Andrew Corporation

The Antenna Company

Joseph F Mockus

Francisco X Gomez

Xin Du

Henry G Ryman

Peng Gong

Kevin M Campbell

Peter Fink

Termination and junction assemblies for flat strip transmission line links are shown to include a protective cover, an electrically conductive ground sleeve, a spring signal contact and a double-sided adhesive pad. A flat strip transmission line link is inserted into the ground sleeve until the contact is applied to the signal conducting strip of the link. At that time, the ground sleeve is in electrical communication with the primary signal ground carrier and the ground conducting strips of the flat strip link. The termination assemblies further include a coaxial cable receptacle that receives a coaxial cable transmission line link to establish electrical communication between its inner conductor and the contact and between its outer conductor and the ground sleeve. On the other hand, a second flat strip link is inserted into the ground sleeve of the junctions until the contact establishes a pressure contact with the signal conducting strip of the second flat strip link to establish electrical communication between the signal conducting strips of the two links and the ground strips of those links. In either case, the cover is snap-fitted to the ground sleeve and the double-sided adhesive pad is mounted to the sleeve to permit the assembly to be mounted to its installation site.

Transmission line terminations and junctions

A multiple use, multi-band antenna for mobile wireless communication and global positioning has includes a elongated cellular radiating element and a GPS radiating element supported atop the cellular radiating element. The cellular radiating element has a continuous body portion of varying diameter that forms a flared upper portion which supports a global positioning system amplifier mounted thereon. The GPS amplifier unit takes the form of a GPS patch radiator disposed atop a low noise amplifier. The cellular and GPS radiating elements are fed by respective first and second feedlines. The stacking of the GPS amplifier unit on the cellular radiating element provides a top loading effect for the cellular radiating element that enables it to resonate across all pertinent cellular frequencies.

Multi-band, multiple purpose antenna particularly useful for operation

An RF coupler that provides an interconnection between a mobile telecommunication device and an antenna includes a housing having a threaded coaxial connection. Two antenna contacts extend outwardly from the interior of the housing and over a mounting surface thereof. The mounting surface has an adhesive layer formed on it in order to attach the coupler to a windshield in alignment with a pair of antenna contacts.

RF coupler for concealed mobile telecommunications systems utilizing

An improved glass mount antenna system employs a pair of coupling plates having planar cavities disposed therein with any ground plane portion thereof. Surfaces of the coupling plates which are opposite that of the ground plane include a printed exciter strip which crosses the planar cavities to thereby provide an effective communications antenna assembly which is inexpensive to manufacture and especially well suited for high frequency communication operations such as the ultra-high frequency microwave bands of between 1.5 GHz and about 2.4 GHz which are currently intended for PCN/PCS communications.

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North Riverside, IL, United States of America

Joseph F Mockus