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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Emil F. Buskgaard, Copenhagen, DK;

Olfert P. Paulsen, Dragor, DK;

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 9/42 (2006.01); G08B 13/08 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/0421 (2013.01); G08B 13/08 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 9/42 (2013.01); G08B 13/2494 (2013.01);
Abstract

Proximity sensing antenna systems include two metallic antenna arms. One antenna arm is connected to an RF transmitter at a radio frequency (RF) feed port, and the other antenna arm is connected to an RF detector (e.g., RF measurement receiver or RF power detector) at an RF sense port. The metallic antenna arms are symmetrically positioned with respect to each other across one or more symmetry axes. The metallic antenna arms can be implemented as inverted-L antennas, dipole antennas, inverted-F antennas, and/or as other antenna arm configurations. Further, the antenna arms can be dimensionally identical and positioned symmetrically about one or more symmetry axes. The antenna system can be used within proximity sensing devices for a wide variety of applications including low power sensing and can also be used for wireless data communication.


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