A roof antenna may include an upper case formed to be opened at a lower portion thereof and including a plurality of fusion bosses and a plurality of hooks at the lower portion, a lower case coupled to the plurality of fusion bosses and the plurality of hooks to shield the opened lower portion of the upper case and configured to be coupled to a roof of a vehicle, and a rubber pad mounted to a lower portion of the lower case to prevent exposure to the outside by the upper case and provided so that the lower case is configured to be water-tightly coupled to the roof of the vehicle.

A radar apparatus for a motor vehicle including a transceiver device configured to transmit radar radiation and to receive the radar radiation reflected from objects in an environment of the radar apparatus and to generate a measurement signal, and a protection device configured to protect the transceiver device from external influences. The thickness of the protective device is at least in sections less than 10% of a wavelength of the radar radiation passing through the protective device.

A radar apparatus for a motor vehicle including a transceiver device configured to transmit radar radiation and to receive the radar radiation reflected from objects in an environment of the radar apparatus and to generate a measurement signal, and a protection device configured to protect the transceiver device from external influences. The thickness of the protective device is at least in sections less than 10% of a wavelength of the radar radiation passing through the protective device.

The embodiments include a stackable computing device that includes an integrated heatsink and antenna structure and a housing structure. The housing structure includes a housing casing that surrounds the integrated heatsink and antenna structure. The integrated heatsink and antenna structure includes a heatsink base and one or more radio frequency (RF) antenna portions. The heatsink base includes a connector port that provides an interface between components of the computing device and other computing or peripheral devices. For example, the heatsink base may include platform that is configured to have circuitry fixedly secured on a first side of the platform with a connector of the circuitry aligned with an aperture of the connector port such that a connection to the circuitry is accepted by circuitry of another computing device.

A stacked patch antenna array includes: a conductive ground plane configured to connect to a plurality of electrical transmission lines for transmitting and/or receiving electrical signals; a driven layer adjacent to the conductive ground plane formed of a dielectric material and comprising a plurality of first resonant circular patches, each electrically connecting to a respective electrical transmission line such that a received electrical signal excites and generates an electromagnetic signal and/or a received electromagnetic signal excites and generates an electrical signal; an electrically insulating spacer adjacent to the driven layer; and a coupled layer adjacent to the electrically insulating spacer formed of a dielectric material and comprising a plurality of second resonant circular patches which are symmetrically positioned with respect to the first circular resonant patches of the driven layer and excited by the electromagnetic waves generated by the first resonant circular patches, wherein the electrically insulating spacer electrically separates the driven layer and the coupled layer having a thickness such that the resonances of the first and second resonant circular patches constructively combine.

A method and system facilitate communication between a constellation of satellites and a mobile platform-mounted mobile communicator. The method and system may include the use of a first antenna suited for operation using a first frequency band in a first geographic region and a second antenna suited for operation using either the first or a second frequency band in a second geographic region. The method and system may use a controller to determine which antenna to activate based on one or more of a geographic indicator or a signal indicator. The system used by the method to facilitate the communication may have one or more enclosures over the antennas and controller for mounting to a mobile platform.

A method and system facilitate communication between a constellation of satellites and a mobile platform-mounted mobile communicator. The method and system may include the use of a first antenna suited for operation using a first frequency band in a first geographic region and a second antenna suited for operation using either the first or a second frequency band in a second geographic region. The method and system may use a controller to determine which antenna to activate based on one or more of a geographic indicator or a signal indicator. The system used by the method to facilitate the communication may have one or more enclosures over the antennas and controller for mounting to a mobile platform.

A device for the non-destructive probing of a sample by means of electromagnetic wave reflection includes a metal body as part of its frame. The metal body forms a lateral wall and a separating wall enclosing an interior space. On a first side of the metal body, a shielding structure forms a plurality of shielded chambers for receiving RF circuitry. Interior space faces the second side of the metal body. A first circuit board containing driver and receiver circuitry is mounted to the first side of the metal body, and a second circuit board containing an antenna structure is mounted to the second side thereof.

A device for the non-destructive probing of a sample by means of electromagnetic wave reflection includes a metal body as part of its frame. The metal body forms a lateral wall and a separating wall enclosing an interior space. On a first side of the metal body, a shielding structure forms a plurality of shielded chambers for receiving RF circuitry. Interior space faces the second side of the metal body. A first circuit board containing driver and receiver circuitry is mounted to the first side of the metal body, and a second circuit board containing an antenna structure is mounted to the second side thereof.