Antenna with volume of material
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1. An antenna, comprising:
- one or more antenna elements; and
a volume of material contained at least partly within a volume of the one or more antenna elements, wherein the volume of material has at least one electromagnetic property that is different from free space, andwherein said antenna elements include an isolated magnetic dipole element having a slot region positioned on a first surface of the volume of material and a tuning region positioned on a second surface of the volume of material; and
wherein a dielectric loading is contained within at least one of said slot region and said tuning region of the isolated magnetic dipole antenna, the dielectric loading having an electromagnetic property that is different from the volume of material.
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Abstract
An antenna includes one or more antenna elements and a volume of material contained at least partly within a volume of the one or more antenna elements. The volume of material has at least one electromagnetic property that is different from free space. The volume of material may include dielectric material and/or ferrite material. The antenna elements may be isolated magnetic dipole (IMD) antenna elements. The electromagnetic property may be permeability and/or permittivity.
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1. An antenna, comprising:
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one or more antenna elements; and a volume of material contained at least partly within a volume of the one or more antenna elements, wherein the volume of material has at least one electromagnetic property that is different from free space, and wherein said antenna elements include an isolated magnetic dipole element having a slot region positioned on a first surface of the volume of material and a tuning region positioned on a second surface of the volume of material; and wherein a dielectric loading is contained within at least one of said slot region and said tuning region of the isolated magnetic dipole antenna, the dielectric loading having an electromagnetic property that is different from the volume of material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An antenna, comprising:
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one or more antenna elements; said antenna elements including an isolated magnetic dipole element having a slot region and a tuning region; a dielectric loading in the slot region of the isolated magnetic dipole antenna element; and a volume of material contained at least partly within a volume of the one or more antenna elements, wherein the volume of material has at least one electromagnetic property that is different from free space; wherein said dielectric loading has an electromagnetic property that is different from the volume of material. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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