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US 7,696,940 B1Granted
Wireless networking adapter and variable beam width antenna
AssigneehField Technologies, Inc.
InventorCurtis MacDonald
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Abstract
A wireless networking adapter that incorporates a Yagi-style directional antenna preferably includes at least one driver element positioned between a reflector element and at least two director elements. Another embodiment of the invention comprises a wireless access point having Yagi-style antenna that includes a driver that is adapted to rotate between a first position, in which the driver is in phase with the reflector an at least two directors, and a second position, in which the driver out of phase with a reflector and at least two directors.
Claims7
A wireless access point comprising:
- a decoder circuit;
- and
- an antenna comprising a driver, a reflector and at least one director, the driver being adapted to move between a first position, in which the driver is in phase with the reflector and the at least one director, and a second position, in which the driver is out of phase with the reflector and the at least one director.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.