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Rogers Corporation

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John R Sanford

Robert J Pera

Jude Lee

Gary D Schulz

Lance Dion Lascari

Richard J Keniuk

Christopher Fay

Charles D Macenski

Syed Aon Mujtaba

Brian L Hinman

Carlos Ramos

Yanwei Sun

Paul Odlyzko

Justin Lee

Sriram Dayanandan

Vish Ponnampalam

Gonzalo P Jabbaz

Stephen Clark Brown

Robert T Rozbicki

Todd Daniel Antes

Sergio Clavijo

Yan Wei Sun

Peter Slattman

Dhairya Shrivastava

Erich R Klawuhn

Karl Edward Sprentall

Nitesh Trikha

Dirk M Baars

Gerardo Huerta

Trevor Polidore

Philip F Kearney

Harold Hughes

Hsin-Ming Chen

Shawn Wayne Johnson

Dirk Baars

Adam M Alevy

Jared Kenneth Spink

Daniel Loy Purdy

Athanasios Petropoulos

Anders Jensen

Frederick H Littlefield

Eugene MacDonald

Pramod Srinivas Bhat

Todd Gray

A device for transmission of wireless signals that switches between duplexing schemes may include radio circuitry configured to utilize a plurality of duplexing schemes to transmit a radio-frequency signal in a frequency channel from a transmitting reflector and to receive a radio-frequency signal from a receiving reflector, wherein the radio circuitry comprises a transmitter and a receiver, further wherein the transmitter is coupled to the transmitting reflector and the receiver is coupled to the receiving reflector and a detector coupled to either the transmitting reflector or the receiving reflector, wherein the detector is configured to monitor the same frequency channel as the radio-frequency signal transmitted by the radio circuitry to detect a reflection of the transmitted radio-frequency signal.

Coaxial RF dual-polarized waveguide filter and method

Omni-directional orthogonally-polarized antenna system for MIMO applications are disclosed herein. An example antenna system comprises two arrays of horizontally polarized radiating elements, and two arrays of vertically polarized radiating elements, each array having roughly 180-degree radiation pattern, disposed about a central axis in a common horizontal plane, arrays of common polarization separated by 180-degrees. Also, the example antenna system includes at least one printed circuit board having a saw tooth pattern, wherein uniform coverage in both vertical and horizontal polarization over 360 degrees is provided using beamforming and polarization diversity.

Orthogonally-polarized antenna system and device for MIMO applications

Techniques for transceiving radio frequency (RF) signals through a window of a building are disclosed, the window having a first surface facing an interior of the building. An antenna arrangement is attached to a building structure adjacent the first surface and the antenna arrangement includes one or more radiating elements configured to transceive the RF signals through the window. In some embodiments, the building structure is mullion. In some embodiments a window surface includes an electrochromic and/or low emissivity coating that is excluded from a region proximate to the radiating elements.

Building antenna

A waveguide antenna system, includes: an electromagnetic, EM, transition portion having a transition region having a signal feed interface and an open waveguide section, the EM transition portion configured to couple EM energy from the signal feed interface to a guided waveguide mode of EM energy to the open waveguide section via the transition region; and a leaky waveguide antenna portion configured and disposed to radiate electromagnetic energy received from the open waveguide section; wherein the EM transition portion is electromagnetically coupled to the leaky waveguide antenna portion, the EM transition portion being configured to support a transfer of electromagnetic energy from a signal feed structure to the leaky waveguide antenna portion.

Open waveguide antenna and system having the same

Antenna systems for controlled coverage in buildings are disclosed where a data communications network in a building includes one or more external antennas. At least one of the external antennas is disposed on a roof or exterior of the building disposed in or associated with a window, a sky sensor or a digital architectural element. The one or more external antennas are coupled to a network infrastructure of the building via one or more data carrying lines and/or wireless links and are configured for communication with an external wireless network. The network infrastructure includes one or more data carrying lines, one or more network switches, and at least one control panel. In some embodiments, at least one of the external antennas is configured for communication with an external wireless network.

Antenna systems for controlled coverage in buildings

Antenna assemblies are described herein. In particular, described herein are multi-focal-point antenna devices and compact radio frequency (RF) antenna devices. Any of these assemblies may include a primary feed that includes a single patterned emitting surface from which multiple different beams of RF signals are emitted corresponding to different antenna input feeds each communicating with the patterned antenna emitting surface. The antenna assembly is therefore capable of emitting beams in the same direction having different polarizations using a single primary feed.

Compact radio frequency antenna apparatuses

Omni-directional orthogonally-polarized antenna system for MIMO applications are disclosed herein. An example antenna system can have two arrays of horizontally polarized radiating elements, and two arrays of vertically polarized radiating elements, each array having roughly 180-degree radiation pattern, disposed about a central axis in a common horizontal plane, arrays of common polarization separated by 180-degrees, such that MIMO processing of signals to the arrays of common polarization results in a radiation pattern that is substantially constant over 360-degrees in azimuth.

Omni-directional antenna system and device for MIMO applications

Polarization-preserving microwave RF filters having multiple resonators that are each operable for different Q factors for setting overall bandwidth. A coaxial dual-polarized waveguide filter may include a cable having a hollow circular body with ends formed by copper plates that each includes at least one iris. The irises may control the energy transfer into and out of the cavity and therefore set the Q factor for the body. The shape of the internal diameter of the body and the irises may provide for reception and propagation of differently polarized signals. Multiple segments may be cascaded in series to effect higher order filtering. Also described are methods of transmitting signals using these filters.

A device comprising a plurality of metallic conical radiators, said conical radiators substantially hollow having a vertex end and a base end, a first cylindrical portion disposed annularly about the base end of the conical portion, a metallic second cylindrical portion coupled to the vertex of the conical portion, said cylindrical portion having a threaded aperture, and an antenna feed coupled to the threaded aperture. The device may have patches disposed on a substrate as a one or multi-dimensional array. An RF feed may be coupled to the radiators.

Antenna system and method

A dielectric lens, includes: a three-dimensional, 3D, body of dielectric material having a spatially varying dielectric constant, Dk; the 3D body having at least three regions R(i) with local maxima of dielectric constant values Dk(i) relative to surrounding regions of respective ones of the at least three regions R(i), locations of the at least three regions R(i) being defined by local coordinates of: azimuth angle(i), zenith angle(i), and radial distance(i), relative to a particular common point of origin associated with the 3D body, where (i) is an index that ranges from 1 to at least 3; wherein the spatially varying Dk of the 3D body is configured to vary as a function of the zenith angle between a first region R(1) and a second region R(2) at a given azimuth angle and a given radial distance.

Dielectric lens and electromagnetic device with same

Omni-directional orthogonally-polarized antenna system for MIMO applications

Multi-directional antenna assemblies including a plurality of individual antenna sections arranged in-line with a long axis, forming a linear assembly. An antenna assembly may include a radome over the linear assembly. A linear assembly may include three or more antenna sections, each with a trough-like reflector formed by two parallel walls, and may have corrugations at the outer edges to reduce noise. An array of radiators may be positioned at the base of each antenna section. The antenna sections may share a common vertical axis and each may have a beam axes that is offset by an angle. Adjacent antenna sections may be separated by an isolation plate with a corrugated outer edge. Each antenna section may radiate greater power in a specific direction as compared to the other antenna sections.

Multi-sector antennas

Multi-directional antenna apparatuses, which may include phased array antennas and/or arrays of multiple antennas, and methods for operating these directional antennas. In particular, described herein are apparatuses configured to operate as an access point (AP) for communicating with one or more station devices by assigning a particular directional beam to each access point, and communicating with each station device using the assigned directional beam at least part of the time. Methods and apparatuses configured to optimize the assignment of one or more directional beam and for communicating between different station devices using assigned directional beams are described. Also described are methods of connecting a radio device to an antenna by connecting a USB connector on the radio device to a USB connector on an antenna and identifying the antenna based on a voltage of the ground pin on the antenna's USB connector.

Array antennas having a plurality of directional beams

Sector antenna arrays and methods of use that provide high main-lobe gain and high side-lobe rejection over a wide range of operating frequencies are provided herein. The example sector antennas provide these outstanding performance and reliability features due to (1) a cross-section profile for the ground plane, (2) a corporate feed for the linear array of patch antennas, and (3) an optimized sub-assembly of parasitic elements for high bandwidth operation with low return-loss.

Sector antenna systems and methods for providing high gain and high side-lobe rejection

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Encinitas, CA, United States of America

John R Sanford