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2720 results about "Feed point" patented technology

Capacitively coupled plasma reactor with uniform radial distribution of plasma

A plasma reactor for processing a semiconductor wafer includes a side wall and an overhead ceiling defining a chamber, a workpiece support cathode within the chamber having a working surface facing the ceiling for supporting a semiconductor workpiece, process gas inlets for introducing a process gas into the chamber and an RF bias power generator having a bias power frequency. There is a bias power feed point at the working surface and an RF conductor is connected between the RF bias power generator and the bias power feed point at the working surface. A dielectric sleeve surrounds a portion of the RF conductor, the sleeve having an axial length along the RF conductor, a dielectric constant and an axial location along the RF conductor, the length, dielectric constant and location of the sleeve being such that the sleeve provides a reactance that enhances plasma ion density uniformity over the working surface. In accordance with a further aspect, the reactor can include an annular RF coupling ring having an inner diameter corresponding generally to a periphery of the workpiece, the RF coupling ring extending a sufficient portion of a distance between the working surface and the overhead electrode to enhance plasma ion density near a periphery of the workpiece.
Owner:APPLIED MATERIALS INC

Hydrocarbon gas processing

A process for the recovery of ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream is disclosed. The stream is cooled and is thereafter expanded to the fractionation tower pressure and supplied to the fractionation tower at a lower mid-column feed position. A distillation stream is withdrawn from the column below the feed point of the stream and is then directed into heat exchange relation with the tower overhead vapor stream to cool the distillation stream and condense at least a part of it, forming a condensed stream. At least a portion of the condensed stream is directed to the fractionation tower at an upper mid-column feed position. A recycle stream is withdrawn from the tower overhead after it has been warmed and compressed. The compressed recycle stream is cooled sufficiently to substantially condense it, and is then expanded to the pressure of the fractionation tower and supplied to the tower at a top column feed position. The quantities and temperatures of the feeds to the fractionation tower are effective to maintain the overhead temperature of the fractionation tower at a temperature whereby the major portion of the desired components is recovered.
Owner:UOP LLC

Near field antenna for object detecting device

A near field antenna adapted to an object detecting device, for sensing a plurality of units under test of at least an object under test. The near field antenna comprises a periodic guided-wave structure, a metallic reflection portion and at least two near field magnetic coupling antennas. The periodic guided-wave structure disposed below the object under test has a plurality of conductive units periodically arranged on a first plane. The metallic reflection portion is disposed under the periodic guided-wave structure to form an enclosed space. The near field magnetic coupling antennas are disposed on a second plane parallel to the periodic guided-wave structure, and are located in the enclosed space. The feed point and the ground point of each near field magnetic coupling antenna are fed by a coaxial cable with a feeding direction parallel to the periodically arranged conductive units.
Owner:AUDEN TECHNO

Microstrip antenna

A microstrip antenna that can be linear, co-circular, or dual-circularly polarized having co-planar radiating elements and operating at dual frequency bands wherein an inner radiating element is surrounded by and spaced from an outer radiating element. Each radiating element resonates at a different frequency. In one embodiment of the invention a feed network has a single, cross-shaped, feed line that is positioned between the inner and outer radiating elements and capacitively coupled to the inner and outer radiating elements. In another embodiment of the present invention, the radiating elements are fed separately by first and second feed networks each having a plurality of feed points. The radiating elements each have one active feed point that is either directly or indirectly coupled to its respective feed network.
Owner:HARADA IND OF AMERICA

Antenna device

A small antenna has two or more feeding ports. A radiator is made of a planar conductor having a substantially circular shape having the diameter of a substantially half wavelength or a substantially regularly polygonal shape where the length of a diagonal line passes through the center point is the substantially half wavelength. A ground plate is faced to the radiator. On the radiator, the feeding ports are connected to feeding points on two orthogonal line segments passing through the center of the radiator. This antenna is used as not only a single antenna but also two independent antennas having secured isolation between the feeding ports. A small antenna device used as two independent antennas is thus provided. The radiator is formed in a hat shape having an edge, has an Stepped Impedance Resonator (SIR) structure where the diameter of a crest part is a quarter wavelength, and is shortened.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP

Circularly-polarized-wave patch antenna which can be used in a wide frequency band

A circularly-polarized-wave patch antenna includes a main body having a patch electrode provided with two feeding points and a circuit for generating a phase difference of 90° between signals supplied to the feeding points. A Wilkinson distribution circuit is provided between the 90°-phase-difference generating circuit and a coaxial cable (feeder line) so as to improve a reflection characteristic. The patch antenna includes two feeding points, and thus a favorable axial ratio characteristic can be obtained in a wide band. Also, a favorable reflection characteristic can be obtained in a wide band because of the Wilkinson distribution circuit. Accordingly, the patch antenna can be used in a wider frequency band.
Owner:ALPS ALPINE CO LTD

Transreflector antenna for wireless communication system

A compact lightweight antenna for receiving microwave direct line of sight wireless data signals used in services such as Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS). The antenna provides for precise control over isolation of polarized signals. The antenna consists of an external parabolically shaped dome formed of a suitably resilient material such as thermoplastic. A polarizing conductive grating is formed on the interior surface of the dome and serves as a transreflector for initially passing received radiation having a vertical polarization. A twist reflector disposed at a point along an axis defined by the conductive grating reflects the received radiation, back in the direction of the transreflector with a different polarization. The now differently polarized energy is reflected by the parabolically shaped conductive grating at a feed point located in the center of the twist plate. The transreflecting element may be manufactured by providing a substrate that has been printed and etched and / or a film nonconductive substrate which has been silk screened with a conductive ink. In each of these cases in a preferred embodiment, the substrate or carrier film becomes an integral part of the mold in the resulting article.
Owner:GOOGLE LLC

Method and apparatus for tuning a communication device

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a tuning system for a communication device having an antenna, where the tuning system includes at least one first tunable element connected with at least one radiating element of the antenna for tuning the antenna where the adjusting of the at least one first tunable element is based on at least one of a use case associated with the communication device and location information associated with the communication device, and a matching network having at least one second tunable element coupled at a feed point of the antenna, wherein the matching network receives control signals for adjusting the at least one second tunable element to tune the matching network. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Owner:NXP USA INC

Antenna structure and electronic device having the same

An antenna structure is disclosed, which includes: a microwave substrate; and a first circuit, a second circuit, and a ground circuit disposed coplanarly on the microwave substrate. The first circuit is an open loop structure with a discontinuous portion and has a pair of ends, namely a feed point and a ground point, arranged respectively across the discontinuous portion. The ground point is connected to the ground circuit. The second circuit is disposed at the periphery of the first circuit, where the second circuit is connected to a connecting point of the first circuit on one side thereof. Thereby, the antenna structure reduces the SAR. In addition, an electronic device having an antenna structure is disclosed.
Owner:AUDEN TECHNO

Low profile dual frequency dipole antenna structure

An antenna includes a first dipole having first and second stripline radiating elements extending in opposite directions from a central feed point and along a generally rectangular outline of the antenna. The first dipole is operable to be resonant at a first frequency. The antenna also includes a second dipole having third and fourth stripline radiating elements extending in opposite directions from the central feed point and generally parallel to the first and second stripline radiating elements. The third and fourth stripline radiating elements generally follow and stay within the rectangular antenna outline. The second dipole is operable to be resonant at a second frequency. The antenna also includes a stripline balun electrically coupled to the central feed point and extending generally parallel with the first and second dipoles and along the rectangular antenna outline.
Owner:LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP

LNG production in cryogenic natural gas processing plants

A process for liquefying natural gas in conjunction with processing natural gas to recover natural gas liquids (NGL) is disclosed. In the process, the natural gas stream to be liquefied is taken from one of the streams in the NGL recovery plant and cooled under pressure to condense it. A distillation stream is withdrawn from the NGL recovery plant to provide some of the cooling required to condense the natural gas stream. The condensed natural gas stream is expanded to an intermediate pressure and supplied to a mid-column feed point on a distillation column. The bottom product from this distillation column preferentially contains the majority of any hydrocarbons heavier than methane that would otherwise reduce the purity of the liquefied natural gas, and is routed to the NGL recovery plant so that these heavier hydrocarbons can be recovered in the NGL product. The overhead vapor from the distillation column is cooled and condensed, and a portion of the condensed stream is supplied to a top feed point on the distillation column to serve as reflux. A second portion of the condensed stream is expanded to low pressure to form the liquefied natural gas stream.
Owner:ORTLOFF ENGINEERS

Solid freeform fabrication system and method

A system and method of solid freeform work piece fabrication through layered deposition of feedstock material on a mold structure. An energy beam and feedstock are fed to a feed point adjacent to a mold structure, thereby forming a molten puddle. The feed point is moved relative to the mold structure, thereby advancing the molten puddle of presently fed feedstock and rapidly solidifying previously fed feedstock. The feed point is sequentially advanced within a predetermined geometric volume containing at least a portion of the mold structure, thereby sequentially fusing the feedstock, by action of the advancing molten puddle, into a near net shape work piece built-up upon the mold structure.
Owner:HENN DAVID S

RF MEMs-tuned slot antenna and a method of making same

A slot antenna for receiving and / or transmitting a RF signal at a desired one of a plurality of different frequencies. The slot antenna includes at least one conductive sheet having a slot defined therein, the slot being longer than it is wide and having at least one end which is open. A plurality of switch members are mounted along said slot close to the open end thereof, each of said plurality of switch members acting, when closed, to couple the at least one conductive sheet on one side of said slot to the at least one conductive sheet on a second side thereof. A feed point is provided for adjacent said slot. The plurality of switch members are closable in a controlled manner to change a desired resonance frequency at which the slot antenna receives and / or transmits the RF signal.
Owner:HRL LAB

Array antenna apparatus having at least two feeding elements and operable in multiple frequency bands

An array antenna apparatus includes a first feeding element having a first feed point, a second feeding element having a second feed point, and a first parasitic element electrically connected to the respective first and second feeding elements. In a first frequency band, respective resonances in the feeding elements occur independent of each other, by eliminating electromagnetic mutual coupling between the feeding elements, and exciting the first feeding element through the first feed point as well as exciting the second feeding element through the second feed point. In a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, a loop antenna having a certain electrical length is formed by the first and second feeding elements and the first parasitic element, and a resonance of the loop antenna substantially occurs by exciting the first feeding element through the first feed point.
Owner:PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP OF AMERICA

Collapsible impulse radiating antenna

A broadband collapsible impulse radiating antenna having a reflector 36 and feed arms 24 made from a flexible conductive material. An umbrella-like support mechanism is used to collapse and deploy reflector 36. The umbrella-like mechanism consists of a plurality of support ribs 52, a center support rod 22, center push rods 28, feed arm support rods 26, and push sleeve 32. Support ribs 52 are attached to the reflector 36 and are pivotally connected to a central hub 66. Push sleeve 32 slides along center support rod 22 causing the radial center push rods 28 to provide a radial force to reflector 36 and thereby deploy and collapse the antenna. Center can 12 contains center support rod 22 and an RF splitter 86 that splits the input signal into two feed cables of equal length leading to the feed point 54. Optional expandable seams can be provided in the reflector and feed arms so that the surface curvature of the reflector can be adjusted.
Owner:BOWEN LELAND H +1

Planar antenna

The invention relates to an antenna structure (400) to be placed inside in particular small radio apparatus. A conventional PIFA-type structure is extended by arranging a structural part (415) adding to the capacitance between the radiating plane (420) and ground plane (410) relatively close to the feed point (F) of the antenna. The structural component may be a projection extending from the radiating plane towards the ground plane or vice versa. An advantage of the invention is that it achieves a significant increase in the antenna bandwidth without increasing the size of the antenna. Another advantage of the invention is that the structure according to it is simple and the increase in the manufacturing costs is relatively low.
Owner:PULSE FINLAND

Actively tunable planar antenna

This invention relates to an actively tunable patch antenna comprising a ground plane, a planar radiator, a feed point, a grounding line and first and second antenna branches separated from each other by a groove, the patch antenna further comprising one or more additional grounding points between the planar radiator and the ground plane. The invention further relates to a mobile terminal utilizing the tunable patch antenna of the invention.
Owner:NOKIA CORP

Method and apparatus for tuning a communication device

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a tuning system for a communication device having an antenna where the tuning system includes at least one first tunable element connected with at least one radiating element of the antenna for tuning the antenna where the adjusting of the at least one first tunable element is based on a closed loop process, and a matching network having at least one second tunable element coupled at a feed point of the antenna for tuning the matching network based on an operational parameter of the communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Owner:NXP USA INC

Natural gas liquefaction

A process for liquefying natural gas in conjunction with producing a liquid stream containing predominantly hydrocarbons heavier than methane is disclosed. In the process, the natural gas stream to be liquefied is partially cooled and divided into first and second streams. The first stream is further cooled to condense substantially all of it, expanded to an intermediate pressure, and then supplied to a distillation column at a first mid-column feed position. The second stream is also expanded to intermediate pressure and is then supplied to the column at a second lower mid-column feed position. A distillation stream is withdrawn from the column below the feed point of the second stream and is cooled to condense at least a part of it, forming a reflux stream. At least a portion of the reflux stream is directed to the distillation column as its top feed. The bottom product from this distillation column preferentially contains the majority of any hydrocarbons heavier than methane that would otherwise reduce the purity of the liquefied natural gas. The residual gas stream from the distillation column is compressed to a higher intermediate pressure, cooled under pressure to condense it, and then expanded to low pressure to form the liquefied natural gas stream.
Owner:UOP LLC

Mobile wireless communications device comprising multi-frequency band antenna and related methods

A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the housing. The multi-frequency band antenna may include a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of the main loop conductor, a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of the main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point, and a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of the main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point. A third branch conductor has a first portion within the main loop conductor, and a second portion connected to the second feed point. A tuning branch conductor may have a first end connected to the main loop conductor between the respective first ends of the first and second branches.
Owner:MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LTD

Patch antenna

A patch antenna for achieving a vertically-polarized radiation pattern is described. The patch antenna includes a closed-curve slot within which a signal feed point is located. Parasitic slots are disposed outside or inside the closed-curve slot. In one embodiment, the closed-curve slot is a ring slot and the parasitic slots are arc slots having a common center point with the ring slot. The antenna may further include a lower patch capable of producing a different radiation pattern with different polarization and at a different frequency band, to result in a dual-band antenna. The dual-band antenna may operate in the 5.9 GHz DSRC and 1.575 GHz GPS bands.
Owner:MARK IV IVHS

Adjustable multiband antenna

An adjustable multi-band planar antenna especially applicable in mobile terminals. The feed of the antenna can be connected by a multiple-way switch (SW) to at least two alternative points (FP1, FP2, FP3) in the radiator (310). When the feed point is changed, the resonance frequencies and thus the operating bands of the antenna change. Besides the basic dimensions of the antenna, the distance (x, y, z) of each feed point to other feed points and possible short-circuit point in the radiator, the value of the series capacitance (C31; C32; C33) belonging to a reactive circuit between the feed point and switch and the distance of the ground plane (GND) from the radiator are variables in the antenna design.
Owner:PULSE FINLAND

Antenna module and mobile terminal

The invention relates to an antenna module and a mobile terminal which are used for improving the antenna performance of the mobile terminal. The antenna module comprises a first antenna and a second antenna, wherein the first grounding point of the first antenna is electrically connected to a first section of metal frame of the mobile terminal by virtue of a first connection point; a first feed point of the first antenna is electrically connected to the first section of metal frame by virtue of a second connection point; the second antenna is electrically connected to a second section of metal frame of the mobile terminal by virtue of a third connection point; and the second section of metal frame is electrically connected to the grounding point of the mobile terminal by virtue of a first contact point. According to the technical scheme disclosed by the invention, the crosstalk of the second antenna on the first antenna can be reduced, and isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna is ensured.
Owner:XIAOMI INC

Switch contact for a planar inverted F antenna

A switch contact for a wireless communication device is disclosed which is comprised of a generally U-shaped spring contact positioned between a printed circuit board and a planar inverted F antenna in a compressed state for electrically connecting the printed circuit board to a feed point on the planar inverted F antenna. The leg portions of the spring contact are provided with spring extensions which are overlapped and which are biased towards one another.
Owner:CENTURION WIRELESS TECH INC +1

PxM antenna for high-power, broadband applications

A 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 include a pair of magnetic loop elements, each having multiple feed points symmetrically spaced around the loop element. The broadband antenna may also include an electric dipole element arranged between the pair of magnetic loop elements. In general, the electric dipole element and the magnetic loop elements may be coupled together through a network of transmission lines, as opposed to being incorporated into a single radiative element.
Owner:TDK CORPARATION
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