An antenna assembly, a wireless-communication-enabled device and an intelligent home or office appliance including such antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes an antenna including an antenna body and a feeder, and at least one functional module arranged to operate with a function different from that provided by the antenna; wherein the at least one functional module includes at least one electrical connection module arranged to connects with an external electrical connector.

An antenna assembly, a wireless-communication-enabled device and an intelligent home or office appliance including such antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes an antenna including an antenna body and a feeder, and at least one functional module arranged to operate with a function different from that provided by the antenna; wherein the at least one functional module includes at least one electrical connection module arranged to connects with an external electrical connector.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure that includes first and second dielectric antennas that each redirect a beam pattern generated by the first and second dielectric antennas away from a center axis of the of the first and second dielectric antennas. Each of the first and second dielectric antennas can be coupled to at least one dielectric core via a feed point of each dielectric antenna. The at least one dielectric core can be configured to supply electromagnetic waves that are converted by the first and second dielectric antennas to first and second beam patterns redirected away from the center axis. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure that includes first and second dielectric antennas that each redirect a beam pattern generated by the first and second dielectric antennas away from a center axis of the of the first and second dielectric antennas. Each of the first and second dielectric antennas can be coupled to at least one dielectric core via a feed point of each dielectric antenna. The at least one dielectric core can be configured to supply electromagnetic waves that are converted by the first and second dielectric antennas to first and second beam patterns redirected away from the center axis. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The present disclosure provides an antenna feeder assembly of a multi-band antenna, comprising a first feeder supporting propagation of waves in a first frequency band and a second feeder supporting propagation of waves in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band. The second feeder coaxially surrounds the first feeder. The first feeder comprises a dielectric emitting section and a dielectric radiating section; wherein each of the dielectric emitting section and the radiating section includes an inner cavity, a wall, and sub-wavelength elements on an external surface of the wall. The present disclosure also provides a multi-band microwave antenna, comprising a dish reflector, a subreflector, and the above-mentioned antenna feeder assembly.

A device for concentrating an electromagnetic wave includes a waveguide array that includes a central waveguide having a first refractive index and a central axis and feeder waveguides disposed around the central waveguide. Each feeder waveguide has a second refractive index. The waveguide array also includes a support structure coupled to the waveguide arrays and configured to, in a deployed configuration, retain the feeder waveguides of the waveguide array in a substantially symmetric arrangement with respect to the central waveguide to enable concentration of an electromagnetic wave of a particular wavelength in the central waveguide via electromagnetic coupling of the central waveguide with each of the feeder waveguides, with the respective axis of each feeder waveguide oriented substantially parallel to the central axis of the central waveguide and with each feeder waveguide spaced apart from the central waveguide by a distance that is based on the particular wavelength.

An antenna includes a first dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface, a second dielectric layer having a third surface and a fourth surface, and a reinforcing layer disposed between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer and including an insulating material. A first adhesive layer is disposed between the first dielectric layer and the reinforcing layer, and a second adhesive layer is disposed between the second dielectric layer and the reinforcing layer. A first pattern layer is disposed on a surface of the first dielectric layer facing the first adhesive layer, and a second pattern layer is disposed on a surface of the second dielectric layer facing away from the second adhesive layer. The reinforcing layer has a first cavity penetrating a region between the first and second dielectric layers.

Methods and systems are described for receiving symbols of a codeword via wires of a multi-wire bus, the codeword representing an aggregate sum of a plurality of sub-channel constituent codewords, each sub-channel constituent codeword representing a weight applied to an associated sub-channel vector of a plurality of sub-channel vectors of an orthogonal matrix, generating a plurality of comparator outputs using a plurality of common-mode resistant multi-input comparators (MICs), each common-mode resistant MIC having a set of input coefficients representing a corresponding sub-channel vector of the plurality of sub-channel vectors, each sub-channel vector (i) mutually orthogonal and (ii) orthogonal to a common-mode sub-channel vector, outputting a set of forward-channel output bits formed based on the plurality of comparator outputs, obtaining a sequence of reverse-channel bits, and transmitting the sequence of reverse-channel bits by sequentially transmitting common-mode codewords over the wires of the multi-wire bus.

An example antenna system includes a plurality of dielectric rod stacks and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a plurality of independently controlled output circuit boards. Each independently controlled output circuit board includes a respective dielectric rod stack. The respective dielectric rod stack includes a plurality of respective dielectric rods. The control circuit selects: (i) the dielectric rod stacks, and (ii) the respective dielectric rods of the respective dielectric rod stack to adjust a beam of emitted or received radio frequency (RF) waves.

An example antenna system includes a plurality of dielectric rod stacks and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a plurality of independently controlled output circuit boards. Each independently controlled output circuit board includes a respective dielectric rod stack. The respective dielectric rod stack includes a plurality of respective dielectric rods. The control circuit selects: (i) the dielectric rod stacks, and (ii) the respective dielectric rods of the respective dielectric rod stack to adjust a beam of emitted or received radio frequency (RF) waves.