Non-planar metamaterial antenna structures
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1. An antenna device structured to engage to a packaging structure, comprising:
- a first antenna section configured to be in proximity to a first planar section of the packaging structure, the first antenna section comprising a first planar substrate, and at least one first conductive part associated with the first planar substrate;
a second antenna section configured to be with and in proximity to a second planar section of the packaging structure, the second antenna section comprising a second planar substrate, and at least one second conductive part associated with the second planar substrate; and
a joint antenna section connecting the first and second antenna sections, wherein the at least one first conductive part, the at least one second conductive part and the joint antenna section are electromagnetically coupled to form a composite right and left handed (CRLH) metamaterial (MTM) antenna supporting at least one resonance frequency in an antenna signal and having a dimension less than one half of one wavelength of the resonance frequency.
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Abstract
Antennas for wireless communications based on metamaterial (MTM) structures to arrange one or more antenna sections of an MTM antenna away from one or more other antenna sections of the same MTM antenna so that the antenna sections of the MTM antenna are spatially distributed in a non-planar configuration to provide a compact structure adapted to fit to an allocated space or volume of a wireless communication device, such as a portable wireless communication device.
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1. An antenna device structured to engage to a packaging structure, comprising:
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a first antenna section configured to be in proximity to a first planar section of the packaging structure, the first antenna section comprising a first planar substrate, and at least one first conductive part associated with the first planar substrate; a second antenna section configured to be with and in proximity to a second planar section of the packaging structure, the second antenna section comprising a second planar substrate, and at least one second conductive part associated with the second planar substrate; and a joint antenna section connecting the first and second antenna sections, wherein the at least one first conductive part, the at least one second conductive part and the joint antenna section are electromagnetically coupled to form a composite right and left handed (CRLH) metamaterial (MTM) antenna supporting at least one resonance frequency in an antenna signal and having a dimension less than one half of one wavelength of the resonance frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An antenna device structured to engage to an packaging structure, comprising:
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a substrate having a flexible dielectric material; and two or more conductive parts associated with the substrate, the two or more conductive parts forming a composite right and left handed (CRLH) metamaterial structure configured to support at least one frequency resonance in an antenna signal, wherein the CRLH metamaterial structure is sectioned into a first antenna section configured to be in proximity to a first planar section of the packaging structure, a second antenna section configured to be in proximity to a second planar section of the packaging structure, and a third antenna section that is formed between the first and second antenna sections and bent near a corner formed by the first and second planar sections of the packaging structure. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An antenna device, comprising:
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a device housing comprising a plurality of walls forming an enclosure; a first antenna part located inside the device housing and positioned closer to a first wall than other walls, the first antenna section comprising one or more first antenna components arranged in a first plane close to the first wall; a second antenna part comprising one or more second antenna components arranged in a second plane different from the first plane; a joint antenna part connecting the first and second antenna parts so that the one or more first antenna components of the first antenna part and the one or more second antenna components of the second antenna part are electromagnetically coupled to form a composite right and left handed (CRLH) metamaterial (MTM) antenna supporting at least one resonance frequency in an antenna signal and having a dimension less than one half of one wavelength of the resonance frequency. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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