| US 7,522,105 B1 | ||
| Antenna using a photonic bandgap structure | ||
| Julie Anne LaComb, West Greenwich, R.I. (US) | ||
| Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 17, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/489,815. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01Q 1/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 343—700MS [343/909; 343/829; 343/846] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A method for making a microstrip patch antenna, said method comprising:
utilizing dielectric material to form a multiband photonic bandgap structure for use as microstrip patch antenna substrate;
forming at least one radiating element on an upper surface of said microstrip patch antenna substrate,
forming a ground plane on a lower surface of said microstrip patch antenna substrate, and
integrating a metallic periodic pattern into said groundplane.
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