Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090231225 | Wireless antenna array system architecture and methods to achieve 3D beam coverage - Embodiments of wireless antenna array systems to achieve three-dimensional beam coverage are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 09-17-2009 |
20110014878 | WIRELESS ANTENNA ARRAY SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND METHODS TO ACHIEVE 3D BEAM COVERAGE - Embodiments of wireless antenna array systems to achieve three-dimensional beam coverage are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 01-20-2011 |
20110032157 | MULTIPROTOCOL ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING A MULTIPROTOCOL ANTENNA PATTERN - Embodiments of a planar asymmetric antenna structure with shifted feed position for multi-protocol operations are disclosed The antenna structure includes two elliptically tapering right and left arms, each with a different radius, and an off-center feed point positioned between the right and left arms. One arm has a smaller elliptical tapering than the other arm and the feed point is positioned closer to one arm than the other arm. A method of synthesizing a multiprotocol antenna pattern is also disclosed. The method includes providing substantially equally surface currents on both arms of an antenna structure to generate a near-horizontal pattern in far-field at a lower frequency band, providing greater surface currents on the right arm to generate a far-field pattern with a large horizontal component at a higher frequency band, and providing greater surface currents on the left arm to generate an asymmetric far-field pattern at a middle frequency band. | 02-10-2011 |
20110034130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TOTAL ISOTROPIC SENSITIVITY USING RSSI MEASUREMENTS FOR WIMAX DEVICE CERTIFICATION - Embodiments of a system and method of determining total isotropic sensitivity (TIS) of a wireless broadband client device are described herein. A received signal strength indicator (RSSI) reported at an embedded radio module of the device is logged for each of a plurality of antenna polarizations and for each of a plurality of platform orientations. A single point measurement of module sensitivity is performed at a reference orientation and polarization the transmit antenna. The TIS is calculated as a correction to the single point measurement of module sensitivity. A correction factor to correct the TIS may be based on the difference between an average of the logged RSSIs and an RSSI at the reference orientation and polarization of the transmit antenna. | 02-10-2011 |
20110111709 | Radio frequency filtering in coaxial cables within a computer system - Embodiments and methods and means for filtering radio frequencies (RF) via coaxial cables with a computer system are provided. Such embodiments generally include modifying an RF coaxial cables communicatively coupling an antenna to a wireless radio module within a mobile computing device allow an RF signal within certain frequency band(s) to pass with minimal attenuation while other frequencies, the RF signal is either reflected or attenuated. Modifying the RF coaxial cable entails inserting sections of varied impedance into the uniform impedance of the RF coaxial cable by altering the mechanical structure of the RF coaxial cable. | 05-12-2011 |
20120082068 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ANTENNAS INCORPORATING IN-LINE-FILTER ASSEMBLIES - Embodiments herein may provide an apparatus, comprising an antenna, the antenna including a same radiating element fed by more than one in-line-filter cables with complimentary pass and rejection bands, wherein the more than one in-line-filter cables have periodically inserted discontinuities in coaxial cables to create band rejection filter functionalities. | 04-05-2012 |
20120133561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-MOLD LAMINATE ANTENNAS - Embodiments of systems and methods for providing in-mold laminate antennas are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 05-31-2012 |
20120133565 | CABLE ANTENNA APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of an apparatus and system are described for a coaxial antenna. An apparatus may comprise, for example, an integrated circuit and a coaxial cable coupled to the integrated circuit and arranged to operate as an antenna, the coaxial cable comprising an inner conductor layer and at least one insulator layer, wherein one or more portions of the inner conductor layer are exposed to allow the exposed inner conductor layer to operate as a radiating element for the antenna. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-31-2012 |
20120154687 | Multi-band tunable antenna for integrated digital television service on mobile devices - A multi-band tunable antenna is implemented on device, where the multi-band tunable antenna supports both VHF and UHF frequencies at the same time, and particularly digital television frequencies. The multi-band tunable antenna includes a tunable component that connects metallic radiating elements. Changing the electrical property, such as capacitance, of the tunable component, changes the ability to receive particular frequencies. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162024 | INTEGRATED ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - An antenna assembly comprises a computer expansion card comprising a metallic layer which forms a radiating element or a metallic shield which forms the radiating element and a feed line coupled to the radiating element. Other embodiments may be described. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162032 | ANTENNA INTEGRATED INTO A TOUCH SENSOR OF A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - A touch sensor with a transparent conductive layer and a metalized border area at least partially bordering the transparent conductive layer and forming a far-field antenna. | 06-28-2012 |
20120248883 | RECONFIGURABLE COIL TECHNIQUES - Techniques are disclosed involving reconfigurable coils. Such coils may be used in applications, including (but not limited to) wireless charging and near field communications (NFC). For instance, a reconfigurable coil may include a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. Two or more configurations may be established. These configurations may correspond to particular current paths. For example, in a circular configuration, a path is provided having the same rotational sense in both first and second conductive portions. However, in a figure eight configuration, a path is provided having a first rotational sense in the first conductive portion and a second rotational sense in the second conductive portion. A switch coupled between these portions may set the coil's configuration. Configurations may be selected based on one or more operating conditions involving the coil. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250539 | TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE USER PRESENCE - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of detecting user presence, comprising registering a client associated with the user on a host associated with the user and setting up a wireless communication pairing, wherein while setting up the pairing, the client measures the host wireless communication power and uses it as calibration threshold for distance detection, and wherein the client measures a beacon power of the host radio and when the beacon power is above a threshold, the client is determined to be proximate to the host. | 10-04-2012 |
20130271073 | COIL TECHNIQUES - Techniques are disclosed involving coils that may be used to exchange wireless energy between devices. For instance, a device may include a coil having a plurality of turns arranged along an arc. Further, the coil may have first and second ends that are substantially normal to the arc. The coil may be arranged within a casing of the device. This casing may have first and second non-parallel surfaces. In embodiments, the first end of the coil may be directed to (be substantially parallel with and proximate to) the first surface, while the second end of the coil may be directed to the substantially parallel with and proximate to) the second surface. The coil may be employed in wireless power transfer and/or near field communication applications. | 10-17-2013 |
20140002225 | SPIRAL NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) COIL FOR CONSISTENT COUPLING WITH DIFFERENT TAGS AND DEVICES | 01-02-2014 |
20140002312 | SIGNAL FEED APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA | 01-02-2014 |
20140002313 | THIN CHASSIS NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) ANTENNA INTEGRATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140065956 | NEAR FIELD COUPLING SOLUTIONS FOR WI-FI BASED WIRELESS DOCKING - Described herein are techniques related one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) based wireless docking in an enterprise environment. In an implementation, a separate low radiating antenna is constructed and installed at a bottom surface of a wireless device and at a docking surface of a docking station. In this implementation, the low radiating antenna is configured to provide local wireless communication (i.e., Wi-Fi based communication) between a docking pair that includes the wireless device and the docking station. | 03-06-2014 |
20140092543 | KEYBOARD INTEGRATED NFC ANTENNA - A metal baseboard with a planar shape which is placed close to a Near Field Communication (NFC) radio antenna may be configured with a number of slots in the metal. These slots may disrupt the eddy current that would otherwise be induced in the metal by magnetic emissions emanating from the NFC antenna. The reduction in eddy current that results from these slots may reduce the severe attenuation of the signal that would otherwise be caused by the metal. In general, each slot may run approximately perpendicular to the direction of the expected eddy current. This may be approximated by having many of the slots each run perpendicular to the nearest part of the antenna wiring. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095755 | USING ADAPTIVE CHANNEL SELECTION TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF WIRELESS DOCKING - An Adaptive Channel Selection (ACS) system is disclosed. A computing device uses wireless docking to provide a separate monitor and full-size input devices. The computing device requests docking, receives data wirelessly from the full-size input devices, and provides compressed video display data wirelessly for display on the separate monitor. An adaptive docking adapter receives and decodes compressed video display data and provides the decoded compressed video display data to a separate monitor for display. A wireless connection is disposed between the computing device and the adaptive docking adapter to provide wireless transmission of signals between the computing device and the adaptive docking adapter. | 04-03-2014 |
20140111387 | MAGNETIC FIELD PASS THROUGH SURFACES IN CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS - This document discloses one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for integrating coil antennas in a carbon fiber chassis portable device. More particularly, the carbon fiber chassis portable device containing unidirectional weave carbon fibers in its chassis—to support near field communications (NFC) related functions—is described. | 04-24-2014 |
20140129425 | DYNAMIC BOOST OF NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC) PERFORMANCE/COVERAGE IN DEVICES - Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for dynamic amplification/boosting of near field communications (NFC) antenna transmission power in a device during NFC related functions that require increase in an NFC antenna transmission power such as a payment transaction. For example, to comply with Europay MasterCard and Visa (EMVco) standards with regard to higher NFC antenna transmission power during the EMVco transactions, the NFC antenna transmission power may be dynamically controlled to maximize efficiency of a battery/power supply of the device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140159848 | CASCADED COILS FOR MULTI-SURFACE COVERAGE IN NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and wireless power transfers. A device may include a cascaded coil antenna to include a first coil antenna that is connected in series with a second coil antenna. The first and second coil antennas are independent antennas prior to cascading and are located in different surfaces of the device to establish near field coupling through front side, top side, bottom side, or corner side of the portable device. Furthermore, a flux guide may be placed in the cascaded coil antenna to facilitate magnetic flux at the first coil antenna and the second coil antenna to induce current of the same phase during receive mode. During transmit mode, the flux guide facilitates the magnetic flux at the first coil antenna and the second coil antenna to generate magnetic fields of the same direction. | 06-12-2014 |
20140185494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COEXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE COLLOCATED RADIOS - An apparatus may include a set of transceivers comprising three or more transceivers each operable to communicate via a wireless communications standard different from each other transceiver and a driver to output an enable signal when a first transceiver of the set of transceivers is active. The apparatus may also include a processor circuit and a real-time frame synchronization module operable on the processor circuit to receive a first frame synchronization input signal to delineate first receive and first transmit periods of a radio frame of a first transceiver of the set of transceivers, and to generate a frame synchronization signal to align receive and transmit periods of each of a multiplicity of additional transceivers of the set of transceivers to the respective first receive and first transmit periods of the first transceiver. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 07-03-2014 |
20140203990 | DISSYMMETRIC COIL ANTENNA TO FACILITATE NEAR FIELD COUPLING - Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and wireless power transfers. For example, a coil antenna configuration is the same in all portable devices; however, when the portable devices are arranged in back to back position with one another, the coil antenna configuration defines a dissymmetric and antenna configuration. | 07-24-2014 |
20140220887 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC) AND PROXIMITY SENSOR FOR PORTABLE DEVICES - Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and proximity sensing operations. For example, a proximity sensor uses a coil antenna that is utilized for near field communications (NFC) functions. The proximity sensor may be integrated into an NFC module to form a single module. | 08-07-2014 |
20140232334 | RECONFIGURABLE COIL TECHNIQUES - Techniques are disclosed involving reconfigurable coils. Such coils may be used in applications, including (but not limited to) wireless charging and near field communications (NFC). For instance, a reconfigurable coil may include a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. Two or more configurations may be established. These configurations may correspond to particular current paths. For example, in a circular configuration, a path is provided having the same rotational sense in both first and second conductive portions. However, in a figure eight configuration, a path is provided having a first rotational sense in the first conductive portion and a second rotational sense in the second conductive portion. A switch coupled between these portions may set the coil's configuration. Configurations may be selected based on one or more operating conditions involving the coil. | 08-21-2014 |
20140302808 | ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH SELF-IDENTIFYING ANTENNA - According to one embodiment disclosed herein, there is provided an antenna module including a self-identification mechanism that may be used by one or more wireless circuits for management purposes. The self-identification mechanism may, for example, take the form of an integrated circuit (IC) device or chip that stores a serial number that may function as a unique identifier for an antenna on which it is mounted or associated. In one embodiment, a wireless module, for example containing RF components for sending and receiving signals from the antenna, queries the serial number device, and acquires the serial number for the antenna. The wireless module can use the serial number for any number of purposes, and in particular to verify that the antenna connected is a compliant antenna that will operate within the range, within the limits, and/or with the performance specified for the radio circuits within the wireless module. | 10-09-2014 |
20140333489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-MOLD LAMINATE ANTENNAS - Embodiments of systems and methods for providing in-mold laminate antennas are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 11-13-2014 |
20140346886 | ANTENNA CONFIGURATION TO FACILITATE NEAR FIELD COUPLING - Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and wireless power transfers. A portable device may include a coil antenna that includes an upper loop and a lower loop to form a figure-eight arrangement. The figure-eight coil antenna arrangement is wrapped against top and bottom surfaces of a component to establish near field coupling through front side, top side, bottom side, or corner side of the portable device. Further, a flux guide may be placed between the coil antenna and the component to facilitate magnetic flux at the upper loop and the lower loop to induce current of the same phase during receive mode. During transmit mode, the flux guide facilitates the magnetic flux at the upper loop and the lower loop to generate magnetic fields of the same direction. | 11-27-2014 |
20140362837 | ANTENNA COUPLER FOR NEAR FIELD WIRELESS DOCKING - Described herein are techniques related to one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) based wireless docking station arrangement. | 12-11-2014 |
20150035474 | INTEGRATION OF WIRELESS CHARGING UNIT IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - Described herein are techniques related to one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for implementing a wireless charging and a wireless connectivity in a device. | 02-05-2015 |
20150044963 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC) COIL WITH EMBEDDED WIRELESS ANTENNA - Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and WLAN dual-band operations. For example, a WLAN dual-band utilizes the same coil antenna that is utilized for near field communications (NFC) functions. The WLAN dual-band may be integrated into an NFC module to form a single module. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049249 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF VIDEO STREAMS - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of controlling wireless transmission of video streams. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control one or more windows to be displayed by a display device, the one or more windows to display video of one or more wireless video streams of a plurality of wireless video streams transmitted by a plurality of video sources, the controller is to request at least one video source of the plurality of video sources to set one or more attributes of a video stream transmitted by the video source based on at least one predefined criterion. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049250 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF VIDEO STREAMS - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of controlling wireless transmission of video streams. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control one or more windows to be displayed by a display device, the one or more windows to display video of one or more wireless video streams of a plurality of wireless video streams transmitted by a plurality of video sources, the controller is to request at least one video source of the plurality of video sources to set one or more attributes of a video stream transmitted by the video source based on at least one predefined criterion. | 02-19-2015 |
20150078564 | ECHO CANCELLATION ALGORITHM FOR LONG DELAYED ECHO - This document discloses one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for implementing an echo cancellation algorithm for long delayed echo that is created during a wire or wireless voice communications. In an implementation, a WiDi feature in a device during the wire or wireless voice communications may add an additional echo delay in addition to channel multipath delay when an audio sound signal travels from a WiDi component to a microphone of the device. In this implementation, a separate delay estimator is configured to estimate total delay. The estimated total delay is fed back to an adoptive filter component for long delay echo cancellation. | 03-19-2015 |