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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Sigfox, Labege, FR;
Inventor:
Cyril Jouanlanne, Toulouse, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 5/335 (2015.01); H01Q 5/328 (2015.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 5/335 (2015.01); H01Q 5/328 (2015.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna including a ground plane, a metal plate arranged facing the ground plane, and a supply wire for connecting the plate to a generator or a receiver, such that the antenna has a first resonance frequency in a patch antenna mode. The antenna further includes a ground wire connecting the plate to the ground plane, and a capacitive element arranged in series with the ground wire between the supply wire and the ground plane, such that the antenna also has a second resonance frequency in a wire-plate antenna mode.