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Xing Yun

John Wesley Hall

Bruce Foster Bishop

Neil Franklin Schroll

Nicholas Lee Evans

Christian Perry Brandt

Nathan William Swanger

An antenna assembly includes an antenna carrier having a cylindrical body with a side wall extending between a top and a bottom and extensions extending from the side wall at the bottom at different radial positions. An antenna is coupled to the body having a film supporting first and second antenna elements having first and second feed lines and first and second antenna lines. The feed lines extend along corresponding extensions and the antenna lines wrap helically around the side wall. The antenna assembly includes clip terminals coupled to the extensions being electrically coupled to corresponding feed lines. The clip terminals have terminating ends configured to be electrically terminated to host conductors.

Cylindrical antenna assembly

Antenna apparatus includes a driven trace coupled to a dielectric body and extending parallel to a ground plane. The driven trace includes first and second branches and an impedance-tuning portion that joins the first and second branches. Each of the first and second branches are configured to resonate at a respective radio-frequency (RF) band. The respective RF bands may or may not be the same. The antenna apparatus also includes a first conductive pathway extending from the driven trace through the dielectric body and configured to feed the driven trace. The antenna apparatus also includes a second conductive pathway that extends from the driven trace through the dielectric body and electrically connects the driven trace to the ground plane. The impedance-tuning portion extends between the first and second conductive pathways.

Antenna apparatus

Antenna apparatus includes a dielectric carrier having a first side and a second side. The antenna apparatus also includes a multi-band antenna having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The multi-band antenna includes a first section and a second section that are bent with respect to one another. The interior surface along the first and second sections defines a receiving space. The dielectric carrier is disposed within the receiving space such that the first section is positioned along the first side of the dielectric carrier and the second section is positioned along the second side of the dielectric carrier. The dielectric carrier includes at least one projection that covers a portion of the exterior surface of the multi-band antenna.

Surface-mount antenna apparatus and communication system having the same

Three-dimensional inverted-F antenna (3D-IFA) includes a coupling section that is configured to electrically connect to a ground plane through a short point and electrically connect to a communication line through a feed point. The coupling section extends along a section plane that intersects the short point and the feed point. The coupling section extends away from the short and feed points along the Z-axis. The 3D-IFA element also includes an antenna arm that extends lengthwise from the coupling section along an XY plane. The antenna arm follows an arm path along the XY plane as the antenna arm extends from the coupling section to a distal edge of the antenna arm. The arm path is non-linear along the XY plane, wherein at least a portion of the arm path extends away from the section plane.

Three-dimensional inverted-F antenna element and antenna assembly and communication system having the same

A communication system includes an antenna assembly and a housing holding the antenna assembly. The antenna assembly has an antenna element having a substrate and a dual dipole antenna circuit including a low-band ground terminal, a low-band feed terminal, a high-band ground terminal and a high-band feed terminal and a transmission line electrically connected to the dual dipole antenna circuit. The housing includes an upper shell and a lower shell meeting at an interface having upper and lower strain relief components at the interface to receive the transmission line. The upper shell has an upper locating feature and the lower shell has a lower locating feature interfacing to locate the upper shell relative to the lower shell.

Antenna assembly for a communication system

An antenna assembly for a wireless device includes an antenna cable having a feed line and a ground shield and a substrate. The antenna includes a low band ground terminal, a low band feed terminal, a high band ground terminal and a high band feed terminal. The low band ground terminal is electrically coupled to the ground shield of the antenna cable and capacitively coupled to the feed line of the antenna cable. The low band feed terminal is electrically coupled to the feed line of the antenna cable. The high band ground terminal is electrically coupled to the ground shield of the antenna cable and capacitively coupled to the feed line of the antenna cable. The high band feed terminal is electrically coupled to the feed line of the antenna cable. The low band ground terminal and the high band ground terminal are ground plane independent.

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