METAMORPHIC PARALLEL PLATE ANTENNA

摘要

The present invention provides a low-cost, steerable antenna (100) formed with a dielectric medium (102) separating a pair of conductive plates (104, 106) and a centrally located signal feed (114). Switches selectively interconnect the conductive plates through the dielectric medium in patterns, which determine the direction of operation of the antenna. The directionality of the antenna may be fixed or rapidly changed, depending upon the application.