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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Mahmoud Niroo Jazi, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, San Diego, CA (US);
Taesik Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeongil Jay Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Darryl Sheldon Jessie, San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin Hsi-Huai Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Jorge Fabrega Sanchez, San Diego, CA (US);
Hong-Ming Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An antenna system includes: a patch antenna element disposed at a first level of the antenna system; an energy coupler configured and coupled to the patch antenna element to transfer energy between the patch antenna element and a front-end circuit; a ground conductor disposed at a second level of the antenna system, the patch antenna element and the ground conductor being disposed a separation distance away from each other and bounding respective sides of a volume defined by a projection, normal to a surface of the patch antenna element, of the patch antenna element to the ground conductor; and a floating conductor that is displaced from the ground conductor and the patch antenna element, the floating conductor comprising a body extending over a portion of the separation distance outside of, and in close proximity to, the volume.