117results about "Non-resonant long antennas" patented technology

The antenna includes a substrate, such as a dielectric material, and an electrically conductive circular ring on the substrate and having an outer diameter and an inner diameter concentrically arranged. The outer diameter is less than 1 / 10 an operating wavelength, and preferably about 1 / 20th, so that the antenna is electrically small relative to the wavelength. The inner diameter is in a range of π / 6 to π / 2 times the outer diameter, and preferably is π / 4 times the outer diameter to enhance the gain relative to its area.

An antenna apparatus has a ground plane and a traveling-wave linear antenna The ground plane has a dielectric layer and metallic plates disposed on the dielectric layer. The plates placed on a front side of the ground plane act as a band gap surface. The dielectric constant and thickness of the dielectric layer, the number of plates and the width of spaces among the plates are adjusted, so that the band gap surface prevents propagation of electromagnetic waves within a specific frequency band. The antenna is disposed over the band gap surface on the front side of the ground plane to be spaced away from the band gap surface. The antenna radiates electromagnetic waves of an operational frequency within the specific frequency band in response to an alternating current of the operational frequency fed to the linear antenna.

A low-loss, high-efficiency, broadband antenna including both electric and magnetic dipole radiators is provided herein. The broadband antenna may be referred to as a “P×M antenna” and may generally include a ground plane; a magnetic radiator formed within the ground plane; a conductive feed arranged within a first plane, which is parallel to the ground plane; and an electric radiator arranged within a second plane, which is perpendicular to the ground plane and coupled at one end to the conductive feed. According to a particular aspect of the invention, the electric and magnetic radiators are substantially complementary to one another and are coupled for producing a P×M radiation pattern over a broad range of operating frequencies. One advantage of the P×M antenna described herein is that the complementary antenna elements are combined without the use of a lossy, resistive matching network, thereby increasing the efficiency with which the P×M radiation pattern is produced.

A phased array antenna device is described. The phased array antenna device includes at least one one-dimensional phased array of radiating elements arranged along an array direction, a lens, and a phase control element. The lens is arranged such that divergent beams from the radiating elements are collimated by the lens in a direction orthogonal to the array direction to produce a beam. The phase control element is configured to apply a linear phase gradient to the radiating elements thereby providing one-dimensional electronic beam steering for the antenna device. The antenna device may additionally include one or two mechanical positioners to mechanically move the at least one one-dimensional phased array in directions orthogonal to the array direction, where the phased array enables scanning along the array direction.

An apparatus is disclosed herein for a cylindrically fed antenna and method for using the same. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an antenna feed to input a cylindrical feed wave and a tunable slotted array coupled to the antenna feed.

Aspects of a method and system for identifying a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag location using a switchable coil are presented. Aspects of the systems may include one or more processors that enable selection of an inductor coil from a plurality of inductor coils. The selection of the inductor coil may be based on a change in an electromagnetic field, with respect to an initial electromagnetic field, as detected by the selected inductor coil. The processors may enable transmission of a signal, having a transmitter frequency in the UHF frequency band, via the selected inductor coil.

An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor chip including a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface; a metal seal ring adjacent the side surface; and an antenna including a seal-ring antenna. The seal-ring antenna includes at least a portion of the metal seal ring.