Configurable antenna
US10897086B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q9/42
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed an antenna device comprising at least first and second electrically conductive tracks disposed in at least first and second planes in a laminate dielectric structure. Each electrically conductive track has at least two electrical connection points on an external surface of the laminate dielectric structure. The antenna device is reconfigurable between a plurality of different antenna types by connecting the electrical connection points to external circuitry in different configurations. In this way, a single antenna device may be configured as two or more of: a dielectric antenna, a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA), a planar inverted-L antenna (PILA), a loop antenna, a monopole antenna and a capacitively-fed antenna.
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