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US 12,567,665 B2Granted
Radio wave refracting plate
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsNobuki Hiramatsu, Hiromichi Yoshikawa
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Abstract
A radio wave refracting plate includes a plurality of unit structures arrayed in a first plane direction and a reference conductor serving as a reference potential of the plurality of unit structures. The plurality of unit structures is represented by an equivalent circuit including three or more resonant circuits.
Claims16
A radio wave refracting plate, comprising a plurality of unit structures arrayed in a first plane direction, wherein
- each of the plurality of unit structures comprises:
- a first resonator extending in the first plane direction;
- a second resonator positioned away from the first resonator in a first direction, and extending in the first plane direction;
- a first reference conductor located between the first resonator and the second resonator, and extending in the first plane direction, wherein the first reference conductor comprises a first gap;
- a third resonator located between the first reference conductor and the second resonator, and extending in the first plane direction;
- and
- a second reference conductor located between the third resonator and the second resonator, and extending in the first plane direction, wherein the second reference conductor comprises a second gap,
- wherein the first resonator is magnetically or capacitively connected to the second resonator in the first direction, and
- wherein each of the first reference conductor and the second reference conductor is configured to serve as a reference potential of the plurality of unit structures.
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A radio wave refracting plate, comprising a plurality of unit structures arrayed in a first plane direction, wherein
- each of the plurality of unit structures comprises:
- a first resonator extending in the first plane direction;
- a second resonator positioned away from the first resonator in a first direction and extending in the first plane direction;
- a first reference conductor located between the first resonator and the second resonator, and extending in the first plane direction, wherein the first reference conductor comprises a first gap;
- a third resonator disposed in the first gap of the first reference conductor;
- a second reference conductor located between the first reference conductor and the second resonator, and extending in the first plane direction, wherein the second reference conductor comprises a second gap;
- a fourth resonator disposed in the second gap of the second reference conductor;
- and
- a dielectric constant variable material interposed between the first reference conductor and the second reference conductor,
- wherein the first resonator is magnetically or capacitively connected to the second resonator in the first direction, and
- wherein each of the first reference conductor and the second reference conductor is configured to serve as a reference potential of the plurality of unit structures.
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A unit structure for a radio wave refracting plate, comprising:
- a first resonator extending in a first plane direction;
- a second resonator positioned away from the first resonator in a first direction and extending in the first plane direction;
- a first reference conductor located between the first resonator and the second resonator, and extending in the first plane direction, wherein the first reference conductor comprises a first gap;
- a third resonator located between the first reference conductor and the second resonator, and extending in the first plane direction;
- and
- a second reference conductor located between the third resonator and the second resonator, and extending in the first plane direction, wherein the second reference conductor comprises a second gap,
- wherein the first resonator is magnetically or capacitively connected to the second resonator in the first direction, and
- wherein each of the first reference conductor and the second reference conductor is configured to serve as a reference potential for the radio wave refracting plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.