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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
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, FR;
Nicolas Boisbouvier, Evian les Bains, FR;
Ali Louzir, Rennes, FR;
Françoise Le Bolzer, Rennes, FR;
Anne-Claude Tarot, Etrelles, FR;
Kouroch Mahdjoubi, Cesson, FR;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an active photonic band gap antenna. In this case, the photonic band gap structure is constituted by metal rods, some of which are discontinuous, namely composed of sections of rods connected by a switching element such as a PIN diode. According to the invention, only one rod in a row of rods seen from the radiating source is discontinuous. The antenna pattern can be controlled at a low cost.