Planar antenna
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1. A planar RF antenna comprising:
- a conductive layer formed on a substrate and including visual elements as a part of the conductive layer of the antenna.
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Abstract
Fabricating planar antenna by incorporating text or graphical images into the conductive part of the antenna.
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9 Claims
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1. A planar RF antenna comprising:
a conductive layer formed on a substrate and including visual elements as a part of the conductive layer of the antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of fabricating a RF planar antenna including graphical representations on a substrate comprising:
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determining the basic physical characteristics of an antenna to nominally tune the RF characteristics of the antenna;
determining the shape and placement of graphical representations to achieve the basic physical characteristics and to fine tune the RF characteristics of the antenna; and
fabricating a conductive layer on a substrate having the basic physical characteristics of the first determining step and including the graphical representations shaped as determined the second determining step at locations determined by the second determining step. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A method of designing a planar antenna having text representations comprising:
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identifying RF characteristics of a desired antenna;
determining the basic physical characteristics of a dipole antenna to achieve the RF characteristics;
graphically entering into an antenna simulator an antenna having the basic physical characteristics and including representations of text;
performing a simulation of the entered antenna; and
re-entering a modified antenna into the antenna simulator when the performing step shows RF characteristics significantly different from the identified RF characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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