Pinyon Technologies, Inc.

Airwire Technologies

International Game Technology

Forrest D Wolf

Forrest James Brown

Claude Jean Michel Laurent

Jack Harry Sala

Debashis Bagchi

Jon N Bengston

Robert E Davids

An antenna includes a dielectric material having a first side opposite a second side, and a conductive via therein. A first planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material and has at least one closed slot therein, and an electrical connection to the conductive via. A second planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material. Each of the first and second planar conducting elements is positioned adjacent a gap that electrically isolates the first planar conducting element from the second planar conducting element. An electrical microstrip feed line is on the second side of the dielectric material, is electrically connected to the conductive via, and has a route extending from the conductive via, to across the gap, to under the second planar conducting element. The second planar conducting element provides a reference plane for the electrical microstrip feed line.

Antenna having planar conducting elements, one of which has a slot

An antenna includes a dielectric material having i) a first side opposite a second side, and ii) a conductive via therein. A first planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material and has an electrical connection to the conductive via. A second planar conducting element is also on the first side of the dielectric material. A gap electrically isolates the first and second planar conducting elements from each other. An electrical microstrip feed line on the second side of the dielectric material electrically connects to the conductive via and has a route that extends from the conductive via, to across the gap, to under the second planar conducting element. The first planar conducting element has a plurality of electromagnetic radiators, each having dimensions that cause it to resonate over a range of frequencies that differs from a range of frequencies over which an adjacent radiator resonates. At least first and second of the radiators bound an open slot in the first planar conducting element. The open slot has an orientation perpendicular to the gap.

Antenna having planar conducting elements, one of which has a plurality of electromagnetic radiators and an open slot

In one embodiment, an antenna includes a dielectric material and a planar conducting element. The dielectric material has a first side opposite a second side, with the planar conducting element residing on the first side. The planar conducting element defines a conductive path between first and second end portions of the planar conducting element, which end portions are separated by a non-conductive gap. In another embodiment, an antenna has a planar conducting element defining a conductive path between first and second end portions of the planar conducting element. The planar conducting element has at least two different widths transverse to the conductive path. The first and second end portions of the planar conducting element are separated by a non-conductive gap.

Antenna having a planar conducting element with first and second end portions separated by a non-conductive gap

An antenna includes a dielectric material having i) a first side opposite a second side, and ii) a conductive via therein. A first planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material and has an electrical connection to the conductive via. A second planar conducting element is also on the first side of the dielectric material. A gap electrically isolates the first and second planar conducting elements from each other. An electrical microstrip feed line on the second side of the dielectric material electrically connects to the conductive via and has a route that extends from the conductive via, to across the gap, to under the second planar conducting element. The first planar conducting element has a plurality of electromagnetic radiators, each having dimensions that cause it to resonate over a range of frequencies that differs from a range of frequencies over which an adjacent radiator resonates. At least first and second of the radiators bound an open slot in the first planar conducting element.

A high gain, phased array antenna includes a conducting sheet having a number of one or more slots defined therein. For each slot, an electrical microstrip feed line is electronically coupled with a corresponding slot to form a magnetically-coupled LC resonance element. A main feed line couples with the one or more microstrip feed lines. At least one slot and/or microstrip feed line includes at least one segment with greater width than other segments.

Antenna

In one embodiment, a meander slot antenna includes a conducting sheet having a meander slot defined therein. The meander slot has a closed area defined by the conducting sheet. An electrical microstrip feed line crosses the meander slot. The electrical microstrip feed line and meander slot provide a magnetically coupled LC resonance element. A dielectric material has at least one conductive via therein. The at least one conductive via electrically connects the electrical microstrip feed line and the conducting sheet at a side of the meander slot. The dielectric material otherwise separates the conducting sheet from the electrical microstrip feed line. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Slot antennas, including meander slot antennas, and use of same in current fed and phased array configuration

Antenna enclosure

High gain steerable phased-array antenna

A high gain, steerable phased array antenna includes multiple oblong slots. For each of the oblong and preferably rectangular slots, an electrical microstrip feed line is disposed within a parallel plane to the slot, and extends in the short dimension of the slot across the center of its long dimension. The microstrip feed lines and corresponding oblong slots form magnetically coupled LC resonance elements. A main feed line couples with the microstrip feed lines. Delay circuitry is used to electronically steer the antenna by selectively changing signal phases on the microstrip feed lines. One or more processors operating based on program code continuously or periodically determine a preferred signal direction and control the delay circuitry to steer the antenna in the preferred direction. The preferred signal direction is determined based on a directional throughput determination.

A game machine is provided which comprises a display device, a processor connected to the display device and a user input device connected to the processor. The processor is programmed to generate images of playing cards moving from a point on the display device toward a plurality of card hand locations displayed on the display device. To play a card game such as poker on the game machine, a player uses the user input device to select a moving card and direct its movement toward a selected card position in a selected one of the card hand locations. If the player does not select and direct a moving card before a predetermined period of time elapses (e.g., as determined by the time required for a card to travel a predetermined distance), the processor automatically places the card in one of the card hand locations.

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Forrest D Wolf