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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Applicants:
Ibrahim Turki Nassar, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Thomas Mccrea Weller, Lutz, FL (US);
Craig Perry Lusk, Lutz, FL (US);
Inventors:
Ibrahim Turki Nassar, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Thomas McCrea Weller, Lutz, FL (US);
Craig Perry Lusk, Lutz, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 13/10 (2006.01); H01Q 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 13/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a mechanically reconfigurable slot antenna includes an electrically conductive layer having multiple slots, multiple electrically conductive parasitic patches, each patch associated with one of the slots, and a rack-and-pinion mechanism adapted to simultaneously linearly displace at least two of the patches along their associated slots.