Abstract:
An apparatus comprising: a first antenna having a first end configured to couple to a first port and a second end configured to couple to a second port, the first antenna extending between the first end and the second end and having a mid-point substantially halfway between the first end and the second end, the first antenna being configured to have a first electrical length and resonate in a first operational resonant frequency band; a second antenna extending from the first antenna at a position between one of the first end and the second end and the mid-point of the first antenna, the second antenna being configured to have a second electrical length and resonate in a second operational resonant frequency band; and a third antenna extending from the first antenna at position between one of the first end and the second end and the mid-point of the first antenna, the third antenna being configured to have a third electrical length and resonate in a third operational resonant frequency band.
Abstract:
A resonant monopole slot antenna (1) comprising a ground plane, having a radiating slot which is dimensioned such that the slot is equivalent electromagnetically to an odd number of quarter wavelengths at the antenna's operating frequency, wherein the antenna's feed (3) is arranged at the open end of the radiating slot.
Abstract:
A parasitic antenna comprising: a first portion having a first length; a second portion having a second length, different to the first length; and wherein the second portion includes a folded part which orients a part of the second portion substantially towards the first portion.
Abstract:
An antenna having a first resonant mode and a second resonant mode and comprising an antenna element, the antenna element comprising: a first portion; a second portion; and at least one bend between the first portion and the second portion, wherein a first part of the first portion opposes a second part of the second portion across a narrow gap and, in use, a maximum of current density for the second resonant mode is at or adjacent each of the first part of the first portion and the second part of the second portion.
Abstract:
An internal antenna element for a radio transceiver comprising a planar portion and a feeding structure. The feeding structure includes a feed line strip, a ground line strip, and a bridge which joins the feed line strip to the ground strip.
Abstract:
A method of independently modifying the 1 / 4 and/or the 3 / 4 wavelength resonant frequency in an open-ended slotted PIFA antenna, an open-ended slotted PIFA antenna comprising an antenna feed (109, 110) and an antenna ground wherein the antenna ground is associated with the antenna short-circuit end, and an open-ended slot having an open-end associated with the antenna open-circuit end (108), and wherein the antenna ground and the slot (104) are mutually arranged to provide operational variations in the current density between the open and short circuit ends of the antenna and around the perimeter of the slot, and an operational mean current path length between the open and short circuit ends of the antenna and around the perimeter of the open-ended slot, the mean current path length determining the 1 / 4 and 3 / 4 wavelength resonant frequencies for the open-ended slotted PIFA antenna, the method comprising determining operational variations in current density around the perimeter of a pre-modified open-ended slotted PIFA antenna and modifying the mean current path length around the perimeter of the pre-modified open-ended slot in regions of comparatively high current density.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprising: a first antenna connected to a feed point; and a second antenna including a first portion connected to a first ground point and a second portion connected to a second ground point and having a loop structure between the first portion and the second portion, the first antenna and the second antenna being configured to electromagnetically couple and operate in a first frequency band.
Abstract:
An antenna structure comprising: a first port; a second port; and a single radiator connected to both the first and second ports, the single radiator being operable to simultaneously transceive in: a symmetrical excited mode in which current flows symmetrically through the single radiator to or from the first port, thereby causing the single radiator to resonate at a first resonant frequency; and an asymmetrical excited mode in which current flows asymmetrically through the single radiator to or from the second port, thereby causing the single radiator to resonate at a second resonant frequency.
Abstract:
An antenna structure comprising: a first signal connector; a second signal connector; a cavity antenna defined by a set of planar walls, the cavity antenna being coupled to the first signal connector and configured for emitting a field polarized linearly in a first direction when driven by a signal at the first signal connector; a dipole antenna defined by a pair of arms that are integrated with a wall of the cavity antenna, the dipole antenna being coupled to the second signal connector and configured for emitting a field polarized linearly in a second direction offset from the first direction when driven by a signal at the second signal connector.