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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Ims Connector Systems Gmbh, Loffingen, DE;
Roland Baumgartner, Bonndorf-Wellendingen, DE;
Jan Hesselbarth, Stuttgart, DE;
Zunnurain Ahmad, Stuttgart, DE;
IMS Connector Systems GmbH, Loffingen, DE;
Abstract
The application provides an antenna element comprising a circuit board with a transmission line, the transmission line comprising at least a first conductor and a second conductor, a separate 3-dimensional, metallic or metallized ring-shaped structure mounted on a surface of the circuit board, a first galvanic contact between the first conductor and a first part of the separate 3-dimensional, metallic ring-shaped structure, and a second galvanic contact between the second conductor and a second part of the separate 3-dimensional, metallic ring-shaped structure, wherein at least one of the first galvanic contact and the second galvanic contact comprises at least two substantially L-shaped sections and an antenna array comprising several such antenna elements.