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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Jennifer T Bernhard, Champaign, IL (US);
Jessica E. Ruyle, Champaign, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jennifer T Bernhard, Champaign, IL (US);
Jessica E. Ruyle, Champaign, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An antenna includes a ground plane having a slot. The slot may be miniaturized using a meandered slot structure or other appropriate reactive loading method as an end load to one or both ends of the slot. An edge treatment may be included on one or more edges of the ground plane or a closely spaced reflecting plane. The antenna is structured to transmit or receive a signal independently or in response to electromagnetic radiation.