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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Gregory T. Stayton, Peoria, AZ (US);
Gregory T. Stayton, Peoria, AZ (US);
AVIATION COMMUNICATION & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
Various antennas and systems of antennas can benefit from meta-material construction. For example, avionics antennas including weather antennas may benefit from being constructed of meta-materials. A method can include, for example, electronically scanning, by an antenna of an aircraft, an environment of the aircraft. The electronically scanning can include transmitting or receiving an electrical frequency over the antenna. The antenna can include a negative index of refraction meta-material. The electronically scanning can also include applying an electric field to control a dielectric constant of the antenna.