Communications: radio wave antennas inventions 12/08

20080316109 - Antenna arrangement: An antenna (2-20) for use in a mobile device (1-1) includes elements for receiving (2-5, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-5) a signal from a satellite positioning system; a first layer of dielectric material (2-4a, 2-4b, 3-2, 3-3, 5-2, 4-3, 5-2, 5-3, 6-4, 6-15) and a second layer of dielectric material (2-4a,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080316106 - Antenna system for a radar transceiver: In an antenna system for a radar transceiver, in particular for measuring distance and/or velocity in the surroundings of motor vehicles, having at least one antenna, which includes at least one first part situated on a chip and a second part situated at a distance from the first part and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080316111 - Antenna, antenna apparatus, and communication device: An antenna is provided which includes a first antenna element having at least one base and a conductor penetrating through the base and a second antenna element having a conductor portion having a shape of a plate or a line and a connecting conductor, wherein a first end of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080316112 - Antennas: An antenna on a substrate, the antenna being symmetrical about a central longitudinal axis of symmetry, the antenna comprising a first portion that is substantially rectangular, a second portion that is substantially rectangular, the first portion and the second portion being spaced from each other and being operatively connected by... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080316108 - Compact antennas for ultra-wideband applications: The antenna (100) has a radiating element (104) for transmitting and receiving signals. The radiating element (104) comprises a first portion (110), a second portion (112) and a notch (114). The notch (114) extends from a portion o the periphery of the radiating element into the radiating element and is... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080316110 - Patch antenna and rfid inlet: The present invention provides a patch antenna including a dielectric member, and a conductive first radiation element and a conductive ground electrode respectively provided on one and the other surfaces of the dielectric member, the patch antenna further including a conductive second radiation element which has a length different from... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080316107 - Ultra-wide bandwidth antenna: An ultra-wide bandwidth antenna includes a dielectric substrate, first and second conductive elements, and a third conductive element. The dielectric substrate has opposite first and second surfaces. The first conductive element is formed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate and has a feeding point. The second conductive element... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080316119 - Antenna device and wireless signal transmission device with the same: An antenna device comprises a base, a combination element, a fixing element, a rotation unit, and a radiation conductor. The base has a through hole and a bottom surface. The bottom surface has a plurality of pins, and the through hole is approximately parallel to the bottom surface. The combination... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080316115 - Antennas for handheld electronic devices with conductive bezels: A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains wireless communications circuitry. The handheld electronic device may have a housing and a display. The display may be attached to the housing a conductive bezel. The handheld electronic device may have one or more antennas for supporting wireless communications. A ground... Agent: G. Victor Treyz

20080316120 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, an inner conductor member provided inside the housing, a conductor part with which the housing is provided, and which restrains undesired electromagnetic radiation from leaking from inside the housing to the outside, and an antenna including an antenna element that... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080316113 - Folding type communication terminal device: In a folding communication terminal comprising an upper enclosure 2 and a lower enclosure 3 which are foldable through a hinge, and an antenna 5 attached to the lower enclosure 3, the antenna 5 is arranged along the edge of the end face 3A on the upper side abutting on... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080316117 - Handheld electronic device antennas: A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains a conductive housing and other conductive elements. The conductive elements may form an antenna ground plane. One or more antennas for the handheld electronic device may be formed from the ground plane and one or more associated antenna resonating elements. Transceiver... Agent: G. Victor Treyz

20080316116 - Handheld electronic device with cable grounding: A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains a conductive housing and other conductive elements. The conductive elements may form an antenna ground plane. One or more antennas for the handheld electronic device may be formed from the ground plane and one or more associated antenna resonating elements. Transceiver... Agent: G. Victor Treyz

20080316122 - Mobile wireless communications device including an electrically conductive director element and related methods: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080316114 - Mobile wireless communications device including electrically conductive, electrically floating beam shaping elements and related methods: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried within the portable housing, wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB within the portable housing, and an antenna carried by the PCB within the portable housing and connected to the wireless transceiver circuitry. The... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080316118 - Slotted ground-plane used as a slot antenna or used for a pifa antenna: The invention refers to a member (1) for a wireless device, wherein that member (1) is or comprises a ground-plane (2, 3) with at least two portions (2, 3), wherein on each of said portions (2, 3) at least one connecting means such as a pad (4, 5) is provided,... Agent: Winstead PC

20080316121 - Wireless handheld electronic device: A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains a conductive housing and other conductive elements. The conductive elements may form an antenna ground plane. One or more antennas for the handheld electronic device may be formed from the ground plane and one or more associated antenna resonating elements. Transceiver... Agent: G. Victor Treyz

20080316123 - Electromagnetic wave measuring method and electromagnetic wave measuring apparatus: An electromagnetic wave measuring method is provided that is capable of performing high-precision measurement in a shorter time and in a greater variety of frequency bands than heretofore with a comparatively simple configuration. A plate-like antenna (13) of which the outline shape of an opposed surface opposite a measured object... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080316124 - Hull or fuselage integrated antenna: An antenna structure integrated in a hull or fuselage. The hull or fuselage can be the outer surface of an aircraft, artillery shell, missile or ship. The antenna structure includes an array antenna. The array antenna includes a number of antenna elements. Each antenna element includes a radiator and an... Agent: Venable LLP

20080316125 - Wideband structural antenna operating in the hf range, particularly for naval installations: A structural antenna system for operation in the HF frequency range, particularly for naval communications, is described, comprising at least one linear radiating arrangement (14) adapted to be operatively associated with a ground conductor (GND) and at least one electrical impedance device (Z1-Z4), in which the aforesaid linear radiating arrangement... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080316126 - Antenna system for a radar transceiver: An antenna system for a radar transceiver, in particular for ascertaining distance and/or velocity in the surroundings of motor vehicles, at least one antenna being situated on a chip, which includes at least one part of the transmitting and receiving units of the radar transceiver wherein the at least one... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080316127 - Communication system having configurable 3-d antenna grid and method for configuring the communication system: A system and a method for configuring a communication system are provided. The communication system has an antenna system with a 3-D antenna grid. The configurable 3-D antenna grid has a plurality of antenna elements operably coupled to a plurality of switching elements. The method includes selecting a first 3-D... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080316128 - Orientation-independent antenna (orian): An orientation-independent antenna presents a circular polarization characteristic to incoming waves such that these waves are detected regardless or polarization and angle of arrival. The antenna includes crossed vertical loops and a horizontal loop, with the loops being phased to provide the circular polarization characteristic. In one embodiment, the antenna... Agent: Robert K. Tendler

20080316129 - Transponder tuning method and a transponder: Tuning an antenna circuit that includes an inductance of a resonance circuit, and a component having a component impedance. The antenna circuit includes multiple connection areas for connecting the component to the antenna circuit. At least two of the multiple of connection areas are part of the resonance circuit. The... Agent: Venable LLP

20080316130 - Adjustable antenna assembly for receive blocking: An RF receiver section includes an adjustable antenna assembly, a low noise amplifier module, and a down conversion module. The adjustable antenna assembly is configured to provide a first receive antenna structure and a second receive antenna structure. The first and second receive antenna structures receive an inbound wide bandwidth... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080316131 - Polarization-independent angle of arrival determination system using a miniature conformal antenna: A miniature conformal antenna is provided with a polarization-independent output by using quadrature elements at the mouth of a cavity and by processing the RHCP and LHCP outputs of the elements to arrive at a polarization-dependent solution; and then correcting the angle of arrival result by electronically rotating the antenna,... Agent: Robert K. Tendler

20080316132 - Method of aligning antenna azimuth: There is disclosed a method of aligning an azimuth of an antenna by use of an antenna azimuth aligning instrument capable of economically and precisely aligning the azimuth in a case where a direction of a main beam of a directional antenna is matched with a counter antenna. There is... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080316133 - Remote control device for controlling the angle of inclination of the radiation diagram on an antenna: The device permits remote actuation on the slope angle of an antenna consisting of two units, one electric and one mechanical, physically separated and connected forming a single arrangement, in which each of the units is provided with its own casing. The mechanical unit supports an electromotor coil positioning sensors,... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080316134 - Radio apparatus and antenna device including magnetic material: A radio apparatus configured to deal with an electromagnetic wave at a working frequency is provided. The radio apparatus includes a radiating member of the electromagnetic wave and an isolating material having a plurality of magnetic elements. Each of the magnetic elements is arranged in such a way as to... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080316135 - Antenna structure, transponder and method of manufacturing an antenna structure: An antenna structure (106) comprising a first electrically conductive element (102) having a first end and a second end, a second electrically conductive element (103) having a first end and a second end, and a coupling structure (104) short-circuiting the first electrically conductive element (102) with the second electrically conductive... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080316136 - Antenna apparatus utilizing aperture of transmission line: An antenna apparatus utilizing an aperture of transmission line, which is connected to a first transmission line having a predetermined characteristic impedance, includes a tapered line portion, and an aperture portion. The tapered line portion is connected to one end of the transmission line, and the tapered line portion includes... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080316137 - Antenna array: An antenna array includes five grounding plates, a signal transmission part, two radiation conductors, and a signal feed cable. The first and fifth grounding plates located at the same plane are substantially perpendicular with the second and fourth grounding plates respectively. The second and fourth grounding plates respectively connected to... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080316138 - Balance-fed helical antenna: An antenna having a cylindrical shaped dielectric core region that defines top, bottom, and side surfaces. Two laterally opposed conductive linking tracks are provided at the top or bottom surface and connect to respective groups of conductive antenna elements which extend across the top (or bottom surface) and at least... Agent: Patent Venture Group

20080316140 - Antenna apparatus and antenna radome and design method thereof: An antenna radome is associated with an antenna and comprises a plurality of radome elements arranged in an array. Each radome element comprises a dielectric substrate on which an upper surface is provided with a first fractal inductor layout and a lower surface is provided with a second fractal inductor... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080316139 - Phased array antenna architecture: An antenna array core comprising a plurality of microwave modules, a control layer, a mounting layer, and a signal distribution layer. The control layer is capable of distributing control signals to the plurality of microwave modules. The plurality of microwave modules are attached to an upper surface of the mounting... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080316141 - Embedded antenna: The present invention provides an embedded antenna. It is to form meanders on a radiating element of the embedded antenna for dividing the resonant length of the radiating element into several short resonant length to extend the bandwidth of the radiating element. It is also to form meanders on the... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20080316142 - Multiple-input switch design: A switch designs having very low insertion loss, in which the insertion loss remains the same regardless of the number of inputs. A plurality of inputs are structured for receiving electromagnetic radiation signal having a wavelength λ. A plurality of switches, e.g., PIN diode switches, are coupled to a respective... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080316143 - Phased array antenna system utilizing a beam forming network: In accordance with an embodiment, a phased array antenna system includes a printed wiring board formed in rhombic shape that accommodates requirements for low observability and a beam forming network located within the printed wiring board. The beam forming network is located over substantially the entire printed wiring board. The... Agent: Sawyer Law Group, LLP

20080309561 - Antenna patch arrays integrally formed with a network thereof: An antenna has a plurality of metallic patches and a feed network both being spaced apart from a ground plate at different levels to obtain better radiation pattern and gain effects. Each of the metallic patches has a body with an outer edge from which an inclined wing extends upwardly... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080309560 - Antenna with thermally transferred element: An antenna includes an element that is made by thermally bonding a patterned conductive layer to a dielectric sheet. The antenna can be redesigned easily for prototype or low volume production yet the invention is suitable for volume production as well. The antenna, or an element thereof, can be made... Agent: Paul F. Wille Cantor Colburn LLP

20080309559 - Broadband inverted-f antenna: An antenna body of a broadband inverted-F antenna is printed on a circuit board, wherein an interval is maintained between the antenna body and a grounding plane disposed at a position proximate to an edge of the circuit board. The antenna body is divided into a first, a second and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080309562 - Circularly polarized antenna device: First and second monopole conductive elements are disposed so as to be approximately mutually perpendicular and so that respective open ends are adjacent, and with respect to a straight line that passes between open ends of the first and second monopole conductive elements and through a center of a conductive... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080309558 - Micro antenna structure: A micro antenna structure composed of a base plate and an antenna structure, a grounding surface and a clear space are formed on the base plate. The antenna structure is provided in the clear space and includes a radiation element and a fixing plate; the fixing plate is made of... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080309564 - Antenna mounting method: A method of mounting an antenna assembly into computer apparatus including forming a mounting bracket on an interior surface of a housing of the computer apparatus, the mounting bracket including at least two upstanding surfaces defining a gap therebetween, and inserting a first portion of the antenna assembly into engagement... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080309563 - Triple-band antenna and electronic device thereof: A triple-band antenna for an electronic device with a communication capability comprises a first radiating body, a second radiating body, a metal base and a signal feed source. A dual-band antenna for low frequency and high frequency bands may be formed by the first radiating body. A middle-frequency band antenna... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080309566 - Antenna system, access control system for a vehicle and diagnosis method: An antenna system (10, 11) with a plurality of individual antennae (14) in each case connected in a separate drive path (12), to which a common signal transmitter (16) is assigned, and with a triggering unit (22) provided for selective connecting of a drive path (12) selected in each case... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080309565 - Signal measurement system and method for testing an rf component: A signal measurement system tests an RF component in an RF test facility, such as an RF anechoic chamber. The system includes a repeater which is connected to an exterior antenna disposed outside the chamber and a transmitting antenna disposed inside the chamber. The repeater receives the RF broadcast signal... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080309567 - Hand held reader antenna for rfid and tire pressure monitoring system: An antenna assembly that has particular application for a hand held reader that interrogates sensors embedded within a vehicle tire, such as RFID sensors and tire pressure sensors. In one embodiment, the antenna assembly includes a first antenna operating in the 432-435 MHz range that employs a meander-line slot that... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC Emag Technologies, Inc.

20080309568 - Triple stagger offsetable azimuth beam width controlled antenna for wireless network: A variably controlled stagger antenna array architecture is disclosed. The array employs a plurality of driven radiating elements that are spatially arranged having each radiating element or element groups orthogonally movable relative to a main vertical axis. This provides a controlled variation of the antenna array's azimuth radiation pattern without... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080309569 - Vehicle mounted antenna and methods for transmitting and/or receiving signals: An antenna for communicating with a satellite from a moving vehicle. The antenna comprises a transmitter for generating a transmission signal, main and sub reflectors, and a waveguide associated with the transmitter for conducting the transmission signal toward the sub reflector. The sub reflector is configured for redirecting the transmission... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080309570 - Monopole antenna and wireless network device having the same: The present invention discloses an antenna adapted for use in a wireless network device. The antenna includes: a base radiation portion, a connecting portion, a first radiation portion and a second radiation portion. The connecting portion is connected with the base radiation portion and has a slot with two slot... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080309571 - Compact broad-band admittance tunnel incorporating gaussian beam antennas: A plane wave antenna including: a horn antenna; a waveguide at least partially inside the horn antenna, wherein the waveguide includes: a central dielectric slab increasing in width toward the horn antenna and with a first dielectric constant, an upper slab above the central dielectric slab with a second dielectric... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080309572 - Broadband planar dipole antenna structure and associated methods: An antenna structure includes an omnidirectional broadband planar dipole antenna including a first electrically conductive disc defining a first dipole antenna element, and a second electrically conductive disc defining a second dipole antenna element in parallel with and spaced apart from the first dipole antenna element. A dual-line antenna feed... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20080309573 - Modular digital uhf/vhf antenna: The invention relates to Radio Frequency (RF) antennas suitable for receiving and/or transmitting digital signals in the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and/or Very High Frequency (VHF) ranges. The invention comprises a modular driven DUV antenna comprising a driven DUV element, an RF signal line RF communicatively connected to the driven... Agent: Bradley Lee Eckielen

20080309575 - Link coupled antenna system on a field device having a grounded housing: A field device in an industrial process control system having an electrically grounded housing with an electrical circuit located within the housing is described. The electrical circuit includes wireless communication circuitry and is electrically isolated from the housing. The field device also includes an antenna that is attached to the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080309574 - System and method for preventing copying of electronic component designs: Techniques are provided to prevent undesired and/or unauthorized analysis and access to electronic components designs. A shield can be utilized to prevent invasive and/or non-invasive analysis methods such as the use of x-rays to determine the structural configuration and/or component makeup of an embedded antenna. In addition, a damageable material... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080309576 - Single band antenna: A single band antenna includes a radiating unit, a grounding unit, a feeding unit and a conductive unit. The radiating unit has a bent portion. The grounding unit and the feeding unit protrude from one end of the radiating unit with an interval therebetween. The conductive unit has a conductive... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080309577 - Method for coupling terahertz pulses into a coaxial waveguide: A system for coupling teraherz (THz) radiation to a coaxial waveguide comprises an antenna that generates THz radiation having a mode that matches the mode of the waveguide. The antenna may comprise a pair of concentric electrodes, at least one of which may be affixed to or formed by one... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20080309578 - Antenna using proximity-coupling between radiation patch and short-ended feed line, rfid tag employing the same, and antenna impedance matching method thereof: Provided is an antenna based on proximity coupling between a short-ended microstrip feed line and a radiation patch, an RFID tag including the planar antenna, and an antenna impedance matching method thereof. The antenna includes a radiation patch configured to determine a resonant frequency of the antenna; a ground plate... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080309579 - Radio wave transmission cover and method of manufacturing radio wave transmission cover: The present invention provides a radio wave transmission cover having superior design and radio wave transmissibility. The radio wave transmission cover includes a front side member (1), a rear side member (5) and a connection layer (6). The front side member (1) and the rear side member (5) are formed... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080309580 - Smart antenna: The present invention discloses a smart antenna that includes: a switch unit that switches a direction for receiving radio waves; and an outer covering unit that covers the smart antenna and is made of an insulating material.... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20080309581 - Semiconductor device: In a semiconductor device in which a copper plating layer is used for a conductor of an antenna and in which an integrated circuit and the antenna are formed over the same substrate, an object is to prevent an adverse effect on electrical characteristics of a circuit element due to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080303720 - Ceramic dielectric formulation for broad band uhf antenna: A dielectric ceramic composition has a dielectric constant, K, of at least 200 and a dielectric loss, DF, of 0.0006 or less at 1 MHz. The dielectric ceramic composition may be formed by sintering by firing in air without a controlled atmosphere. The dielectric ceramic composition may have a major... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080303721 - Planar antenna module, triple plate planar array antenna, and triple plate feeder - waveguide converter: A planar antenna module according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises an antenna portion (101), a feeder portion (102), and a connection plate (18). The antenna portion (101) includes a first ground plate (11) having a first slot (21), a second ground plate (12) having dielectrics, an... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080303722 - Rfid printer and antennas: A shielded antenna system is provided for reading from and/or writing to an RFID transponder wherein the energy radiated from the antenna system has a narrow beam width so that only one RFID transponder in a record member along a web of record members, each having an RFID transponder, is... Agent: Avery Dennison Corporation

20080303723 - Antenna system: A wireless electronic device is disclosed that includes one or more ground planes and an antenna electrically coupled to the one or more ground planes. The antenna is positioned adjacent to a portion of the one or more ground planes. The wireless electronic device includes a material placed in a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080303724 - Wireless transmission device with a built-in antenna and a connector: The invention provides a wireless transmission device, including a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a third circuit board. The first circuit board at least disposes more than one electronic elements. The second circuit board has an antenna, and the antenna is electrically connected to the first circuit... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080303725 - Antenna coupler: What is described is an antenna coupler for testing of wireless devices, said coupler comprising an antenna element for wireless communication with the wireless device and an accommodating element for holding the wireless device, wherein the accommodating element can be fastened in various positions relative to the antenna element by... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080303726 - Undercarriage fitted with a communication device between a wheel and the undercarriage: The invention relates to an aircraft undercarriage including at least one axle having at least one wheel mounted to rotate thereon, the undercarriage including a communication device for connecting a sensor mounted on a rim of the wheel to stationary processor means mounted on the aircraft. According to the invention,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080303727 - Undercarriage fitted with a communication device between a wheel and the undercarriage: The invention relates to an aircraft undercarriage including at least one axle having at least one wheel mounted to rotate thereon, the undercarriage including a communication device for connecting a sensor mounted on a rim of the wheel to stationary processing means mounted on the aircraft, the communication device comprising... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080303728 - Connector for an implantable medical device: A connector assembly for an implantable medical device with hardware components placed in established physical locations within the polymer of the connector, and a method of making the assembly. One embodiment includes a method that involves forming a first shot, coupling at least one hardware component to the first shot... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080303729 - Multiband antenna system and methods: An antenna system internal to a radio device, the system comprising separate antennas and having separate operating bands. The system is implemented as decentralized in a way that each antenna is typically based on a small-sized chip component (310; 320; 330; 340; 350; 360; 610), which are located at suitable... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates

20080303730 - Antenna: A self-stabilizing antenna is pivotable about an axis of elevation, a cross-level axis and an azimuth axis. The antenna comprises an antenna member (1) for transfer of signals between said antenna member and a satellite, and a frame member (6) on which the antenna member (1) is mounted for mounting... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080303731 - Multi-band antenna: A multi-band antenna has a radiating conductor, a feeding conductor and a short conductor. The feeding conductor and the short conductor connect to one side of the radiating conductor, which are arranged close to each other. The radiating conductor has a slot containing an opening portion, a first extension portion... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080303733 - Multiple-input-multiple-output wireless communications cube antennas: Compact 24-port and 36-port multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna designs and methods of construction based on a cube-like structure are provided. The antennas can be implemented with slot antennas distributed on the edges and faces of cubes. According to various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, both spatial and polarization diversity can... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080303732 - Smart antenna with adjustable radiation pattern: A smart antenna with an adjustable radiation pattern is described. A plurality of slot antennas are formed at a metal layer which is grounded, wherein openings of the slot antennas point to different directions. One surface of an insulated layer is covered by the metal layer. A coaxial feeding structure... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080303734 - Dielectric leaky wave antenna: A dielectric leakage wave antenna in which both transmission characteristics of a dielectric image line for a radiating section and those of a microstrip line for an exciting section are satisfied while enhancing efficiency by such an arrangement as a dielectric substrate has a lower layer portion and an upper... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080303735 - Antenna apparatus: An antenna apparatus used in a wireless communication medium or a wireless communication medium processing apparatus constructed by a constitution of including a magnetic member in which a magnetic ceramic powder is used as a major component thereof and which is provided with flexibility, an antenna formed at a surface... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080303736 - Array antenna with shaped reflector(s), highly reconfigurable in orbit: An array antenna with reflector(s) (AR) comprises i) an array (RS) of at least two feeds (S1-S5), including a central feed (S1), arranged and positioned so as to transmit and/or receive beams (F1-F5) in chosen directions, ii) beam-forming means responsible for controlling the amplitude and phase of each of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080303737 - Electronic device and method for manufacturing same: An electronic device includes a first molded body having a first frame, the first molded body being provided with a conductive pattern on its outer surface, a second molded body having a second frame, the second molded body being joined to the first molded body, a wiring sheet made of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080303738 - Cladding for a microwave antenna: A cladding (3; 3′; 3″) for a microwave antenna (1; 1h; 1v) comprises at least one cladding plate (4) having at least one portion which has a cross-section in the shape of a piece of logarithmic spiral in a first section plane, the section angle α between the radius and... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080303739 - Integrated multi-beam antenna receiving system with improved signal distribution: An integrated multi-beam antenna receiving system controls signal flow to a set of frequency translation devices in order to provide the required signals requested by Integrated Receiver Decoder units (IRDs, or set-top-boxes) within the home. The receiving system is compatible with legacy IRDs, or can support delivery of the requested... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080303740 - Removable mounting device for antenna: A mounting device for an antenna device and its method for mounting, and removing the antenna utilizes a dock unit and a base unit. In addition to providing a mounting mechanism, the capture or mounting of the device incorporates a storage feature for the antenna cable to make it transportable.... Agent: John E. Vandigriff

20080303741 - Drawer structure of rod-shaped body and apparatus having the same: A drawer structure of a rod-shaped body, which does not require a complicated inner structure, is provided. In a present preferred embodiment, a structure draws a rod-shaped body out of a housing for housing the rod-shaped body. A guide for holding the rod-shaped body so that the rod-shaped body can... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20080303742 - Coherently combining antennas: An apparatus includes antenna elements configured to receive a signal including pseudo-random code, and electronics configured to use the pseudo-random code to determine time delays of signals incident upon the antenna elements and to compensate the signals to coherently combine the antenna elements.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20080303743 - Bent monopole antenna: Provided is a bent monopole antenna. The bent monopole antenna includes a printed circuit board, an RF module, a feed line, and a main radiation pattern part and a sub-radiation pattern part. The RF module is installed the printed circuit board to generate an electrical signal. The feed line is... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080303744 - Plasma processing system, antenna, and use of plasma processing system: A plasma processing system 10 includes a processing chamber 100, a microwave source 900 that outputs a microwave, an inner conductor of a coaxial waveguide 315a that transfers the microwave, a through-hole 305a, a dielectric plate 305 that transmits the microwave transferred through the inner conductor 315a and discharges it... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080297418 - Feed point adjustable planar antenna: The feed point adjustable planar antenna includes a ground component, a main radiation plane, a branch line extended from the main radiation plane, and a ground pin electrically connecting the radiation component with the ground component. If it needs to fine tune the frequency band interval after the design of... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080297417 - Light weight rugged microstrip element antenna incorporating skeleton dielectric spacer: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for manufacturing light weight microstrip element antennas incorporating a skeleton dielectric spacer instead of a regular solid body dielectric spacer is described. The microstrip element antenna comprises a radiator, a dielectric layer which is in the form of a skeleton rib-caged structure and a ground plane... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080297422 - Antenna device and information terminal device: An antenna device includes an antenna substrate 30 and a multilayer substrate 36 mounted on the antenna substrate 30. The antennal substrate 30 includes an insulating part 31, an antenna element 32 composed of a conductor pattern formed on a predetermined principal surface and a ground part 34 connected to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080297420 - Antenna device with surface antenna pattern integrally coated casing of electronic device: An antenna device with a surface antenna pattern is formed either on an internal surface or on the external surface of a casing of an electronic device by film coating technology. The surface antenna pattern is either directly connected to a signal feeding line or connected to a signal feeding... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080297419 - High isolation antenna design for reducing frequency coexistence interference: Various embodiments are directed to high isolation antenna design for reducing frequency coexistence interference. In one embodiment, a computing device may comprise a printed circuit board including a first internal antenna and a second internal antenna operating in a common frequency band. At least one of the first internal antenna... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20080297421 - Radio frequency device and method of manufacture: A radio frequency device comprises a radio frequency transponder having a radio frequency circuit and a radio frequency antenna, and a sensor conductively connected to the radio frequency antenna so that a measurement can be retrieved from the sensor by communicating with the transponder. The radio frequency antenna comprises a... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080297423 - Method for measuring inverse scattering wave, and apparatus for identifying inferior rfid transponder and reader using the same: Provided is a method for measuring inverse scattering wave, which includes installing a scattering object which is a test object in a coupler, feeding an electrical signal to an input terminal of the coupler, terminating an output terminal and an isolation terminal of the coupler so that the electrical signal... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080297424 - Ultra wideband loop antenna: The wideband L-loop antenna is presented in this invention. It has excellent performance for lower band of UWB system and has the attractive features of small size, inexpensive, and easy to design. The antenna composed of a single metallic layer is printed on the top of a substrate and a... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080297425 - System and method for path alignment of directional antennas: A method and device for aligning an antenna to a desired heading. A laser beam is generated and aimed in a direction perpendicular to the desired heading. The line of sight of the laser is translated along the desired heading until the laser is directed to a reflective surface on... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080297426 - Antenna system for tracking mobile satellite and carrier having the same: Provided is a antenna system for tracking a mobile satellite and a movable carrier having the same for mechanically adjusting the orientation of an antenna at the azimuth angle and the elevation angle and correcting the phase error of a receiving signal while adjusting the elevation angle of the antenna... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080297427 - Antenna system for tracking satellite: Provided is an antenna system for tracking a satellite which includes a fixed body and a rotating body. The antenna system includes a transmitting/receiving unit having a transmitting channel and a receiving channel for signal power, a driving unit for enabling mechanical motion of the rotating body for satellite tracking,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080297429 - Cmos ic and high-gain antenna integration for point-to-point wireless communication: A point-to-point radio communications device, with an integrated antenna-IC module, includes highly-directional antenna elements and silicon CMOS-based ICs in plastic packaging material. The high-gain horn-type antenna includes two sections made of molded plastic and covered in a metallic coating. When combined, the two sections form an aperture and an opening... Agent: Lemoine Patent Services, PLLC

20080297428 - High-power dual-frequency coaxial feedhorn antenna: Systems are disclosed for providing substantially equal E-plane and H-plane radiation patterns in a high power and dual band coaxial feedhorn antenna for a satellite communication system. One embodiment may include a coaxial feedhorn antenna comprising an outer coaxial horn portion for propagation of first signals and an inner horn... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080297430 - Planar broadband antenna: A planar broadband antenna includes a flat elliptical antenna device. The elliptical antenna device includes a central antenna element, a first angular antenna element and a second angular antenna element. The central antenna element is disposed parallel to a support. The angular antenna elements are formed by two opposite segments... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP