Patent ID: 7429953

Claim:
A passive repeater comprising: a connecting transmission circuit having first and second opposing ends and comprised of a first flexible material for substantially conforming to a shape of a portion of a structure, the portion of the structure including portions of first and second opposing sides of the structure and an opening passing through the structure, wherein a first surface of the portion of the first opposing side is at an angle to a second surface of the portion of the second opposing side, and wherein the connecting transmission circuit has a thickness less than a cross-section of the opening and can flexibly conform to the shape of the portion of the structure by the first flexible material of the connecting transmission circuit bending through the angle and passing through the opening so that a first portion of the connecting transmission circuit which includes the first opposing end thereof planarly overlies a portion of the first surface and a second portion of the connecting transmission circuit which includes the second opposing end thereof planarly overlies a portion of the second surface; first and second antenna elements respectively coupled to the first and second opposing ends of the connecting transmission element wherein each of the first and second antenna elements has a first shape that is substantially planar and a size larger than the opening, and wherein at least one of the first and second antenna elements comprises a second flexible material having a degree of flexibility to allow bending of the at least one of the first and second antenna elements to a second shape having an effective cross-section that is smaller than the cross-section of the opening in order to be inserted through the opening and, after being bent to the second shape, will return to the first shape; and first and second affixing elements respectively coupled to the first and second antenna elements for attaching the first and second antenna elements to the first and second surfaces of the respective first and second opposing sides of the structure, wherein the first and second antenna elements are operable to transfer a signal from the first opposing side of the structure to the second opposing side of the structure via the connecting transmission circuit.