Fractus, S.a.

Fractus Antennas, S.l.

Ignion, S.l.

Other

Commscope Technologies LLC

Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya

Jaume Anguera Pros

Carles Puente Baliarda

Aurora Andujar Linares

Jordi Soler Castany

Carmen Borja Borau

Josep Mumbru

Carles Puente

Edouard Jean Louis Rozan

Cristina Picher Planellas

Aurora Andujar

Anthony Teillet

Carmen Borja

Antonio Condes Martinez

Jordi Soler

Ivan Sanz

Norman Toporcer

Alfonso Sanz

José Mumbru Forn

Dillion Kirchhoffer

Dillon Kirchhofer

Antonio Condes

Carles Puente Ballarda

Juan Ignacio Ortigosa Vallejo

Jordi Romeu Robert

Aurora Andújar

Monica Navarro Rodero

Anna Teotino

Dillon Kirchoffer

Carmen Borja Boreau

Carles Puenta Baliarda

Antonio Condes Martínez

Maria-Carmen Borja Borau

Carles Puente Baliarde

Yolanda Cobo

Rosa E Mateos Navarro

A wireless device includes a ground plane layer having a maximum size smaller than half of a longest free-space operating wavelength of the wireless device, a boosting element having a largest dimension smaller than ⅙ times the longest free-space operating wavelength, and a radiofrequency system with a tunable reactive circuit. The tunable reactive circuit includes a switch connected between the boosting element and a transceiver and a bank of fixed matching networks. At least a portion of an orthogonal projection of the boosting element onto a plane containing the ground plane layer overlaps the ground plane layer.

Wireless device

A stand-alone component for a radiating system of a wireless device comprises a dielectric support and first and second surfaces respectively comprising first and a second conductive surface elements spaced by the dielectric support and electrically connected by a conductor. The stand-alone component features a parallelepiped shape, and the first and second surfaces are polygons. The first and second surfaces are the largest surfaces of the parallelepiped component. The stand-alone component has a maximum size smaller than a longest operating wavelength of the stand-alone component divided by 20 and is connected to a radiofrequency system and coupled to a ground plane within the radiating system.

Wireless handheld devices, radiation systems and manufacturing methods

A radiating system comprises a radiating structure, first and second external ports, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure comprises a ground plane layer including a connection point, a single radiation booster including a connection point, and a first internal port defined between the connection points of the single radiation booster and the ground plane layer. The first and second external ports each provide operation in at least one frequency band. The radiofrequency system includes a first port connected to the first internal port of the radiating structure, and second and third ports respectively connected to the first and second external ports.

Antennaless wireless device capable of operation in multiple frequency regions

An apparatus comprises an antenna element operable in multiple frequency bands and configured to be connected to a ground plane and to a radiofrequency system to provide impedance matching at the multiple frequency bands, where the radiofrequency system comprising at least a matching network. A maximum length of the antenna element is shorter than L/12 but longer than L/22, where L is the free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency related to a lowest frequency region of operation of the antenna element. A contour of the antenna element has a complexity factor F12 less than 1.25.

Wireless device and antenna system with extended bandwidth

A wireless wearable device comprises a radiating system that contains at least a non-resonant element disposed in different arrangements within a radiating structure in the radiating system, featuring compact dimensions and an adequate performance when operating on a carrier living body.

Ground plane booster antenna technology for wearable devices

A wireless device comprises a radiating system that comprises and a radiating structure that operates in at least two frequency regions. The radiating structure comprises: a ground plane layer having a first connection point; a single radiation booster having a first connection point; a radiofrequency system comprising a first input port, a plurality of external output ports, and a plurality of branches, at least some of the plurality of branches being connected to a common point connected to the first input port, wherein each of the plurality of external output ports provides operation in at least one of the at least two frequency regions of operation; and a first internal port defined between the first connection point of the radiation booster and the first connection point of the ground plane layer, the first internal port being connected to the first input port of the radiofrequency system.

Concentrated wireless device providing operability in multiple frequency regions

A wireless multi-band device comprises a radiating system comprising a ground plane layer, a boosting element, and a radiofrequency system, wherein the radiofrequency system comprises a tunable reactive element.

A radiating system of a wireless device transmits and receives electromagnetic wave signals in a frequency region and comprises an external port, a radiating structure, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure includes: a ground plane layer with a connection point; a radiation booster with a connection point and being smaller than 1/30 of a free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency of the frequency region; and an internal port between the radiation booster connection point and the ground plane layer connection point. The radiofrequency system includes: a first port connected to the radiating structure's internal port; and a second port connected to the external port. An input impedance at radiating structure's disconnected internal port has a non-zero imaginary part across the frequency region. The radiofrequency system modifies impedance of the radiating structure to provide impedance matching to the radiating system within the frequency region at the external port.

Antennaless wireless device

A device includes a radiating system comprising: at least one of a radiation booster or a radiating element; a ground plane layer having at least two connecting points; a radiofrequency system electrically connected to the radiation booster and/or the radiating element and comprising at least one matching network; at least one external port electrically connected to the radiofrequency system; and at least first and second electrically conductive elements each comprising one or more components and being adapted to electrically connect first and second connecting points, respectively, of the at least two connecting points to an electrically conductive body of an apparatus at a distance from the ground plane layer, the distance being less than &#x3bb;/15, wherein &#x3bb; is a free-space wavelength at a lowest frequency of operation of the radiating system.

Devices with radiating systems proximate to conductive bodies

A wireless device comprises a radiating system that comprises: an antenna system, a ground plane, and a matching network. The antenna system comprises an antenna component including a first multi-section antenna component comprising two sections, each comprising a conductive element. The matching network connected to the antenna system for impedance matching to a first frequency range. The radiating system operates in a frequency range of operation including the first frequency range, the first frequency range comprising a first highest frequency and a first lowest frequency. The first antenna component has a maximum size larger than 1/30 times and smaller than &#x2155; times a free-space wavelength corresponding to the lowest frequency of operation. The conductive elements in the different sections of the first antenna component are spaced apart from each other.

Modular multi-stage antenna system and component for wireless communications

A radiating system for transmitting and receiving signals in first and second frequency regions includes a radiating structure, a radiofrequency system, and an external port. The radiating structure has first and second isolated radiation boosters coupled to a ground plane layer. A first internal port of the radiating structure is between the first radiation booster and the ground plane layer, and a second internal port is between the second radiation booster and the ground plane layer. A distance between the two internal ports is less than 0.06 times a wavelength of the lowest frequency. The maximum size of the first and second radiation boosters is smaller than 1/30 times the wavelength of the lowest frequency. The radiofrequency system includes two ports connected respectively to the first and the second internal ports of the radiating structure, and a port connected to the external port of the radiating system.

A radiating system configured to operate electromagnetic wave signals from first and second frequency regions, wherein the lowest frequency of the second frequency region is above the highest frequency of the first frequency region: the radiating system comprising a radiating structure, a radiofrequency system, and an external port. The radiating structure comprises a first boosting element electrically connected to a first conductive element, a second boosting element electrically connected to a second conductive element, and a ground plane layer. The radiofrequency system comprises a first matching network connected to the first conductive element and the external port, and a second matching network connected to the second conductive element and a ground port. The first and second matching networks are configured to modify the impedance of the radiating structure providing impedance matching to the radiating system, at the external port, in the first and second frequency regions.

Coupled antenna system for multiband operation

A wireless device includes at least one slim radiating system having a slim radiating structure and a radio-frequency system. The slim radiating structure includes one or more booster bars. The booster bar has slim width and height factors that facilitate its integration within the wireless device and the excitation of a resonant mode in the ground plane layer, and has a location factor that enables it to achieve the most favorable radio-frequency performance for the available space to allocate the booster bar. The at least one slim radiating system may be configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic wave signals in one or more frequency regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Slim booster bars for electronic devices

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