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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Inventors:
Serdar H. Yonak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Frederick W. Mau, II, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Vinh N. Nguyen, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 1/203 (2006.01); H01P 7/08 (2006.01); H03H 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/00 (2013.01); H01P 1/20381 (2013.01); H01P 7/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A metamaterial comprises a support medium, such as a planar dielectric substrate and a plurality of resonant circuits supported thereby. At least one resonant circuit is a tunable resonant circuit including a conducting pattern and a tunable material, so that an electromagnetic parameter (such as resonance frequency) may be adjusted using an electrical control signal applied to the tunable material.