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公开(公告)号:US06888504B2
公开(公告)日:2005-05-03
申请号:US10357276
申请日:2003-01-31
申请人: Bing Chiang , Griffin K. Gothard , Christopher A. Snyder , William R. Palmer , Michael J. Lynch , Thomas E. Gorsuch , Kenneth M. Gainey , James A. Proctor, Jr.
发明人: Bing Chiang , Griffin K. Gothard , Christopher A. Snyder , William R. Palmer , Michael J. Lynch , Thomas E. Gorsuch , Kenneth M. Gainey , James A. Proctor, Jr.
摘要: An antenna array that uses at least two passive antennas and one active antenna disposed above a ground plane, but electrically isolated from the ground plane, and a respective resonant strip positioned beneath each passive antenna. The passive antenna elements are positioned about the active element, and each of the at least two passive antenna elements is individually set to a reflective or a transmissive mode to change the characteristics of an input/output beam pattern of the antenna apparatus.
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公开(公告)号:US06774852B2
公开(公告)日:2004-08-10
申请号:US10288256
申请日:2002-11-04
IPC分类号: H01Q138
CPC分类号: H01Q1/08 , H01Q1/084 , H01Q1/085 , H01Q1/241 , H01Q1/242 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q3/01 , H01Q3/20 , H01Q3/24 , H01Q3/26 , H01Q19/32 , H01Q21/061 , H01Q21/20
摘要: An antenna array formed on a deformable dielectric material or substrate includes a center element and plurality of radial elements extending from a center hub. In the operative mode, the radial elements are folded upwardly into an approximately vertical position, with the center element at the center of the hub and the radial elements circumferentially surrounding the center element. In one embodiment the center element serves an active element of the antenna array and the radial elements are controllable in a directive or reflective state to effect a directive beam pattern from the antenna array. When not in use, the antenna elements are deformed into a plane and can therefore be integrated into a housing for compact storage. In a phased array embodiment, the center element is absent and the plurality of radial elements, are controllable to steer the antenna beam.
摘要翻译: 形成在可变形电介质材料或衬底上的天线阵列包括中心元件和从中心毂延伸的多个径向元件。 在操作模式中,径向元件向上折叠成大致垂直的位置,中心元件位于毂的中心,而径向元件周向围绕中心元件。 在一个实施例中,中心元件用于天线阵列的有源元件,并且径向元件可以以指示或反射状态控制,以实现来自天线阵列的指向波束图案。 当不使用时,天线元件变形成平面,因此可以集成到壳体中以进行紧凑的存储。 在相控阵实施例中,中心元件不存在并且多个径向元件是可控的以引导天线波束。
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公开(公告)号:US06606057B2
公开(公告)日:2003-08-12
申请号:US09845133
申请日:2001-04-30
IPC分类号: H01Q302
摘要: An antenna array having a central active element and a plurality of passive elements surrounding the active element is disclosed. A dielectric substrate or other slow wave structure is disposed radially outwardly from the passive elements for slowing the radio frequency waves so as to increase the antenna directivity by reducing the amount of energy radiated in the elevation direction.
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公开(公告)号:US06417806B1
公开(公告)日:2002-07-09
申请号:US09773251
申请日:2001-01-31
IPC分类号: H01Q138
摘要: A monopole antenna for use with a mobile subscriber unit in a wireless network communications system. The antenna includes a radiating element located near a feed point to minimize transmission delay from the feed point to the element, and a ground patch located above the element to force the beam peak down towards the horizon. The antenna is fabricated with printed circuit board (PCB) photo-etching techniques for precise control of the printed structure. The monopole antenna includes a planar substrate made of dielectric material. A conductive planar element is layered on one side of the substrate, and a conductive planar ground patch is layered on the other side of the substrate. The conductive planar element is located in a lower region of the substrate, while the location of the conductive planar ground patch is offset from the conductive planar element in an upper region of the substrate, that is, the ground patch is stacked above the conductive planar element. The feed point is typically connected to a transmission line for transmitting signals to and receiving signals from the antenna. A strip is connected to the conductive planar ground patch and extends from the patch to a bottom edge of the substrate for coupling the ground patch to a ground plane upon which the antenna is mounted.
摘要翻译: 用于与无线网络通信系统中的移动用户单元一起使用的单极天线。 天线包括位于馈电点附近的辐射元件,以最小化从馈电点到元件的传输延迟,以及位于元件上方的地面贴片,以迫使光束峰值朝向水平线向下。 天线采用印刷电路板(PCB)光蚀刻技术制造,用于精确控制印刷结构。 单极天线包括由介电材料制成的平面基板。 导电平面元件层叠在基板的一侧上,并且导电平面接地片层叠在基片的另一侧上。 导电平面元件位于衬底的下部区域中,而导电平面接地片的位置偏离衬底的上部区域中的导电平面元件,即,接地片堆叠在导电平面上方 元件。 馈电点通常连接到用于向天线发送信号并从天线接收信号的传输线。 条带连接到导电平面接地片,并从贴片延伸到衬底的底部边缘,用于将接地片耦合到安装天线的接地平面上。
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公开(公告)号:US06369770B1
公开(公告)日:2002-04-09
申请号:US09773254
申请日:2001-01-31
IPC分类号: H01Q2100
CPC分类号: H01Q3/446 , H01Q19/32 , H01Q21/062
摘要: An antenna array for use with a mobile subscriber unit in a wireless network communications system. The invention utilizes a multiplicity of resonant strips provided within the ground plane. These strips couple to an equal multiplicity of monopole array elements located on top of the ground plane. This approach increases antenna gain by more efficiently utilizing the available ground plane area. Additionally, since the active element is on top of the ground plane, the antenna array sensitivity is decreased because the direct coupling between the antenna and external environmental factors is minimized. The multiplicity of antenna elements are electrically isolated from the ground plane. Each antenna element has a bottom end located proximal to the ground plane, and is aligned along a respective antenna axis that is substantially perpendicular to the top side. Each resonant strip has a top end electrically connected to the ground plane and a bottom end spaced apart from a bottom side of the ground plane, and is aligned along the antenna axis of a corresponding antenna element. The multiplicity of antenna elements and the multiplicity of resonant strips are equally spaced about the perimeter of the ground plane, and the combination of each antenna element with a respective resonant strip provides a unbalanced dipole antenna element so that the multiplicity of dipole antenna elements form a composite beam which may be positionally directed along a horizon that is substantially parallel to the ground plane.
摘要翻译: 一种与无线网络通信系统中的移动用户单元一起使用的天线阵列。 本发明利用设置在接地平面内的多个共振条。 这些条耦合到位于接地平面顶部的相等多个单极子阵列元件。 该方法通过更有效地利用可用的接地平面区域来增加天线增益。 另外,由于有源元件位于接地层的顶部,所以由于天线与外部环境因素之间的直接耦合被最小化,天线阵列灵敏度降低。 多个天线元件与接地平面电隔离。 每个天线元件具有位于接地平面附近的底端,并且沿着基本上垂直于顶侧的相应天线轴对齐。 每个谐振条具有电连接到接地平面的顶端和与接地平面的底侧间隔开的底端,并且沿对应的天线元件的天线轴对齐。 多个天线元件和多个谐振带在接地平面的周边等距隔开,并且每个天线元件与相应的谐振条的组合提供了一个非平衡偶极子天线元件,使得多个偶极天线元件形成一个 复合梁可以沿着基本上平行于接地平面的水平线定位。
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公开(公告)号:US07528789B2
公开(公告)日:2009-05-05
申请号:US11800949
申请日:2007-05-08
申请人: Griffin K. Gothard , Alton S. Keel, Jr. , Christopher A. Snyder , Bing Chiang , Joe T. Richeson , Douglas H. Wood , James A. Proctor, Jr. , Kenneth M. Gainey
发明人: Griffin K. Gothard , Alton S. Keel, Jr. , Christopher A. Snyder , Bing Chiang , Joe T. Richeson , Douglas H. Wood , James A. Proctor, Jr. , Kenneth M. Gainey
IPC分类号: H01Q19/10
CPC分类号: H01Q19/32 , H01Q1/241 , H01Q1/246 , H01Q3/2605 , H01Q3/2611 , H01Q3/446 , H01Q19/26
摘要: An antenna apparatus, which can increase capacity in a cellular communication system or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), such as an 802.11 network, operates in conjunction with a mobile subscriber unit or client station. At least one antenna element is active and located within multiple passive antenna elements. The passive antenna elements are coupled to selectable impedance components for phase control of re-radiated RF signals. Various techniques for determining the phase of each antenna element are supported to enable the antenna apparatus to direct an antenna beam pattern toward a base station or access point with maximum gain, and, consequently, maximum signal-to-noise ratio. By directionally receiving and transmitting signals, multipath fading is greatly reduced as well as intercell interference.
摘要翻译: 可以增加诸如802.11网络的蜂窝通信系统或无线局域网(WLAN)中的容量的天线装置与移动用户单元或客户端一起操作。 至少一个天线元件是有源的并且位于多个无源天线元件内。 无源天线元件耦合到可选择的阻抗分量,用于再辐射RF信号的相位控制。 支持用于确定每个天线元件的相位的各种技术,以使得天线装置能够将天线波束图案引导到具有最大增益的基站或接入点,并因此导致最大的信噪比。 通过定向接收和发送信号,多径衰落大大降低以及小区间干扰。
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公开(公告)号:US07463201B2
公开(公告)日:2008-12-09
申请号:US11706544
申请日:2007-02-13
申请人: Bing Chiang , Griffin K. Gothard , Christopher A. Snyder , William R. Palmer , Michael J. Lynch , Thomas E. Gorsuch , Kenneth M. Gainey , James A. Proctor
发明人: Bing Chiang , Griffin K. Gothard , Christopher A. Snyder , William R. Palmer , Michael J. Lynch , Thomas E. Gorsuch , Kenneth M. Gainey , James A. Proctor
IPC分类号: H01Q1/24
摘要: A wireless handset including an antenna array. The antenna array includes an active antenna element and two passive antenna elements. The active and passive antenna elements are arranged to form a triangle with a vertex. The vertex includes a vertex angle and the active antenna element is disposed at the vertex. The vertex angle is between 90 degrees and 180 degrees.
摘要翻译: 一种包括天线阵列的无线手机。 天线阵列包括有源天线元件和两个无源天线元件。 有源和无源天线元件被布置成形成具有顶点的三角形。 顶点包括顶角,有源天线元件设置在顶点处。 顶角在90度和180度之间。
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公开(公告)号:US07046202B2
公开(公告)日:2006-05-16
申请号:US10903475
申请日:2004-07-30
CPC分类号: H01Q1/08 , H01Q1/084 , H01Q1/085 , H01Q1/241 , H01Q1/242 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q3/01 , H01Q3/20 , H01Q3/24 , H01Q3/26 , H01Q19/32 , H01Q21/061 , H01Q21/20
摘要: An antenna array includes a dielectric substrate comprising an integral center hub including a pivotal center section therein, and a pivotal wings extending radially from the integral center hub. An active antenna element is on the pivotal center section of the integral center hub, and passive antenna elements are on the pivotal wings. The active antenna element and the passive antenna elements are pivotal between a stored position and an operational position. The active antenna element and the passive antenna elements are substantially planar when in the stored position, and are substantially perpendicular to the integral center hub when in the operational position.
摘要翻译: 天线阵列包括电介质基片,该电介质基片包括其中包括枢转中心部分的整体式中心毂和从整体式中心毂径向延伸的枢转翼。 有源天线元件在整体式中心集线器的枢转中心部分上,无源天线元件位于枢转翼上。 有源天线元件和无源天线元件在存储位置和操作位置之间枢转。 有源天线元件和无源天线元件在处于存储位置时基本上是平面的,并且在处于操作位置时基本上垂直于整体式中心毂。
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公开(公告)号:US06989797B2
公开(公告)日:2006-01-24
申请号:US10744912
申请日:2003-12-23
申请人: Griffin K. Gothard , Alton S. Keel, Jr. , Christopher A. Snyder , Bing Chiang , Joe T. Richeson , Douglas H. Wood , James A. Proctor, Jr. , Kenneth M. Gainey
发明人: Griffin K. Gothard , Alton S. Keel, Jr. , Christopher A. Snyder , Bing Chiang , Joe T. Richeson , Douglas H. Wood , James A. Proctor, Jr. , Kenneth M. Gainey
IPC分类号: H01Q19/10
CPC分类号: H01Q19/32 , H01Q1/241 , H01Q1/246 , H01Q3/2605 , H01Q3/2611 , H01Q3/446 , H01Q19/26
摘要: An antenna apparatus, which can increase capacity in a cellular communication system or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), such as an 802.11 network, operates in conjunction with a mobile subscriber unit or client station. At least one antenna element is active and located within multiple passive antenna elements. The passive antenna elements are coupled to selectable impedance components for phase control of re-radiated RF signals. Various techniques for determining the phase of each antenna element are supported to enable the antenna apparatus to direct an antenna beam pattern toward a base station or access point with maximum gain, and, consequently, maximum signal-to-noise ratio. By directionally receiving and transmitting signals, multipath fading is greatly reduced as well as intercell interference.
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公开(公告)号:US06480157B1
公开(公告)日:2002-11-12
申请号:US09861296
申请日:2001-05-18
IPC分类号: H01Q138
CPC分类号: H01Q9/28 , H01Q1/08 , H01Q1/241 , H01Q3/46 , H01Q19/30 , H01Q21/062 , H01Q21/205
摘要: A foldable antenna includes a plurality of passive elements radially spaced apart from a center active element. The radial passive elements are joined to the active element to create a deformable union. In this way, the surrounding passive elements can be folded toward the midplane of the antenna array to create a relatively compact stored configuration.
摘要翻译: 可折叠天线包括与中心有源元件径向间隔开的多个无源元件。 径向无源元件连接到有源元件以产生可变形的接头。 以这种方式,可以将周围的无源元件朝向天线阵列的中平面折叠以产生相对紧凑的存储配置。
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