Apparatus comprising a first and second layer of conductive material and methods of manufacturing and operating such apparatus
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsSenad Bulja, Pawel Rulikowski, Anna Wielgoszewska
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Abstract
Apparatus comprising a first layer of electrically conductive material and a second layer of electrically conductive material, and a plurality of impedance elements connecting said first layer with said second layer, wherein an impedance value of at least some of said plurality of impedance elements is controllable.
Claims17
An apparatus for processing signals in the radio frequency range, comprising a first layer of electrically conductive material and a second layer of electrically conductive material, and a plurality of impedance elements arranged between said first layer and said second layer, at least some of the impedance elements from said plurality of impedance elements connect said first layer with said second layer, wherein an impedance value of at least some of the impedance elements from said plurality of impedance elements is controllable;
- wherein a plurality of control lines is configured to control at least one individual impedance element of said plurality of impedance elements and/or a group of several impedance elements of said plurality of impedance elements.
A method of manufacturing an apparatus for processing signals in the radio frequency, RF, range, comprising:
- a first layer of electrically conductive material and a second layer of electrically conductive material, said method comprising the following:
- providing said first layer of electrically conductive material, providing said second layer of electrically conductive material, providing a plurality of impedance elements between said first layer and said second layer, said impedance elements connecting said first layer with said second layer, wherein an impedance value of at least some of said plurality of impedance elements is controllable;
- and providing a plurality of control lines configured to control at least one individual impedance element of said plurality of impedance elements and/or a group of several impedance elements of said plurality of impedance elements.
A method of operating an apparatus for processing signals in the radio frequency range, the method comprising:
- configuring a plurality of impedance elements arranged between a first layer of electrically conductive material and a second layer of electrically conductive material;
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- processing one or more radio frequency signals through the plurality of impedance elements;
- wherein an impedance value of at least some of the impedance elements from the plurality of impedance elements is controllable;
- wherein a plurality of control lines is configured to control at least one individual impedance element of said plurality of impedance elements and/or a group of several impedance elements of said plurality of impedance elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.