Abstract:
In a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system, an apparatus and method includes a Tightly Coupled Array antennas (TCA) or Current Sheet Antennas (CSA). Far-field radiation patterns from any current sheet antenna are formed from the combination of the fields generated by a set of currents on the CSA of array port orthogonal modes, such as the Characteristic Modes (CM). The CM currents are generated by excitation of the CSA element ports with corresponding orthogonal voltages or currents (eigenvectors). Since the radiation patterns of the characteristic modes are orthogonal and uncorrelated, multiple signals may be propagated along the radiation patterns of the characteristic modes, each signal using a different characteristic mode or a different set of characteristic modes. Therefore, a CSA antenna utilizing array port orthogonal modes such as array port characteristic modes can support MIMO communications despite the strong mutual coupling among the antenna elements.
Abstract:
Disclosed are novel mesogenic compounds, liquid crystal compositions (liquid-crystalline media) comprising them and suitable for high-frequency technology, and high-frequency devices using them, such as phase shifters, antennas, tunable filters, switching devices, e.g. operated in the microwave region, to a process for preparing the compositions. The liquid crystal compositions have high optical anisotropy, a positive dielectric anisotropy and a wide temperature range of nematic phases.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a lens having a plurality of layers of conductive elements and a plurality of layers of dielectric. Each of the layers of dielectric is disposed between and in contact with two of the layers of conductive elements. Different layers of conductive elements can include different numbers of conductive elements. The layers of conductive elements and the layers of dielectric can form a Cauer/Elliptic frequency selective surface. The lens could include only three layers of conductive elements and only two layers of dielectric, where the lens is a mixed-order frequency selective surface with a middle layer of conductive elements having fewer conductive elements than outer layers of conductive elements. A size of the conductive elements in at least one of the layers of conductive elements could vary as distance from a center of the lens increases.
Abstract:
An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate and a second plate; and a first antenna structure. The first antenna structure includes a board disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The board includes a first surface facing the first plate, a second surface facing the second plate, a plurality of insulating layers stacked on top of each other between the first surface and the second surface, a first conductive layer disposed on the first surface, a second conductive layer disposed on the second surface, a plurality of strips disposed between the plurality of insulating layers, and a plurality of vias connecting at least one or more of the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, or the plurality of strips to each other and disposed in the plurality of insulating layers. The electronic device further includes a first conductive structure, a second conductive structure, a third conductive structure, and a fourth conductive structure formed as part of the plurality of strips and the plurality of vias; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to at least one of the vias and configured to transmit or receive at least one signal having a frequency of 3 GHz to 100 GHz.
Abstract:
The disclosure provides an electronic device comprising an antenna module and a wireless communication circuit. The antenna module comprises: a printed circuit board comprising a first surface extending in a first direction and a second surface extending in a second direction opposite the first direction; a first area comprising a first antenna array; a second area comprising a second antenna array and at least partially overlapping the first area; a third area comprising a third antenna array and not overlapping the first area; a fourth area comprising a fourth antenna array and at least partially overlapping the third area; and a ground layer. The wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to the plurality of antenna arrays and transmits and/or receives a signal having a frequency in a range of about 3 GHz to 100 GHz.
Abstract:
An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a housing and an antenna module disposed on one surface of the housing, wherein the antenna module may include a printed circuit board including a first layer facing the one surface of the housing, a second layer facing the first layer, and at least one ground layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, a first antenna array disposed on the first layer, a second antenna array disposed on the second layer and at least partially overlapping the first antenna array when viewed from the one surface of the housing, and a communication circuit (radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)) electrically connected to the first antenna array and the second antenna array and feeding the first antenna array and the second antenna array, wherein the communication circuit may be configured to receive a first signal from an external device via at least one of the first antenna array or the second antenna array, change a phase of at least a portion of the first antenna array and the second antenna array based on the first signal, and transmit/receive a second signal in a direction of a beam formed by the changed phase. Other various embodiments could be derived from the description.
Abstract:
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a first plate including a first planar region facing a first direction; a second plate comprising a second planar region facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a housing including a side member surrounding an inner space between the first plate and the second plate; a display disposed between the first plate and the second plate and viewed through the first plate; and an antenna module disposed between the display and the second plate and configured to emit electromagnetic waves to the outside of the housing. The antenna module comprises: an antenna substrate including a first surface facing the first plate, a second surface facing the second plate, and a third surface facing the inner surface of the side member; and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the first surface of the antenna substrate. The antenna substrate comprises: a first antenna adjacent to the first surface or formed on the first surface; a second antenna adjacent to the second surface or formed on the second surface; and a third antenna formed between the first antenna and the second antenna. The first antenna is formed at a first distance from the third surface, the second antenna is formed at a second distance from the third surface, and the third antenna may be formed at a third distance that is greater than the first distance and the second distance from the third surface. Various other embodiments inferred from the present specification are also possible.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing. The housing includes a first plate that is directed outward in a first direction, a second plate that is directed outward in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member that surrounds a space between the first and second plates. The electronic device further includes a first antenna structure located in the space, wherein the first antenna structure includes a first conductive structure including a first conductive layer, which is substantially parallel to the second plate and includes a first edge extending in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and a first notch portion disposed at the first edge, and a first conductive wall, which is substantially perpendicular to the first conductive layer and includes a second notch portion extending from the first edge and connected to the first notch portion. The electronic device further includes a second conductive structure located in the first notch portion and electrically isolated from the first conductive structure; and a third conductive structure located between the first conductive layer and the first plate and electrically isolated from the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure. The third conductive structure includes a second conductive layer facing the first conductive layer and having a quadrilateral shape, the second conductive layer including a second edge extending parallel to the first edge, a third edge extending perpendicular to the second edge, a fourth edge extending parallel to the third edge, and a fifth edge extending parallel to the second edge, wherein a distance to the fifth edge from the first conductive wall is shorter than a distance to the second edge from the first conductive wall, a second conductive wall facing the first conductive wall and extending from the second edge, a third conductive wall connected to the third edge and the second conductive wall and perpendicular to the second conductive layer and the second conductive wall, and a fourth conductive wall connected to the fourth edge and the second conductive wall and perpendicular to the second conductive layer and the second conductive wall. The electronic device further includes a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the second conductive structure and configured to transmit or receive a signal having a frequency of 3 GHz to 100 GHz.
Abstract:
In a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system, an apparatus and method includes a Tightly Coupled Array antennas (TCA) or Current Sheet Antennas (CSA). Far-field radiation patterns from any current sheet antenna are formed from the combination of the fields generated by a set of currents on the CSA of array port orthogonal modes, such as the Characteristic Modes (CM). The CM currents are generated by excitation of the CSA element ports with corresponding orthogonal voltages or currents (eigenvectors). Since the radiation patterns of the characteristic modes are orthogonal and uncorrelated, multiple signals may be propagated along the radiation patterns of the characteristic modes, each signal using a different characteristic mode or a different set of characteristic modes. Therefore, a CSA antenna utilizing array port orthogonal modes such as array port characteristic modes can support MIMO communications despite the strong mutual coupling among the antenna elements.