Patent ID: 11962091
Assignee: RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An integrated antenna for radiating an electromagnetic beam at a wavelength λ belonging to a range of millimeter and submillimeter waves, wherein:
the antenna is integrated in a dielectric die having specific dimensions such that the die exhibits a dielectric resonance at the wavelength λ in a direction of a directable electromagnetic beam emitted from the dielectric die perpendicularly to a die radiating surface, the antenna is configured as an array of two or more radiating elements such that each of the two or more radiating elements exhibits an electrical resonance,
each radiating element includes an active integrated circuit for providing radiating power to the radiating element,
and wherein, for the array of two or more radiating elements, the dielectric resonance may exist simultaneously with a mutual electric resonance of the two or more radiating elements in the array,
and wherein
at least some of the radiating elements neighbouring in the array are placed at a spacing between λ/4-λ/5 from one another, and wherein the antenna is capable of exhibiting both the dielectric resonance and the electric resonance, corresponding to each other;
and wherein that the die and the two or more radiating elements have frequency of dielectric resonance (Fdr) corresponding to the wavelength λ, which is a whole harmonic of frequency of electrical resonance (Fer).