2168 results about "Antenna radiation" patented technology

The unmanned aerial vehicle for antenna radiation characterization is an unmanned aerial vehicle having a propulsion system and a transceiver. Control signals are transmitted from a base station to position the unmanned aerial vehicle adjacent an antenna of interest. The unmanned aerial vehicle for antenna radiation characterization further includes a signal strength antenna for receiving an antenna signal generated by the antenna of interest for calculating or determining the received signal strength of the antenna signal. A received signal strength signal is then transmitted back to the base station, in real time. The received signal strength signal is representative of a set of received signal strengths of the antenna signal corresponding to a set of three-dimensional measurement coordinates such that the received signal strength signal represents a three-dimensional radiation pattern associated with the antenna of interest.

The invention discloses a lens antenna with high directivity intended for use in radio-relay communication systems, said antenna providing the capability of electronic steering of the main radiation pattern beam by switching between horn antenna elements placed on a plane focal surface of the lens. Electronic beam steering allows antenna to automatically adjust the beam direction during initial alignment of transmitting and receiving antennas and in case of small antenna orientation changes observed due to the influence of different reasons (wind, vibrations, compression and / or extension of portions of the supporting structures with the temperature changes, etc.). The technical result of the invention is the increase of the antenna directivity with simultaneously provided capability of scanning the beam in a continuous angle range and also the increase of the antenna radiation efficiency and, consequently, the increase of the lens antenna gain. This result is achieved by the implementation of horn antenna elements with optimized geometry.

The invention relates to millimeter-wave point-to-point communication systems. A system comprises two separated millimeter-wave transceivers which provide high throughput data transmission and reception in frequency duplex mode and use high gain antennas capable of electronic scanning in some continuous angle range provided by the control module that implement control algorithms for antenna radiation pattern. Also a method based on the exploitation of scanning antennas of initial beam directions fine adjustment and subsequent beam directions tracking and readjustment when needed is proposed.The proposed system and method provide automatic recovery of failed connection in case of relay station orientation change due to influence of various external factors (wind, vibration, different intensity of heating of the bracing mountings at different time of a day and others) and can be used in backhaul systems of base station sites for mobile networks.

An antenna system comprises: multiple antenna elements; and multiple beam forming networks configured to produce radiation patterns for both receiving and transmission functions configured to be optimized by re-positioning said antenna elements, wherein said beam forming networks comprise a receiving beam forming network configured to combine multiple first inputs from said antenna elements into at least a first output, and a transmission beam forming network configured to divide a second input into multiple second outputs to said antenna elements.

A multi-frequency printed antenna includes an insulating substrate, a feed strip, a ground strip, and a plurality of radiating and grounded conductive strips. The insulating substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The feed strip and the plurality of radiating conductive strips are formed on the first surface while the ground strip and the plurality of grounded conductive strips are formed on the second surface. The radiating conductive strips together with the grounded conductive strips form a multi-resonant mechanism to achieve a multi-frequency antenna radiation.

The invention discloses a monopole radio frequency antenna comprising a metal sheet, a feeder line and a medium for the placement of the metal sheet and the feeder line. The feeder line is fed into the metal sheet through a coupling mode. The monopole radio frequency antenna has the advantages of small size, simple machining, low cost, high utilization rate of an antenna radiation area, easy matching design of a multimode antenna, high interference resisting capability and the like.

The invention relates to the technical field of radar, in particular to a millimeter-wave quasi-optical integrated dielectric lens antenna and an array thereof. The array consists of a microstrip integrated antenna, a dielectric lens, an objective lens, an array base, a reflecting mirror, a protective cover and a beam transfer switch; one end face of the dielectric lens is a hemisphere or an ellipsoid, while the other end face is a cylindrical section; the microstrip integrated antenna is generated by an dielectric substrate, the front surface of the dielectric substrate is closely adhered tothe cylindrical section of the dielectric lens and serves as a feed source, and the back surface is grounded; the hemispherical or ellipsoidal end face of the dielectric lens is an antenna radiating surface; the length of the cylindrical part of the dielectric lens can be changed; the antenna array is arranged into a linear array or an area array; the array base and the reflecting mirror have conical quasi-optical reflecting mirror surfaces; the focus of the objective lens of the linear array or the area array aligns with the central line of the dielectric lens; the protective cover is arranged outside; and the antenna array is controlled by the beam transfer switch. The antenna structure has strong shock resistance and dust prevention, and is suitable for millimeter-wave radars for planes, automobiles and ships, and receiving / emitting sensing of communication equipment.

An antenna is provided comprising a pair of driven elements and a pair of passive elements. The driven elements are disposed on opposite sides of a reference plane, and the passive elements are also disposed on opposite sides of the reference plane. One or both passive elements may be provided in a different plane than the driven elements. By varying placement of the passive elements the antenna radiation pattern can be altered. An antenna array is also provided, comprising two or more oppositely directed directional antennas at least one of which is as described above. The passive elements of the antennas can be adjusted for a desired coverage pattern of the array, such as an azimuthal omnidirectional pattern, for example through simulation. The antenna or array may be embodied on a printed circuit board.

An antenna comprising an IMD element, and one or more parasitic and active tuning elements is disclosed. The IMD element, when used in combination with the active tuning and parasitic elements, allows antenna operation at multiple resonant frequencies. In addition, the direction of antenna radiation pattern may be arbitrarily rotated in accordance with the parasitic and active tuning elements.

An antenna radiation collimator structure is provided as including a number of resonator circuit boards oriented to form a block structure. A sheet of dielectric material is disposed between each of the number of resonator circuit boards to maintain a substantially uniform spacing between each of the resonator circuit boards. A plurality of conductive unit resonator cells may be disposed on first planar surfaces of each of the number of resonator circuit boards and a plurality of conductive strip lines may also be disposed on second planar surfaces of each of the number of resonator circuit boards. In this arrangement, radiation applied to a substantially central location of the block structure interacts with the plurality of conductive unit resonator cells and the plurality of conductive strip lines for redirecting the radiation out of front and rear facing surfaces of the block structure as respective first and second substantially collimated beams.

A system and a method for code division multiple access (CDMA) communication. The system includes fixed terminals communicating with a central base station. The terminals in protection sectors of each sector are configured to employ codes from different sets of codes to overcome potential mutual interference between sectors on account of antenna radiation pattern roll-off. The remaining codes, preferably the majority of the available codes, are used in any one of a plurality of basic sectors, each of which separates the protection sectors of a respective sector. For an even number of sectors in a cell, the available codes are partitioned into three groups, two for the protection sectors and one for the basic sectors. For an odd number of sectors in a cell, the available codes are partitioned into four groups, three for the protection sectors and one for the basic sectors. Protection sectors are relatively narrow but broad enough to counteract the potential mutual interference between sectors.

An antenna comprising an IMD element, and one or more parasitic and active tuning elements is disclosed. The IMD element, when used in combination with the active tuning and parasitic elements, allows antenna operation at multiple resonant frequencies. In addition, the direction of antenna radiation pattern may be arbitrarily rotated in accordance with the parasitic and active tuning elements.

The invention discloses a multi-frequency antenna system applicable to a mobile terminal with a metal frame structure. The multi-frequency antenna system comprises a metal frame, a PCB and an antenna part. The metal frame is designed to be part of an antenna radiation body, two gaps are formed in the bottom portion of the metal frame, a feeding wiring part and the metal frame together form a T-shaped monopole antenna or an IFA antenna so that the metal frame itself can be used for producing low frequency and high frequency resonance, and other coupling parts can be additionally arranged to be used for adjusting the low frequency and high frequency resonance according to the needs of working frequency bands. The multi-frequency antenna system has the advantages that due to the fact that the gaps of the metal frame are formed in the bottom portion, a user can be prevented from touching the gaps during the actual use process, and the phenomenon that the performance of the antenna is poor when the antenna is held by a hand is avoided; the working frequency bands of the multi-frequency antenna system are 704Mhz-960Mhz and 1710Mhz-2700Mhz, and multi-frequency broadband is realized; compared with a traditional general antenna, the multi-frequency antenna system is multiple in frequency band and broad in frequency width; the antenna structure of the multi-frequency antenna system is small in occupied space, and mutual influence cannot be generated between the antenna structure and surrounding environments.

A portable wireless device realizing high-speed transmission in downlink communication in a used state that a foldable portable wireless device is held in a hand of the user and ensuring a high antenna radiation efficiency. In the portable wireless device, platy conductors (1, 3, 4) are arranged in the longitudinal direction on the back of a display section (35) of an upper case (5). The signal of a transmission circuit (25) is distributed by a power distributor (18). One signal is fed to a platy conductor (1) through a phase shifter (17) and the other is fed to the platy conductor (3) or the platy conductor (4) from a high-frequency switch (19) through a transmission / reception duplexer (20) or a transmission / reception duplexer (21). The high-frequency switch (19) selectively feeds power to either the platy conductor (3) or the platy conductor (4) according to the signal from a gravity sensor (26). The received signal is extracted by the transmission / reception duplexers (20, 21), amplified by a receiving circuit (22) and a receiving circuit (23), and multiplied by a predetermined weight coefficient by a demodulating section (24) and combined.

A method for intelligently switching on / off an antenna of a mobile terminal and a corresponding mobile terminal are provided. A method includes: detecting a current working frequency band and a surrounding environment of a terminal; and according to a preset correspondence among an antenna radiation unit, an environmental condition, and the current working frequency band, changing impedance characteristics of a parasitic unit radiator. Another method includes: detecting a current working frequency band of a terminal; and according to a preset correspondence between an antenna radiation unit and the current working frequency band, changing impedance characteristics of a parasitic unit radiator. Another method includes: detecting a current surrounding environment of a terminal; and according to a preset correspondence between an antenna radiation unit and an environmental condition, changing impedance characteristics of a parasitic unit radiator. The terminal includes: a detection unit, an antenna control unit, and an antenna radiation unit.

A method for adjusting antenna radiation in a wireless network involves varying antenna radiation directions of antennas throughout a defined range. A test receiver measures signal parameters from the antennas at measurement locations as the antenna radiation directions are varied. The processing system determines a resultant antenna radiation direction for each of the antennas in the wireless network, or segment thereof, based upon the measured signal parameters.

Disclosed are a watch antenna and a watch with the watch antenna. The invention discloses a watch antenna which can be used for communication of GPS / Glonass and BT / WiFi / WLAN. The watch antenna includes antenna parts arranged in the watch. A metal ring / frame is arranged above the antenna parts of the watch. The antenna parts are electrically coupled with the metal ring / frame. The metal ring / frame is used as a main antenna radiation body and arranged at the periphery of the watch. The invention also discloses the watch which uses the antenna. The watch antenna uses the electrically coupled (feed) antenna structure and the metal ring / frame which is electrically coupled with the antenna parts is arranged above the antenna parts in the watch and the metal ring / frame is used as the antenna radiation body so that the antenna achieves an excellent performance in communication of the GPS / Glonass and the BT / WiFi / WLAN.

A double-frequency coupled antenna with a metal frame comprises the metal frame, a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged in the metal frame, and an antenna unit, wherein the metal frame comprises a closed loop metal frame formed by a first frame, a second frame, a third frame and a fourth frame, the PCB comprises a circuit area and a clearance area, the antenna unit comprises a feed line and a coupling line, the feed line is connected with a feed source, the coupling line is electrically connected with the fourth metal frame, and two ends of the fourth frame are connected with a ground of the PCB to form a closed-loop radiation loop. According to the double-frequency coupled antenna with the metal frame, the metal frame is designed as a part of an antenna irradiator, and projection areas of the PCB of the antenna are reduced; the metal frame does not need slotting, by means of a coupled feeding manner, current of the antenna in the whole radiation loop can be more evenly distributed, and the problem that finger touch affects properties of the antenna of mobile terminals is solved; by means of a slotting manner, the requirement of the antenna for PCB clearance environments is reduced, and thus, the antenna is applicable to more complicated mobile phone environments.

A space efficient multi-feed antenna apparatus, and methods for use in a radio frequency communications device. In one embodiment, the antenna assembly comprises three (3) separate radiator structures disposed on a common antenna carrier. Each of the three antenna radiators is connected to separate feed ports of a radio frequency front end. In one variant, the first and the third radiators comprise quarter-wavelength planar inverted-L antennas (PILA), while the second radiator comprises a half-wavelength grounded loop-type antenna disposed in between the first and the third radiators. The PILA radiators are characterized by radiation patterns having maximum radiation axes that are substantially perpendicular to the antenna plane. The loop radiator is characterized by radiation pattern having axis of maximum radiation that is parallel to the antenna plane. The above configuration of radiating patterns advantageously isolates the first radiator structure from the third radiator structure in at least one frequency band.

The invention provides a mobile phone terminal antenna. The antenna comprises a metal casing, as well as a main antenna and an auxiliary antenna which are connected with the metal casing through insulating medium, wherein the main antenna is used for receiving and emitting wireless signals; the auxiliary antenna, as a diversity antenna, is used for emitting and receiving signals of GPS / WIFI frequency band; the main antenna is arranged at the lower end of the metal casing and comprises a main antenna radiation body, a first feeding part, an inductor and a second circuit part, the first feeding part and the inductor are positioned at an upper end surface of the connecting part of the main antenna radiation body and the metal casing, and the second circuit part is positioned at a lower end surface of the connecting part of the main antenna radiation body and the metal casing; a switch is arranged in the second circuit part and controls the second circuit part to be grounded or not so as to realize different working frequencies. According to the antenna, the metal casing and the antenna part are integrally formed through injection moulding and other processes. Besides, the switch and the inductor are also arranged, the working states of two frequency bands are realized to meet multi-band communication; the antenna design can be conveniently adjusted.

The invention provides a watch antenna and an intelligent watch with GPS (global position system) and Bluetooth functions. The watch antenna comprises a PCB (printed circuit board), a connecting part and a metal edge frame, wherein the metal edge frame is used as an antenna radiation body, and is arranged around the PCB, a first gap is formed between the metal edge frame and the PCB, the metal edge frame is provided with an electric feeding part and a grounding part which are connected with the PCB through the first gap, a metal shielding layer of a display screen is suspended above the PCB, the metal shielding layer and the PCB are connected and grounded through the connecting part, a second gap is formed between the metal shielding layer of the display screen and the metal edge frame, and the metal shielding layer of the display screen and the connecting part form a parasitic part. The watch antenna has the advantages that the double-frequency resonance is generated by the gap between the metal edge frame and the PCB of the watch, and the intelligent watch with the GPS and Bluetooth functions is designed.

A full-face vehicular detection method for a railway tunnel lining and a device aim to avoid collision of ground penetrating radar antennas with an overhead line system and a support of the overhead line system, the detection speed is a normal running speed of a train, the antennas in full-face detection are not interfered with each other, automatic positioning is realized during detection, only ground penetrating radar signals in a tunnel need to be acquired, and a penetrating radar signal processing and analyzing method in tunnel detection is modified. The vehicular device comprises a six-channel high-speed scanning penetrating radar, a positioning portion, a laser ranging portion and data acquisition and processing software. The pulse repetition frequency of the ground penetrating radar is 3MHz, the pulse repetition frequency of each channel is 500kHz, and the scanning rate is 976scan / s. The ground penetrating radar is provided with TEM (transverse electric and magnetic field) short-horn air coupled antennas, each group of antennas realizes a double-transmission and single-receiving function, and the center frequency of the antennas is 300MHz. The ground penetrating radar antennas are mounted outside passenger train connectors, radiation surfaces of the antennas respectively face to an arch crown, arch springing and side walls, and the full-face vehicular detection method and the device are used for automatically detecting to exam the railway tunnel lining.

An antenna structure for wearable electronic device has a device casing, an antenna ground structure joined with the device casing, a carrier connected to the device casing, and an antenna radiation structure joined with the carrier. Thereby, the antenna structure can be integrated into the original structure of a wearable device so that the volume of the wearable device can be reduced, which solves the difficulty in reducing the volume of a wireless communication device with a requirement of an antenna disposition in the prior art. In addition, a wearable wireless electronic device has the antenna structure so as to have the advantage of smaller volume relative to a wearable wireless electronic device in the prior art.

A 4G antenna with a metal frame comprises the metal frame, a PCB and an antenna part. The PCB comprises a clearance area and a metal area, the antenna part is located in the clearance area, and comprises a feed supply, a grounding point and a line part, the grounding point and the feed supply are arranged on the PCB, the grounding point is connected with the metal area, a feed line is led out of the feed supply, and the feed supply horizontally extends from the end, close to the metal frame, of the feed line to form a high-frequency line and a low-frequency line which are opposite in direction. First low-frequency resonance is generated by a first low-frequency branch, a second low-frequency branch and a second frame body. First high-frequency resonance is generated by the first low-frequency branch, the second low-frequency branch and a first frame body radiation loop. A first high-frequency branch and the second frame body are coupled to generate second high-frequency resonance. A parasitic branch is used for generating third high-frequency resonance. The method that the front part of the low-frequency line is bent in the reverse height direction is utilized, and the low-frequency bandwidth of the antenna is expanded. Each high-frequency resonance is generated by the radiation of the metal frame, and the problem that the metal frame shields high-frequency antenna radiation is solved.

The present invention discloses an antenna device and an electronic device. The antenna device comprises a metal housing with a slit structure, wherein the metal housing is divided into an antenna arm portion and a main area portion; the antenna arm portion comprises a first fracture and a second fracture, and the antenna arm portion is at least divided by the first fracture and the second fracture into: a first antenna arm located between the first fracture and the second fracture, the first antenna arm being separating from the main area portion, a second antenna arm located at the first side of the first antenna arm, the first end and the second end of the second antenna arm being connected with the main area portion, a first matching circuit, one end of the first matching circuit being connected with the first antenna arm through a first metal connection piece, the other end of the first matching circuit being earthed at least through a first feed source; and a second matching circuit, one end of the second matching circuit being connected with the second antenna arm through a second metal connection piece, and the other end thereof being earthed through a second feed source. The antenna device and the electronic device is low in contour and high isolation, satisfy carrier aggregation, and facilitate improving antenna radiation efficiency and partial space multi-antenna design.

Methods and apparatus for antennas, wireless cells and networks are described. Antennas use a shield to provide a shape of coverage, area of coverage, and channel assignment pattern configured for high throughput wireless cells and networks. Diplexers are used to form wireless cells configured for high throughput wireless cells and networks.

The present invention relates to antenna architectures and methods on re-configurable multi-element antennas via feed re-positioning for various optimized radiation contours, including beam forming (or shaping) and / or null steering on contoured beams, spot beams, and orthogonal beams. The feed re-positioning techniques can also be used in radiation pattern optimization processing during antennas designing phases for fixed beams. The techniques are applicable for satellite communications. For satellite antennas, the beam shaping capability via element repositioning can be utilized for (1) optimized geometries on satellite antennas for given desired coverage areas, (2) re-optimizing radiation contours for reconfigurable antenna on board satellites in operation, (3) additional flexibility for satellite antennas using ground based beam forming (GBBF). As to satellite ground terminals, the same techniques are applicable for both fixed and mobile satellite terminals featuring either single beam or multiple beams. For fixed terminals, are applicable for terrestrial based communications; such as retrofitting existing antennas eliminating interference radiations coming from fixed or slow varying directions.

A radiation detector is disclosed. The radiation detector is disposed on a microwave antenna assembly. The radiation detector includes a receiving antenna adapted to receive microwave energy. The receiving antenna includes a first tubular antenna member and a second tubular antenna member disposed concentrically about a longitudinal axis defined by the microwave antenna assembly. The detector also includes at least one rectifier coupled to the receiving antenna adapted to rectify at least a portion of the microwave energy and a filter coupled to the at least one rectifier and adapted to convert the rectified microwave energy into a detection signal.

An antenna system for remote control applications comprises a communications module; an antenna assembly; and a radio frequency cable, having a first connection end and a second connection end, wherein the first connection end is coupled to the communications module and the second connection end is coupled to the antenna assembly. The antenna assembly is located a predetermined distance from the communications module, the predetermined distance substantially eliminating null regions in an antenna radiation pattern of the antenna system. An antenna diversity system for remote control applications comprises an antenna assembly; a communications module; an electronic switch assembly, wherein a first RF cable couples the electronic switch assembly to the antenna assembly and a second RF cable couples the electronic switch assembly to the communications module, wherein the antenna assembly, the first RF cable, the second RF cable, the electronic switch assembly and the communications module form a radio frequency circuit; and a diversity RF cable, coupled to the electronic switch assembly, wherein the electronic switch assembly switches the diversity RF cable into and out of the radio frequency circuit.

A radiation detector disposed on a microwave antenna assembly is disclosed. The radiation detector includes a receiving antenna adapted to receive errant microwave energy and a rectifier coupled to the receiving antenna that is adapted to rectify at least a portion of the errant microwave energy. A filter is coupled to the rectifier and is adapted to convert the rectified microwave energy into a detection signal.