HIGH DIELECTRIC ANTENNA ARRAY
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1. A compact antenna array configured to wirelessly transmit a signal, the antenna array comprising:
- a plurality of antennae elements forming a phased array antenna and arranged in a substantially right angle configuration relative to each other; and
a substantially high permittivity dielectric insulator configured to substantially submerge the plurality of antennae elements, thereby decreasing spacing between each of the plurality of antennae elements and causing the plurality of antennae elements to refract RF signals around the plurality of antennae elements thereby enhancing signal transfer and allowing a subset of the plurality of antennae elements substantially proximate to a center of the phased array antenna to successfully transmit signals past other layers of the antennae elements.
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Abstract
A system and method for wirelessly transmitting signals via antenna phased array. In order to decrease the distance between individual antennae in the array, the antennae are submersed in a high dielectric material in addition to being arranged at right angles to one another, both features precluding one or more antennae from coupling. Furthermore, wires are covered in high dielectric material in order to refract RF signals around them, allowing antennae towards the center of the array to successfully transmit signals past other layers.
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15 Claims
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1. A compact antenna array configured to wirelessly transmit a signal, the antenna array comprising:
a plurality of antennae elements forming a phased array antenna and arranged in a substantially right angle configuration relative to each other; and a substantially high permittivity dielectric insulator configured to substantially submerge the plurality of antennae elements, thereby decreasing spacing between each of the plurality of antennae elements and causing the plurality of antennae elements to refract RF signals around the plurality of antennae elements thereby enhancing signal transfer and allowing a subset of the plurality of antennae elements substantially proximate to a center of the phased array antenna to successfully transmit signals past other layers of the antennae elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
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8. A method for transmitting wireless communication signal and wireless power transfer, comprising:
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emitting radio frequency (RF) signals from a phased array of antenna elements having different phases at substantially right angles to avoid signal interference between the said elements; and refracting the RF signals around wires coupling the phased array of antenna elements thereby enhancing signal transfer and allowing a subset of the array of antenna elements substantially proximate to a center of the phased array of antenna elements to successfully transmit signals past other layers of the phased array of antennae elements.
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- 9. The method of claim 9, wherein submerge the array of antenna elements are submerged by a dielectric insulator having a substantially high permittivity coefficient that is substantially larger than three.
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15. A method for producing elements of a phased array antenna, comprising:
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etching an array of elements that are substantially at right angles to each other directly onto a circuit board with high permittivity; forming the array of elements into interstitial layers of the circuit board; forming gaps between layers of high-permittivity materials and low-permittivity materials; and coating wires coupling the array of elements with a dielectric material of high permittivity.
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