Patent ID: 7612733
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: H01Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: a first non-insulating strip and a second non-insulating strip spaced apart from one another such that first and second end portions, respectively, of the first and second non-insulating strips cooperate to form an antenna having an antenna impedance and said first and second non-insulating strips include a transition region that extends from said antenna to a tunneling region in which the first and second non-insulating strips are in a confronting relationship; an arrangement cooperating with a portion of each of the first and second non-insulating strips in said tunneling region to form an electron tunneling structure exhibiting a tunneling region impedance, said arrangement being configured to support electron tunneling between and to said first and second non-insulating strips and said transition region is configured to match, at least to an approximation, said antenna impedance to said tunneling region impedance.