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US 7,463,201 B2Granted
Aperiodic array antenna
AssigneeInterDigital Corporation
InventorsBing Chiang, Griffin K. Gothard, Christopher A. Snyder, William R. Palmer, Michael J. Lynch, Thomas E. Gorsuch, Kenneth M. Gainey, James A. Proctor
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Abstract
A wireless handset including an antenna array. The antenna array includes an active antenna element and two passive antenna elements. The active and passive antenna elements are arranged to form a triangle with a vertex. The vertex includes a vertex angle and the active antenna element is disposed at the vertex. The vertex angle is between 90 degrees and 180 degrees.
Claims3
A wireless handset comprising an antenna array, the antenna array comprising:
- an active antenna element disposed on a first side of a circuit board,
- two passive antenna elements disposed on a second side of a circuit board;
- impedance components, coupled to the passive antenna elements, disposed on the second side of the circuit board;
- a transceiver, couple to the impedance elements, disposed on the second side of the circuit board;
- resonant shapes, coupled to the passive elements, disposed on the second side of the circuit board;
- a first ground structure, coupled to the active antenna elements, disposed on the first side;
- and
- a second ground structure, couple to the first ground structure, disposed on the second side;
- wherein a thickness of the circuit board provides a differential in a planar location of the passive elements with respect to the active element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.