Passive metamaterial heterodyning antenna
US10218080B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 14, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q3/46
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless signal at a low frequency is received at a face of a meta-material antenna. An offset carrier, at a high frequency, is received at an opposite direction face of the metal-material antenna. Passive mixers upshift the low frequency wireless signal to a high frequency, at the difference between the low frequency and the offset carrier. The upshifted version of the received low frequency signal is radiated from a second face of the meta-material antenna.
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