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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:
Jul. 12, 2013
Applicant:
The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, GB;
Inventors:
Zhen Hua Hu, Birmingham, GB;
Peter Hall, Birmingham, GB;
Assignee:
Smart Antenna Technologies Ltd., Birmingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 9/26 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/0006 (2013.01); G01N 33/48721 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/521 (2013.01); H01Q 9/16 (2013.01); H01Q 9/265 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention resides in a reconfigurable antenna. The antenna comprises a balanced antenna and an unbalanced antenna mounted on a supporting substrate, with both the balanced antenna and the unbalanced antenna located at the same end of the substrate. The antenna may be configured as a chassis antenna for use in a portable device or configured for Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) applications.