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Overview
PAGE SUMMARY
Leaky wave antennas that can be reconfigured in pattern and/or polarization by exploiting the characteristic of metamaterial structures loaded with variable capacitor and inductors employ a Composite Right Left Handed (CRLH) unit cell with two independent DC biases used to actively change the group delay of the transmission line and the polarization of the radiated field while preserving good impedance matching. Different degrees of pattern and polarization reconfigurability are achieved by cascading multiple of these unit cells along a straight line, a circular line or a zigzag line while preserving high gain for all the antenna configurations and good impedance matching.
IP STATUS
Intellectual Property and Development Status
United States Issued Patent - 9,196,970
https://www.google.com/patents/US9196970?dq=9,196,970&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih7-GPupbWAhXKIMAKHb4BBaYQ6AEIKDAA
Commercialization Opportunities
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Contact Information
Robert B. McGrath, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Vice Provost
Office of Technology Commercialization
Drexel University
3180 Chestnut Street, Ste. 104
The Left Bank
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-895-0303
Email: RBM26@Drexel.edu