US 12,113,294 B2
Reconfigurable antenna
Shafaq Kausar, Boise, ID (US); and Hani Mehrpouyan, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Boise State University, Bosie, ID (US)
Filed by BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,058.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/114,183, filed on Nov. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0158342 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 3/08 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 3/24 (2013.01) [H01Q 3/08 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a meta-surface including multiple unit cells arranged along the meta-surface, wherein each unit cell includes a resonating structure, and wherein structural parameters of each unit cell vary along the meta-surface; and
a first active feed unit directed toward the meta-surface to generate a first beam, wherein the first active feed unit is configured to move relative to the multiple unit cells arranged along the meta-surface parallel to a 2-dimensional plane, and wherein the first beam is steerable by moving the first active feed unit.