Antenna using a PBG (photonic band gap) material, and system and method using this antenna
US8164542B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q19/13
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An antenna uses a photonic forbidden band (PFB) material in which, by default, a surface (26) for injecting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves in a resonance cavity of the antenna (8) has at least a width or a length of a diameter higher than or equal to the wavelength of the working frequency.
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