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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Laird Technologies, Inc., Earth City, MO (US);
Inventor:
Athanasios Petropoulos, Hudson, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 19/10 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 5/50 (2015.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 5/50 (2015.01); H01Q 19/10 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of multiband WiFi directional antennas. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes a base plate, a plurality of vertically polarized antenna element modules on the base plate, and a plurality of horizontally polarized antenna element modules on the base plate. Each antenna element module includes a radiating element and a ground plane/reflector. The antenna may be operable within at least a first WiFi frequency range and a second WiFi frequency range different than the first WiFi frequency range.