IP Library Granted Patent US 8,912,969
Granted Patent B2
US 8,912,969 · App. 13/342,987 · Granted Dec 16, 2014

Directional antenna and radiating pattern adjustment method

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Patent No.
US 8,912,969
App. No.
13/342,987
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a directional antenna for a multi-in multi-out or antenna beam switchable wireless communication system, including a substrate, at least one directional antenna, formed on the substrate, for generating a radiating pattern of a radiation plane according to a feeding signal, and a reflector, disposed in parallel to the radiation plane of the directional antenna, for reflecting the radiating pattern of the directional antenna, to increase a gain of the directional antenna corresponding to the radiation plane.

Claims (16)

1. A directional antenna for a multi-in multi-out or antenna beam switchable wireless communication system, comprising:

a substrate;

at least one directional antenna, formed on the substrate, for generating a radiating pattern of a radiation plane according to a feeding signal; and

a reflector, disposed in parallel to the radiation plane of the directional antenna, for reflecting the radiating pattern of the directional antenna, to increase a gain of the directional antenna corresponding to the radiation plane.

2. The directional antenna of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises at least one insertion element formed vertically on the substrate, and the reflector comprises at least one slot corresponding to the insertion element, for fixing the reflector and the substrate.

3. The directional antenna of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is an FR4 double-layered fiberglass board.

4. The directional antenna of claim 1 , wherein a polarization direction of the directional antenna is a horizontal polarization direction or a vertical polarization direction.

5. The directional antenna of claim 1 , wherein the reflector is insulated from a ground or the at least one directional antenna.

6. The directional antenna of claim 1 , wherein the reflector is a metal sheet or a system board.

7. The directional antenna of claim 1 , wherein the directional antenna is a printed dual-band linear polarization antenna.

8. The directional antenna of claim 7 , wherein the directional antenna is a printed Yagi-Uda antenna.

9. A radiating pattern adjustment method for a directional antenna, comprising:

reflecting a radiating pattern of a signal transmitted from the directional antenna by a reflector in parallel to a radiation plane of the directional antenna, to improve a gain of the directional antenna corresponding to the radiation plane.

10. The radiating pattern adjustment method of claim 9 , wherein the step of reflecting the radiating pattern comprises insulating the reflector from a ground or the directional antenna.

11. The radiating pattern adjustment method of claim 10 , wherein the reflector is a metal sheet or a system board.

12. The radiating pattern adjustment method of claim 11 , wherein a polarization direction of the directional antenna is a horizontal polarization direction or a vertical polarization direction.

Assignments (2)
MERGER (RESUBMISSION OF THE MISSING MERGER DOCUMENTS FOR RESPONSE TO DOC ID:502887510) EFFECTIVE DATE:04/01/2014. WE ATTACHED THE MERGER DOCUMENTS ON JULY 11,2014. PLEASE REVIEW THE FILES AND REVISE THE DATE OF RECORDATION AS JULY 11, 2014. Recorded Jul 11, 2014
From: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 033471/0181 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2012
From: HUANG, HSIAO-TING
To: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 027473/0875 →