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1631 results about "Patch antenna" patented technology

A patch antenna is a type of radio antenna with a low profile, which can be mounted on a flat surface. It consists of a flat rectangular sheet or "patch" of metal, mounted over a larger sheet of metal called a ground plane. They are the original type of microstrip antenna described by Howell in 1972; the two metal sheets together form a resonant piece of microstrip transmission line with a length of approximately one-half wavelength of the radio waves. The radiation mechanism arises from discontinuities at each truncated edge of the microstrip transmission line. The radiation at the edges causes the antenna to act slightly larger electrically than its physical dimensions, so in order for the antenna to be resonant, a length of microstrip transmission line slightly shorter than one-half the wavelength at the frequency is used. The patch antenna is mainly practical at microwave frequencies, at which wavelengths are short enough that the patches are conveniently small. It is widely used in portable wireless devices because of the ease of fabricating it on printed circuit boards. Multiple patch antennas on the same substrate (see image) called microstrip antennas, can be used to make high gain array antennas, and phased arrays in which the beam can be electronically steered.

Compact GPS tracker and customized mapping system

A light weight compact portable GPS receiver and transmitter for use on the person during outdoor activity, data logging receiver, data logging software supported by battery pack and modified active GPS patch antenna with chips, download connector, download docking station, charging units, mapping software to transfer the GPS data onto various maps including ortho-rectified, flat topographical maps, 3-D projection view topographical maps and street maps.
Owner:MAPTEK LLC

Tile sub-array and related circuits and techniques

ActiveUS20080074324A1Lower acquisition and life cycle costs of phased arraysLow costSimultaneous aerial operationsRadiating elements structural formsWaveguideHeat spreader
A radiator includes a waveguide having an aperture and a patch antenna disposed in the aperture. In one embodiment, an antenna includes an array of waveguide antenna elements, each element having a cavity, and an array of patch antenna elements including an upper patch element and a lower patch element disposed in the cavity.
Owner:RAYTHEON CO

Dual Band Stacked Patch Antenna

One or more of the embodiments of a dual band stacked patch antenna described herein employ an integrated arrangement of a global positioning system (GPS) antenna and a satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) antenna. The dual band antenna receives right hand circularly polarized GPS signals in a first frequency band, left hand circularly polarized SDARS signals in a second frequency band, and vertical linear polarized SDARS signals in the second band. The dual band antenna includes a ground plane element, an upper radiating element (which is primarily utilized to receive SDARS signals), dielectric material between the ground plane element and the upper radiating element, and a lower radiating element (which is primarily utilized to receive GPS signals) surrounded by the dielectric material. The dual band antenna uses only one conductive signal feed to receive both GPS and SDARS signals.
Owner:GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC

Radar system and method of manufacturing same

A radar system (100) is described including a transmitting assembly (10), a receiving assembly (20), a control unit (30) and a signal processing unit (40). The transmitting assembly (10) receives an input signal (31) and transmits an incident radar signal (2). The transmitting assembly (10) includes a Rotman lens (12) having a lens cavity (74), a plurality of beam ports (60), a plurality of array ports (62) and a patch antenna assembly (14). The lens cavity (74) has a lens gap (h) between 10 microns to 120 microns, and preferably 40 microns to 60 microns. The patch antenna assembly (14) includes a plurality of antenna arrays (130) operable to receive a plurality of time-delayed, in-phase signals from the Rotman lens (12) and to transmit the incident radar signal (2) towards a target (4). The receiving assembly (20) receives a reflected radar signal (6) and produces an output signal. The signal processing unit (40) compares the input signal (31) to the output signal and implements an algorithm determining the range, velocity and position of the target (4).
Owner:UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR

High-power-capable circularly polarized patch antenna apparatus and method

A circularly polarized patch antenna uses a square quarter-wavelength conductive plate, spaced away from a slightly larger backing conductor. Excitation uses a coaxial feed stem pair, whereof respective inner conductors join the patch at orthogonal locations on a reference circle, and outer conductors intrude past points of joining to the backing conductor to establish gaps that interact with patch and backing conductor size and spacing to jointly establish terminal impedance. A parasitic element in the propagation path broadens bandwidth, while a frame behind serves to define a cavity reflector. A power divider behind the frame converts a single applied broadcast signal into two equal signals with orthogonal phase, which signals are delivered to the feed stems with equal-length coaxial lines.
Owner:DIELECTRIC

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

Reflector arrangement for attachment to a wireless communications terminal

A reflector arrangement is configured for attachment to a wireless communications terminal having a patch antenna. The patch antenna includes a patch radiator in a substantially parallel relationship with a ground plane, and the patch antenna produces a radiation beam of a predetermined beamwidth. The reflector arrangement is configured, when attached to the terminal, to produce a radiation beam of reduced beamwidth relative to the predetermined beamwidth. The reflector arrangement comprises a main reflector and a sub-reflector for reflecting radiation towards the main reflector, and the reflector arrangement is configured such that, when attached to the terminal, the patch antenna acts as a feed antenna for the sub-reflector. The sub-reflector is arranged to collect the radiation from the patch antenna and to reflect the beam towards the main reflector such that the main reflector produces the radiated beam of reduced beamwidth.
Owner:CAMBIUM NETWORKS

Small gamma shielded shorted patch RFID tag

ActiveUS20090096613A1Facilitates drastic miniaturizationFacilitates high efficiency operationSubscribers indirect connectionRecord carriers used with machinesEngineeringGround plane
An RFID tag includes a substrate made of a material with a high dielectric constant of greater than approximately 4 and having a first side and a second side. A patch antenna is mounted to the first side of the substrate. A metallic ground plane is mounted to the second side of the substrate, and includes a feed through hole. A metallic backplane is coupled with the ground plane, on a side of the ground plane opposite the substrate. The backplane and / or the ground plane includes a recess. An RFID circuit is positioned within the recess. A shorting wall includes a plurality of through holes extending through the substrate and interconnecting the antenna with the ground plane. The plurality of through holes are generally linearly arranged relative to each other along an edge of the ground plane. An electrically conductive via extends through the substrate and the feed through hole of the ground plane. The via has a diameter which is slightly less than the feed through hole. The via interconnects the antenna with the RFID circuit. The via is at a distance from the shorting wall whereby an impedance of the RFID circuit approximately matches an impedance of the antenna.
Owner:ASSA ABLOY AB

Antenna system and RF signal interference abatement method

Disclosed is an antenna system including a Luneberg Lens having a spherically shaped outer surface and a spherically shaped focal surface spaced from its outer surface with a plurality of patch antenna elements disposed along the focal surface of the Luneberg Lens; and a power combiner for combining signals received by said plurality of patch antenna elements. The disclosed antenna system may be used a part of a robust GPS system having a plurality of GPS satellites each transmitting a GPS signal; a plurality of airborne GPS platforms, each GPS platform including a GPS transmitter for transmitting its own GPS signal, the GPS signals being transmitted from the plurality of airborne GPS platforms being differentiated from the GPS signals transmitted by visible GPS satellites; and at least one terrestrially located GPS receiver for receiving the GPS signals transmitted by visible ones of the GPS satellites and by visible ones of said airborne GPS platforms.
Owner:HRL LAB

Radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (IC) packages with integrated aperture-coupled patch antenna(s) in ring and/or offset cavities

A radio-frequency integrated circuit chip package has N integrated aperture-coupled patch antennas, N being at least two, and includes N generally planar patches, and at least one generally planar ground plane spaced inwardly from the N generally planar patches and substantially parallel thereto. The ground plane is formed with at least N coupling aperture slots therein, and the slots are substantially opposed to the patches. N feed lines are spaced inwardly from the ground plane and substantially parallel thereto, and at least one radio frequency chip is spaced inwardly from the feed lines and coupled to the feed lines and the ground plane. A first substrate layer is spaced inwardly from the feed lines, and is formed with a chip-receiving cavity, with the chip located in the chip-receiving cavity. A second substrate layer is interposed in a region between the ground plane and a plane defined by the patch, the patch is formed in a first metal layer, the ground plane is formed in a second metal layer, and the second substrate layer defines an antenna cavity in which the N generally planar patches are located. “Island” and “offset” configurations, as well as fabrication methods, are also disclosed.
Owner:GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC

Patch antenna with wide bandwidth at millimeter wave band

InactiveUS20110057853A1Suppress signal leakageReduce size and manufacturing costSimultaneous aerial operationsElectrically long antennasGround planeWide band
Provided is a millimeter wave band patch antenna. The patch antenna includes a multi-layer substrate, at least one metal pattern layer, an antenna patch, a ground layer, and a plurality of vias. In the multi-layer substrate, a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked. The metal pattern layer is disposed between the dielectric layers except for a center region of the multi-layer substrate. The antenna patch is disposed on an upper surface of the multi-layer substrate in the center region. The ground layer is disposed on a lower surface of the multi-layer substrate opposing to the upper surface. The vias is disposed around the center region through the dielectric layers for electrically connecting the metal pattern layer to the ground layer. The center region, which is surrounded by the ground layer and the vias, functions as a resonator.
Owner:ELECTRONICS & TELECOMM RES INST

Controllable antenna arrangement

An antenna (11) includes a patch antenna element (22) capacitively coupled to a load patch (27). A switch (33) connects the load patch (27) to one of one or more strip lines (35, 37, 40), each of which has a different length. Each strip lines causes the load patch (27) to have a different impedance, with one causing a short circuit, one causing an open circuit, and one causing an impedance in between these extremes. Different impedances of the load patch (27) cause different frequencies of operation of the antenna patch (22) by virtue of the capacitive coupling therebetween. The antenna (11) is thereby tuneable to three separate frequencies. Other frequency bands are unaffected by virtue of the location of the load patch (27) relative to the antenna patch (22). By allowing tuning by way of controlling the impedance of the load patch (27), the antenna arrangement can be made smaller than a corresponding passive antenna operable at the same frequencies. By using an N throw switch, N strip lines of different lengths can be connected, each giving rise to a different operating frequency.
Owner:NOKIA TECH OY

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

Microwave array applicator for hyperthermia

Apparatus (10) for treating skin tissue with microwave radiation (e.g. having a frequency of 1 GHz to 300 GHz) is disclosed in which an array of radiating elements (18), e.g. patch antennas are arranged on a flexible treating surface (16) for locating over and conforming with a region of skin tissue (24) to be treated. The radiating elements (18) receive microwave energy from a feed structure and are configured to emit outwardly a electromagnetic field which permits the region of skin to a substantially uniform penetration depth. Each radiating element (18) may have an independently controllable power supply to permit relative adjustment of the field across the treatment surface. Each radiating element may have a monitoring unit to allow adjust based on detected reflected power. Each independently controllable power supply may include a dynamic impedance matching unit.
Owner:UNIV OF WALES BANGOR

Tile sub-array and related circuits and techniques

A radiator includes a waveguide having an aperture and a patch antenna disposed in the aperture. In one embodiment, an antenna includes an array of waveguide antenna elements, each element having a cavity, and an array of patch antenna elements including an upper patch element and a lower patch element disposed in the cavity.
Owner:RAYTHEON CO

Method for locating an implanted fluid access port

An implanted fluid access port locator system for adjustable gastric bands. The system may include an access port having an RFID tag with its antenna adjacent to the receiving portion of the port. An external locator with radio frequency transmitter / receiver circuitry sends read or interrogation signals to the RFID tag and may send write signals to the tag to write treatment data to memory of the RFID tag. The locator may include an antenna array with four patch antenna arranged in pairs to model two monopulse radar antenna systems. The locator also includes processor(s) and logic modules / circuitry for processing the tag response signals received by the antenna array to determine location information for the RFID tag and associated port, i.e., to identify the center of the port relative to the antennae array or array face such as with strength and direction information relative to the array face. A method of locating implanted fluid access port includes providing radio frequency transmitter / receiver circuitry on the access port and manipulating a handheld locator outside the body to pinpoint the position and orientation of the access port. A mark may be made with a handheld locator to direct insertion of a needle for adding or removing fluid from an implanted system through the access port.
Owner:APOLLO ENDOSURGERY INC

Method and system for chip-to-chip mesh networks

A wireless device comprising a plurality of chips may be operable to communicate wireless signals via a mesh network comprising a plurality of integrated directional antennas on the plurality of chips. Wireless signals may be communicated between the plurality of the chips and / or with devices external to the wireless device via the mesh network. Beam-formed wireless signals may be communicated via the plurality of integrated directional antennas. The plurality of chips may be integrated on a single package or on a plurality of packages, which may comprise one or more circuit boards. Wireless signals may be communicated with devices external to the single package via the mesh network. The directional antennas may comprise patch antennas and / or dipole antennas.
Owner:AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LTD

Directive antenna for mobile telephones

The antenna comprises a single rectangular sheet of copper which has been bent firstly to produce a first patch antenna section 1 and secondly to produce a second patch antenna section 3, sections 1 and 3 being joined by and contiguous with section 2. Section 2 is an integral part of the copper sheet and maintains the two sections 1 and 3 in substantially parallel spaced relationship with each other. An air gap 4 exists between sections 1 and 3. Other low absorption insulators may be used in place of air gap 4 and may be selected from a range of such insulators well known in the art. The antenna is backed by a ground plane 6 and is fed by means of a coaxial connector 5 to the distal edge of the larger patch at 7 where excitation of the antenna is effected.
Owner:NEC CORP

Multifunction antenna for wireless and telematic applications

A multifunction printed antenna for wireless and telematic applications. In one embodiment, GPS and satellite radio patch antenna elements are printed on one side of a printed circuit board and AMPS, PCS, GSM and terrestrial radio slot antenna elements are etched in a ground plane on an opposite side of the same printed circuit board. In an alternate embodiment, the GPS and satellite radio patch antenna elements are elements mounted on one printed circuit board and the AMPS, GSM, PCS and terrestrial radio slot antenna elements are etched in a ground plane on another printed circuit board rigidly secured orthogonal to the GPS and satellite printed circuit board. The AMPS, GSM and PCS circuit board can be curved to reduce the nulls at the edges of the circuit board. Further, the edge of the AMPS, GSM and PCS circuit board that contacts the GPS and satellite radio circuit board can have a saw-tooth pattern so that edge currents are reduced.
Owner:EMAG TECH

Millimeter-wave-band radio communication method in which both a modulated signal and an unmodulated carrier are transmitted to a system with a receiver having plural receiving circuits

A receiver receives an RF-band modulated signal transmitted from a transmitter, as well as an un-modulated carrier also transmitted from the transmitter and having a phase noise characteristic coherent with that of the modulated signal, and a product of the two components is generated to thereby restore an IF-band transmission source signal. In the receiver, a small planar antenna having a broad beam characteristic such as a single-element patch antenna is combined with an amplifier and a mixer circuit, which are formed on a micro planar circuit by an MMIC technique, so as to form a unit receiving circuit. A plurality of such unit receiving circuits are disposed on the receiver at intervals smaller than a wavelength corresponding to an IF band, and detection outputs from the unit receiving circuits are power-mixed. Thus, the receiver serves as a high-gain antenna having a detection function, and can realize a broad beam radiation characteristic comparable to that of a single-element antenna. The composed IF-band composite output is demodulated in an IF-band demodulation circuit. The present invention enables construction of a low-cost radio communication system, transmission of high-quality signals, and production of a wide beam antenna which has a high gain and which is convenient for use.
Owner:NAT INST OF INFORMATION & COMM TECH

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

Patch antenna including septa for bandwidth conrol

ActiveUS20080218418A1Improve mutual couplingReduce total cavity thicknessSimultaneous aerial operationsRadiating elements structural formsCapacitanceElectrical conductor
A patch antenna element includes a parasitic patch which is positioned on a top surface of a substrate. Located beneath the parasitic patch is a driven patch. The driven patch is coupled either directly or capacitively to the center conductor of a coaxial cable and hence provides a signal which signal is coupled to the parasitic patch. The parasitic patch, as well as the driven patch is surrounded by a metal wall cavity. The metal wall cavity increases mutual coupling between antenna patch elements of similar types. Disposed between the parasitic patch and the driven patch are septa elements. The septa elements are oriented parallel to the edges of the patch and are DC connected to the cavity metal sidewalls. The septa operate to reduce total cavity thickness and patch to patch mutual coupling while further allowing control of the bandwidth.
Owner:LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP

Ultra-wideband antenna having a band notch characteristic

The present invention discloses an antenna for ultra-wideband (UWB) communication having a band-stop characteristic. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the UWB antenna is a patch antenna employing microstrip feeding. In order to expand a bandwidth at a low frequency band, a stub is formed in a radiating element. Furthermore, since steps are formed in a ground plane, an antenna characteristic at an intermediate frequency band can be improved and a UWB characteristic can be obtained. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the UWB antenna is a patch antenna employing microstrip feeding and has a recess formed in the ground plane, thereby implementing the UWB characteristic. The antenna of the present invention has an inverse U-shaped slot formed in the radiating element, thus implementing the band-stop characteristic at the UNII band. In addition, the antenna of the present invention has includes a ground plane having a small area and has omnidirectional radiating patterns accordingly.
Owner:EMW CO LTD

Wireless communication device

A wireless communication device including an antenna-integrated module which realizes a high-end antenna having an improved antenna efficiency includes a mounting board having a through hole whose cross-sectional shape is rectangular; and an antenna-integrated module mounted on the mounting board so as to cover over the through hole, a patch antenna, which radiates radiation wave, being provided on a surface of the antenna-integrated module, which surface is exposed in the through hole, an annular grounding sheet being provided between the antenna-integrated module and the mounting board so as to surround the patch antenna, and the through hole having a longer side whose length satisfies λ / 2≦a≦λ, where λ is a wavelength of the radiation wave.
Owner:SHARP KK

Broadband antenna with multiple associated patches and coplanar grounding for RFID applications

Described herein is an antenna for use with a radio frequency identification system, the antenna including a reference ground; an antenna feed; a primary patch antenna element for mid-field transmission and reception of one of HP and UHF signals, wherein the primary patch antenna element is electrically coupled to the antenna feed; and one or more additional patch antenna elements for mid-field transmission and reception of the one of HF and UHF broadband signals, wherein each of the one or more additional patch antenna elements is electrically connected to an edge of the primary patch antenna element for transmission and reception of the one of HF and UHF signals. The one or more additional patch antenna elements provide for gain enhancement of the one of HF and UHF signals.
Owner:TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH

Overhead antenna live inventory locating system

Overhead antenna live inventory locating systems and methods are provided. The overhead antenna inventory / locating system can include a plurality of antennas mounted in an elevated support structure. The antennas can be coupled to RFID readers that interrogate electronic tags. The inventory system can analyze the information received from the detected electronic tags and produce inventory data and location information for the tags. The antennas can be patch antennas mounted to ceiling tiles such that they can be positioned in the ceiling of a facility. The antennas can be configured to provide broad coverage from a relatively low ceiling height. The low-cost antennas can be configured in such a way as to provide accurate location information for detected tags. The inventory system can be configured to provide near real-time inventory and location information.
Owner:RFID RESOLUTION TEAM

Double resonant wideband patch antenna and method of forming same

A double resonant wideband patch antenna (100) includes a planar resonator (101) forms a substantially trapezoidal shape having a non-parallel edge (103) for providing a substantially wide bandwidth. A feed line (107) extends parallel to the non-parallel edge (103) for coupling while a ground plane (111) extends beneath the planar resonator for increasing radiation efficiency.
Owner:MOTOROLA INC

Defferential-fed stacked patch antenna

An antenna system includes a stacked patch antenna (100) comprising two or more patch antennas symmetrically aligned around an axis. The stacked patch antenna (100) comprises a differential feed patch antenna. The two or more patch antennas include a first patch antenna (105) and a second patch antenna (110). At least a portion of the second patch antenna (110) serves as a ground plane for the first patch antenna (105).
Owner:GOOGLE TECH HLDG LLC

Wireless point multipoint system

A patch array antenna includes a planar base on which is defined a ground plane and feed positions that are electrically isolated from the ground plane. A plurality of patch elements are configured to resonate over a predetermined frequency range. Each patch element is isolated from the ground plane and disposed on the base over the ground plane so that an air dielectric is defined between the patch element and the ground plane. Each patch element defines a resonant portion that is electrically connected to a respective feed position. A feed network is defined on the base that electrically connects the feed positions to one or more output points on the base.
Owner:TRANGO NETWORKS LLC
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