Apparatus for configuring a surface of an antenna
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsPaul Shala Henry, THOMAS M. WILLIS, III, FARHAD BARZEGAR, ROBERT BENNETT, IRWIN GERSZBERG, DONALD J. BARNICKEL
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure having a feedline, and a dielectric antenna coupled to the feedline. A first structural feature of an aperture of the dielectric antenna and a second structural feature of a junction between the feedline and the dielectric antenna can be configured to increase a front-to-back ratio of wireless signals received by the aperture of the dielectric antenna and received outside a reception area of the aperture of the dielectric antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a dielectric antenna having an aperture for transmitting or receiving wireless signals;
- a feedline coupled to the dielectric antenna, wherein a junction between the feedline and the dielectric antenna is configured to reduce a reception of wireless signals at the junction;
- a cable comprising a conductorless dielectric core coupled to the feedline;
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- wherein a transmitter or a receiver, coupled to the cable, facilitates a transmission or reception, respectively, of electromagnetic waves guided by the conductorless dielectric core and the feedline coupled to the dielectric antenna.
A device, comprising:
- a dielectric antenna having an aperture for transmitting or receiving wireless signals;
- a feedline coupled to the dielectric antenna, wherein the dielectric antenna and the feedline are configured to reduce a reception of wireless signals outside a reception area of the aperture of the dielectric antenna;
- a dielectric core coupled to the feedline;
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- wherein a transmitter or receiver, coupled to the dielectric core, facilitates a transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves guided by the dielectric core and the feedline coupled to the dielectric antenna.
An antenna structure, comprising:
- a feedline;
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- a dielectric antenna coupled to the feedline, wherein a first structural feature of an aperture of the dielectric antenna and a second structural feature of a junction between the feedline and the dielectric antenna are configured to increase a front-to-back ratio of wireless signals received by the aperture of the dielectric antenna and received outside a reception area of the aperture of the dielectric antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.