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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Won-Suk Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Chul-Soon Park, Daejeon, KR;
In-Sang Song, Daejeon, KR;
Inn-Yeal Oh, Daejeon, KR;
Joong-Ho Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Chae-Jun Lee, Daejeon, KR;
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A wireless communication system provides an antenna apparatus for the wireless communication system. The antenna apparatus includes a base, a plurality of Yagi-Uda antenna modules disposed in a specific arrangement, a plurality of floating metal modules correspondingly installed in upper portions of the Yagi-Uda antenna modules and selectively connected to a corresponding Yagi-Uda module among the plurality of Yagi-Uda antenna modules, a switching element for selectively switching the floating metal module and the Yagi-Uda antenna module, and a controller for controlling the Yagi-Uda antenna module to comprise a directivity in a desired direction by selectively switching the switching element.