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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
May. 07, 2020
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Mohammed Reza M Hashemi, Pasadena, CA (US);
Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Pasadena, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
An antenna includes, in part, first and second flexible boards separated from one another by air/vacuum gap dielectric. The first flexible board includes a radiating patch and a foldable, collapsible, and deployable feed transition. The second flexible board includes a ground layer and a transmission line. The feed transition is adapted to deliver an RF signal to the radiating patch from the transmission line. By pressing forward the first flexible board, the feed transition folds towards the second flexible board thereby causing the first flexible board to collapse onto the second flexible board. The feed transition may be tapered. The antenna may further include an interdigital capacitor having a first multitude of metal fingers connected to the radiating patch and a second multitude of metal fingers connected to the tapered section of the feed transition.