An antenna kit includes: main and auxiliary antenna units to be disposed respectively on first and second dielectric substrates; and two connecting units. The main antenna unit includes two main radiating modules which are symmetrical with respect to a first axis, and each of which includes a main feed point, a main radiating portion and an extending portion. The auxiliary antenna unit is symmetrical with respect to a second axis, and includes two auxiliary feed points, two auxiliary radiating portions and a connecting portion. Each connecting unit is capable of being assembled such that the main radiating portion of a respective main radiating module and a respective auxiliary radiating portion are connected via the assembled connecting unit.

There is provided systems and methods for mitigating interference from an interference signal. In one implementation the system comprises cancellation circuitry configured to: receive a first signal from a first antenna, the first signal comprising an interference component deriving from the interference signal and a desired component deriving from a desired signal; and receive a second signal comprising an interference component deriving from the interference signal and received at one or more of a different antenna or a different frequency to the first signal. The interference component in the second signal is stronger than that the interference component in the first signal. The cancellation circuitry is further configured to derive a cancellation signal from the second signal; generate an output signal by subtracting the cancellation signal from the input signal to substantially remove the interference component from the first signal; and output the output signal.

An antenna for inductively transmitting information and/or energy, in particular a hearing aid antenna, has a foil-like antenna base body that has a central coil core section that holds a first coil, and outer antenna sections arranged opposite one another on both sides of the central coil core section. The outer antenna sections respectively have an edge-side coil core section that adjoins the central coil core section and holds a second coil. The outer antenna sections are at an angle relative to the central coil core section. There is also described a device, in particular a hearing device, which is preferably a hearing aid, with such an antenna.

An isolated magnetic dipole (IMD) antenna system can include an isolated magnetic dipole antenna radiating element including a body portion defining a body plane, the body portion comprising an isolated magnetic dipole element, and one or more angled edge portions disposed along at least one edge of the body portion, the one or more angled edge portions angularly offset with respect to the body plane.

A radio-frequency (RF) identification (RFID) system provides side-lobe blocking (SLB) functionality. The RFID system modifies a first RF signal to provide a modified signal. The first RF signal has an RF carrier frequency according to an RFID protocol, and a main directional antenna in the RFID system has a first main lobe extending in a first direction and is configured to radiate a first signal for reading one or more RFID tags according to the RFID protocol. The RFID system then provides the modified signal as an SLB signal to a secondary directional antenna having a second main lobe extending in a second direction different than the first direction to radiate a second signal toward one or more stray RFID tags.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing phase adjusting for one or more radiating elements of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A phased-array antenna panel has front end modules mounted on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). Several phased-array processing die, transform phase and gain according to a register array in an RFIC on the PCB. The register array are grouped into a local register group and a global register group. Each set of local registers control an individual antenna element and a global register group controls overall RFIC function. The apparatus elaborates phase shift weights into a submodule of a phased-array antenna system. Each submodule determines its own base phase shift weight per its unique location and configuration to accelerate antenna beam direction changes.

A method for controlling the pointing of an antenna situated on a platform in the direction of a communications device emitting a reference signal, includes the following steps: S1) apply a first mode of pointing of the antenna using almanac data for the platform and for the communications device so as to obtain an initial position of pointing in azimuth and in elevation of the boresight of the antenna; S2) apply a second mode of pointing of the antenna, comprising at least one scan of the antenna around the initial position so as to point the antenna in a direction that maximizes a received power of the reference signal; S3) apply a third mode of pointing of the antenna wherein at least one triangulation manoeuvre is implemented for pointing the antenna based on the maximum power.

A system substantially updates all the phase shifter values of a phased array antenna by using two global writes to update these parameters to all phased-array transformation circuits simultaneously via a serial bus. Antenna elements, each controlled by a phased-array transformation circuit, are individually configured to transform phase and gain according to a register array. The register array has a local register group and a central register group, the local registers physically placed close in proximity to RF chains which each correspond to an element of array antenna, whereby each set of local registers control an individual antenna element and a central register controlling overall beam steering function. Gain values are hierarchically distributed. The apparatus is configured to efficiently elaborate phase shift weights into a submodule of a phase array antenna system with low noise and bandwidth.

An aspect of the present invention is drawn to a communication system that includes an electrically steerable parasitic array transmitter antenna, a transmitter driver, an electrically steerable parasitic array receiver antenna, and a receiver driver. The transmitter driver is arranged such that it is operable to enable the electrically steerable parasitic array transmitter antenna to transmit a beam having a first directional vector at a first time, a second directional vector at a second time, and an n.sup.th directional vector at an n.sup.th time. The receiver driver is arranged such that it is operable to enable the electrically steerable parasitic array receiver antenna to receive a beam having a third directional vector at a third time, a fourth directional vector at a fourth time, and an m.sup.th directional vector at an m.sup.th time.