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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2011
Applicants:

Prathaban Mookiah, San Diego, CA (US);

Kapil Dandekar, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Prathaban Mookiah, San Diego, CA (US);

Kapil Dandekar, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Assignee:

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 13/00 (2006.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 13/00 (2013.01); H01Q 15/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract

A bi-directional antenna includes a plurality of unit cells stacked in two perpendicular planes (Y-X and Z-X planes) to form cube shaped unit cells whereby inductive loops are placed on four faces corresponding to the Y-X and Z-X planes. Each unit cell includes a magnetic permeability enhanced metamaterial. The resulting antenna has the ability to couple magnetic fields oriented in both the X and Y directions with increased permeabilities and can be used to realize a variety of different antenna architectures that do not have their magnetic field confined in a single direction.


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