Patent ID: 9379449
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H01Q

Claim Text:
1. A reconfigurable antenna comprising: an active driven antenna element configured to emit a field of electromagnetic energy; and a parasitic element disposed over the active driven antenna element, the parasitic element being physically separated from the active driven antenna element, the parasitic element comprising an array of selectively reconfigurable pixels and a network of mechanical switches configured to selectively reconfigure the array of selectively reconfigurable pixels based on one or more applied control voltages by physically coupling a plurality of reconfigurable pixels of the array of selectively reconfigurable pixels, the parasitic element being configured to couple with the field of electromagnetic energy emitted by the active driven antenna element via electromagnetic mutual coupling; wherein the network of mechanical switches are further configured to selectively reconfigure the array of selectively reconfigurable pixels such that a first region of the array of selectively reconfigurable pixels comprising a first subset of reconfigurable pixels is in resonance with the active driven antenna element.