Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
343724000 | Convertible to different antennas | 10 |
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 antenna configuration associated with the configurable 3-D antenna grid from a plurality of antenna configurations. The method further includes controlling a memory device to output first data corresponding to the first 3-D antenna configuration. The method further includes closing selected ones of the plurality of switching elements to obtain the first 3-D antenna configuration in the configurable 3-D antenna grid in response to the first data. The first 3-D antenna configuration is one of the plurality of antenna configurations wherein at least a portion of the plurality of antenna elements are electrically coupled together. | 12-25-2008 |
20100117913 | MULTI-MODE ANTENNA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MODE OF THE ANTENNA - Provided is an antenna for a base station and a repeater capable of electrically or mechanically controlling the individual operation of an element antenna constituting an array antenna or a sub-array antenna so as to adaptively cope with the change in the communication environment, and having an economic and high performance transmitting and receiving function, and a method of controlling a mode of the antenna. The multi-mode antenna includes a radiation portion having one or more array antenna and capable of selectively changing an antenna effective opening surface and changing a resistance direction of an antenna beam pattern, an active channel portion connected to the array antennas and including switches, transmission and receiving channels, and a signal combiner and splitter, and a modem and control portion connected to the active channel portion and having a control portion and a modem. | 05-13-2010 |
20130069836 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus that includes a first antenna section having a first power feed point; a second antenna section having a second power feed point; a first electrically conductive plate extending between the first antenna section and the second antenna section; a second electrically conductive plate disposed substantially in parallel with the first electrically conductive plate and extending between the first antenna section and the second antenna section; and a short-circuiting member that electrically short-circuits the first electrically conductive plate and the second electrically conductive plate to each other such that a slit is formed by a part of a periphery of the first electrically conductive plate and a part of a periphery of the second electrically conductive plate. | 03-21-2013 |
20130241782 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An antenna device in a wireless communication includes antenna wires of four sides which include three feeding points and have a loop structure and four main switches which are located among the antenna wires of the four sides, wherein the antenna device operates as a loop antenna when the antenna wires of the four sides are connected according to operations of the main switches and wherein the antenna device operates as dipole antennas when the antenna wires of the four sides are disconnected according to operations of the main switches. | 09-19-2013 |
20140145889 | ANTENNA WHICH CAN BE USED AS DIVERSITY ANTENNA - An antenna device capable of using an existing external antenna as a diversity antenna is disclosed. The disclosed antenna device includes: a radiator configured to be extensible to the outside of a terminal; a feeding switch configured to perform a switching operation for connecting one of a plurality of feeding units to the radiator; at least one conductive line of which a first end coming into contact with a part of the radiator when the radiator is inserted into the inside of the terminal; and at least one ground switch coupled to the at least one conductive line and configured to switch a connection between a second end of the conductive line and the ground. In accordance with the disclosed antenna device, it is possible to use an existing external antenna as a diversity antenna without installing an additional antenna. | 05-29-2014 |
20150015445 | Capacitively Coupled Loop Inverted F Reconfigurable Antenna - System and method embodiments are provided for capacitive coupled loop inverted F reconfigurable multiband antenna. The embodiments enable tuning and adjustment of the low frequency response of the antenna without appreciably effecting the high frequency response of the antenna. In an embodiment, a reconfigurable multiband antenna includes a first antenna section comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the second end is coupled to an antenna feed, a second antenna section comprising a third end and a fourth end, wherein the third end is coupled to ground, and a switch coupling the second end to the third end, wherein the first end and the fourth end are capacitively coupled. | 01-15-2015 |
20150109175 | RE-CONFIGURABLE BUILT-IN ANTENNA FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - A re-reconfigurable built-in antenna of a portable terminal is provided. The antenna includes an antenna radiator having a feeding pad electrically connected to a feeding portion of a main board of the terminal and at least one ground pad disposed in a position different from that of the feeding pad for selectively establishing an electrical connection to a ground portion of the terminal, and a switching element, commonly connected to the at least one ground pad of the antenna radiator, for selectively establishing an electrical connection to the ground portion by a switching operation. The antenna radiator changes a shape of the antenna radiator by using the selective electrical connection of the ground portion so as to have various operational frequency bands and radiation properties. | 04-23-2015 |
20150340761 | Antenna Apparatus and Terminal Device - An antenna apparatus and a terminal device are provided, which relate to the field of communications technologies. A switch disposed at an end of an antenna arm controls an antenna to switch to different resonance frequencies, therefore reduced antenna efficiency caused by switch loss is avoided and space occupied by the antenna is not increased. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna and a printed circuit board, where a feedpoint and a first grounding point are disposed on the printed circuit board, the antenna is connected to the feedpoint, and the antenna includes a first arm. | 11-26-2015 |
20160013549 | RECONFIGURABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURFACE OF PIXELATED METAL PATCHES | 01-14-2016 |
20160197401 | Electronic Device With Shared Antenna Structures and Balun | 07-07-2016 |