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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Applicants:
Noriaki Kaneda, Westfield, NJ (US);
Carsten Metz, München, DE;
Inventors:
Noriaki Kaneda, Westfield, NJ (US);
Carsten Metz, München, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus providing a tunable channelized patch antenna by selectively adjoining one or more radiating element extensions successively to a radiating element of the patch antenna, and adjusting fringe capacitance at active outer edges of the patch antenna.