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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2005
Nicolas Boisbouvier, Evian les Bains, FR;
Ali Louzir, Rennes, FR;
Françoise Le Bolzer, Rennes, FR;
Anne-claude Tarot, Etrelles, FR;
Kouroch Mahdjoubi, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
Nicolas Boisbouvier, Evian les Bains, FR;
Ali Louzir, Rennes, FR;
Françoise Le Bolzer, Rennes, FR;
Anne-Claude Tarot, Etrelles, FR;
Kouroch Mahdjoubi, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to photonic band gap antennas. This antenna comprises according to a plane of directions x, y, a radiating source and a photonic band gap structure constituted by parallel metal rods, the rods repeating themselves nx times in the direction x and ny times in the direction y. The height of the rods seen from the radiating source is increasing. The invention is able to control the radiation pattern of the antenna in the vertical plane.