CHRISTOPHER J SNYDER
Nursing at Japonica Dr, Melbourne, FL

6417806, Jul 9, 2002

Jan 31, 2001

09/773251

Griffin K. Gothard - Satellite Beach FL
Bing Chiang - Melbourne FL
Christopher A. Snyder - Palm Bay FL

Tantivy Communications, Inc. - Melbourne FL

H01Q 138

343700MS, 343846, 343702

A monopole antenna for use with a mobile subscriber unit in a wireless network communications system. The antenna includes a radiating element located near a feed point to minimize transmission delay from the feed point to the element, and a ground patch located above the element to force the beam peak down towards the horizon. The antenna is fabricated with printed circuit board (PCB) photo-etching techniques for precise control of the printed structure. The monopole antenna includes a planar substrate made of dielectric material. A conductive planar element is layered on one side of the substrate, and a conductive planar ground patch is layered on the other side of the substrate. The conductive planar element is located in a lower region of the substrate, while the location of the conductive planar ground patch is offset from the conductive planar element in an upper region of the substrate, that is, the ground patch is stacked above the conductive planar element. The feed point is typically connected to a transmission line for transmitting signals to and receiving signals from the antenna. A strip is connected to the conductive planar ground patch and extends from the patch to a bottom edge of the substrate for coupling the ground patch to a ground plane upon which the antenna is mounted.

6476773, Nov 5, 2002

May 10, 2001

09/852598

William Robert Palmer - Melbourne FL
Christopher A. Snyder - Palm Bay FL
David Charles Jorgenson - Malabar FL
Anh Le - Melbourne FL

Tantivy Communications, Inc. - Melbourne FL

H01Q 138

343795, 343700 MS

An antenna array formed on a deformable dielectric material or substrate includes a center element and plurality of radial elements extending from a center hub. In the operative mode, the radial elements are folded upwardly into an approximately vertical position, with the center element at the center of the hub and the radial elements circumferentially surrounding the center element. In one embodiment the center element serves an active element of the antenna array and the radial elements are controllable in a directive or reflective state to effect a directive beam pattern from the antenna array. When not in use, the antenna elements are deformed into a plane and can therefore be integrated into a housing for compact storage. In a phased array embodiment, the center element is absent and the plurality of radial elements, are controllable to steer the antenna beam.

2009028, Nov 19, 2009

May 5, 2009

12/435557

Griffin K. Gothard - Satellite Beach FL, US
Christopher A. Snyder - Melbourne FL, US
Bing Chiang - Melbourne FL, US
Joe T. Richeson - Melbourne FL, US
Douglas H. Wood - Palm Bay FL, US
Kenneth M. Gainey - Satellite Beach FL, US

IPR LICENSING, INC. - Wilmington DE

H01Q 19/10

343834

An antenna apparatus, which can increase capacity in a cellular communication system or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), such as an 802.11 network, operates in conjunction with a mobile subscriber unit or client station. At least one antenna element is active and located within multiple passive antenna elements. The passive antenna elements are coupled to selectable impedance components for phase control of re-radiated RF signals. Various techniques for determining the phase of each antenna element are supported to enable the antenna apparatus to direct an antenna beam pattern toward a base station or access point with maximum gain, and, consequently, maximum signal-to-noise ratio. By directionally receiving and transmitting signals, multipath fading is greatly reduced as well as intercell interference.

7333057, Feb 19, 2008

Jul 31, 2004

10/903930

Christopher A. Snyder - Melbourne FL, US

Harris Corporation - Melbourne FL

H01Q 1/38

343700MS, 343745, 343815, 343822, 343850

A stacked patch antenna including a distributed reactive network proximity feed, preferably implemented in a microstrip metallization network, coupled to an active antenna patch element to feed the active antenna patch element to emit a field to parasitically stimulate a parasitic antenna patch element.

6876331, Apr 5, 2005

Mar 14, 2003

10/390531

Bing Chiang - Melbourne FL, US
Christopher A. Snyder - Melbourne FL, US
Griffin K. Gothard - Satellite Beach FL, US
David C. Jorgenson - Melbourne FL, US

IPR Licensing, Inc. - Wilmington DE

H01Q001/24, H01Q019/30

343702, 343833, 343834, 343846, 4555727

A mobile communication handset includes at least one passive antenna element and an active antenna element adjacent to the passive antenna elements protruding from a housing. The active element is coupled to electronic radio communication circuits and the passive antenna elements are coupled to circuit elements that affect the directivity of communication signals coupled to the antenna elements.

7463200, Dec 9, 2008

Nov 21, 2006

11/602455

Kenneth M. Gainey - Satellite Beach FL, US
Christopher A. Snyder - Melbourne FL, US
James C. Otto - West Melbourne FL, US

QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA

H01Q 1/38

343700MS, 343725, 455 25, 455 634

A wireless communication node, such as a repeater, including a frequency translating repeater, a physical layer (PHY) repeater, time divisional duplex repeater (TDD) and the like, is configured with a pair of directional patch antennae and an omni-directional antenna. The patch antennae can be selected depending on the orientation of the repeater package to communicate with a station such as an access point or a base station. The omni-directional antenna can be directed toward another station such as a client. The patch antennae and the omni-directional antenna can be orthogonally polarized to increase isolation and reduce electromagnetic coupling. Multiple antennae can be used in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) configurations.

6888504, May 3, 2005

Jan 31, 2003

10/357276

Bing Chiang - Melbourne FL, US
Griffin K. Gothard - Satellite Beach FL, US
Christopher A. Snyder - Melbourne FL, US
William R. Palmer - Melbourne FL, US
Michael J. Lynch - Merritt Island FL, US
Thomas E. Gorsuch - Indialantic FL, US
Kenneth M. Gainey - Satellite Beach FL, US

IPR Licensing, Inc. - Wilmington DE

H01Q001/24

343702, 343815

An antenna array that uses at least two passive antennas and one active antenna disposed above a ground plane, but electrically isolated from the ground plane, and a respective resonant strip positioned beneath each passive antenna. The passive antenna elements are positioned about the active element, and each of the at least two passive antenna elements is individually set to a reflective or a transmissive mode to change the characteristics of an input/output beam pattern of the antenna apparatus.

6989797, Jan 24, 2006

Dec 23, 2003

10/744912

Griffin K. Gothard - Satellite Beach FL, US
Christopher A. Snyder - Melbourne FL, US
Bing Chiang - Melbourne FL, US
Joe T. Richeson - Melbourne FL, US
Douglas H. Wood - Palm Bay FL, US
Kenneth M. Gainey - Satellite Beach FL, US

IPR Licensing, Inc. - Wilmington DE

H01Q 19/10

343834, 343833, 343835, 343836, 343837, 343839, 343840, 342367, 342368

An antenna apparatus, which can increase capacity in a cellular communication system or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), such as an 802. 11 network, operates in conjunction with a mobile subscriber unit or client station. At least one antenna element is active and located within multiple passive antenna elements. The passive antenna elements are coupled to selectable impedance components for phase control of re-radiated RF signals. Various techniques for determining the phase of each antenna element are supported to enable the antenna apparatus to direct an antenna beam pattern toward a base station or access point with maximum gain, and, consequently, maximum signal-to-noise ratio. By directionally receiving and transmitting signals, multipath fading is greatly reduced as well as intercell interference.

7528789, May 5, 2009

May 8, 2007

11/800949

Griffin K. Gothard - Satellite Beach FL, US
Christopher A. Snyder - Melbourne FL, US
Bing Chiang - Melbourne FL, US
Joe T. Richeson - Melbourne FL, US
Douglas H. Wood - Palm Bay FL, US
Kenneth M. Gainey - Satellite Beach FL, US

IPR Licensing, Inc. - Wilmington DE

H01Q 19/10

343834

An antenna apparatus, which can increase capacity in a cellular communication system or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), such as an 802. 11 network, operates in conjunction with a mobile subscriber unit or client station. At least one antenna element is active and located within multiple passive antenna elements. The passive antenna elements are coupled to selectable impedance components for phase control of re-radiated RF signals. Various techniques for determining the phase of each antenna element are supported to enable the antenna apparatus to direct an antenna beam pattern toward a base station or access point with maximum gain, and, consequently, maximum signal-to-noise ratio. By directionally receiving and transmitting signals, multipath fading is greatly reduced as well as intercell interference.

7463201, Dec 9, 2008

Feb 13, 2007

11/706544

Bing Chiang - Melbourne FL, US
Griffin K. Gothard - Satellite Beach FL, US
Christopher A. Snyder - Melbourne FL, US
William R. Palmer - Melbourne FL, US
Michael J. Lynch - Merritt Island FL, US
Thomas E. Gorsuch - Indialantic FL, US
Kenneth M. Gainey - Satellite Beach FL, US
James A. Proctor - Melbourne Beach FL, US

InterDigital Corporation - Wilmington DE

H01Q 1/24

343702, 343833, 343834

A wireless handset including an antenna array. The antenna array includes an active antenna element and two passive antenna elements. The active and passive antenna elements are arranged to form a triangle with a vertex. The vertex includes a vertex angle and the active antenna element is disposed at the vertex. The vertex angle is between 90 degrees and 180 degrees.