Abstract: An integrated HOFS meander line polarizer radome including: a substrate including layers having a dielectric constant (dk) greater than 2.0 and less than 5.0; a Higher Order Floquet-mode Structure (HOFS) may include HOFS lines disposed in a first subset of the layers; and meander lines, to provide a phase shift and match, disposed in a second subset of the layers, where at least one layer of the first subset is disposed between the second subset of the layers.

Abstract: An antenna extender and an antenna extended with a laser induced includes a laser source and an antenna feed. The laser source is capable of emitting a laser beam along an axis with sufficient power to produce a laser induced plasma in an atmosphere along the axis of the laser beam. The antenna feed extends along the axis for coupling between a radiofrequency signal and the laser induced plasma. The antenna feed extended with the laser induced plasma has an enhanced radiation efficiency for the radiofrequency signal that is greater than the antenna feed that is not extended and has a stub radiation efficiency for the radiofrequency signal when the laser source is deactivated and does not emit the laser beam.

Abstract: Provided herein is an artificial dielectric material for use in a focusing lens, comprising a plurality of dielectric tubes supported by one or more dielectric supporting elements which fix and separate the dielectric tubes from each other, wherein a surface of each dielectric tube is at least partially covered by at least one conductive element. Also provided are lenses comprising the artificial dielectric materials and methods for manufacture of such materials. The artificial dielectric materials and lenses may provide desirable dielectric and radio wave focusing properties and manufacturing advantages.

Abstract: An electromagnetic adjustable element that is adapted to change the manner in which an electromagnetic wave is reflected and/or transmitted and/or radiated by said adjustable element, the adjustable element comprising a first electromagnetic element and a second electromagnetic element, and a switch between them. The switch is a transistor structure including transistors of low power type, lower than 20 dBm.

Abstract: An antenna includes a first radiator and a first capacitor structure. A first end of the first radiator is electrically connected to a signal feed end of a printed circuit board by means of the first capacitor structure, and a second end of the first radiator is electrically connected to a ground end of the printed circuit board. The first radiator, the first capacitor structure, the signal feed end, and the ground end form a first antenna configured to produce a first resonance frequency. An electrical length of the first radiator is greater than one eighth of a wavelength corresponding to the first resonance frequency, and the electrical length of the first radiator is less than a quarter of the wavelength corresponding to the first resonance frequency.

Abstract: A phase control device (100) includes a two-dimensional array of three-dimensional units (10) and is configured to control a phase of an electromagnetic wave passing through the three-dimensional units (10). Each three-dimensional unit (10) includes a substrate (12) and an active control layer (11). The active control layer (11) includes metal patches (111) and (112), and a modulator (113) disposed between the two metal patches and connected to each of the two metal patches. The substrate (12) includes at least one bias line (114 or 116) connected to one of the two metal patches and extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction of an electric field of the electromagnetic wave.

Abstract: A wave shaping device which comprises a tunable impedance surface and a controller connected to the surface in order to control its impedance. The shaping device further comprises a transmission module for receiving a pilot signal used to control the impedance of the surface.

Abstract: A system for low power chemical sensing can include a voltage shift unit which receives a voltage signal from a chemical sensor unit. The voltage signal can be determined by a concentration of an analyte. The voltage shift unit can transform the voltage signal to an input voltage signal, and send the input voltage signal to a plurality of frequency selective surface (FSS) units of an FSS array. The FSS array can communicate a radio frequency (RF) signal in an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) S band with a resonant frequency based on the input voltage to provide the concentration of the analyte.

Abstract: A system includes a distributed ledger storing one or more smart contracts; one or more 5G small cells, each having one or more antennas mounted on a housing, each small cell sending packets of data trackable with the distributed ledger; and a processor to control a directionality of the antennas in communication with a predetermined target using 5G protocols.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an antenna for wireless communication that includes a first planar conductor, which is adapted to resonate at frequencies of a first frequency range; and a second planar conductor, which is adapted to resonate at frequencies of a second frequency range that spans lower frequencies than the first frequency range. Thus, a compact and efficient antenna layout is provided that enables reception and transmission of radio signals on multiple frequency bands.

Abstract: The invention discloses shared-aperture dual-band dual-polarized antenna array and communication equipment. The antenna array comprises a first dielectric substrate, a second dielectric substrate, a third dielectric substrate, a fourth dielectric substrate, and a fifth dielectric substrate. The first dielectric substrate, the second dielectric substrate, and the third dielectric substrate constitute a dielectric substrate group. The dielectric substrate group is provided with a low-frequency antenna element and four high-frequency antenna elements. The low-frequency antenna element is loaded with a filtering structure. The low-frequency antenna element and the high-frequency antenna element are fed by coaxial lines. The fourth dielectric substrate and the fifth dielectric substrate form a dual-function metasurface.

Abstract: Magnetodielectric (MD) metamaterials have a magnetodielectric (MD) substrate of a ferrite composition or composite having a characteristic impedance matching an impedance of free space and at least one frequency selective surface (FSS). The FSS has a plurality of frequency selective surface elements disposed in a pattern and supported on the MD substrate. The FSS has a conducting composition and is configured to permit one or more of transmission, reflection, or absorption at a selected resonant frequency or selected frequency band. Articles incorporating magnetodielectric metamaterials are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a highly-integrated vehicle antenna configuration, which includes: a metal structure as a reference ground for a broadband antenna; a broadband antenna; a first electrical connection structure electrically connected to the metal structure and the broadband antenna; a first excitation signal source loaded between the metal structure and the broadband antenna, wherein by exciting some resonance modes of the metal structure and the broadband antenna, the broadband design is realized; and an antenna module located on the broadband antenna, wherein the broadband antenna is used as an antenna radiator and/or reference ground of the antenna module. Multiple broadband antennas are realized by using only the space occupied by one broadband antenna, and other antennas are built on the broadband antenna at the same time, which maintains a good isolation between all antennas while ensuring the performance of the broadband antenna.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a ground pattern having a through-hole; an antenna pattern disposed above the ground pattern and configured to either one or both of transmit and receive a radio-frequency (RF) signal; a feed via penetrating through the through-hole and having one end electrically connected to the antenna pattern; and a meta member comprising a plurality of cells repeatedly arranged and spaced apart from each other, each of the plurality of cells comprising a plurality of conductive patterns, and at least one conductive via electrically connecting the plurality of conductive patterns to each other, wherein the meta member is disposed along at least portions of side boundaries of the antenna pattern above the ground pattern, and extends above the antenna pattern.

Abstract: Provided herein is an artificial dielectric material comprising a plurality of layered sheets of a dielectric material and a plurality of conductive elements disposed in holes made in the sheets of the dielectric material, wherein each conductive element is substantially tubular and comprises a slit along its length so as to provide a gap between two longitudinal edges. Also provided are lenses comprising the artificial dielectric materials and methods for manufacture of such materials. The artificial dielectric materials and lenses may provide desirable dielectric and radio wave focusing properties and manufacturing advantages.

Abstract: A low-profile array and a low-profile radiating element including: a stripline feed layer; a High Order Floquet (HOFS) part layer; and a radome layer in direct contact with the HOFS part layer, where the HOFS part layer is disposed between the stripline feed layer and the radome layer, and the radome layer includes a high dielectric constant (dk) environmentally robust material.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a steerable antenna array are disclosed. The antenna array includes an array of antenna elements aligned in rows and columns on a substrate. Additionally, the antenna array includes a microstrip feed within the substrate, where the feed is configured to electromagnetically couple to each antenna element of the array of antenna elements. The antenna array further includes a ground plane within the substrate. Additionally, for each antenna element, the antenna array includes a first cavity disposed between the ground plane and feed, and a second cavity disposed on the other side of the ground plane from the first cavity. The antenna array further includes a plurality of fluid lines configured to selectively add or remove fluid from the cavities coupled to the fluid line and cause a deflection of the ground plane in a region of the cavities coupled to the fluid line.

Abstract: An electronic circuit includes plural individual electronic circuits arranged, in which each of the plural individual electronic circuits has a first conductor column that is connected to a ground of a first layer which is any one of plural conductor layers sequentially stacked in a separated state and extends in a stacking direction, a conductor line that is connected to the conductor column to extend in a band shape in a second layer different from the first layer which is any one of the plural conductor layers, and of which an end portion separated from the conductor column is an open end, and a second conductor column that is connected to the conductor line, is not connected to the ground, and extends in the stacking direction, and each of a first individual electronic circuit and a second individual electronic circuit adjacent to each other among the plural individual electronic circuits has at least a pair of the second conductor columns, which are formed at adjacent positions without interposing any on

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a dielectric reflectarray antenna, and a dielectric reflectarray antenna made using such method. The method includes removing, from a substrate having a dielectric layer and a first outer metallic layer arranged on one side of the dielectric layer, the first outer metallic layer to form an intermediate substrate. The method also includes cutting the intermediate substrate to integrally form a dielectric reflectarray with an array of dielectric reflector elements of the dielectric reflectarray antenna.

Abstract: A printed circuit board is provided, comprising a horizontally extending dielectric substrate and a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW). The SIW comprises two horizontally disposed conductive ground planes spaced by a vertical distance, and two vertically disposed conductive fences spanning therebetween. The fences extend in a first horizontal direction, and are spaced from one another in a second horizontal direction, perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. A space defined between the ground planes and the fences comprises material of the substrate formed with one or more channels being free of material of the substrate and extending in the first horizontal direction. Each of the channels is formed by a plurality of vertical cylindrical cavities, and each cavity horizontally overlaps one or more adjacent cavities.

Abstract: An antenna includes a first radiator and a first capacitor structure. A first end of the first radiator is electrically connected to a signal feed end of a printed circuit board by means of the first capacitor structure, and a second end of the first radiator is electrically connected to a ground end of the printed circuit board. The first radiator, the first capacitor structure, the signal feed end, and the ground end form a first antenna configured to produce a first resonance frequency. An electrical length of the first radiator is greater than one eighth of a wavelength corresponding to the first resonance frequency, and the electrical length of the first radiator is less than a quarter of the wavelength corresponding to the first resonance frequency.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a ground layer, a first layer, a second layer, and a plurality of vias. The first layer includes a first insulating material and a plurality of first metallic strips. The second layer includes a second insulating material and a plurality of second metallic strips. The plurality of vias electrically connect one or more of the plurality of first metallic strips of the first layer to one or more of the plurality of second metallic strips of the second layer. The plurality of first metallic strips of the first layer and the plurality of second metallic strips of the second layer form a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of conductors. Each capacitor is located in the first layer. Each conductor is partially located in the first layer and partially located in the second layer.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for an antenna assembly, are disclosed. One apparatus includes a multiple layer printed circuit board (PCB), a dielectric plate, and antenna elements. The PCB includes antenna excitation feed elements, wherein the antenna excitation feed elements are located on a layer of the PCB. A second surface of the dielectric plate is affixed to a first surface of PCB forming gaps adjacent each of the antenna excitation feed elements, wherein a dielectric constant of the dielectric plate, a thickness of the dielectric plate, and a thickness of the gaps are selected based on an operating frequency of wireless signals communicated through the antenna assembly, and based on RF (radio frequency) characteristics of the PCB. Each of the antenna elements are affixed to a first surface of the dielectric plate.

Abstract: A system includes a distributed ledger storing one or more smart contracts; one or more 5G small cells, each having one or more antennas mounted on a housing, each small cell sending packets of data trackable with the distributed ledger; and a processor to control a directionality of the antennas in communication with a predetermined target using 5G protocols.

Abstract: An antenna device including: a ground conductor having one end and another end in a longitudinal direction; a feeding antenna conductor disposed close to the other end; a non-feeding antenna conductor disposed close to the one end; an artificial magnetic conductor that is layered between the feeding and the non-feeding antenna conductors, and the ground conductor, and that is disposed away from each of the feeding and non-feeding antenna conductors, and the ground conductor; and at least one via conductor that is disposed between the one end of the ground conductor and the non-feeding antenna conductor in the longitudinal direction, and that electrically connects the ground conductor and the artificial magnetic conductor, wherein in the longitudinal direction, a length from the one end of the ground conductor to the non-feeding antenna conductor is shorter than a length from the other end of the ground conductor to the feeding antenna conductor.

Abstract: An illustrative example detector for use on a vehicle includes a radiation emitter having a near field region that is defined at least in part by a wavelength of radiation emitted by the radiation emitter. A radiation steering device includes a plurality of reflectors, an actuator, and a controller. The reflectors are situated to reflect the radiation emitted by the radiation emitter. The reflectors are in the near field region and have at least one characteristic that limits any phase shift of the reflected radiation. The actuator is configured to adjust an orientation of the reflectors. The controller is configured to determine an orientation of the plurality of reflectors relative to the radiation emitter to steer the emitted radiation reflected from the reflectors in a determined direction. The controller is configured to control the actuator to achieve the determined orientation.

Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna, a first ground conductor, and an artificial magnetic conductor. The artificial magnetic conductor is sandwiched between the antenna and the first ground conductor, and separated from the antenna and the first ground conductor. The first ground conductor includes a first cutaway part on one end side, the first cutaway part having a substantially rectangular shape.

Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include: an array antenna including a plurality of first radiating conductors that transmit or receive a wireless signal in a first frequency band and are arranged on a circuit board; and a lens unit including at least one lens disposed on a housing of the electronic device to correspond to the first radiating conductors. The lens unit may refract or reflect a wireless signal transmitted/received through each of the first radiating conductors. The electronic device as described above may be variously implemented according to embodiments. For example, a portion of the lens unit may transmit/receive a wireless signal in a frequency band that is different from the frequency band of the wireless signal transmitted/received by the first radiating conductors.

Abstract: Subreflectors for frequency-reuse types of satellite communication system which cover the S and C bands take the form of a three-dimensional waveguide with cross dipoles on each end, where each branch of each dipole is electrically connected by conductor that passes through the center of a substrate that fills the volume of the waveguide. The frequency selective surface sub-reflector is configured to permit the S-band antenna to transmit therethrough with an insertion loss of less than 0.5 decibels, and to reflect transmissions of the C-band antenna with transmissions through the frequency selective surface sub-reflector being less than 15 decibels.

Abstract: An antenna structure serving as a radar emitter with extended long range function comprises a radiating element comprised of radiating units connected in series by a feeder. Each two adjacent radiating units are spaced apart from each other by a specified distance. Lengths of the radiating units are same, and width of the radiating units gradually decreases from a center to ends. The feeder transmits a current signal to the radiating element. The radiating element emits a radar beam based on the current signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of a conformal wave selector and methods of application thereof are disclosed. A conformal wave selector comprises a first plurality of conductors arranged substantially in parallel in a first direction and in a first region and a second plurality of conductors arranged substantially in parallel in second direction that is normal to the first direction and in a second region that is different than the first region. The conductors are sized, spaced, and directionally arranged such that signals of particular wavelengths and unknown polarization are reflected and other signals are allowed to penetrate the conformal wave selector.

Abstract: An antenna device includes at least one antenna conductor, at least one ground conductor, and an artificial magnetic conductor that is located between the at least one antenna conductor and the at least one ground conductor and is disposed separately from the at least one antenna conductor and the at least one ground conductor. At least one of the artificial magnetic conductor and the at least one ground conductor includes at least one opening formed at a place substantially facing a distal-side end of the at least one antenna conductor, the distal-side end of the at least one antenna conductor being opposite a feeder-side end of the at least one antenna conductor.

Abstract: A display panel including a touch function structure, wherein the touch function structure includes a protective layer, a metal mesh layer, and a dimming structure layer. The metal mesh layer comprises first metal traces and second metal traces, and the first metal traces and the second metal traces intersect to form vacant regions; the dimming structure layer comprises microstructures for adjusting a light emitting effect of the display panel, and an orthographic projection of each of the microstructures on an encapsulation layer is located within an orthographic projection of each of the vacant regions on the encapsulation layer.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an array of metal nanowires embedded in a matrix of optically tunable material providing a tunable hyperbolic metamaterial, and a control circuit including (i) a current source coupled to first ends of the array of metal nanowires and (ii) a ground voltage coupled to second ends of the array of metal nanowires. The control circuit is configured to modify a state of the optically tunable material utilizing current supplied between the first and second ends of the array of metal nanowires to dynamically reconfigure optical properties of the tunable hyperbolic metamaterial.

Abstract: A method for providing control of surface waves propagating on a surface includes forming a surface treatment on the surface, wherein the surface treatment is configured to achieve a tensor surface admittance distribution matrix on the surface determined according to a modified transformation electromagnetics (tEM) equation.

Abstract: Orbital angular momentum (OAM) communications systems provide an additional degree of freedom to the electromagnetic waves that travel between the transmission and receiving stations, thereby enabling a dramatic increase in data transmission rates. The present invention provides a design for a very low reflectivity flat spiral phase plate that generates OAM modes and a method of making the same. The design incorporates variable sizes of perforated unit cells and may include matched layers to provide improved impedance matching, and the flat disc shape makes the phase plate compact and easy to install. The OAM phase plate can be designed to operate at frequencies from a few 100s KHz to ultraviolet frequencies and is capable of providing one or more OAM modes at the operational frequencies, irrespective of polarization. In a preferred embodiment, the OAM phase plate is designed for operation at about 30 GHz frequency, with 20 GHz bandwidth.

Abstract: There is provided a positioning system that comprises a GPS device including a GPS receiver arranged to receive GPS satellite signals from a plurality of GPS satellites and an attenuation device arranged to attenuate GPS satellite signals such that when a GPS satellite is located in a first portion of sky the GPS satellite signals received by the GPS receiver from said GPS satellite are attenuated. A storage is provided to store satellite location information for the plurality of GPS satellites over time at a location of the GPS receiver, and a controller is provided to determine location information of the GPS device based on received GPS information from the GPS device, wherein the received GPS information comprises information on signal strengths of the GPS satellite signals received by the GPS receiver.

Abstract: A system includes a distributed ledger storing one or more smart contracts; one or more 5G small cells, each having one or more antennas mounted on a housing, each small cell sending packets of data trackable with the distributed ledger; and a processor to control a directionality of the antennas in communication with a predetermined target using 5G protocols.

Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for cloaking an object on a ground plane. A thin dielectric metasurface is used to reshape the wavefronts distorted by the object in order to mimic the reflection pattern of a flat ground plane. To achieve such “carpet cloaking”, the reflection angle is made equal to the incident angle everywhere on the object by providing a graded metasurface with a designed phase gradient. This provides additional phase to the wavefronts to compensate for the phase difference amongst lightpaths induced by the geometrical distortion. One exemplary metasurface is described which is designed for the microwave range using highly sub-wavelength dielectric resonators. The approach can be applied to hide any scatterer under a metasurface of class C1 (first derivative continuous) on a groundplane not only in the microwave regime, but also at other frequencies, including higher frequencies, up to the visible.

Abstract: A system includes a distributed ledger storing one or more smart contracts; one or more 5G small cells, each having one or more antennas mounted on a housing, each small cell sending packets of data trackable with the distributed ledger; and a processor to control a directionality of the antennas in communication with a predetermined target using 5G protocols.

Abstract: There is provided a radar apparatus comprising: a substrate; multiple antenna elements mounted on the substrate; and a signal-coupling suppressor disposed between the multiple antenna elements.

Abstract: Flexible substrates including a polymer selected from a thermoplastic polymer, a thermoset polymer, and/or a polymer blend, and ferroelectric perovskite-type oxide particles dispersed in the polymer, where the ferroelectric perovskite-type oxide has a dielectric constant that varies with applied voltage. The flexible substrates can be used in tunable electronics.

Abstract: An antenna device is designed to be connected to a printed-circuit board having a feeding part and a board ground. The antenna device includes a feed antenna, an antenna ground having a plate shape, an artificial magnetic conductor having a plate shape and being formed between the feed antenna and the antenna ground, a first connection connecting the feed antenna with the feeding part by passing through the antenna ground and the artificial magnetic conductor, and a second connection connecting the antenna ground with the board ground. The artificial magnetic conductor is not connected to the first connection and the second connection.

Abstract: A metamaterial for an electromagnetic wave filter includes a substrate; and a film disposed on the substrate and having a set of slots arranged to form a rotationally symmetric pattern, which is patterned in an intaglio shape, or a set of structures arranged to form a rotationally symmetric pattern, which is patterned in an embossed shape, to control a transmission rate according to polarization of an electromagnetic wave incident on the film. The set of slots or the set of structures have an array angle that is determined such that the transmission rate and a reflectivity thereof have constant values according to the polarization of the electromagnetic wave incident on the film, and have a chloroplast molecular structure pattern in which the set of slots or the set of structures are arranged in pentagonal and hexagonal shapes.

Abstract: A system includes a distributed ledger storing one or more smart contracts; one or more 5G small cells, each having one or more antennas mounted on a housing, each small cell sending packets of data trackable with the distributed ledger; and a processor to control a directionality of the antennas in communication with a predetermined target using 5G protocols.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a reconfigurable communication system, that includes a substrate and a metamaterial shield formed over the substrate. In an embodiment, the metamaterial shield surrounds one or more components on the substrate. Additionally, a plurality of first piezoelectric actuators may be formed on the substrate. The first piezoelectric actuators may be configured to deform the metamaterial shield and change a frequency band that is permitted to pass through the metamaterial shield. Embodiments may also include a reconfigurable antenna that includes a metamaterial. In an embodiment, a plurality of second piezoelectric actuators may be configured to deform the metamaterial of the antenna and change a central operating frequency of the antenna. Embodiments may also include an integrated circuit electrically coupled to the plurality of first piezoelectric actuators and second piezoelectric actuators.

Abstract: An optically-fed tightly-coupled array (TCA) antenna comprises a plurality of photodiodes and antennas. Each photodiode may receive an optical signal from an optical fiber and convert the optical signal into an RF driving signal to drive a corresponding antenna to which it is connected. Each photodiode may be connected to the antenna. In some examples, the TCA is capable of ultra-wideband operation ranging from 2-12 GHz and wide beam-steering capability up to 40° from the broadside. Inductance peaking and resistance matching may be employed.

Abstract: Integrated antenna structures described herein include, as one example, a multi-layered printed circuit board (PCB), including an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) cell that includes a backing metal layer defining a first inner layer of the multi-layered PCB and an AMC metal layer defining a second inner layer of the multi-layered PCB. The metal layer defining the second inner layer is separated from at least one edge of the multi-layered PCB, and a planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) surrounds the AMC cell. The AMC metal layer is configured to reflect energy radiated by the PIFA. In some embodiments, the energy radiated by the PIFA includes radio frequency waves that can be used by a receiver to power or charge an electronic device.

Abstract: An antenna assembly including a planar antenna formed on a dielectric substrate and a frequency selective impedance surface formed on the substrate and at least partially surrounding the antenna. The frequency selective impedance surface receives surface waves propagating along the dielectric substrate generated by the antenna, where the impedance surface mitigates negative effects of the surface waves by converting the surface wave energy into leaky-wave radiation, and also possibly providing some control of the radiation gain pattern of the antenna. In one embodiment, the dielectric substrate is vehicle glass, such as a vehicle windshield.

Abstract: The present invention is a metamaterial-based object detection system. An intelligent antenna metamaterial interface (IAM) associates specific metamaterial unit cells into sub-arrays to adjust the beam width of a transmitted signal. The IAM is part of a sensor fusion system that coordinates a plurality of sensors, such as in a vehicle, to optimize performance. In one embodiment, an MTM antenna structure is probe-fed to create a standing wave across the unit cells.