摘要 |
The present invention is a microstrip antenna design that can be used with an electromagnetic radiation dissipation device that reduces exposure to undesirable elec-tromagnetic radiation. The dissipation device uses a microstrip antenna to capture radia-tion from an active emission source, such as a cellular telephone when it is transmitting. The device converts the captured radiation into an electric current and dissipates the col-lected current by spending it to operate a thermal, mechanical, or electrical device. The microstrip antenna comprises several serially connected meandering segments. One or more meandering segments include bends with angles which differ from 90° by less than 5°, and one or more meandering segments include bends with angles which differ from 90° by more than 5°. The overall shape or footprint of the antenna is a modified hourglass so that the microstrip segments near the center of the antenna are narrower than the mi-crostrip segments near the ends of the antenna. In general, the meandering segments in-clude varying angles, which maximizes the operation of the antenna for absorbing unde-sirable electromagnetic radiation from cellular telephones. |