An antenna assembly operating in the AM/FM, 3G and 4G cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth, satellite and 5G bands. The assembly provides a wide bandwidth, orientation dependent, directional antenna via volumetric radiating elements that conformal to exterior surface(s) of a vehicle such as a passenger car. The volumetric antenna elements may be further controlled by embedded components and/or surrounded by controllable ground plane elements. In one application, the antenna may be used to detect a direction of approach by person to, for example, operate only certain door locks.

Twin-beam base station antennas include first and second arrays that each have a plurality of radiating elements that are mounted to extend forwardly from respective first and second panels of an angled reflector. The radiating elements in each array extend in three columns, with the radiating elements in the middle column vertically offset from the radiating elements in the outer columns. The antennas further include first and second phase shifters. More than half of the outputs of the first phase shifter are connected to respective first sub-arrays, where each first sub-array includes one radiating element from each of the three columns in the first array, and more than half of the outputs of the second phase shifter are connected to respective second sub-arrays, where each second sub-array includes one radiating element from each of the three columns in the second array.

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to an antenna, an antenna array and a base station. The antenna includes a conductive cover, a radiating portion and a feeding portion. The conductive cover is provided with an accommodating groove, the radiating portion and the feeding portion are respectively provided in the accommodating groove, the feeding portion is used to feed the radiating portion, and the feeding portion and the radiating portion are arranged at intervals. The antenna array includes at least one antenna described above. The base station includes the antenna array described above. The antenna, antenna array and base station of the present disclosure have advantages of good directivity of radiated electromagnetic waves and good isolation between the antenna and other components.

An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a housing having a front plate facing a first direction, a rear plate facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a side housing surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a conductive member comprising a conductive material disposed between the front plate and the rear plate; a display viewable through the front plate; at least one antenna module including a plurality of antenna elements configured to form a beam in a third direction facing the conductive member, and disposed to be spaced apart from the conductive member in the space; and a wireless communication circuit electrically coupled to the antenna module and configured to transmit and/or receive at least one signal having a frequency in a range of 3 GHz to 100 GHz, wherein the conductive member has a first surface forming a first acute angle with a virtual line crossing centers of the antenna elements and facing in the third direction, and a second surface forming a second acute angle with the virtual line, wherein a joint of the first surface and the second surface is positioned on the virtual line.

A phased array antenna system configured for communication with a satellite that emits or receives radio frequency (RF) signals travels in a first direction, the antenna system includes a phased array antenna including a plurality of antenna elements distributed in a plurality of M columns oriented in the first direction and a plurality of N rows extending in a second direction normal to the first direction, and a plurality of fixed phase shifters aligned for phase offsets between antenna elements in the first direction and a gain-enhancement system configured for gain enhancement in the second direction of radio frequency signals received by and emitted from the phased array antenna.

A method for determining a range of a target includes receiving a first time based radar return signal, converting the first time based radar return signal into a first frequency domain signal, detecting a peak of the first frequency domain signal, the peak corresponding to a coarse target range, receiving a second time based radar return signal, using the detected peak of the first frequency domain signal and the second time based radar return signal, converting the second time based radar return signal into a second frequency domain signal, and detecting a peak of the second frequency domain signal, the peak corresponding to a fine target range.

Embodiments include semiconductor packages and methods of forming the semiconductor packages. A semiconductor package includes a die over a substrate, a first conductive layer over the die, and a conductive cavity antenna over the first conductive layer and substrate. The conductive cavity antenna includes a conductive cavity, a cavity region, and a plurality of interconnects. The conductive cavity is over the first conductive layer and surrounds the cavity region. The semiconductor package also includes a second conductive layer over the conductive cavity antenna, first conductive layer, and substrate. The conductive cavity extends vertically from the first conductive layer to the second conductive layer. The cavity region may be embedded with the conductive cavity, the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer. The plurality of interconnects may include first, second, and third interconnects. The first interconnects may include through-mold vias (TMVs), through-silicon vias (TSVs), conductive sidewalls, or conductive trenches.

An antenna device includes a housing that includes a first section extending along a first direction and a second section extending along a second direction that crosses the first direction, an antenna element that includes a first portion extending along the first direction within the first section of the housing and a second portion extending along the second direction within the second section of the housing, a first conductor on a bottom surface of the antenna element, and a second conductor on a side surface of at least one of the first and second portions.

A system that provides communication using an antenna formed by a gap between a circuit board and a housing of a lighting fixture. A first end of the gap corresponds to a first grounding point that electrically connects the circuit board and the housing and a second end of the gap corresponds to a second grounding point that electrically connects the circuit board and the housing. The distance between the first grounding point and the second grounding point defines a length of the gap and determines an operational frequency of the antenna.

A dual-band antenna module includes a substrate, a dual-band omnidirectional antenna, a low-frequency reflection module and a high-frequency reflection module. The dual-band omnidirectional antenna is disposed perpendicular to the substrate and is used for resonating to generate a first radio-frequency signal with a first frequency and a second radio-frequency signal with a second frequency. The low-frequency reflection module includes three low-frequency reflection units used for reflecting the first radio-frequency signal with the first frequency according to different low-frequency directional control signals. The high-frequency reflection module includes three high-frequency reflection units used for reflecting the second radio-frequency signal with the second frequency according to different high-frequency directional control signals. The low-frequency reflection units of the low-frequency reflection module and the high-frequency reflection units of the high-frequency reflection module are disposed on the substrate and are disposed around the dual-band omnidirectional antenna.