vehicle window, in an electrically conductive vehicle body, together with an imprinted heating field, which field extends into the vicinity of the upper window edge, and comprises horizontally disposed heating conductors and... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080218423 - User configurable wireless antenna module for computing platforms: A removable antenna is configured for a computing platform. This configuring, for example, includes; mounting a bracket on the computing platform designed to accommodate a removable antenna and a removable signal compatible dome. The removable antenna is mounted on the bracket, and the removable signal compatible dome, configured at least... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080218424 - Device and method for polarization control for a phased array antenna: A method of configuring a phased array antenna having a plurality of radiators, each said radiator elements capable of radiating or receiving signals in one of two orthogonal polarizations determined to achieve a pseudo-random mix of horizontally and vertically polarized radiators. Upon switching of each of the radiator elements to... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20080218425 - Single pole vertically polarized variable azimuth beamwidth antenna for wireless network: A single pole antenna array architecture provides an azimuth variable beamwidth. The array includes a number of driven radiating elements that are spatially arranged having a pivoting actuator so as to provide a controlled variation of the antenna array's radiation pattern.... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080218426 - Ultra wideband antenna: An ultra wideband antenna (20) is disposed on a substrate (10). The substrate includes a first surface (101) and a second surface (102). The ultra wideband antenna includes a radiation body (22), a feeding portion (26), and a grounded portion (28). The radiation body disposed on the first surface is... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080218427 - Multiple mode rf communication system: A multiple mode communications transceiver includes an antenna for receiving and transmitting RF energy and a first circuit selectively coupled to the antenna for transmitting and receiving FM modulated signals for terrestrial based communications. The transceiver also includes at least a second circuit selectively coupled to the antenna for transmitting... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080218428 - Wireless communication device and signal receiving/transmitting method thereof: A wireless communication device using a single spiral inductor antenna and a signal receiving/transmitting method thereof operated on multi-band are provided. The single spiral inductor antenna is designed to have a plurality of different inductance paths. Different inductance values are inducted with signal paths switched by a plurality of switches... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080218429 - Phased array antenna applications on universal frequency translation: A universal frequency translation module (UFT) frequency translates an electromagnetic (EM) input signal by sampling the EM input signal according to a periodic control signal (also called an aliasing signal). By controlling the relative sampling time, the UFT module implements a relative phase shift during frequency translation. In other words,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080218430 - Dielectrically-loaded antenna: A dielectrically-loaded multifilar helical antenna has a ceramic cylindrical core and, on the core outer surface, coextensive generally helical conductors arranged in an opposing configuration. Located on an end surface of the core is a feed connection nodes and a connection structure connecting the helical conductors to the feed connection... Agent: John Bruckner, P.c.

20080211720 - Antenna structure having patch elements: In an antenna structure having a plurality of serially fed patch elements, at least one of the patch elements has a slot coupling to the continuation of the feed line for influencing the radiation of this patch element.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080211721 - Antenna device and wireless device: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an antenna device housed within a wireless device, including: a first case and a second case at least partly overlapping with each other, the first and second cases electrically connected with each other and slidable to open and close the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080211723 - Card-type device: An antenna body disposed on a housing through a turning shaft in a state in which the antenna body is movable along the turning shaft within an allowable movement range. The antenna body turns on the turning shaft within a range between an upright position to stand on an upper... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080211722 - Multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device: A multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device includes a common conductor coupled to both a first radiating arm and a second radiating arm. The common conductor includes a feeding port for coupling the antenna to communications circuitry in a mobile communications device. In one embodiment, the first radiating... Agent: Winstead PC

20080211724 - Millimetre-wave detection device for discriminating between different materials: The detection device that can be used for detecting objects behind clothing etc including a dielectric lens and a receive element sensitive to millimetre wave radiation. Prior art systems produce an image of a scene usually using scanning optics. This can be large and expensive. The present invention instead takes... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080211725 - Antenna having a plurality of resonant frequencies: an antenna track extending between the feed point and the ground point and comprising, in series connection, a first loop and a second loop wherein a least a portion of the first loop and a portion of the second loop are adjacent at least the edge of the ground plane.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080211726 - Wide bandwidth balanced antipodal tapered slot antenna and array including a magnetic slot: A balanced, antipodal tapered slot antenna includes one or more antenna elements or unit cells having metallic cross walls that are located in spaces between the adjacent elements of the antenna. The elements can include vias interconnecting metallic conductors of the elements and one or more magnetic slots in the... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20080211727 - System and apparatus for transmitting a surface wave over a single conductor: A low attenuation surface wave transmission line system for launching surface waves on a bare and unconditioned conductor, such as are found in abundance in the power transmission lines of the existing power grids. The conductors within the power grid typically lack dielectric and special conditioning. Accordingly, the present invention... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20080211728 - Electronic entity having a magnetic antenna: An electronic entity includes an electronic circuit (21) having at least one first terminal (22) and a second terminal (24) to which an antenna is connected. The antenna includes a conducting element (26) electrically connected to the first terminal (22) of the electronic circuit (21) and includes a resonator (28)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080211729 - Two-way antenna connector: A system includes a first matching network having a first impedance and a second matching network having a second impedance, where the second impedance is different than the first impedance. The system further includes a switching connector having first and second switching positions, where when the switching connector is in... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080211730 - Gimbaled mount system for satellites: Described herein is a method and system for gimbaled mounting of satellite dishes. The gimbaled mount for satellite systems overcomes some of the most common negative events affecting satellite communications. The system is a cost effective solution that amortizes the cost of the additional equipment to well over the customary... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section