Antennas, antenna systems and methods providing randomly-oriented dipole antenna elements
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1. An antenna arrangement comprising:
- a substrate comprising a three-dimensional space; and
a plurality of dipole antenna elements disposed inside the three-dimensional space of the substrate, wherein the plurality of dipole antenna elements are randomly-oriented with respect to each other inside the three-dimensional space, wherein each of the plurality of dipole antenna elements has a two-dimensional fractal shape, and wherein the dipole antenna elements form a three-dimensional volumetric antenna in the three-dimensional space for transmitting or receiving radio frequency signals.
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Abstract
In one exemplary embodiment, an antenna arrangement includes: a substrate; and a plurality of dipole antenna elements disposed on the substrate, wherein the plurality of dipole antenna elements are randomly-oriented with respect to each other. In further exemplary embodiments, the plurality of dipole antenna elements includes at least six dipoles that are all electrically fed and do not need to be magnetically fed in order to generate and detect an arbitrary polarization. In still further exemplary embodiments, each dipole element has a fractal shape.
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23 Claims
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1. An antenna arrangement comprising:
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a substrate comprising a three-dimensional space; and a plurality of dipole antenna elements disposed inside the three-dimensional space of the substrate, wherein the plurality of dipole antenna elements are randomly-oriented with respect to each other inside the three-dimensional space, wherein each of the plurality of dipole antenna elements has a two-dimensional fractal shape, and wherein the dipole antenna elements form a three-dimensional volumetric antenna in the three-dimensional space for transmitting or receiving radio frequency signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communication system comprising:
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at least one three-dimensional volumetric antenna comprising a substrate and a plurality of dipole antenna elements disposed inside a three-dimensional space of the substrate, wherein the plurality of dipole antenna elements are randomly-oriented with respect to each other inside the three-dimensional space, wherein each of the plurality of dipole antenna elements has a two-dimensional fractal shape, and wherein the plurality of dipole antenna elements form the three-dimensional volumetric antenna in the three-dimensional space; at least one processor coupled to the dipole antenna elements of the three-dimensional volumetric antenna, wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform at least one of generating a first signal to be transmitted via the three-dimensional volumetric antenna and processing at least one second signal received via the three-dimensional volumetric antenna. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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providing a three-dimensional volumetric antenna comprised of n dipole antenna elements that are randomly oriented relative to one another inside a three dimensional space of a substrate, wherein each of the n dipole antenna elements has a two-dimensional fractal shape; and performing at least one of transmitting and receiving a signal using the three-dimensional volumetric antenna. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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