H01Q ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
This classification covers the design, construction, and operation of antennas used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic radiation in radio frequency applications. It includes various antenna types such as dipole, parabolic, helical, microstrip, phased array, and horn antennas, as well as antenna arrays and feed systems. The class encompasses both the physical antenna structures and their electrical characteristics, including impedance matching, radiation patterns, and directivity optimization. Related aspects of antenna installation, tuning mechanisms, and associated transmission line components are also included within this scope.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
CPC: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)
Additional Content IPC
Limiting references
Waveguides Radiators or antennas for microwave heating
Application references
Cell structures using beam steering Communication route or path selection based on characteristics of available wireless antennas Beacons or beacon systems using radio waves Direction-finders using radio waves Circuits or components for simulating antennas, e.g. dummy antenna
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 13 subcodes exist in both systems.
6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- H01Q 1/00 Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas (arrangements for varying orientation of directional pattern H01Q3/00) +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 11/00 Electrically-long antennas having dimensions more than twice the shortest operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements (leaky waveguides antennas or slot antennas H01Q13/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 13/00 Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot antennas; Leaky-waveguide antennas; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 15/00 Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction or polarisation of waves radiated from an antenna, e.g. quasi-optical devices (variable for purpose of altering directivity H01Q3/00; arrangements of such devices for guiding waves H01P3/20; variable for purpose of modulation H03C7/02) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 17/00 Devices for absorbing waves radiated from an antenna; Combinations of such devices with active antenna elements or systems +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 19/00 Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 21/00 Antenna arrays or systems (arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system H01Q3/00) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 23/00 Antennas with active circuits or circuit elements integrated within them or attached to them since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 25/00 Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns (arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern H01Q3/00) since 1980 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 3/00 Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 5/00 Arrangements for simultaneous operation of antennas on two or more different wavebands, e.g. dual-band or multi-band arrangements (combinations of separate active antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system H01Q21/30) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H01Q 9/00 Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 43,574
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 42,206
- LG CHEM KR 21,383
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 20,441
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,279
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 19,725
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 19,400
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 18,819
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 18,082
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 17,634
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 37,897
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 36,116
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 21,640
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,770
- LG CHEM KR 19,835
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 18,519
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 14,595
- INTEL CORPORATION US 13,580
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 12,151
- SAMSUNG SDI COMPANY KR 12,080