A phased array antenna system comprising a plurality of isotropic radiating elements and/or omnidirectional receiving elements addressing close in fields and a plurality of non-isotropic radiating elements and/or non-omnidirectional receiving elements addressing remote fields with the combined elements used to extend the maximum range of the antenna system without increasing the number of element nor the output power of the antenna. The non-isotropic radiating elements and/or the non-omnidirectional receiving elements can be formed by adding focusing structures such as lenses or reflective structures in the radiating path of isotropic radiating elements and/or omnidirectional receiving elements. Antennas with combined isotropic radiating and non-isotropic radiating elements can be utilized for electromagnetic phased array radar, communication and imaging systems and for acoustic phased array sonar or ultrasound systems.

An antenna system, a feeding network reconfiguration method, and an apparatus is disclosed. The antenna system may include an antenna array, a reconfigurable network unit, a control unit, and K radio frequency channels. The antenna array may include L antenna subarrays, and the reconfigurable network unit may divide the L antenna subarrays into M antenna subarray groups, and separately connect the M antenna subarray groups to the K radio frequency channels; any one of the K radio frequency channels may perform signal processing on a signal received by a connected antenna subarray group and/or a to-be-transmitted signal; and the control unit may control the reconfigurable network unit to adjust a mapping relationship between an antenna subarray group connected to each radio frequency channel and the antenna subarrays.

Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing, an antenna device including at least one antenna element disposed on one surface or inside of a printed circuit board disposed inside the housing and a radio frequency integrated chip (RFIC) for processing a signal in a frequency band, which is transmitted and/or received through the at least one antenna element, a communication circuit, a memory, and a processor configured to detect an external object, which contacts at least part of the housing, based on a change in a beam pattern of a beam formed by the antenna device, determine whether at least some information of the external object is information included in registration object data stored in the memory, and change the beam pattern by using first compensation data, which is stored in the registration object data and which is changed depending on a registration structure corresponding to the external object when the at least some information of the external object is included in the registration object data.

A beam adjustment assembly is provided. The assembly includes a phase shifter and a connecting plate. The phase shifter includes a circuit board and main dielectric slabs configured to shift a phase. The circuit board is provided with a first strip and a second strip that are spaced. The first strip and the second strip are configured to respectively connect to radiating elements of an antenna. The connecting plate is slidably assembled on the circuit board and is configured to control an electrical connection between the first strip and the second strip. When sliding, the main dielectric slab can push the connecting plate to slide, to control a quantity of radiating elements in the antenna system. It can be learned from the foregoing description that, in this application, the sliding of the main dielectric slab in the phase shifter is used as a driving mechanism of the connecting plate.

A radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna includes an input port, a signal divider, a filter, and first and second radiators. The signal divider is connected to the input port and configured to divide a signal at the input port into a first output and a second output. The filter is connected to the second output, wherein the filter is configured to filter signal within a first frequency band and to pass signals within a second frequency band. The first radiator is configured to receive the signal from the first output of the signal divider, wherein the first radiator receives signals within the first frequency band and the second frequency band. The second radiator is connected to the filter to receive signals provided within the second frequency band.

A cross-shaped antenna array comprises a first linear array of first radiation elements, a second linear array of second radiation elements, wherein said second linear array is arranged substantially perpendicular to said first linear array, a common radiation element arranged at the intersection of said first linear array and said second linear array, and a feed port at each end of said first and second linear arrays for reception of a feed signal.

A wireless electronic device includes dual radiating antennas, with each of the dual radiating antennas including a first radiating element and a second radiating element. The wireless electronic device includes power dividers, a respective one of which is associated with a respective one of the dual radiating antennas and is configured to divide the power of a signal into a first portion of the power and a second portion of the power. The first portion of the power is applied to a respective first radiating element and the second portion of the power is applied to the respective second radiating element. The wireless electronic device is configured to resonate at a resonant frequency corresponding to the first radiating element and/or the second radiating element of at least one of the plurality of dual radiating antennas when excited by a signal transmitted by at least one of the plurality of dual radiating antennas.

The present invention relates to an active antenna system, AAS, for controlling coverage in a telecommunication network, and the AAS comprising a plurality of subarrays each having multiple radiating elements. The AAS is configured to provide coverage in a coverage angular range and the plurality of subarrays comprising at least two types of subarrays. The at least two types of subarrays comprises: a first type of subarray with a first radiation pattern having at least a first angular region with gain below a first threshold value, and a second type of subarray with a second radiation pattern having at least a second angular region with gain below a second threshold value, wherein the second radiation pattern deviates from the first radiation pattern and the first angular region in the first radiation pattern differs from the second angular region in the second radiation pattern.

An electronic device having antennas is provided. The electronic device includes a housing at least partially comprising a conductive part, an antenna module disposed in an inner space and comprising a substrate disposed in the inner space, an array antenna disposed on the substrate and supporting a first communication mode, and two or more antennas disposed on the substrate and supporting a second communication mode, a first wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal of the first communication mode by means of the array antenna, a second wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal of the second communication mode by means of the two or more antennas, and at least one processor electrically connected to the first wireless communication circuit and second wireless communication circuit.

A radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna includes an input port, a signal divider, a filter, and first and second radiators. The signal divider is connected to the input port and configured to divide a signal at the input port into a first output and a second output. The filter is connected to the second output, wherein the filter is configured to filter signal within a first frequency band and to pass signals within a second frequency band. The first radiator is configured to receive the signal from the first output of the signal divider, wherein the first radiator receives signals within the first frequency band and the second frequency band. The second radiator is connected to the filter to receive signals provided within the second frequency band.