Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100177001 | ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - An antenna apparatus includes a substrate and an antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a metal trace and a terminal. The metal trace has a modified Polya curve shape that is confined in a polygonal shape. The terminal is coupled to the metal trace. | 07-15-2010 |
20100220022 | MULTIPLE ANTENNA HIGH ISOLATION APPARATUS AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A multiple antenna apparatus includes a substrate, a first antenna structure, and a second antenna structure. The first antenna structure includes a first metal trace that has a first pattern confined in a first geometric shape and has a near-zero electric field plane. The second antenna structure includes a second metal trace that has a first pattern confined to a second geometric shape. The second antenna structure is positioned on the substrate in substantial alignment with the near-zero electric field plane of the first antenna structure. | 09-02-2010 |
20100237974 | IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMER AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - An impedance transformer includes a first winding and a second winding. The first winding includes a first plurality of winding components, wherein each of the first plurality of winding components is on a corresponding layer of a first set of layers of a supporting substrate. The second winding includes a second plurality of winding components, wherein each of the second plurality of winding components is on a corresponding layer of a second set of layers of the supporting substrate and the first and second sets of layers are interleaved. The first winding has a first impedance within a desired frequency range and the second winding has a second impedance within the desired frequency range, where the first and second impedances are based on at least one of spacing, trace width, and trace length of the first and second plurality of winding components. | 09-23-2010 |
20110150140 | FRACTAL CURVE BASED FILTER - A filter includes a first port, a second port, a first fractal curve based filter element coupled to the first port, and a second fractal curve based filter element coupled to the second port. The first fractal curve based filter element has first electromagnetic properties and the second fractal curve based filter element has second electromagnetic properties. The first fractal curve based filter element is electromagnetically coupled to the second fractal curve based filter element to filter radio frequency (RF) signals. | 06-23-2011 |
20110188552 | DONGLE TRANSCEIVER AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - A dongle transceiver a substrate, a transceiver circuit, a transmit/receive switch, a MIMO antenna structure, and a decoupling module. The transceiver circuit is on at least one of the first and second sides of the substrate and is coupled to the transmit/receive switch. The MIMO antenna structure is on at least one of the first and second sides of the substrate. The decoupling module is on at least one of the first and second sides of the substrate, couples the MIMO antenna structure to the transmit/receive switch, and electrically isolates antennas of the MIMO antenna structure. | 08-04-2011 |
20110228713 | DUAL BAND WLAN MIMO HIGH ISOLATION ANTENNA STRUCTURE - A dual band high isolation antenna structure includes a diplexer unit, a 4-port decoupling module, a first frequency band antenna assembly, and a second frequency band antenna assembly. The diplexer unit is operable to frequency domain multiplex between a first frequency band and a second frequency band. The 4-port decoupling module is operably coupled to the diplexer unit and is operable to isolate a first pair of ports from a second pair of ports. The first frequency band antenna assembly is operably coupled to the diplexer unit and is operable to transceive wireless signals in the first frequency band. The second frequency band antenna assembly is operably coupled to a port in each of the first and second pairs of ports and is operable to transceive wireless signals in the second frequency band. | 09-22-2011 |
20130002349 | Bypass Power Amplifier For Improving Efficiency At Low Power - Embodiments of a two-stage bypass power amplifier are provided. In general, the two-stage bypass power amplifier is configured to receive a RF signal that is to be transmitted to a remote device and provide gain to the RF signal prior to the RF signal being transmitted to the remote device. The two-stage bypass power amplifier is configured to operate efficiently (in terms of power) at two different gain or output power levels and can be extended to operate efficiently at additional gain or output power levels. | 01-03-2013 |
20130009837 | INTERWOVEN SPIRAL ANTENNA - An interwoven spiral antenna includes a non-inverted spiral section, an inverted spiral section, and an excitation region. The non-inverted spiral section has a spiral shape and the inverted spiral section has an inverted spiral shape. The excitation region is coupled to at least one of the non-inverted spiral section and the inverted spiral section, wherein, when excited, the interwoven spiral antenna has a circular polarization. | 01-10-2013 |
20130009847 | MULTIPLE SPIRAL ANTENNA - A poly interwoven spiral antenna includes a plurality of interwoven spiral antenna units, an excitation region, and a plurality of spoke excitation connections. An interwoven spiral antenna unit includes a non-inverted spiral section having a spiral shape and an inverted spiral section having an inverted spiral shape. A first end of a spoke excitation connection is coupled to a corresponding one of the interwoven spiral antenna units and a second end of the spoke excitation connection is coupled to the excitation region. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010842 | PROGRAMMABLE MULTIPLE INTERWOVEN SPIRAL ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - A programmable antenna assembly includes a plurality of interwoven spiral antenna units and a by-pass circuit. An interwoven spiral antenna unit of the interwoven spiral antenna units includes an inverted spiral section and a non-inverted spiral section. The by-pass circuit is operable to couple at least some of the interwoven spiral antenna units into a programmed multiple interwoven spiral antenna assembly. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010843 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE INTERWOVEN SPIRAL ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - A wireless communication device includes a receiver section, a transmitter section, an antenna interface, and an antenna assembly. The receiver section is operable to convert an inbound wireless signal into an inbound symbol stream. The transmitter section is operable to convert an outbound symbol stream into an outbound wireless signal. The antenna interface is operable to convert the outbound wireless signal into a plurality of phase-shifted outbound wireless signals and to convert a plurality of phase-shifted received wireless signals into the inbound wireless signal. The antenna assembly includes a plurality of interwoven spiral antenna units coupled together by a plurality of connection traces, wherein an interwoven spiral antenna unit of the plurality of interwoven spiral antenna units receives a corresponding one of the plurality of phase-shifted received wireless signals and transmits a corresponding one of the plurality of phase-shifted outbound wireless signals. | 01-10-2013 |
20130012140 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TRANSCEIVER WITH RECONFIGURABLE POLY SPIRAL ANTENNA - A wireless communication transceiver includes a processing module, a receiver section, a transmitter section, and an antenna assembly. The processing module is operable to determine an operational mode based on type of antenna assembly and to generate one or more control signals in accordance with the operational mode. The receiver section is operable to convert one or more inbound wireless signals into one or more inbound symbol streams in accordance with the one or more control signals. The transmitter section is operable to convert one or more outbound symbol streams into one or more outbound wireless signals in accordance with the one or more control signals. The antenna assembly is operable, in accordance with the one or more control signals, to receive the one or more inbound wireless signals and to transmit the one or more outbound wireless signals. | 01-10-2013 |
20130012144 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE UTILIZING RADIATION-PATTERN AND/OR POLARIZATION CODED MODULATION - A wireless communication device includes a processing module, receiver sections, transmitter sections, and an antenna assembly. The processing module is operable to convert outbound data into a transmit radiation pattern in accordance with a multiple antenna constellation mapping protocol and to generate outbound symbol streams based on the transmit radiation pattern. The transmitter sections convert the outbound symbol streams into outbound wireless signals. The antenna assembly transmits the outbound wireless signals in accordance with the transmit radiation pattern. The antenna assembly also receives inbound wireless signals, which have a receive radiation pattern. The receiver sections convert the inbound wireless signals into inbound symbol streams. The processing module converts the inbound symbol streams into the receive radiation pattern in accordance with the multiple antenna constellation mapping protocol and converts the receive radiation pattern into inbound data in accordance with the multiple antenna constellation mapping protocol. | 01-10-2013 |
20130052970 | RF TRANSCEIVER FRONT-END - An RF transceiver front-end includes receiver and transmitter front-ends. The receiver front-end includes 1 | 02-28-2013 |
20130072125 | SWITCH FOR TRANSMIT/RECEIVE MODE SELECTION AND ANTENNA POLARIZATION DIVERSITY - A transceiver circuit includes a transmitter to send communication signals and a receiver to receive communication signals sent by other transmitters. The transceiver circuit also includes a switch to connect the transmitter and the receiver to at least one antenna. The switch controls at least two directions of polarization of the at least one antenna. | 03-21-2013 |
20130194159 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPIRAL ANTENNA AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A three-dimensional spiral antenna includes a substrate, a spiral antenna element, and a feed point. The substrate includes a three-dimensional shaped region. The spiral antenna element is supported by and conforms to the three-dimensional shaped region such that the spiral antenna element has an overall shape approximating a three-dimensional shape. The feed point is coupled to a connection point of the spiral antenna element. | 08-01-2013 |
20130249752 | Three-Dimensional Multiple Spiral Antenna and Applications Thereof - A three-dimensional multiple spiral antenna includes a substrate, a plurality of spiral antenna sections, and a feed point module. The substrate has a three-dimensional shaped region and each spiral antenna section is supported by a corresponding section of the three-dimensional shaped region and conforms to the corresponding section of the three-dimensional shaped region such that, collectively, the spiral antenna sections have an overall shape approximating a three-dimensional shape. The feed point module is coupled to a connection point of at least one of the spiral antenna sections. | 09-26-2013 |
20130249760 | Three-Dimensional Antenna Assembly and Applications Thereof - An antenna assembly includes a substrate, a plurality of spiral dipole antenna sections, and a phase array feeder. The substrate has a three-dimensional shaped region. Each of the spiral dipole antenna sections is supported by a corresponding section of the three-dimensional shaped region and conforms to the corresponding section of the three-dimensional shaped region such that, collectively, the plurality of spiral dipole antenna sections has an overall shape approximating a three-dimensional shape. The spiral dipole antenna sections are coupled together in accordance with a coupling configuration for beamforming and/or power combining. The phase array feeder inputs, or outputs, a phase offset representations of a radio frequency (RF) signal from, or to, the spiral dipole antenna sections and converts between the phase offset representations of the RF signal and the RF signal. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252560 | Antenna System with Spiral Antenna Sections and Applications Thereof - An antenna system includes an antenna structure and an antenna interface. The antenna structure includes ‘x’ number of spiral antenna sections. Each spiral antenna section transmits a different phase of ‘x’ phases of an outbound RF signal and receives a different phase of ‘x’ phases of an inbound RF signal. The antenna interface generates the ‘x’ phases of the outbound RF signal by splitting the outbound RF signal into ‘x’ copies and phase shifting each of the ‘x’ copies. The antenna interface also combines the ‘x’ phases of the inbound RF signal to produce the inbound RF signal by phase shifting each of the ‘x’ phases of the inbound RF signal by the respective phase shift and combining the ‘x’ copies. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252561 | 3D Antenna Assembly with Projected AMC and Applications Thereof - An antenna assembly a spiral antenna feed and a programmable circuit. The spiral antenna feed includes a substrate, a spiral antenna element, and a feed point. The substrate has a three-dimensional hyperbolic shaped region, which supports the spiral antenna element such that the spiral antenna element has an overall shape approximating a three-dimensional hyperbolic shape. The feed point is coupled to a connection point of the spiral antenna element. The programmable circuit produces a projected artificial magnetic conductor reflector dish that reflects an inbound RF signal to the spiral antenna feed and reflects an outbound RF signal from the spiral antenna feed. | 09-26-2013 |