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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:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Marc Harper, Snohomish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0871 (2013.01); H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01);
Abstract
Examples are disclosed that relate to changing an antenna pattern via one or more configurable parasitic antennas. One example provides a wireless device comprising a radio, a driven antenna connected to the radio, a ground plane, and one or more parasitic antennas. Each parasitic antenna connects to the ground plane via a switch operable to change an antenna pattern of the driven antenna.