Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable antenna structure
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Application No.: US14371581Application Date: 2013-01-09
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Publication No.: US09774082B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Daniele Piazza , Mauro Facco
- Applicant: Adant Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: ADANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: ADANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Priority: ITTV2012A0002 20120111
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/050281 WO 20130109
- International Announcement: WO2013/104656 WO 20130718
- Main IPC: H01Q3/24
- IPC: H01Q3/24 ; H01Q3/44 ; H01Q19/00 ; H01Q9/04

Abstract:
The present invention refers to a reconfigurable antenna structure. The antenna structure comprises a radiating structure comprising one or more first radiating elements and a secondary radiating structure, operationally associated with said primary radiating structure. Said secondary radiating structure comprises a plurality of second radiating elements that can be selectively electrically connected/disconnected to each other to vary the configuration of said secondary radiating structure, so as to vary the radiating properties of the antenna structure. The antenna structure also comprises first reactive loads, electrically connected between said primary and secondary radiating structures, and second reactive loads, electrically connected to said secondary radiating structure. Said first reactive loads, said second reactive loads and said second radiating elements forming one or more circuitry structures that are electrically resonant in the operating frequency band of said antenna structure and that are electrically connected/disconnected to each other in a selective manner in accordance to the configuration selected for said second radiating structure, thereby maintaining constantly equal to zero the overall reactive load that is electrically connected to said primary radiating structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140368392A1 RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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