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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:
The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Smart Antenna Technologies Ltd., Birmingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H01Q 9/16 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/27 (2013.01); H01Q 1/241 (2013.01); H01Q 1/32 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3275 (2013.01); H01Q 9/16 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention discloses are configurable MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) antenna for vehicles. The antenna comprises a balanced antenna and an unbalanced antenna mounted on a supporting substrate. Both the balanced antenna and the unbalanced antenna are located towards the same end of the substrate and the substrate comprises a substantially triangular planar element.