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Antenna using a PBG (photonic band gap) material, and system and method using this antenna

US8164542B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2007
Grant dateApr 24, 2012
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Expiry dateAug 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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