# US 8,786,516 B2 · Electronic device including electrically conductive mesh layer patch antenna and related methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,786,516 B2 - Document ID: US8786516B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/104,480 - Filed: 2011-05-10 - Published: 2012-11-15 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-05-10 - Assignees: Harris Corporation - Applicants: Francis Eugene Parsche - Inventors: Francis Eugene Parsche - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8786516B2 ## CPC - H01Q 9/0435: {using two feed points} - H01Q 1/243: {with built-in antennas} - H01Q 1/38: formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142)} - Y10T 29/49016: Antenna or wave energy "plumbing" making - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract An electronic device may include a substrate, and a patch antenna carried by the substrate. The patch antenna may include an electrically conductive mesh layer having a perimeter defined by perimeter segments including at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments with a cusp therebetween. The patch antenna may also include at least one antenna feed coupled to the patch antenna. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a substrate; a patch antenna carried by said substrate and comprising an electrically conductive wire mesh layer having a perimeter defined by a plurality of perimeter segments comprising at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments with a cusp therebetween; and at least one antenna feed coupled to said patch antenna. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments are inwardly extending. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of perimeter segments comprises an arcuate perimeter segment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said patch antenna is planar. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the perimeter has a hypocycloid shape. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising an antenna ground plane between said substrate and said patch antenna. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, further comprising a dielectric layer between said antenna ground plane and said patch antenna. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one antenna feed comprises a pair of antenna feeds for a non-linear polarization. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises a flexible interwoven electrically conductive wire mesh layer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises a body portion and a hem portion coupled thereto. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises at least one of molybdenum and gold. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said substrate has relative permittivity and a relative permeability within ±50 percent of each other. ### Claim 13 An electronic device comprising: a substrate; a planar patch antenna carried by said substrate and comprising an electrically conductive wire mesh layer having a perimeter defined by a plurality of perimeter segments comprising at least one pair of inwardly extending arcuate perimeter segments with a cusp therebetween; and at least one antenna feed coupled to said patch antenna. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein each of said plurality of perimeter segments comprises an arcuate perimeter segment. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The electronic device according to claim 13, further comprising an antenna ground plane between said substrate and said patch antenna. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic device according to claim 15, further comprising a dielectric layer between said antenna ground plane and said patch antenna. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein said electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises a flexible interwoven electrically conductive wire mesh layer. ### Claim 18 A method of making an electronic device comprising: forming a patch antenna to be carried by a substrate comprising forming an electrically conductive wire mesh layer to have a perimeter defined by a plurality of perimeter segments comprising at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments with a cusp therebetween; and coupling at least one antenna feed to the patch antenna. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein forming the electrically conductive wire mesh comprises forming the at least one pair of arcuate segments to be inwardly extending. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein forming the patch antenna comprises forming the patch antenna to be planar. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein forming the electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises forming the electrically conductive wire mesh layer to have the perimeter with a hypocycloid shape. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, further comprising coupling an antenna ground plane between the substrate and the patch antenna. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The method according to claim 22, further comprising coupling a dielectric layer between the antenna ground plane and the patch antenna. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein forming the electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises forming the electrically conductive wire mesh layer to be flexible and interwoven. ### Claim 25 An electronic device comprising: a substrate; a patch antenna carried by said substrate and comprising a flexible interwoven electrically conductive mesh layer having a perimeter defined by a plurality of perimeter segments comprising at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments with a cusp therebetween; and at least one antenna feed coupled to said patch antenna. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The electronic device according to claim 25, wherein said at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments are inwardly extending. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The electronic device according to claim 25, wherein each of said plurality of perimeter segments comprises an arcuate perimeter segment. ### Claim 28 (depends on 25) The electronic device according to claim 25, wherein said patch antenna is planar. ### Claim 29 (depends on 25) The electronic device according to claim 25, wherein the perimeter has a hypocycloid shape. ### Claim 30 (depends on 25) The electronic device according to claim 25, further comprising an antenna ground plane between said substrate and said patch antenna. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The electronic device according to claim 30, further comprising a dielectric layer between said antenna ground plane and said patch antenna. ### Claim 32 (depends on 25) The electronic device according to claim 25, wherein said at least one antenna feed comprises a pair of antenna feeds for a non-linear polarization. ### Claim 33 (depends on 25) The electronic device according to claim 25, wherein said flexible interwoven electrically conductive mesh layer comprises a body portion and a hem portion coupled thereto. ### Claim 34 (depends on 25) The electronic device according to claim 25, wherein said flexible interwoven electrically conductive mesh layer comprises at least one of molybdenum and gold.