Patent ID: 11923608
Assignee: VIASAT INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) antenna apparatus comprising:
a ground plane comprising:
a conductive base surface;
a frequency selective surface (FSS) layer above the base surface, the FSS layer comprising a plurality of conductive patches separated from one another; and
a plurality of memory metal wires, each electrically connecting one of the conductive patches to the base surface and each being rigid in a memory-shaped state, causing the FSS layer to be fixedly spaced from the base surface during operation of the AMC antenna apparatus, and each being flexible in a non-memory-shaped state, enabling the FSS layer to be collapsed towards the base surface when the antenna apparatus is stowed; and

a flexible antenna element layer above the FSS layer, comprising at least one antenna element.