US 12,176,596 B2
Building antenna
Robert T. Rozbicki, Saratoga, CA (US); Stephen Clark Brown, San Mateo, CA (US); Nitesh Trikha, Pleasanton, CA (US); Philip F. Kearney, III, San Jose, CA (US); John Sanford, Escondido, CA (US); Harold Hughes, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); and Todd Daniel Antes, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to View, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/612,479
Filed by View, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/035485
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/243690, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,641, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/858,787, filed on Jun. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,784, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231396 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/007 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/1271 (2013.01); H01Q 21/061 (2013.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for transceiving radio frequency (RF) signals, the system comprising:
(a) a window having a first surface facing, when installed in a building, an interior of the building; and
(b) an antenna arrangement configured to attach to a structure proximate to the first surface, wherein the antenna arrangement comprises one or more radiating elements configured to transceive the RF signals through the window; wherein:
the window includes a coating disposed on the first surface and/or on another surface parallel to the first surface, the coating (i) being an electrochromic device, (ii) having a low emissivity, and/or being antireflective;
the coating excludes a region proximate to the radiating elements; and
the region is formed by removing material from a portion of the coating, the material removed including transparent metal oxides and/or a conductive polymer or gel.