Actively tunable planar antenna
First Claim
1. An actively tunable patch antenna comprising a ground plane, a planar radiator, a feed point, a grounding line and first and second antenna branches forming a loop separated from each other by a groove, the patch antenna further comprising one or more additional grounding points between the planar radiator and the ground plane.
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Abstract
This invention relates to an actively tunable patch antenna comprising a ground plane, a planar radiator, a feed point, a grounding line and first and second antenna branches separated from each other by a groove, the patch antenna further comprising one or more additional grounding points between the planar radiator and the ground plane. The invention further relates to a mobile terminal utilizing the tunable patch antenna of the invention.
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- 1. An actively tunable patch antenna comprising a ground plane, a planar radiator, a feed point, a grounding line and first and second antenna branches forming a loop separated from each other by a groove, the patch antenna further comprising one or more additional grounding points between the planar radiator and the ground plane.
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