Systems for Synthetic Aperture Radar Transmit and Receive Antennas

    公开(公告)号:US20200292695A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16889655

    申请日:2020-06-01

    申请人: Planet Labs Inc.

    摘要: Synthetic aperture radar transmit and receive antenna systems and methods of transmitting and receiving radar signals are disclosed. In one embodiment, a transmit and receive antenna system includes a transmit antenna array configured to transmit a plurality of radio frequency transmit signals, the transmit antenna array including a plurality of patch antenna elements mounted to a printed circuit board, each patch antenna element belonging to a subarray, and one or more power amplifiers, each power amplifier feeding a subarray of the patch antenna elements, and a reflectarray receive antenna configured to receive radio frequency signals including a plurality of reflectarray antenna elements mounted to a printed circuit board, at least one antenna feed configured to receive radio frequency signals reflected from the plurality of reflectarray antenna elements, and at least one low noise amplifier electrically connected to the at least one antenna feed.

    COMPACT MULTIBAND FEED FOR SMALL CELL BASE STATION ANTENNAS

    公开(公告)号:US20200280124A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16877745

    申请日:2020-05-19

    发明人: Peter J. Bisiules

    摘要: Base station antennas are provided that include a plurality of linear arrays of radiating elements, a feed network having a first RF input that is configured to receive a first RF signal that is within a first frequency band and a second RF input that is configured to receive a second RF signal that is within a second frequency band that is different from the first frequency band. The first RF input is coupled to all of the linear arrays while the second RF input is only coupled to a first subset of the linear arrays that includes less than all of the linear arrays.

    Booster antenna configurations and methods

    公开(公告)号:US10762413B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-01

    申请号:US16242009

    申请日:2019-01-08

    摘要: A booster antenna (BA) for a smart card comprises a card antenna (CA) component extending around a periphery of a card body (CB), a coupler coil (CC) component at a location for an antenna module (AM), and an extension antenna (EA) component contributing to the inductance of the booster antenna (BA). At least a portion of the coupler coil (CC) component may have a sense which is opposite to a sense of at least a portion of the card antenna (CA) component. At least a portion of one of the components may be interleaved with (i) a portion of another component, or (ii) another portion of the same component. A capacitive extension (CE) may extend from at least one of the card antenna (CA), coupler coil (CC) and extension antenna (EA) components.

    QUICK SOLDER CHIP CONNECTOR FOR MASSIVE MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ANTENNA SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20200235488A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-23

    申请号:US16251649

    申请日:2019-01-18

    申请人: PC-TEL, Inc.

    摘要: A quick solder chip connector is provided that can include a body, a radio signal conductor housed in the body, and one or more grounding pins integrally formed in the body. In some embodiments, the radio signal conductor can include a first end configured to electrically connect to a first transmission line formed on a first printed circuit board and a second end configured to electrically connect to a second transmission line formed on a second printed circuit board and can provide a radio frequency signal path between the first transmission line and the second transmission line. The one or more grounding pins can extend from opposing ends of the body and can be configured to physically support the body and the radio signal conductor between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board.

    SMARTCARD WITH A BOOSTER ANTENNA AND A WIRELESS CONNECTION BETWEEN MODULES

    公开(公告)号:US20200226443A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16798368

    申请日:2020-02-23

    摘要: A wireless connection may be established between at least two electronic modules (M1, M2) disposed in module openings (MO-1, MO-2) of a smartcard so that the two modules may communicate (signals, data) with each other. The connection may be implemented by a booster antenna (BA) having two coupler coils (CC-1, CC-2) disposed in close proximity with the two modules, and connected with one another. The booster antenna may also harvest energy from an external device such as a card reader, POS terminal, or a smartphone, and provide the energy to the two modules via the two coupler coils.

    Antenna device for a radar detector having at least two radiation directions, and motor vehicle having at least one radar detector

    公开(公告)号:US10714817B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US16307277

    申请日:2017-03-08

    申请人: AUDI AG

    发明人: Niels Koch

    摘要: Antenna device for a radar detector, which has a circuit board having an electrically insulating substrate, on which a respective electrically conductive layer is arranged on each of two opposing sides, wherein the layer of at least one first side is configured as at least one main antenna. According to the invention, in addition to the at least one main antenna in each case, at least one antenna structure is provided which is integrated with the substrate, wherein each antenna structure integrated with the substrate comprises: a plurality of cutouts which are formed in the substrate and arranged in a waveguide and in each of which an electrically conductive material is arranged at least partially, and a feeder cable formed by the electrically conductive layer of one of the sides for feeding an electromagnetic wave into the antenna structure integrated with the substrate.

    Multi-elevational antenna systems and methods of use

    公开(公告)号:US10705203B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US16154616

    申请日:2018-10-08

    申请人: Elwha LLC

    摘要: The present disclosure provides systems and methods associated with an antenna system comprising a tension member configured to be towed by an aerial platform. In some embodiments, a first end of the tension member may be secured to the aerial platform and the second end may extend unsecured from the aerial platform at a different elevation than the first end. A plurality of antenna assemblies, each comprising at least one antenna, may be secured to and spaced along the length of the tension member. Each of the plurality of antennas may be adapted for use with a particular frequency or frequency bandwidth. For example, each of the plurality of antennas may be adapted or tuned for one or more frequencies useful for synthetic aperture radar (SAR). In some embodiments, a receiving system, a communication link, and/or an antenna location system may be utilized.