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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2001
William E. McKinzie, III, Fulton, MD (US);
e-tenna Corporation, Laurel, MD (US);
Abstract
A frequency reconfigurable artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) includes a ground plane, a spacer layer disposed adjacent the ground plane and a plurality of vias in electrical contact with the ground plane and extending from a surface of the ground plane in direction of the spacer layer. The AMC further includes a frequency selective surface (FSS) disposed on the spacer layer and including a periodic pattern of bias node patches alternating with ground node patches, the ground node patches being in electrical contact with respective vias of the plurality of vias, and components between selected bias node patches and ground node patches, the components having a capacitance which is variable in response to a bias voltage. A network of bias resistors between adjacent bias node patches provides the tuning voltage.