Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna structure and an electronic device. The antenna structure includes: a metal frame body; a first antenna branch coupled to one side edge of the metal frame body; a second antenna branch coupled to the other side edge of the metal frame body; an antenna gap defined by the first antenna branch and the second antenna branch after the first antenna branch and the second antenna branch both extend towards a middle portion of the metal frame body, an extension length of the first antenna branch being greater than an extension length of the second antenna branch; and a feed point with one end coupled to a ground point and the other end coupled to the first antenna branch.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an array of elements forms an artificially-structured material. The artificially-structured material can also include an array of tuning mechanisms included as part of the array of elements that are configured to change material properties of the artificially-structured material on a per-element basis. The tuning mechanisms can change the material properties of the artificially-structured material by changing operational properties of the elements in the array of elements on a per-element basis based on one or a combination of stimuli detected by sensors included in the array of tuning mechanisms, programmable circuit modules included as part of the array of tuning mechanisms, data stored at individual data stores included as part of the array of tuning mechanisms, and communications transmitted through interconnects included as part of the array of elements.

Abstract: An apparatus for exchanging liquid crystal (LC) between two areas of an antenna array in an antenna and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises a waveguide; an antenna element array having a plurality of radiating radio-frequency (RF) antenna elements, and a structure in an RF inactive area outside of, and at an outer periphery of, the antenna element array that is without a ground plane instantiating the waveguide. The structure collects LC from an area between substrates forming the RF antenna elements due to LC expansion and provides LC to the area between the substrates forming the RF antenna elements due to LC contraction.

Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna element, which is able to transmit and receive high-frequency signals of a plurality of frequency bands, and an antenna matching circuit. The antenna matching circuit includes an impedance converting circuit, which is connected to the antenna element side of the circuit, and a variable reactance circuit, which is connected to a feeder circuit side of the circuit. The impedance converting circuit includes a first inductance element and a second inductance element, which are transformer coupled with each other. The variable reactance circuit includes a reactance element, which is connected in parallel or series with the transmission/reception signal transmission path, and a switch that switches the connection state of the reactance element.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus comprising a wide bandwidth resonating structure based on a primary split ring resonator having a plurality of additional split ring resonators bounded by the primary split ring resonator. The invention provides a method for optimizing the placement and size of the additional split ring resonators to achieve the desired bandwidth for the overall resonator structure.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a filter characteristic tuning apparatus includes a characteristic tuning member, an elastic member, a first movable member, a second movable member, and a driving mechanism. The elastic member comes in contact with a characteristic tuning member by deformation, and separates from the characteristic tuning member by a restoring force. The first movable member deforms the elastic member in a closing operation. The driving mechanism displaces a second movable member such that a projection opens/closes the first movable member. The characteristic tuning member changes a gap between the characteristic tuning member and the resonator by a linear driving force obtained by converting the transmitted rotary driving force.

Abstract: Subscription based multiple-input-single-output and multiple-input-multiple-output wireless energy transfer enables selective charging and powering of mobile devices using a plurality of spatially distributed transmitters that are synchronized under the control of a transmitter controller. Amplitude, phase, and frequency of each transmitter is controlled to promote or deny the transfer of energy to particular mobile devices or positions through optimization techniques based on the incident power level at each mobile device subscribing to the system. Measurements related to the incident power level may be directly provided by the mobile device or the incident power is remotely determined through analysis of backscatter gains.

Abstract: A structure includes a first material, the first material including an artificially structured array of elements, the first material further being arranged in a pattern to at least partially form a photonic band gap in a band gap frequency range. The first material has an effective permeability or an effective permittivity in the band gap frequency range that is determined at least partially by the elements in the array.

Abstract: A line bridging element for two microstrip lines, each of which are configured to conduct electromagnetic waves having a wavelength in the millimeter wavelength range, including a dielectric resonator, including a first coupling point, which is configured to couple the line-conducted electromagnetic wave, which is carried in the first microstrip line, into the dielectric resonator, including a second coupling point, which is configured to decouple the electromagnetic wave coupled into the dielectric resonator into the first microstrip line. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing a line bridging element.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a dynamically reconfigurable bandpass filter includes a resonator loop and a microfluidic channel proximate to the resonator loop, the channel containing a conductor, wherein the position of the conductor within the channel can be adjusted to change capacitive loading of the resonator loop and therefore change the frequencies that the filter passes. In another embodiment, a filter includes a second resonator loop having comprising switches located at discrete positions along a length of the second resonator loop, wherein opening and closing of the switches changes the effective length of the second resonator loop to change capacitive loading of the first resonator loop.

Abstract: An information input device includes a touch panel configured to be provided with a touch sensor that detects a position at which a sensing object is brought close to a sensing surface. In this information input device, the touch sensor has a scanning electrode and a detecting electrode that is opposed to the scanning electrode with the intermediary of a dielectric substance, and is a capacitive sensor whose electrostatic capacitance changes if the sensing object is brought close to the detecting electrode. Furthermore, a slit is formed in a surface of the detecting electrode opposed to the scanning electrode.

Abstract: A method of tuning the frequency of a waveguide filter including the step of removing dielectric material from one or both of the first and second opposed exterior side surfaces of the waveguide filter to cause a change in the center frequency of the waveguide filter. In one embodiment, dielectric material is removed from one or both of the first and second opposed exterior side surfaces of the waveguide filter in unequal amounts wherein the tuned waveguide filter includes first and second slits defined in the respective first and second opposed exterior side surfaces which extend unequal first and second distances into the body of the waveguide filter.

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for providing a tunable RF resonator device. In an embodiment, a patterned layer of an adhesive material is disposed on a side of a panel comprising a substrate and a metal layer. A membrane is aligned between the panel and another panel. A laminate is formed with the first panel, the second panel and the membrane, where an intermediate layer of the laminate includes a first portion comprising a liquid crystal channel, and a second portion comprising adhesive material disposed in interstices of the membrane. In another embodiment, the second portion forms at least part of a boundary to the liquid crystal channel.

Abstract: Provided is a radio frequency (RF) cavity filter including a tuning bolt holding member, the RF cavity filter including a top block, a bottom block to form a cavity along with the top block, a resonator disposed in the cavity, a tuning bolt to penetrate through the top block, and a tuning bolt holding member disposed to be in contact with one end of the tuning bolt to hold the tuning bolt, which may fix a position of the tuning bolt.

Abstract: An apparatus to filter electromagnetic waves includes a cavity and one or more tuning circuits. The cavity is configured to receive the electromagnetic waves and has a resonant frequency. The one or more tuning circuits are disposed proximate to or in the cavity. The one or more tuning circuits and the cavity are configured to filter the electromagnetic waves and the resonant frequency of the cavity is based on the one or more tuning circuits.

Abstract: A frequency-tunable microwave bandpass filter including a wave guide having a rectangular cross-section and including a stationary first conductive portion I and a movable second conductive portion II. The first portion includes first conductive partitions having one or more conductive obstacles related to complementary openings in the section of the guide that forms capacitive irises. The first partitions are transversely mounted, at the propagation of the wave in the guide, define cavities in the longitudinal direction of the guide, are rigidly connected to the first portion and the second conductive partitions that have one or more openings defining capacitive irises, and, in combination with the adjacent guide lengths, form immitance inverters. The first partitions form a series of resonating cavities coupled by the immitance inverters. A means ensures electrical contact between the conductive portions I and II.

Abstract: Disclosed is a variable bandwidth RF filter. The disclosed filter comprises: a first filter unit having a first bandwidth and a variable-frequency structure; and a second filter unit having a second bandwidth and a variable-frequency structure. The first filter unit and the second filter unit are coupled to a cascade structure, and the bandwidth is adjusted by varying the frequency of the first filter unit and of the second filter unit. The disclosed filter is advantageous in that the variation of the bandwidth can be easily performed using a simple structure.

Abstract: A microstrip combline bandpass filter includes an input port, an output port, and a plurality of resonators each including a microstrip line having a first end and a second end. One of the plurality of resonators is connected to the input port, and another of the plurality of resonators is connected to the output port. The filter also includes a plurality of pairs of series coupled varactors. The first end of each microstrip line is coupled to one of the pairs of varactors, and the second end of each microstrip line is coupled to ground.

Abstract: A bandstop filter configured to suppress a spurious resonance frequency includes a resonator and a transmission line that is coupled to the resonator at a first junction and at a second junction with a length ? of transmission line running between the two couplings. The configuration provides two signal paths so that constructive interference occurs at the spurious resonance, and destructive interference occurs at a fundamental bandstop frequency. This provides spurious suppression by effectively cancelling out resonator couplings via the constructive interference, extending the upper passband of the bandstop filter to any degree required by the application.

Abstract: A tunable metamaterial has a two dimensional array of resonant annular ring elements; and a plurality of voltage controllable electrical tuning elements disposed in or adjacent openings in each of said ring elements, each of said voltage controllable electrical tuning element ohmically contacting portions of only one of said ring elements. The voltage controllable electrical tuning elements may comprise highly doped semiconductor tunnel diodes, or the charge accumulation layer at the semiconductor/insulator interface of a metal-insulator-semiconductor structure, or nanoelectromechanical (NEMs) capacitors. The tunable metamaterial may be used, for example, in an optical beam steering device using the aforementioned tunable optical metamaterial in which a free-space optical beam is coupled into a receiving portion of a plane of the optical metamaterial and is steered out of a transmitter portion of the plane of the optical metamaterial in controllable azimuthal and elevational directions.

Abstract: A cavity filter includes a housing having a positioning portion, a cover on top of the housing which have a pair of first positioning holes, a sliding plate with movably support on the positioning portion and mounted between the positioning portion and the cover to be configured to adjust a resonating frequency of the cavity filter, and a tuning structure fixed on the cover and having a pair of first positioning poles. The sliding plate includes a plurality of elastic arms, each of which is made of insulated material and supported by the positioning portion. Each of the pair of first positioning poles extends through the corresponding first positioning holes to touch the corresponding one of the plurality of elastic arms of the sliding plate.

Abstract: A tunable band-pass filter includes: a rectangular waveguide including a first and a second waveguide parts, which are acquired by dividing the rectangular waveguide along an E-plane of the rectangular waveguide at a center position of an H-plane in the rectangular waveguide; a metal plate sandwiched by the first and the second waveguide parts in such a way as to be parallel to the E-plane; at least one dielectric plate arranged in the rectangular waveguide in such a way as to extend in a longitudinal extension direction of the metal plate; and a drive mechanism changing a relative position relationship between the dielectric plate and the metal plate from the outside.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wideband frequency tunable ring resonator, wherein, comprises a closed ?g/2 transmission line and two variable capacitors with tunable capacitance, the ?g/2 transmission line is axisymmetric around a central line, first ends of the two variable capacitors are respectively connected to two intersection points of the ?g/2 transmission line and the central line, the second ends of the two variable capacitors are respectively grounded. By implementing the technical solution of present invention, following technical effects are obtained. The fundamental resonant frequency (ffund) can be shifted up and down by controlling the respective values of the two loading capacitors, resulting in a bi-directional tuning of ffund. As a result, the tuning range of this invention can be approximately doubled as compared with the conventional tunable ring resonator.

Abstract: A dielectric resonator in a radio frequency filter is provided, in which a dielectric resonance element is fixed at the center of a housing space formed by a cover and a housing, a guide groove is formed into a bottom of the housing, for allowing the dielectric resonance element to be inserted therein, a metal plate is interposed between the cover and the housing, and a dielectric fixing screw is engaged with the cover at a position corresponding to an upper end portion of the dielectric resonance element by screwing, for fixing the dielectric resonance element by pressing the upper end portion of the dielectric resonance element.

Abstract: A cavity filter includes a slider, a driving device, and an adapter. The slider is used to slide relative to and couple with a plurality of resonators located in the cavity filter to adjust a resonating frequency of the cavity filter. The driving device is used to drive the slider slide relative to the plurality of resonators and includes a shaft having a free end. The adapter is installed between the slider and the driving device and rotateably connected to the free end of the shaft with a gap configured between the free end and the adapter.

Abstract: A tuneable resonator filter consisting of cavity resonators. In the partition wall separating the successive resonators on the transmission path of a resonator filter there is a coupling opening (CPO) with a typically constant width. The coupling strength between the resonators is adjusted by a tuning element which is supported to the partition wall on the opposite sides of the coupling opening so that it can be moved. The tuning element is conductive and grounded so that the impedance between its ends and the partition wall is low. For moving the tuning element, it is linked by a dielectric rod to an electrically controllable actuator being located on the filter lid. By means of the tuning mechanism the bandwidth of a filter can be set automatically.

Abstract: A geometrically modifiable resonator is comprised of a resonator disposed on a substrate, and a means for geometrically modifying the resonator. The geometrically modifiable resonator can achieve active optical and/or electronic control of the frequency response in metamaterials and/or frequency selective surfaces, potentially with sub-picosecond response times. Additionally, the methods taught here can be applied to discrete geometrically modifiable circuit components such as inductors and capacitors. Principally, controlled conductivity regions, using either reversible photodoping or voltage induced depletion activation, are used to modify the geometries of circuit components, thus allowing frequency tuning of resonators without otherwise affecting the bulk substrate electrical properties. The concept is valid over any frequency range in which metamaterials are designed to operate.

Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator includes a split ring resonator (SRR) configured to have meta-material characteristics fabricated on a board, and an energy compensation circuit configured to cause resonant oscillation of the SRR. The energy compensation circuit is fabricated in the form of an integrated circuit.

Abstract: A switch is replaced with a parallel resonant circuit 4. More specifically, a variable resonator includes a line part 1 that includes one or more lines and has an annular shape, at least two parallel resonant circuits 4 capable of changing a characteristic, and at least three variable reactance blocks 2 capable of changing a reactance value, in which the parallel resonant circuits 4 are electrically connected to the line part 1 at one end thereof at different positions on the line part 1, and the variable reactance blocks 2 are electrically connected to the line part 1 at predetermined intervals based on an electrical length at a resonance frequency.

Abstract: A microwave frequency tunable filtering balun is provided. The microwave frequency tunable filtering balun comprises a first microwave split ring transmission line resonator and a second microwave split ring transmission line resonator arranged in a bilaterally symmetrical manner, a fourth variable capacitor and a fifth variable capacitor of same parameters. It combines two functions of balun and tunable bandpass filter (BPF) into one circuit, resulting in a compact design. The balun characteristic and frequency-tuning mechanism are investigated, and the design equations are derived.

Abstract: Tunable bandpass filters are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a tunable bandpass filter including a dielectric substrate having a first surface opposite to a second surface, a conductive ground plane disposed on the first surface, a microstrip conductive trace pattern disposed on the second surface, the trace pattern defining a phase velocity compensation transmission line section including a series of spaced alternating T-shaped conductor portions, at least one varactor diode coupled to a first T-shaped conductor portion of the series of T-shaped conductor portions and to the conductive ground plane, and bias control circuitry coupled to the first T-shaped conductor portion, wherein the bias control circuitry is configured to control the at least one varactor diode.

Abstract: A cavity filter includes a housing, a plurality of resonators received in the housing, a cover covering the opening, a sliding plate, and a plurality of tuning posts. The housing defines an opening and comprises at least one pair of positioning portions. The plurality of tuning posts are fixed in the cover corresponding to the plurality of resonators. The sliding plate is disposed between the cover and the plurality of resonators, and is slidably positioned at the at least one pair of positioning portions. The sliding plate comprises a plurality of tuning cells and at least one elastic arm. The plurality of tuning cells is coated with a metallic layer and corresponds to the plurality of resonators. The at least one elastic arm extends from the sliding plate and elastically resists the cover.

Abstract: A tunable filter for expanding tuning range includes: a housing, which has multiple cavities defined by partitions; a resonator contained in the cavity; at least one sliding member installed over the resonator; a main cover coupled to an upper portion of the housing; and at least one tuning element coupled to a lower portion of the sliding member and made of a metallic material. Tuning is accomplished by a sliding motion of the sliding member, and the resonator includes a cylindrical first conductor and a second conductor coupled to an upper portion of the cylindrical conductor, where a cross section of the second conductor is shaped as a circle with a portion removed such that an area of overlap between the tuning element and the second conductor is varied according to a sliding of the tuning element.

Abstract: A frequency-tunable filter using a sliding system is disclosed. The frequency-tunable filter includes: a housing, in which a multiple number of cavities are defined by partitions; a sub-cover, which is coupled to an upper portion of the housing and in which a guide groove is formed; at least one sliding member installed in the guide groove; a main cover coupled to an upper portion of the sub-cover; a resonator held in the cavity; and at least one tuning element coupled to a lower portion of the sliding member to be inserted inside the housing, where tuning is achieved by a sliding movement of the sliding member, and at least one first guide member is coupled to at least one side surface of the sliding member such that the first guide member guides a sliding movement by way of contact with the side surface of the guide groove.

Abstract: A metamaterial comprises a support medium, such as a planar dielectric substrate and a plurality of resonant circuits supported thereby. At least one resonant circuit is a tunable resonant circuit including a conducting pattern and a tunable material, so that an electromagnetic parameter (such as resonance frequency) may be adjusted using an electrical control signal applied to the tunable material.

Abstract: A microwave TM mode resonator includes a resonator cavity defined by an electrically conducting cavity wall having first and second spaced apart end faces and a side wall extending therebetween. The resonator further includes a resonator body within the cavity extending along its length between the first and second end faces, wherein a portion of the length of the resonator body is a dielectric and a further portion of the length is a metal.

Abstract: A tunable resonator assembly includes a resonator coil having an inductance, and a tile residing at a position relative to the resonator coil the position selected to produce a desired change in the inductance of the resonator coil.

Abstract: A variable distributed constant line includes a substrate, a signal line that is provided on the substrate, and includes a first line portion and a second line portion facing each other, a movable electrode that is provided above the substrate, and straddles both the first line portion and the second line portion in a manner to face the first line portion and the second line portion, and a driving electrode that is provided on the substrate in a manner to face the movable electrode, attracts the movable electrode by an action of a voltage applied between the driving electrode and the movable electrode, and changes a distance between the signal line and the movable electrode.

Abstract: A metamaterial comprises a support medium, such as a planar dielectric substrate and a plurality of resonant circuits supported thereby. At least one resonant circuit is a tunable resonant circuit including a conducting pattern and a tunable material, so that an electromagnetic parameter (such as resonance frequency) may be adjusted using an electrical control signal applied to the tunable material.

Abstract: A variable resonator includes a ring-shaped conductor line (2) which is provided on a dielectric substrate (5) and has a circumferential length of a wavelength at a resonance frequency or an integral multiple of the wavelength, and at least two circuit switches (31, 32), wherein the circuit switches (31, 32) have one ends (31) electrically connected to the ring-shaped conductor line (2) and the other ends (32) electrically connected to a ground conductor (4) formed on the dielectric substrate (5), electrical connection/disconnection between the ground conductor (4) and ring-shaped conductor line (2) can be switched, and the one ends (31) of the circuit switches (31, 32) are connected to the ring-shaped conductor line (2) on different portions.

Abstract: A filter is provided with a multilayer board incorporating a resonator formed by two ground plates opposed to each other and conductive side walls connected to the ground plates; two signal vias provided through the resonator; and two terminals connected to the signal vias to receive a pair of signals. The resonator has a first face of symmetry vertical to the ground plates. The signal vias are disposed symmetrically with respect to the first face of symmetry on a distance from the first face of symmetry.

Abstract: A variable resonator that comprises a loop line (902) to which two or more switches (903) are connected and N of reactance circuits (102) (N?3), in which switches (903) are severally connected to different positions on the loop line (902), the other ends of the switches are severally connected to a ground conductor, and the switches are capable of switching electrical connection/non-connection between the ground conductor and the loop line (902), the reactance circuits (102) severally have the same reactance value, the loop line (902) has a circumference corresponding to one wavelength or integral multiple thereof at a resonance frequency corresponding to each reactance value of each reactance circuit, and the reactance circuits (102) are electrically connected to the loop line (902) as branching circuits along the circumference direction of the loop line (902) at equal electrical length intervals.

Abstract: A unit of a metamaterial includes an uppermost part electrode, a lowermost part electrode, a first internal electrode, a second internal electrode, a third internal electrode, a fourth internal electrode, and a transmission line. The transmission line connects a section of the uppermost part electrode which extends in the ?z direction to a section of the lowermost part electrode which extends in the +z direction. The length of the transmission line is set to substantially ½ of a resonant wavelength. The first internal electrode and the fourth internal electrode are respectively placed so as to be opposed to the uppermost part electrode and the lowermost part electrode. The first internal electrode and the fourth internal electrode are not electrically connected directly to each other.

Abstract: Since known detection devices include detectors of the same number as that of samples, the system configuration is complicated. According to the present invention, therefore, a plurality of electromagnetic-wave-transmission lines with different propagation-delay times and a coupled-transmission line coupling the electromagnetic-wave-transmission lines with each other are provided, and an electromagnetic wave is detected by the same electromagnetic-wave-detection unit. Subsequently, a detection device including at least one electromagnetic-wave detector of a number smaller than that of samples can be provided, which decreases the system complexity.

Abstract: Devices and methods for tunable RF filtering. Multiple bimodal filter stages are used within a filter device to provide for tunable frequency response of the filter device. The use of M sequential bimodal filter stages, each having different frequency resolutions, may allow for 2M possible modes of operation.

Abstract: A dual-band bandpass filter according to the present invention includes a plurality of dual-band bandpass resonators. The dual-band bandpass resonator includes a central conductor having a central axis aligned with an input/output direction, a pair of grounding conductors, a central conductor short-circuit part and a pair of stub conductors that are formed on a surface of a dielectric substrate. The pair of grounding conductors are disposed on the opposite sides of the central conductor with a space interposed therebetween. The central conductor short-circuit part short-circuits the pair of grounding conductors, and one end of the central conductor is connected to the central conductor short-circuit part.

Abstract: A metamaterial microwave lens having an array of electronic inductive capacitive cells in which each cell has an electrically conductive pattern which corresponds to incident electromagnetic radiation as a resonator. At least one cell has a first and second electrical sections insulated from each other and each which section has at least two legs. A static capacitor is electrically connected between one leg of the first section of the cell and one leg of the second section of the cell. A MEMS device is electrically disposed between the other legs of the first and second sections of the cell. The MEMS device is movable between at least two positions in response to an electrical bias between the first and second sections of the cell to vary the index of refraction and resonant frequency of the cell.

Abstract: Provided is a line filter. The line filter includes a plurality of dielectric layers stacked one another, a plurality of line resonator each comprising transmission lines on at least two of the dielectric layers, and a tuning unit adjusting a binding amount and resonance frequency of the line resonators. Since the line filter includes at least one line resonator on at least two stacked dielectric layers, the integration can be easily realized. Further, since the line filter can be adjusted even after the line filter is manufacture, the line filter has an excellent frequency property. Since the line filter is realized on the plurality of the dielectric layers, the frequency band can be widened.

Abstract: A tunable filter is provided which includes a filter unit comprising a pair of microstrips which are disposed facing each other, a capacitor unit connected to one side of the filter unit, and an adjustment unit for regulating the length of each of the pair of microstrips to adjust inductance of the filter unit, the adjustment unit being connected to the opposite side of the filter unit. The length of the microstrips may thereby be regulated in order to vary the frequency band.

Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a selectable notch filter includes a transmission line, a bias circuit, and a switch for selectably coupling the transmission line to ground. In one embodiment, the switch is a PIN diode. The selectable notch filter can selectably suppress a first frequency from being output when the transmission line is coupled to ground. Additionally, the selectable notch filter can selectably suppress a second frequency from being output when the transmission line is not coupled to ground. In one embodiment, the first frequency is approximately equal to a multiple of two of the second frequency. In one embodiment, the selectable notch filter can utilize more than one transmission line.