Abstract: The present invention relates to an active photonic band gap antenna. In this case, the photonic band gap structure is constituted by metal rods, some of which are discontinuous, namely composed of sections of rods connected by a switching element such as a PIN diode. According to the invention, only one rod in a row of rods seen from the radiating source is discontinuous. The antenna pattern can be controlled at a low cost.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna system designed to be used in a wireless link, having polarization directions, respectively for reception and emission identical to the polarization directions, respectively for emission and reception, presented by a similar system placed in a geometric configuration of use that is different from that of the said first system. The invention enables identical devices to be implemented in separate items of equipment and in distinct positions while enabling the antenna pair to function correctly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna system with a diversity order of 2 comprising on a same substrate comprising a metallization plane first and second radiating elements each constituted by an F-inverted type antenna printed on the metallization plane side, the first and second radiating elements being positioned perpendicularly to each other near the periphery of the substrate and being connected by their extremity forming a ground.

Abstract: The present invention relates to photonic band gap antennas. This antenna comprises according to a plane of directions x, y, a radiating source and a photonic band gap structure constituted by parallel metal rods, the rods repeating themselves nx times in the direction x and ny times in the direction y. The height of the rods seen from the radiating source is increasing. The invention is able to control the radiation pattern of the antenna in the vertical plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiband planar antenna consisting of at least one resonator formed of an element having a closed shape made on a substrate and dimensioned so as to operate in its fundamental mode at the resonant frequency of the lowest band. The resonator is fed by a feed line in such a way as to operate in all the higher modes. The resonator comprises means for modifying the resonant frequencies of the various modes in such a way as to cover the bands concerned.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a photonic bandgap structure on a slot-type microwave device which is produced on a metallized substrate. According to the invention, periodically-spaced patterns are formed on the surface of the aforementioned substrate opposite the surface comprising the slot. The invention is suitable for slot-type antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation diversity antenna consisting of radiating elements of the slot-line type coupled electromagnetically to a feed line, in which the radiating elements have a tree structure, each radiating element having a length equal to k?s/2 where k is an identical or different integer from one element to the next and ?s is the guided wavelength in the slot-line constituting the radiating element with at least one radiating element comprising a switching means positioned in the slot-line constituting the said radiating element in such a way as to control the coupling between the said radiating element and the feed line as a function of a command. The invention applies chiefly to wireless transmissions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the reception and/or the transmission of multibeam signals of the type comprising: a set of several means of receiving and/or transmitting waves with longitudinal radiation of the slot printed antenna type, the said means being disposed so as to receive an azimuthally wide sector, means able to connect in reception one of the said receiving and/or transmitting means to means for utilizing the multibeam signals. This device moreover comprises means able to connect in transmission the set of the said receiving and/or transmitting means to the said means for utilizing the multibeam signals. The invention applies more particularly to the field of wireless transmissions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the reception and/or the transmission of electromagnetic signals comprising at least one means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals, consisting of an antenna of the slot type and a feed line coupled electromagnetically with the slot of the antenna so as to connect the means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals to means of utilization of the signals, the feed line being coupled electromagnetically with the slot at two points chosen such that the electromagnetic waves exhibit a circular polarization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the reception and/or the transmission of electromagnetic signals comprising at least one means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals, consisting of an antenna of the slot type (12) and a feed line (13) coupled electromagnetically with the slot of the antenna so as to connect the means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals to means of utilization of the signals, the feed line being coupled electromagnetically with the slot at two points (A1, A2) chosen such that the electromagnetic waves exhibit a circular polarization

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a photonic bandgap structure on a slot-type microwave device which is produced on a metallized substrate. According to the invention, periodically-spaced patterns are formed on the surface of the aforementioned substrate opposite the surface comprising the slot. The invention is suitable for slot-type antennas.

Abstract: The invention relates to a planar antenna realised on a substrate (2) comprising a slot (1) of closed form dimensioned to operate at a given frequency in a short-circuit plane of at least one feed-line (3, 4). In this case, the perimeter of the slot is designed such that p=k?s where k is a whole number greater than 1 and ?s the guided wavelength in the slot. On the other hand, it comprises at least one first feed-line (3) placed in an open circuit zone of the slot and a second feed-line (4) placed at a distance d=(2n+1) ?s/4 from the first line, where n is an integer greater than or equal to zero. The invention is particularly applicable to wireless transmissions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dielectric resonator antenna comprising a block (10) of dielectric material of which a first face intended to be mounted on an earth plane is covered with a metallic layer (11). According to the invention, at least one second face perpendicular to the first face is covered with a partial metallic layer (12) having a width less than the width of this second face. The invention applies in particular to DRA antennas for domestic wireless networks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiating device intended to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic signals comprising at least two antennas connected by slot and having a common slot. Connection means enable at least one antenna to be connected to processing means of electromagnetic signals. The connection means include two connection lines connected to the processing means. The two lines are terminated by an open circuit and are coupled electromagnetically to the common slot of the two antennas so as to enable a phase difference to be introduced between the electromagnetic signals of the two antennas when the connection is switched from one line to the other by means of a switching device present on the connection lines.

Abstract: A device, applicable to the field of wireless transmission, receives and/or transmits electromagnetic waves with radiation diversity. This device comprises, on a common substrate (3), at least one antenna of the slot type (1) formed by a closed curve, known as a slot antenna, electromagnetically coupled to a first supply line (6), and an antenna radiating parallel to the substrate (2), positioned inside the slot antenna and connected to a second supply line. The first and second supply lines are connected via a switching means to means to exploit the electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the reception and/or the transmission of multibeam signals of the type comprising: a set of several means of receiving and/or transmitting waves with longitudinal radiation of the slot printed antenna type, the said means being disposed so as to receive an azimuthally wide sector, means able to connect in reception one of the said receiving and/or transmitting means to means for utilizing the multibeam signals. This device moreover comprises means able to connect in transmission the set of the said receiving and/or transmitting means to the said means for utilizing the multibeam signals. The invention applies more particularly to the field of wireless transmissions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dual-band planar antenna formed by at least one slot of closed shape fabricated on a printed substrate having a perimeter equal to k?f, and two supply lines supplying power to the slot via two accesses separated by (2m+1)?f/4, where ?f is the guided wavelength in the slot and k and m integers greater than 0, the slot comprising means modifying the operating frequency, one of the supply lines being situated on the said means. The invention is especially applicable to antennas used in domestic wireless networks (IEEE802-11a or Hyperlan 2 standards.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for receiving and/or transmitting signals comprising at least two wave reception and/or transmission means consisting of a slot antenna and means for connecting at least one of said reception and/or transmission means to means using multibeam signals. The connection means consist of a common feeder line, the line being electromagnetically coupled with the slots of the slot antenna and being terminated by an electronic component enabling through a control signal to simulate a short circuit or an open circuit at the end of said line so that, when the component is in on-state the radiation pattern derived from the device is different from the radiation pattern derived from the device when the component is in off-state. The invention is applicable to the field of wireless transmissions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wideband antenna consisting of a dielectric resonator or DRA mounted on a substrate with an earth plane. The resonator is positioned at a distance x from at least one of the edges of the earth plane, x being chosen such that 0?x??diel/2, with ?diel/2 the wavelength defined an the dielectric of the resonator. This invention applies to wireless networks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiating device intended to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic signals comprising at least two antennas connected by slot and having a common slot. Connection means enable at least one antenna to be connected to processing means of electromagnetic signals. The connection means include two connection lines connected to the processing means. The two lines are terminated by an open circuit and are coupled electromagnetically to the common slot of the two antennas so as to enable a phase difference to be introduced between the electromagnetic signals of the two antennas when the connection is switched from one line to the other by means of a switching device present on the connection lines.