Narrow reactive edge treatments and method for fabrication
US6933895B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 14, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q15/008
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electromagnetic bandgap material is electrically attached to an edge, and enables high isolation between antennas due to the attenuation of surface waves. The disclosed embodiments further provide narrow reactive edge treatments in the form of artificial magnetic conductors (AMCs) whose physical width is less than 1/10 of a free space wavelength for the frequency of surface currents intended to be suppressed. These embodiments still further provide several AMCs suitable for this purpose, along with several exemplary manufacturing techniques for the AMCs.
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