# US 2019/0379104 A1 · An antenna assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0379104 A1 - Document ID: US20190379104A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/003,167 - Filed: 2018-06-08 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-08 - Assignees: City University of Hong Kong - Applicants: City University of Hong Kong - Inventors: Kwok Wa Leung; Lei Guo; Kim Fung Tsang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190379104A1 ## CPC - H01Q 1/1221: {onto a wall} - H01Q 1/46: Electric supply lines or communication lines - H01Q 9/0485: {Dielectric resonator antennas} - H01Q 13/10: Resonant slot antennas - H01Q 1/44: using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna {, e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspect}(H01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence) - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract An antenna assembly, a wireless-communication-enabled device and an intelligent home or office appliance including such antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes an antenna including an antenna body and a feeder, and at least one functional module arranged to operate with a function different from that provided by the antenna. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An antenna assembly comprising an antenna including an antenna body and a feeder, and at least one functional module arranged to operate with a function different from that provided by the antenna. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the antenna body includes a dielectric resonator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 2, wherein the antenna is a dielectric resonator antenna. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 3, wherein the antenna is arranged to operate in a dielectric resonator TE2δ1y mode. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the antenna is arranged to radiate an electromagnetic radiation including at least one of a broadside, an endfire, an omnidirectional and a conical-beam radiation pattern. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the antenna includes a non-resonant-type antenna. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 2, wherein the functional module is physically connected to the antenna body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 7, wherein the dielectric resonator is provided with at least one mounting structure arranged to mount the functional module thereon. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 8, wherein the mounting structure is further arranged to at least partially accommodate or encompass the functional module. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 8, wherein the mounting structure includes an aperture defined in the dielectric resonator. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 2, wherein the dielectric resonator is a rectangular block of dielectric material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 11, wherein the dielectric material includes zirconia. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 11, wherein the dielectric material includes at least one of silicon dioxide, acrylic and porcelain. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the antenna body is at least partially transparent. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the feeder includes a slot feeder. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 14, wherein the slot feeder comprises a feeding slot structure defined on the antenna body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 15, wherein the feeding slot structure is defined in a positioned shifted from a center position of the antenna body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 15, wherein the slot feeder further comprises a microstripline or coaxial feedline adjacent to the feeding slot structure. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the feeder includes at least one of a probe feed, a direct microstrip feedline, a coplanar feed, a dielectric image guide, a metallic waveguides and a substrate-integrated waveguide. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the antenna further comprises a ground plane adjacent to the antenna body. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 19, wherein the ground plane includes an electrical conductive sheet connected to the antenna body. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 20, wherein the electrical conductive sheet includes a sheet of copper adhesive. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the functional module includes an electrical switch. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 22, wherein the antenna assembly is arranged to operate as a switch panel. ### Claim 25 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the functional module includes an electrical power socket. ### Claim 26 (depends on 1) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the antenna body is arranged to form a part of an electrical apparatus. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 25, wherein the electrical apparatus includes an intelligent home or office appliance. ### Claim 28 (depends on 25) The antenna assembly in accordance with claim 25, wherein the electrical apparatus includes a wireless-communication-enabled device. ### Claim 29 (depends on 1) A wireless-communication-enabled device, comprising an antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the antenna is arranged to facilitate a communication between an external communication device and the wireless-communication-enabled device. ### Claim 30 (depends on 1, 28) An intelligent home or office appliance, comprising the wireless-communication-enabled device in accordance with claim 28 or the antenna assembly in accordance with claim 1.