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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/247 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a small switchable directional control antenna that can perform direction control according to shapes and sizes of various devices. The antenna includes a dielectric layer, a radiation patch formed on a side of the dielectric layer, a ground plane formed on a side of the dielectric layer opposite to the side on which the radiation patch is formed and configured to have a plurality of slots formed at edges thereof, and a control module insulated from the ground plane and configured to control electrical connection between the radiation patch and the ground plane.