Method and apparatus for coupling an antenna to a device

US10305545B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Aldo Adriazola · Readington, US
• Mitchell Harvey Fuchs · Toms River, US
• Paul Shala Henry · Holmdel, US
• Donald J. Barnickel · Flemington, US
• Farhad Barzegar · Readington, US
• Robert Bennett · Southold, US
• Irwin Gerszberg · Kendall Park, US
• Thomas M. Willis, III · Tinton Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 3, 2018
• Grant date: May 28, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2420/07
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure that includes a dielectric antenna comprising a dielectric feedline having a feed point, and a collar that facilitates aligning a port of a waveguide system to the feed point of the dielectric feedline for facilitating transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves exchanged between the port and the feed point of the dielectric feedline, the electromagnetic waves guided by the dielectric feedline without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.