A low profile phased array antenna that is configured to be manufactured using additive manufacturing techniques is provided. In one or more embodiments, the phased array can include a plurality of signal ears, ground ears, and clustered pillars that can be arranged in relation to a base plate such that each component of the antenna can be manufactured from a single piece of material, thereby allowing for the use of additive manufacturing techniques which can substantially reduce the cost and time of the manufacturing process. The phased array can include a signal ear that include one or more posts that interface with an airgap located within a base plate of the array, wherein the size of the airgap in relation to the size of the post is configured to achieve an optimal level of impedance matching.

An antenna structure and a terminal device are provided. The antenna structure is applied to a terminal device with a curved screen. The antenna structure includes a radiator and a feeding point. The radiator has a first break and a second break located on different sides, the first break is on one curved side edge, and the second break is on one non-curved side edge. The feeding point is electrically connected to the radiator and located between the first break and the second break. A length of a radiation arm between the feeding point and the first break is less than a length of a radiation arm between the feeding point and the second break. The antenna structure has a low-frequency radiation mode that utilizes the radiation arm between the feeding point and the second break for radiation.

An antenna structure and a terminal device are provided. The antenna structure is applied to a terminal device with a curved screen. The antenna structure includes a radiator and a feeding point. The radiator has a first break and a second break located on different sides, the first break is on one curved side edge, and the second break is on one non-curved side edge. The feeding point is electrically connected to the radiator and located between the first break and the second break. A length of a radiation arm between the feeding point and the first break is less than a length of a radiation arm between the feeding point and the second break. The antenna structure has a low-frequency radiation mode that utilizes the radiation arm between the feeding point and the second break for radiation.

Antenna systems with tunable frequency response circuits are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an antenna system includes an antenna element and a tuning conductor that is spaced apart from the antenna element and operable to load the antenna element. Thus, the tuning conductor is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna element, for instance, capacitively coupled to the antenna element. Furthermore, a tunable frequency response circuit is electrically connected to the tuning conductor. By implementing the antenna system in this manner, antenna characteristics of the antenna element can be controlled.

Various embodiments provide an antenna assembly and associated systems, devices, and methods. The antenna assembly may include two or more antennas, including a first antenna and a second antenna, coupled to a ground plane. The antenna assembly may further include an isolation network coupled to the ground plane between the first and second antennas. The isolation network may include a conductive structure between conductive antenna portions of the first and second antennas, and an isolation circuit coupled between the conductive structure and the ground plane. The isolation circuit may include a resistor, an inductor, and/or a capacitor (e.g., coupled in parallel with one another). Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

An electronic device includes a near-field communication (NFC) antenna circuit. The NFC antenna circuit includes an NFC chip, a matching circuit, and a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas may adopt a distributed design approach. The plurality of antennas may work at the same time. A circuit of each antenna may be a dual-ended circuit or a single-ended circuit.

A method for active circuit antenna optimization includes recording a capacitance value at each frequency of a frequency range using one or more tuning capacitors, thereby generating a capacitor value frequency range. The method further includes creating one or more non-linear circuit designs in an RF circuit simulator. The one or more non-linear circuit designs match the capacitance value at each frequency of the frequency range recorded from the one or more tuning capacitors. The method then includes creating one or more non-linear circuits from the non-linear circuit design. Each tuning capacitor has a corresponding non-linear circuit where all the one or more non-linear circuits match the capacitor value frequency range of the one or more tuning capacitors.

A method for active circuit antenna optimization includes recording a capacitance value at each frequency of a frequency range using one or more tuning capacitors, thereby generating a capacitor value frequency range. The method further includes creating one or more non-linear circuit designs in an RF circuit simulator. The one or more non-linear circuit designs match the capacitance value at each frequency of the frequency range recorded from the one or more tuning capacitors. The method then includes creating one or more non-linear circuits from the non-linear circuit design. Each tuning capacitor has a corresponding non-linear circuit where all the one or more non-linear circuits match the capacitor value frequency range of the one or more tuning capacitors.

According to embodiments, provided is an antenna comprising: a substrate of a square shape including first to fourth corners; a radiation unit disposed on the substrate and including a first radiation unit and a second radiation unit that radiate a wireless signal; a first feed line that applies the wireless signal to the first radiation unit; a second feed line that applies the wireless signal to the second radiation unit and has an extension line that perpendicularly intersects with an extension line of the first feed line; and a ground portion disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the radiation unit and having at least a portion of a boundary area including a step shape, wherein the ground unit includes a shared ground unit that is disposed diagonally from a first edge to a third edge, is located between the first radiation unit and the second radiation unit, and performs impedance matching of the first radiation unit and the second radiation unit.

A wireless device includes at least one slim radiating system having a slim radiating structure and a radio-frequency system. The slim radiating structure includes one or more booster bars. The booster bar has slim width and height factors that facilitate its integration within the wireless device and the excitation of a resonant mode in the ground plane layer, and has a location factor that enables it to achieve the most favorable radio-frequency performance for the available space to allocate the booster bar. The at least one slim radiating system may be configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic wave signals in one or more frequency regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.