Patent ID: 8648770

Claim:
A reconfigurable antenna array for reception of digital television signals, the antenna array comprising: a first ground plane; a first electrically-conductive microstrip patch element spaced apart from the ground plane with a dielectric medium between the patch element and the ground plane; a first plurality of switches coupled between the ground plane and the patch element, the plurality of switches operable to open and close; a second ground plane; a second electrically-conductive microstrip patch element spaced apart from the second ground plane with a second dielectric medium between the second patch element and the second ground plane; a second plurality of switches coupled between the second ground plane and the second patch element, the second plurality of switches operable to open and close; wherein the first and second patch elements are configured in a master-slave relationship; and whereby the switches are openable and closable in response to a control signal from an external device to configure the state of the reconfigurable antenna.