Card-based diversity antenna structure for wireless communications
First Claim
1. An antenna structure, comprising:
- a card;
at least two antenna elements attached to the card at a first end thereof; and
active circuitry attached to the card and coupled to the at least two antenna elements;
wherein at least two of the at least two antenna elements are sufficiently spaced apart so as to achieve spatial diversity.
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Abstract
A card-based diversity antenna structure includes a card and at least two antenna elements. The card has active circuitry attached thereto and connectors located at a first end thereof configured for engagement with an interface slot. The at least two antenna elements are attached to the card at a second end thereof and are coupled to the active circuitry. At least two antenna elements are sufficiently spaced apart so as to achieve spatial diversity. The polarizations of two of the at least two antenna elements may be orthogonal to each other so as to achieve polarization diversity. The antenna structure delivers good receive and transmit diversity performance and is well suited to the form factor limits imposed by the dimensions of small cards, such as PCMCIA cards. The configuration is very convenient for application in the 5 to 6 GHz frequency band.
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56 Claims
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1. An antenna structure, comprising:
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a card;
at least two antenna elements attached to the card at a first end thereof; and
active circuitry attached to the card and coupled to the at least two antenna elements;
wherein at least two of the at least two antenna elements are sufficiently spaced apart so as to achieve spatial diversity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An antenna structure, comprising:
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a card;
at least two antenna elements attached to the card at a first end thereof; and
active circuitry attached to the card and coupled to the at least two antenna elements;
wherein a first of the at least two antenna elements comprises a polarization that is orthogonal to a polarization of a second of the at least two antenna elements so as to achieve polarization diversity. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of receiving a signal in a multi-path environment, comprising the steps of:
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placing a card in the multi-path environment, the card having active circuitry attached thereto;
receiving the signal with a first antenna element attached to the card at a first end thereof; and
receiving the signal with a second antenna element attached to the card at the first end thereof;
wherein the first and second antenna elements are coupled to the active circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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49. A method of transmitting a signal in a multi-path environment, comprising the steps of:
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placing a card in the multi-path environment, the card having active circuitry attached thereto;
transmitting the signal with a first antenna element attached to the card at a first end thereof; and
transmitting the signal with a second antenna element attached to the card at the first end thereof;
wherein the first and second antenna elements are coupled to the active circuitry.
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