Artificial electromagnetic material

• US 9,219,314 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2011
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kuang-Chi Institute Of Advanced Technology, Kuang-Chi Innovative Technology Ltd. (Shenzhen Dapeng Kuang-Chi Lianzhong Technology Ltd. LP)
• Original Assignee: Kuang-Chi Institute Of Advanced Technology, Kuang-Chi Innovative Technology Ltd. (Shenzhen Dapeng Kuang-Chi Lianzhong Technology Ltd. LP)
• Inventors: Liu, Ruopeng, Luan, Lin, Kou, Chaofeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Karacsony, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOLECEK, PATRICK R
• Application Number:
  US13/583,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20130154902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,517 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/846, 343/848, 343/909, 343/912
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/0026 said selective devices having a stacked geometry or having multiple layers
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/0086 said selective devices having materials with a synthesized negative refractive index, e.g. metamaterials or left-handed materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/02 Refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens, prism

Abstract

An artificial electromagnetic material includes at least one material sheet. Each material sheet includes a substrate and a plurality of artificial microstructures attached to the substrate. Each substrate is virtually divided into multiple of substrate units arranged into an array. A pair of artificial microstructures is attached to each substrate. The pair of artificial microstructures includes a first artificial microstructure and a second artificial microstructure with different shapes. The dielectric constant of artificial electromagnetic materials gradually increases from zero in a certain frequency range, therefore the material has a low dielectric constant in the certain frequency range and can meet some needs of special situation.

Claims

1. An artificial electromagnetic material comprising:

at least one material sheet, each material sheet comprising a substrate and a plurality of artificial microstructures attached to the substrate, each substrate being virtually divided into multiple of substrate units arranged in an array, a pair of artificial microstructures being attached to each substrate unit, the pair of artificial microstructures comprising a first artificial microstructure and a second artificial microstructure having different shapes, wherein the first artificial microstructure comprises an I-shape structure and two split ring structures, the I-shape structure comprises two parallel sides and an intermediate connecting line connected to the parallel sides, two terminals of each split ring structure face toward each other to form an opening, and two openings of the two split ring structures face each other, the two split ring structures are connected with the intermediate connecting line of the I-shape structure, and the intermediate connecting line crosses through the two split ring structure until the parallel sides;

the second artificial microstructure comprising two mutually orthogonal I-shaped structures, each end of the two parallel sides of the I-shaped structure connected with a wire segment extending towards the space composed of the edge of the two I-shaped structures and the second artificial microstructure comprises four branches with a same intersection point, one end of any one of the branches connected to the intersection point and the other end is defined as a free end.

2. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 1, wherein the split ring structure of the first artificial microstructure comprises a bending part, the bending part is right angle or an arch shape.

3. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 2, wherein the branch comprises at least one bending part, when each branch is rotated by 90 degrees, 180 degrees and 270 degrees in sequence about the intersection point as a rotation center, it will totally overlap the other three branches respectively.

4. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 3, wherein the bending part of the branch is rectangular, a rounded angle or a sharp angle.

5. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 4, wherein the free end of each branch in the second microstructure is connected with a wire segment.

6. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 5, wherein the free end of any one of the second artificial microstructures is connected to a midpoint of the wire segment.

7. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 1, wherein the wire segment is a straight line.

8. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 7, wherein the two wire segments respectively connected with adjacent end of the different I-shaped structures are parallel to each other.

9. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 1, wherein the wire segment is an arc shape or a bending line.

10. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 1, wherein the first artificial microstructure comprises four branches with a same intersection point, one end of any one of branches is connected with the intersection point and the other end is defined as a free end, each branch comprises at least one bending part, the second artificial microstructure includes two I-shaped structures which are orthogonal mutually, each end of the two parallel sides of the I-shaped structure is connected with a wire segment extending towards the space composed of the edge of the two I-shaped structures.

11. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 10, wherein the bending part of the first artificial microstructure is a right angle, a rounded angle or a sharp angle.

12. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 11, wherein the free end of any branches in the first artificial microstructure is connected with a wire segment.

13. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 12, wherein the free end of any the first artificial microstructures is connected to a midpoint of the wire segment.

14. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 10, wherein the wire segment in the second artificial microstructure is a straight line.

15. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 14, wherein the two wire segments connected with two adjacent ends of different I-shaped structures are parallel to each other.

16. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 11, wherein the wire segment in the second artificial microstructure is an arc shape or a bending line.

17. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 1, wherein the artificial microstructure is made from metal wires.

18. The artificial electromagnetic material of claim 17, wherein the artificial microstructure is made from copper wire or silver wire.

19. An artificial electromagnetic material comprising:

at least one material sheet, each material sheet comprising a substrate and a plurality of artificial microstructures attached to the substrate, each substrate being virtually divided into multiple of substrate units arranged in an array, a pair of artificial microstructures being attached to each substrate unit, the pair of artificial microstructures comprising a first artificial microstructure and a second artificial microstructure having different shapes, wherein the first artificial microstructure comprises an I-shape structure and two split ring structures, the I-shape structure comprises two parallel sides and an intermediate connecting line connected to the parallel sides, two terminals of each split ring structure face toward each other to form an opening, and two openings of the two split ring structures face each other, the two split ring structures are connected with the intermediate connecting line of the I-shape structure, and the intermediate connecting line crosses through the two split ring structure until the parallel sides, and the split ring structures are separated from the two parallel sides by at least 0.1 mm; and

the second artificial microstructure comprises four branches with a same intersection point, one end of any one of the branches connected to the intersection point and the other end is defined as a free end.