US 11,757,180 B2
Switchable patch antenna
Jay Howard McCandless, Alpine, CA (US); Eric James Black, Bothell, WA (US); and Isaac Ron Bekker, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Pivotal Commware, Inc., Bothell, WA (US)
Filed by Pivotal Commware, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,882.
Application 17/217,882 is a continuation of application No. 16/673,852, filed on Nov. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,971,813.
Application 16/673,852 is a continuation of application No. 16/280,939, filed on Feb. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,468,767, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0313677 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/521 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/36 (2013.01); H01Q 1/364 (2013.01); H01Q 1/52 (2013.01); H01Q 3/247 (2013.01); H01Q 9/04 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 1/24 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an antenna including:
a planar conductor having an aperture formed in a portion of the planar conductor;
a variable component that is coupled between a middle of the aperture and a side of the aperture, wherein the variable component provides a variable impedance value;
a fixed component that is coupled between the middle of the aperture and an opposing side of the aperture, wherein the fixed component provides a fixed impedance value; and
wherein in response to changing the variable impedance value to be non-equal to the fixed impedance value, a signal provided at the middle of the aperture is radiated by the antenna.