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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2013
Applicant:

Adant Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mauro Facco, Padua, IT;

Francesco Sacchetto, Padua, IT;

Daniele Piazza, Padua, IT;

Assignee:

ADANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/44 (2006.01); H01Q 3/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/44 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 3/00 (2013.01); H01Q 9/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention refers to a reconfigurable antenna structure. The antenna structure comprises an active radiating structure comprising at least an active radiating element, a passive radiating structure comprising at least a passive radiating element, a ground plane structure comprising at least a ground plane element and at least a first circuitry element to selectively electrically connect/disconnect said passive radiating element with/from said ground plane element. The ground plane structure comprises regulating means of the current distribution along said ground plane structure, when said antenna structure emits/receives an electromagnetic radiation.


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