Antenna aperture expansion flaps
AssigneeOssia Inc.
InventorsHatem I. Zeine, Caner Guclu
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Abstract
Embodiments of an aperture expansion flap are disclosed. An aperture expansion flap may be used in conjunction with an antenna to expand an effective aperture of the antenna beyond its physical area, geometry, and orientation. An aperture expansion flap may include one or more resonators which may be tuned to adjust a reflection and/or refraction phase of an incident wireless signal, such that the wireless signal may be reflected and/or refracted at angle of reflection and/or refraction that is different than an angle of incidence.
Claims20
An aperture expansion flap, configured to operate in conjunction with an antenna, the aperture expansion flap comprising:
- a plurality of resonators, wherein each resonator of the plurality of resonators is tuned to reflect an incident wireless signal with a respective adjusted phase, such that an effective aperture of the antenna is increased.
A method of adjusting an angle of reflection of an incident wireless signal from an antenna upon an aperture expansion flap, the method comprising:
- tuning a plurality of resonators, wherein each resonator of the plurality of resonators is tuned to reflect the incident wireless signal with a respectively adjusted phase, such that an effective aperture of the antenna is increased;
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- reflecting the incident wireless signal using the plurality of resonators, each resonator of the plurality of resonators reflecting the incident wireless signal with the respectively adjusted phase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.