Embodiments provide mobile device comprising a body frame; processing circuitry affixed to the body frame; a first antenna and a second antenna arranged adjacent to each other in the body frame, the first antenna and the second antenna electrically coupled to the processing circuitry to provide radiation, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna share a common ground defined by the body frame, wherein the first antenna is configured to provide radiation of a first polarization, and wherein the second antenna is configured to provide radiation of a second polarization substantially orthogonal to the first polarization to provide a signal isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna.

An antenna and a base station including the antenna. The antenna includes a sub-array that includes first and second unit cells and a feed network. The first and second unit cells comprise first and second patches, respectively, having quadrilateral shapes. The feed network comprises a first transmission line terminating below first corners of the first and second patches, respectively; a second transmission line terminating below third corners of the first and second patches, respectively; a third transmission line terminating below a second corner of the first patch and a fourth corner of the second patch; and a fourth transmission line terminating below a fourth corner of the first patch and a second corner of the second patch. The first corners are opposite the third corners on the respective first and second patches and the second corners are opposite the fourth corners on the respective first and second patches.

An electronic device comprises a plurality of antennas, wherein each of the plurality of antennas are spaced apart from each other, a first communication circuit electrically connected with the plurality of antennas, a plurality of array antennas comprising a first array antenna disposed adjacent to at least one of the plurality of antennas, and a second array antenna disposed adjacent to another antenna different from the at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas, a second communication circuit electrically connected with the first array antenna and the second array antenna, and at least one control circuit electrically connected with the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to obtain receive sensitivities of the plurality of antennas through the first communication circuit; activate at least one array antenna of the first array antenna and the second array antenna through the second communication circuit based at least on the receive sensitivities; and control the activated at least one array antenna to form at least one beam for communication with an external electronic device.

A terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes a feed, a metal frame, and a radiating patch. At least two grooves are disposed on an outer surface of the metal frame, two through-holes are disposed in each groove, the radiating patch is disposed in each groove, the metal frame is grounded, two antenna feeding points are disposed on each radiating patch, the feed is connected to one feeding point through one through-hole, the antenna feeding points in each groove are in a one-to-one correspondence with the through-holes, and each radiating patch is insulated from the groove by using a non-conducting material.

An antenna module according to the present disclosure includes a control substrate including a control circuit, an antenna substrate mounted on the control substrate and including shield through holes and a plurality of first antenna patch conductors disposed side by side when viewed in a plan view, and filters each electrically connected to the shield through holes and including a high-frequency filter and a low-frequency filter. The control substrate or the antenna substrate includes internal antennas at positions each facing one of the plurality of corresponding first antenna patch conductors. When viewed in a plan view, the shield through holes and the filters are located between adjacent ones of the plurality of first antenna patch conductors.

Base station antennas include first and second radio frequency (“RF”) ports and a first antenna array that includes both first and second radiating elements. Each of the first radiating elements includes a first radiator that is connected to the first RF port that is configured to radiate at a first polarization and a second radiator that is connected to the second RF port that is configured to radiate at the first polarization. Each of the second radiating elements includes a first radiator that is connected to the first RF port that is configured to radiate at a second polarization that is different from the first polarization and a second radiator that is connected to the second RF port that is configured to radiate at the second polarization.

An antenna array that utilizes ground guard rings and metamaterial structures is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the antenna array is constructed from a plurality of antenna unit cells, wherein each antenna unit cell is identical. The antenna unit cell comprises a top surface, that contains a patch antenna and a ground guard ring. A reactive impedance surface (RIS) layer is disposed beneath the top surface and contains the metamaterial structures. The metamaterial structures are configured to present an inductance to the patch antennas, thereby allowing the patch antennas to be smaller than would otherwise be possible. In some embodiments, the metamaterial structures comprise hollow square frames. An antenna array constructed using this antenna unit cell has less coupling than conventional antenna arrays, which results in better performance. A ground skirt surrounds the perimeter of the antenna array to improve radiation phase pattern balance within the array.

A printed circuit board having an AoX antenna array and a feeding circuit is disclosed. The AoX antenna array has patch antenna disposed on a top layer of the printed circuit board, while the feeding circuit is disposed on the bottom layer. The signal traces that connect the ports of the antenna unit cells to the antenna selection switches are routed so that all are roughly equal in length with a minimal length of parallel sections between signal traces. Thus, the signal traces in the feeding circuit are created so as to minimize phase difference between signal traces and to minimize coupling. Coplanar waveguides, which utilize blind vias are used to further reduce coupling.

An antenna array that utilizes ground guard rings and metamaterial structures is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the antenna array is constructed from a plurality of antenna unit cells, wherein each antenna unit cell is identical. The antenna unit cell comprises a top surface, that contains a patch antenna and a ground guard ring. A reactive impedance surface (RIS) layer is disposed beneath the top surface and contains the metamaterial structures. The metamaterial structures are configured to present an inductance to the patch antennas, thereby allowing the patch antennas to be smaller than would otherwise be possible. In some embodiments, the metamaterial structures comprise hollow square frames. An antenna array constructed using this antenna unit cell has less coupling than conventional antenna arrays, which results in better performance. Furthermore, this new antenna array also requires less space than conventional antenna arrays.

A multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna system includes a metal plate, a background scanning antenna, a plurality of working antennas, and an isolator module. The isolator module is mountable on the metal plate and includes a plurality of isolators that are in a ring configuration to form an isolated space therein, so that the background scanning antenna can be located in the isolated space and a plurality of working antennas are located outside of the isolated space, thereby ensuring good isolation of the background scanning antenna from the working antennas by the design of the isolator module.