A multibeam Radio Frequency (RF) lens antenna is designed as a receiver for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) applications, such as GPS (Global Positioning System), Galileo, GLONASS, COMPASS, and others. The RF lens and plurality of associated feed elements and receiver circuits combine to form a plurality of resulting high-gain relatively narrow beams that, taken together, allow reception of signals from GNSS satellites over the entire upper hemisphere. Any kind of RF lens can be used, where the lens can be of homogeneous or inhomogeneous, dielectric or metamaterial metasurface construction. The benefit of this approach to build a GNSS receiver over existing alternatives is increased gain and decreased noise at each receiver, which improves the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and improves the accuracy and reliability of the position and time measurements, while also reducing the impact of, and sensitivity to, interference, jamming, and spoofing signals. The approaches described in this patent can be combined with existing signal processing and accuracy improvement methods (such as Real-Time Kinematic (RTK), Precise-Point Positioning (PPP), and Differential GPS (DEPS)) for further benefits. This system has applications within the surveying, maritime, land mobility, aerospace, and government positioning market areas.

The disclosure concerns an antenna assembly having a substrate with an antenna radiating element and a ground conductor disposed on the substrate, the ground conductor further characterized by a plurality of ground resonators, wherein a length associated with each of the ground resonators increases as the ground resonators are distanced from the antenna radiating element. Additionally, a coaxial cable is routed around the antenna assembly for configuring the coaxial cable as an additional ground resonator associated with the antenna assembly. The resulting antenna provides wide band performance between 700 MHz and 2700 MHz with improved efficiency compared with conventional antennas.

An antenna module of a wireless communication system is provided. The antenna module includes a radiator comprising a top face to which a radio wave is radiated, a dielectric material disposed on a bottom face of the radiator, the bottom face of the radiator being opposite to the top face of the radiator, a feeding unit disposed on a bottom face of the dielectric material, the feeding unit being configured to supply an electric signal to the radiator through the dielectric material, and a support unit disposed on the bottom face of the dielectric material, the support unit comprising a metallic material.

A laminar phased array has a first sub-array configured to operate in one of a receive mode with a first polarity and a transmit mode with a second polarity, and a second sub-array configured to operate in one of a receive mode with the second polarity and a transmit mode with the first polarity. The first polarity is physically orthogonal to the second polarity. The array also has a controller configured to control the first and second sub-arrays so that they operate together in either 1) a receive mode or 2) a transit mode. Accordingly, both sub-arrays are configured to operate at the same time to receive signals in the first and second polarities when in the receive mode. In a corresponding manner, both sub-arrays are configured to operate at the same time to transmit signals in the first and second polarities when in the transmit mode.

A nonreciprocal phased-array antenna includes an array of resonant antennas a.sub.1, . . . , a.sub.n. During transmission, an outbound signal having a frequency f.sub.0 and a phase shift φ.sub.di caused by propagation through a data network feeds into each resonant antenna a.sub.i. Each resonant antenna a.sub.i upconverts the outbound signal using a modulation signal having a frequency f.sub.m and a phase shift φ.sub.mi caused by propagation through a modulation network to produce an upconverted radiated signal having a frequency f.sub.0+f.sub.m and a phase proportionate to φ.sub.di+φ.sub.mi. During reception, an inbound signal of frequency f.sub.0+f.sub.m is received at each resonant antenna a.sub.i and is downconverted using the modulation signal to produce a downconverted signal having a frequency f.sub.0 and a phase proportionate to −φ.sub.mi. After passing through the data network to the inbound port, the downconverted signal has a phase proportionate to φ.sub.di−φ.sub.mi.

A dual-band cross-polarized antenna includes first and second metal layers defining respective first and second driven patches configured to radiate at different frequencies, first and second feed pins connecting a first feed line to the first driven patch at respective first and second feed points thereof associated with orthogonal polarizations, and third and fourth feed pins connecting a second feed line to the second driven patch at first and second feed points thereof associated with orthogonal polarizations. The third feed pin extends through a first hole in the first driven patch to capacitively couple the third feed pin to the first driven patch. The fourth feed pin extends through a second hole in the first driven patch to capacitively couple the fourth feed pin to the first driven patch. Two or more antenna elements are arranged as a phased array antenna and packaged as an antenna module.

A physically configurable communication device includes a conductive chassis. The physically configurable communication device includes a first device portion including one or more electrically driven antennas at least partially formed in the conductive chassis of the physically configurable communication device and an electrical feed in the first device portion connected to the one or more electrically driven antennas. The electrical feed is configured to supply a communication signal to the one or more electrically driven antennas. A second device portion is movably attached to the first device portion. The second device portion includes one or more capacitively coupled antennas at least partially formed in the conductive chassis of the physically configurable communication device, wherein each of the electrically driven antennas in the first device portion capacitively drives at least a corresponding one of the capacitively coupled antennas in the second device portion.

Examples are disclosed that relate to an antenna formed in a chassis of a device. One example provides a wireless device comprising a chassis and a chassis antenna formed at least in part by a dielectric gap between a body of the chassis and the chassis antenna, where a first end of the chassis antenna is defined by a cut-out in the chassis and where a second end of the chassis antenna being conductively connected to a body of the chassis. The wireless device further comprises a modem, and a coupled feed connected to the modem and capacitively coupled to the chassis antenna.

An antenna structure includes at least one radiation portion, first, second, and third feed sources, and first and second grounding portions. The at least one radiation portion is formed by a partial portion of the metal frame of the electronic device, the portion being defined by gaps. The first to third feed sources are arranged at intervals and are electrically connected to the at least one radiation portion in such a way as to make the radiation portion form a plurality of antennas. The first end of the first grounding portion is electrically connected to the radiation portion, the second end of the first grounding portion is grounded, the first end of the second grounding portion is electrically connected to the radiation portion, and the second end of the second grounding portion is grounded. The present disclosure also provides an electronic device with the antenna structure.

A wireless radiation module with multiple miniaturized antennas receiving signals from multiple switchable feed points for enhanced frequency ranges includes a substrate, a radiation portion, and an active circuit. The radiation portion is spaced apart from a radiator. The radiation portion generates multiple radiation modes through coupling with the radiator, and signals are transmitted and/or received from the radiator. The active circuit is electrically connected to the radiation portion for switching between multiple radiation modes of the radiation portion. The wireless radiation module can operate in multiple radiation modes, and cover multiple frequency bands, to increase a bandwidth and have an improved antenna efficiency. The present disclosure also provides an electronic device with the wireless radiation module.