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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2010
Ezzeldin A. Soliman, New Cairo, EG;
Sherif Sedky, New Cairo, EG;
Mai O. Sallam, New Cairo, EG;
Ahmed Kamal Said Abdel Aziz, New Cairo, EG;
Ezzeldin A. Soliman, New Cairo, EG;
Sherif Sedky, New Cairo, EG;
Mai O. Sallam, New Cairo, EG;
Ahmed Kamal Said Abdel Aziz, New Cairo, EG;
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, New Cairo, EG;
Abstract
Embodiments of a MEMS antenna are presented. Additionally, systems incorporating embodiments of a MEMS antenna are presented. Methods of manufacturing a MEMS antenna are also presented. In one embodiment, the MEMS antenna includes a substrate, a metallic layer disposed over the substrate, the metallic layer forming a ground plane, the ground plane having a region defining a gap disposed therein, a protrusion disposed over the substrate within the region defining the gap, the protrusion extending outwardly from the ground plane, the protrusion having a length and a width, the length being greater than the width, and a first electromagnetic radiator element disposed over the protrusion, the first electromagnetic element having a length and a width, the length being greater than the width.