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US 2014/0210681 A1Published application
Pattern shaping of rf emission patterns
AssigneeRuckus Wireless, Inc.
InventorVictor Shtrom
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Abstract
A metallic shaping plate located in the interior housing of a wireless device is disclosed. The metallic shaping plate may influence a radiation pattern being generated by a horizontal antenna array. The result may be an increase in the gain of the array.
Claims7
An wireless device comprising:
- an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements, wherein two or more of the plurality of antenna elements are selectively coupled to a radio frequency feed port, wherein at least two of the plurality of antenna elements generate an omnidirectional radiation pattern;
- a housing coupled to the interior of the device and enclosing the antenna array;
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- a plurality of metallic shaping plates, wherein each of the shaping plates has a different configuration, and wherein the shaping plates cause a change in the omnidirectional radiation pattern generated by at least two of the plurality of antenna elements.
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