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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Pulse Finland Oy, Oulunsalo, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PULSE FINLAND OY, Oulunsalo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 15/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/14 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01); H01Q 1/242 (2013.01);
Abstract
Directional antenna apparatus and methods of utilizing the same. In one embodiment, the directional antenna apparatus includes a chip component disposed on a ground plane. The chip component includes a conductive layer disposed upon a ceramic substrate. The conductive layer of the chip component is connected to electronic circuitry via one or more feed structures and one or more ground structures. The chip component and the ground plane are disposed atop a reflector component in a substantially orthogonal orientation. By spacing the ground plane from the reflector component by a set amount, the directional nature of the directional antenna apparatus may be configured.