(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,362,617 B2 Puente Baliarda Et Al

USOO9362617B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,362,617 B2 Puente Baliarda et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Jun. 7, 2016 (54) MULTILEVELANTENNAE (56) References Cited (71) Applicant: Fractus, S.A., Barcelona (ES) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (72) Inventors: Carles Puente Baliarda, Barcelona 621,455 A 3, 1899 Hess (ES); Carmen Borja Borau, Barcelona 646,850 A 4/1900 Lindemeyr (ES); Jaume Anguera Pros, Castellon (ES); Jordi Soler Castany, Mataro (ES) (Continued) (73) Assignee: Fractus, S.A., Barcelona (ES) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this AU 24381.99 9, 1999 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 CA 2416437 1, 2002 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. (Continued) This patent is Subject to a terminal dis claimer. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl. No.: 14/825,829 Kim . K. et al. Integrated dipole antennas on silicon Substrates for intra-chip communication, Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Trans (22) Filed: Aug. 13, 2015 actions on, Jan. 1, 1999. (65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2015/O3494.13 A1 Dec. 3, 2015 Related U.S. Application Data Primary Examiner — Tho G Phan (63) Continuation of application No. 13/929,441, filed on (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, Jun. 27, 2013, now Pat. No. 9,240,632, which is a LLC continuation of application No. 13/732,743, filed on Jan. 2, 2013, now Pat. No. 8,976,069, which is a (57) ABSTRACT (Continued) A multi-band antenna includes at least one structure useable (51) Int. C. at multiple frequency ranges. The structure includes at least H01O I/36 (2006.01) two levels of detail, with one level of detail making up another H01O 1/50 (2006.01) level of detail. The levels of detail are composed of closed (Continued) plane figures bounded by the same number of sides. An inter (52) U.S. C. connection circuit links the multi-band antenna to an input/ CPC ................. H01O 1/50 (2013.01); H01(OI/241 output connector and incorporates adaptation networks, fil (2013.01); H01O I/36 (2013.01); H01(OI/38 ters or diplexers. Each of the closed plane figures is linked to (2013.01); at least one other closed plane figure to exchange electromag netic power. For at least 75% of the closed plane figures, the (Continued) region or area of contact, intersection, or interconnection (58) Field of Classification Search between the closed plane figures is less than 50% of their CPC ............. HO1C 1/36; H01(Q 1/38: H01(Q5/10; perimeter or area. Not all of the closed plane figures have the same size, and the perimeter of the structure has a different number of sides than its constituent closed plane figures. HO1C 9/40 USPC ........................... 343/700 MS, 702, 829, 846 See application file for complete search history. 20 Claims, 14 Drawing Sheets u-NZy V7 US 9,362.617 B2 Page 2 Related U.S. Application Data 4,157,548 6, 1979 Kaloi 4,218,682 8, 1980 Yu continuation of application No. 13/669,916, filed on 4,243,990 1, 1981 Nemit Nov. 6, 2012, now abandoned, which is a continuation 4,290,071 9, 1981 Fenwick 4,318, 109 3, 1982 Weathers of application No. 13/411,212, filed on Mar. 2, 2012, 4,356,492 10, 1982 Kaloi now Pat. No. 8.330,659, which is a continuation of 4,398,199 8, 1983 Makimoto application No. 13/044,189, filed on Mar. 9, 2011, now 4.424,500 1, 1984 Viola Pat. No. 8,154.463, which is a continuation of appli 4,471.358 9, 1984 Glasser cation No. 12/400,888, filed on Mar. 10, 2009, now 4.47 1493 9, 1984 Schober 4,504,834 3, 1985 Garay Pat. 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