公开(公告)号：US20060082501A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-20

申请号：US11026293

申请日：2004-12-30

申请人： Bing Chiang

发明人： Bing Chiang

IPC分类号： G01S5/04

CPC分类号： G01S3/48

摘要： A method and apparatus for direction-finding in elevation using only phase comparison of the received signals are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a vertical linear array, a combiner and a comparator. The vertical antenna array comprises a plurality of antennas and detects signals from a signal source. The combiner combines the detected signals to generate a direction-finding phase signal. The comparator compares the direction-finding phase signal with a phase reference signal derived from a signal received from one of the antennas.

摘要翻译： 公开了仅使用接收信号的相位比较的仰角测向方法和装置。 该装置包括垂直线性阵列，组合器和比较器。 垂直天线阵列包括多个天线并且检测来自信号源的信号。 组合器组合检测到的信号以产生测向相位信号。 比较器将求取相位信号与从从天线之一接收的信号导出的相位参考信号进行比较。

公开(公告)号：US20060022889A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-02

申请号：US11190725

申请日：2005-07-27

申请人： Bing Chiang ,  Joseph Richeson ,  Dee Richeson

发明人： Bing Chiang ,  Joseph Richeson ,  Dee Richeson

IPC分类号： H01Q19/00

CPC分类号： H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/242 ,  H01Q9/36

摘要： A smart antenna includes a ground plane, an active antenna element adjacent the ground plane and having a radio frequency (RF) input associated therewith, and passive antenna elements adjacent the ground plane. Impedance elements are connected to the ground plane and are selectively connectable to the passive antenna elements for antenna beam steering. Tuning elements are adjacent the passive antenna elements for tuning thereof so that an input impedance of the RF input of the active antenna element remains relatively constant during the antenna beam steering.

摘要翻译： 智能天线包括接地平面，与接地平面相邻的有源天线元件，并具有与之相关联的射频（RF）输入，以及与地平面相邻的无源天线元件。 阻抗元件连接到接地平面，并且可选择性地连接到用于天线波束转向的无源天线元件。 调谐元件与无源天线元件相邻，用于调谐，使得有源天线元件的RF输入的输入阻抗在天线波束转向期间保持相对恒定。

公开(公告)号：US20050190115A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-01

申请号：US11102984

申请日：2005-04-11

申请人： Bing Chiang ,  Griffin Gothard ,  Christopher Snyder ,  William Palmer ,  Michael Lynch ,  Thomas Gorsuch ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor

发明人： Bing Chiang ,  Griffin Gothard ,  Christopher Snyder ,  William Palmer ,  Michael Lynch ,  Thomas Gorsuch ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor

IPC分类号： H01Q3/44 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q9/30 ,  H01Q19/32 ,  H01Q19/00

CPC分类号： H01Q3/446 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q9/16 ,  H01Q9/30 ,  H01Q19/30 ,  H01Q19/32

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.

摘要翻译： 一种天线阵列，其使用至少两个无源天线和一个设置在接地平面上方但与接地平面电隔离的有源天线以及位于每个无源天线之下的相应的谐振条。 无源天线元件围绕有源元件定位，并且至少两个无源天线元件中的每一个单独设置为反射或透射模式，以改变天线装置的输入/输出波束图案的特性。

公开(公告)号：US20050174298A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-11

申请号：US11101914

申请日：2005-04-08

申请人： Bing Chiang ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor ,  Antoine Rouphael ,  Griffin Gothard ,  Michael Lynch

发明人： Bing Chiang ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor ,  Antoine Rouphael ,  Griffin Gothard ,  Michael Lynch

IPC分类号： H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q3/44 ,  H01Q9/16 ,  H01Q19/26 ,  H01Q19/32 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q21/08 ,  H01Q21/20 ,  H01Q21/29 ,  H01Q3/22

CPC分类号： H01Q3/2641 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/2258 ,  H01Q9/16 ,  H01Q19/26 ,  H01Q19/32 ,  H01Q21/08 ,  H01Q21/20 ,  H01Q21/29

摘要： An antenna assembly includes at least two active or main radiating omni-directional antenna elements arranged with at least one beam control or passive antenna element used as a reflector. The beam control antenna element(s) may have multiple reactance elements that can electrically terminate it to adjust the input or output beam pattern(s) produced by the combination of the active antenna elements and the beam control antenna element(s). More specifically, the beam control antenna element(s) may be coupled to different terminating reactances to change beam characteristics, such as the directivity and angular beamwidth. Processing may be employed to select which terminating reactance to use. Consequently, the radiator pattern of the antenna can be more easily directed towards a specific target receiver/transmitter, reduce signal-to-noise interference levels, and/or increase gain. A Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) processing technique may be employed to operate the antenna assembly with simultaneous beam patterns.

摘要翻译： 天线组件包括至少两个有源或主辐射全向天线元件，其布置有用作反射器的至少一个光束控制或无源天线元件。 波束控制天线元件可以具有多个电抗元件，其可以电气端接它，以调节由有源天线元件和波束控制天线元件的组合产生的输入或输出波束图案。 更具体地，波束控制天线元件可以耦合到不同的终止电抗以改变诸如方向性和角波束宽度的波束特性。 可以使用处理来选择要使用的终止电抗。 因此，天线的辐射器图案可以更容易地指向特定的目标接收器/发射器，降低信噪比干扰电平和/或增加增益。 可以采用多输入多输出（MIMO）处理技术来操作具有同时波束图案的天线组件。

公开(公告)号：US20050156797A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-21

申请号：US11079811

申请日：2005-03-14

申请人： Bing Chiang ,  Christopher Snyder ,  Griffin Gothard ,  David Jorgenson

发明人： Bing Chiang ,  Christopher Snyder ,  Griffin Gothard ,  David Jorgenson

IPC分类号： H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q3/24 ,  H01Q3/44 ,  H01Q19/32 ,  H04B1/38 ,  H04B7/10

CPC分类号： H01Q1/242 ,  H01Q1/245 ,  H01Q3/24 ,  H01Q3/44 ,  H01Q9/16 ,  H01Q9/30 ,  H01Q19/30 ,  H01Q19/32

摘要： A mobile communication handset includes at least one passive antenna element and an active antenna element adjacent to the passive antenna elements protruding from a housing. The active element is coupled to electronic radio communication circuits and the passive antenna elements are coupled to circuit elements that affect the directivity of communication signals coupled to the antenna elements.

公开(公告)号：US20050035910A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-17

申请号：US10889662

申请日：2004-07-12

申请人： Bing Chiang ,  William Palmer ,  Griffin Gothard ,  Christopher Snyder

发明人： Bing Chiang ,  William Palmer ,  Griffin Gothard ,  Christopher Snyder

IPC分类号： H01Q1/08 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q3/44 ,  H01Q3/46 ,  H01Q9/28 ,  H01Q9/38 ,  H01Q19/28 ,  H01Q19/30 ,  H01Q19/32 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q21/20 ,  H01Q1/38

CPC分类号： H01Q9/28 ,  H01Q1/08 ,  H01Q1/241 ,  H01Q3/446 ,  H01Q3/46 ,  H01Q9/285 ,  H01Q9/38 ,  H01Q19/28 ,  H01Q19/30 ,  H01Q19/32 ,  H01Q21/062 ,  H01Q21/205

摘要： A directional antenna having a number, N, of outlying monopole antenna elements. These monopole elements are formed as a first upper conductive segment on a portion of a dielectric substrate. The array also includes the same number, N, of image elements. The image elements are formed as a second set of lower conductive segments on the same substrate as the upper conductive segments. The image elements, generally having the same length and shape as the monopole elements, are connected to a ground reference potential. To complete the array, an active antenna element is also disposed on the same substrate, adjacent to at least one of the monopole elements. In a preferred arrangement, the passive monopole elements and corresponding image elements are selectively connected to operate to in either a reflective or directive mode, such as via a switchable coupling circuit that selectively changes the impedances connected between them.

摘要翻译： 具有N个外围单极天线元件的定向天线。 这些单极元件形成为介电基片的一部分上的第一上导电段。 该阵列还包括相同数量的N个图像元素。 图像元件形成为与上导电段相同的衬底上的第二组下导电段。 通常具有与单极元件相同的长度和形状的图像元件连接到接地参考电位。 为了完成阵列，有源天线元件也设置在与至少一个单极元件相邻的同一衬底上。 在优选的布置中，无源单极子元件和对应的图像元件被选择性地连接以在反射或指向模式中操作，诸如经由可选择的耦合电路，其选择性地改变它们之间连接的阻抗。

公开(公告)号：US5952982A

公开(公告)日：1999-09-14

申请号：US941837

申请日：1997-10-01

申请人： David C. Jorgenson ,  Bing Chiang

发明人： David C. Jorgenson ,  Bing Chiang

IPC分类号： H01Q11/10 ,  H01R11/10

CPC分类号： H01Q11/10

摘要： A wideband circularly polarized antenna comprises a crossed-element spatial quadrature arrangement of log-periodic antenna elements. The orientation of one of the antenna arms of each diametrically opposed pair of arms is reversed from four port rose configuration, so that the antenna arms of each of the two pairs of elements have mutual mirror symmetry. As a result, each pair of antennal arms may be fed by phase quadrature ports of the same ninety degree hybrid, thereby significantly reducing the complexity of the feed network.

摘要翻译： 宽带圆极化天线包括对数周期天线元件的交叉元素空间正交排列。 每个直径相对的一对臂的一个天线臂的取向与四端口玫瑰构型相反，使得两对元件中的每一个的天线臂具有相互镜像对称性。 结果，每对触角臂可以由相同的九十度混合的相位正交端口馈送，从而显着降低馈电网络的复杂性。

公开(公告)号：US08576136B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-05

申请号：US13616765

申请日：2012-09-14

申请人： Eduardo Lopez Camacho ,  Bing Chiang ,  Douglas B. Kough ,  Hao Xu

发明人： Eduardo Lopez Camacho ,  Bing Chiang ,  Douglas B. Kough ,  Hao Xu

IPC分类号： H01Q1/24

CPC分类号： G06F1/1698 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  H01Q1/2266 ,  H01Q9/16

摘要： Antennas for electronic devices such as portable computers are provided. An antenna may have a dipole structure in which one antenna element serves as a matching element and another antenna element serves as a radiating element. The antenna elements may be mounted on a substrate. The substrate may be mounted on a support structure that is attached to a grounding plate. The grounding plate may be grounded to a conductive housing portion of a portable computer. The antenna may be mounted within the conductive housing in the vicinity of an opening in the housing. The opening may be a slot opening that is used to accommodate optical disks or other storage media. Radio-frequency signals for the antenna may pass through the opening.

摘要翻译： 提供了诸如便携式计算机之类的电子设备的天线。 天线可以具有偶极结构，其中一个天线元件用作匹配元件，另一个天线元件用作辐射元件。 天线元件可以安装在基板上。 衬底可以安装在附接到接地板的支撑结构上。 接地板可以接地到便携式计算机的导电壳体部分。 天线可以安装在导电壳体内的壳体中的开口附近。 开口可以是用于容纳光盘或其他存储介质的槽口。 天线的射频信号可以通过开口。

公开(公告)号：US08508418B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-13

申请号：US13619614

申请日：2012-09-14

申请人： Douglas B. Kough ,  Gregory A. Springer ,  Bing Chiang ,  Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Hao Xu

发明人： Douglas B. Kough ,  Gregory A. Springer ,  Bing Chiang ,  Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Hao Xu

IPC分类号： H01Q1/24

CPC分类号： H01Q1/2266 ,  H01Q1/244 ,  H01Q13/10

摘要： An electronic device may be provided with a conductive housing. The conductive housing may be formed from a metal. Slots may be formed in the housing. The slots may serve as an antenna and may be fed using an antenna feed structure within the electronic device housing. The electronic device may have a frame to which housing structures are attached and may have a stand or other support structure. The frame may be used to mount a display, to support housing walls, to support clutch barrel structures, etc. The slots may be formed in the frame or in a space between the frame and the housing walls. The slots or other antenna structures may also be formed in the stand. Multiple slots may be used together to support operations in two or more communications bands. There may be multiple dual slot antennas in the electronic device.

摘要翻译： 电子设备可以设置有导电外壳。 导电壳体可以由金属形成。 槽可以形成在壳体中。 时隙可以用作天线，并且可以使用电子设备外壳内的天线馈送结构进行馈送。 电子设备可以具有框架，壳体结构附接到框架，并且可以具有支架或其他支撑结构。 框架可以用于安装显示器，以支撑壳体壁，以支撑离合器桶结构等。槽可以形成在框架中或框架和壳体壁之间的空间中。 槽或其他天线结构也可以形成在支架中。 多个时隙可以一起使用以支持在两个或更多个通信频带中的操作。 电子设备中可能有多个双槽天线。

公开(公告)号：US08441404B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-14

申请号：US11959165

申请日：2007-12-18

申请人： Bing Chiang ,  Gregory Allen Springer ,  Douglas B. Kough ,  Enrique Ayala ,  Matthew Ian McDonald

发明人： Bing Chiang ,  Gregory Allen Springer ,  Douglas B. Kough ,  Enrique Ayala ,  Matthew Ian McDonald

IPC分类号： H01Q13/10

CPC分类号： H01Q13/08 ,  H01Q5/40 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  H01Q21/30

摘要： Electronic devices and antennas for electronic devices are provided. The antennas may have ground plane elements with dielectric-filled openings. The dielectric-filled openings may be configured to form one or more rectangular slots. The antennas may be fed using transmission lines having first and second conductors. The first conductor of a given transmission line may be coupled to the ground plane element on one side of the slots. The second conductor of the transmission line may be coupled to a planar conductive element. The planar conductive element may couple to the ground plane element on the other side of the slots. The slots may be separated by a portion of the ground plane element. The planar conductive element may bridge at least one of the slots and may overlap the portion of the ground plane element that separates the slots without electrically contacting that portion of the ground plane element.

摘要翻译： 提供用于电子设备的电子设备和天线。 天线可具有具有介质填充开口的接地平面元件。 电介质填充的开口可以被配置成形成一个或多个矩形槽。 可以使用具有第一和第二导体的传输线来馈送天线。 给定传输线的第一导体可以在槽的一侧耦合到接地平面元件。 传输线的第二导体可以耦合到平面导电元件。 平面导电元件可以连接到槽的另一侧上的接地平面元件。 槽可以由接地平面元件的一部分分开。 平面导电元件可以桥接至少一个槽，并且可以与分开槽的接地平面元件的部分重叠，而不与接地平面元件的那部分电接触。