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Method and apparatus for coupling an antenna to a device

US9722318B2 · kind B2 · utility

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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	Oct 16, 2015
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2420/07
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical 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.

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