Communications assembly and associated method
AssigneeAgc Glass Europe
InventorsXavier Dardenne, Mohsen Yousefbeiki
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Abstract
A communications assembly including a glazing panel and at least one antenna designed to receive and transmit electromagnetic waves at a working frequency between 400 MHz and 70 GHz; the glazing panel having an external surface and an internal surface facing the antenna. The communication assembly includes a metasurface placed between the antenna and the external surface; the metasurface includes at least one periodic conducting structure that includes thin periodic conducting elements. The communication assembly further includes a dielectric slab placed between the antenna and the internal surface at a non-zero distance from the internal surface.
Claims14
A communications assembly comprising:
- a glazing panel having a first glass sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface, a second glass sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface, and an interlayer between the inner surface of the first glass sheet and the inner surface of the second glass sheet;
- at least one antenna designed to receive and transmit electromagnetic waves at a working frequency comprised between 400 MHz and 70 GHz;
- the glazing panel having an external surface and an internal surface facing the antenna;
- a metasurface placed on the inner surface of the first glass sheet, the inners surface of the second glass sheet, or within the interlayer, the metasurface further comprising at least one periodic conducting structure comprising thin periodic conducting elements;
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- a dielectric slab placed between the antenna and the internal surface at a non-zero distance from the internal surface.
A method for optimizing the reception/transmission of a communication assembly comprising a glazing panel and an antenna designed to receive and transmit electromagnetic waves at a working frequency comprised between 400 MHz and 70 GHz;
- the glazing panel having a first glass sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface, a second glass sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface, and an interlayer between the inner surface of the first glass sheet and the inner surface of the second glass sheet, an external surface of the second glass sheet facing the antenna;
- the method comprising:
- installing a metasurface on the inner surface of the first glass sheet, the inners surface of the second glass sheet, or within the interlayer, the metasurface comprising at least one periodic conducting structure comprising thin periodic conducting elements;
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- installing a dielectric slab placed between the antenna and the internal surface at a non-zero distance from the internal surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.