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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Norberto Lopez, San Diego, CA (US);
Ajay Gummalla, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Norberto Lopez, San Diego, CA (US);
Ajay Gummalla, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 19/06 (2006.01); H01Q 15/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and techniques that provide tuning elements in antenna devices to tune frequencies of the antenna devices, including composite right and left handed (CRLH) metamaterial (MTM) antenna devices. Examples of the tuning elements for CRLH MTM antenna devices include feed line tuning elements, cell patch tuning elements, meandered stub tuning elements, via line tuning elements, and via pad tuning elements tuning elements that formed near corresponding antenna elements such as the feed line, cell patch, meander stub, via line and via pad, respectively.