Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Body-worn phased-array antenna
- Patent Title (中): 身体相对阵列天线
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Application No.: US13939465Application Date: 2013-07-11
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Publication No.: US09564682B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Geoffrey B. Rhoads , Hugh L. Brunk
- Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
- Current Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Digimarc Corporation
- Main IPC: H01Q3/22
- IPC: H01Q3/22 ; H01Q3/26 ; H01Q1/27 ; H01Q3/34

Abstract:
Several (in some cases many dozen) small antennae are integrated into or over a full body suit or clothing. These antennae preferably include an intra-suit or clothing wired connection to one or more small Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) radios, e.g., in the 3-10 GHz range. In some cases, each antenna connection includes a variable delay, e.g., a few nanoseconds with picoseconds-scale resolution on the delays, thus allowing for the body-suit ensemble to act as a directional phased-array. One claim recites a radio wearable by a human comprising: a phased-array antenna including a plurality of antennae, the array being configured for wearing over or on a human body, the plurality of antennae provided for spatially positioning in multiple different regions over or on the human body; an RF radio; and a controller configured for: i) determining relative spatial position information for antennae within the phased-array antenna; and ii) using at least the relative spatial position information, controlling the radio to produce a directional UWB beam through the phased-array antenna. Another claim includes an antenna having a plurality of metamaterial elements. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140159959A1 BODY-WORN PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2014-06-12
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