METASURFACE ANTENNA WITH INTEGRATED VARACTOR CIRCUITS

Antennas with integrated varactor circuits are described. The antenna may comprise metasurface antennas. In some embodiments, an antenna comprises an array of antenna elements, wherein each antenna element comprises a iris and a varactor diode integrated on an integrated circuit (IC) chip coupled ac...

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Hauptverfasser:	ESFAHLANI, Hussein, SAZEGAR, Mohsen, HASAN ABADI, Seyed Mohamad Amin Momeni, STEVENSON, Ryan, RANJBARNIKKHAH, Mohammad, VAREL, Cagdas, KLASSEN, Paul, PHAM, Tung, TELLER, Witold
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRICITY
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Zusammenfassung:	Antennas with integrated varactor circuits are described. The antenna may comprise metasurface antennas. In some embodiments, an antenna comprises an array of antenna elements, wherein each antenna element comprises a iris and a varactor diode integrated on an integrated circuit (IC) chip coupled across a portion of the iris. The antenna can also comprise a plurality of transistors, each transistor coupled to a distinct one of the varactor diodes in the array of antenna elements to provide a tuning voltage to the one varactor diode.