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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Tamami Maruyama, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuo Furuno, Yokosuka, JP;
Yasuhiro Oda, Yokosuka, JP;
Jiyun Shen, Yokosuka, JP;
Tomoyuki Ohya, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Tamami Maruyama, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuo Furuno, Yokosuka, JP;
Yasuhiro Oda, Yokosuka, JP;
Jiyun Shen, Yokosuka, JP;
Tomoyuki Ohya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 15/14 (2006.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/008 (2013.01); H01Q 15/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus having multiple mushroom structures is disclosed. Each of the multiple mushroom structures includes: a ground plate; a patch provided parallel to the ground plate with a separation of a distance to the ground plate, wherein a distance between a ground plate and a patch in a certain mushroom structure is different from a distance between a ground plate and a patch in a different mushroom structure.