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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Applicants:
Thomas Mccrea Weller, Lutz, FL (US);
Ibrahim Turki Nassar, Tampa, FL (US);
Craig Perry Lusk, Lutz, FL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas McCrea Weller, Lutz, FL (US);
Ibrahim Turki Nassar, Tampa, FL (US);
Craig Perry Lusk, Lutz, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 19/005 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a mechanically reconfigurable antenna includes a patch antenna, one or more parasitic patches, and a radially foldable linkage associated with the patch antenna that can be actuated to move the parasitic patches radially inward and radially outward relative to the patch antenna to change an electromagnetic property of the antenna.