Description:This is patent application relates to enhancing electromagnetic compatibility between electromagnetic components, such as antennas. More particularly, embodiments are related to the incorporation of spatially-variant anisotropic metamaterials (SVAMs) in a design for enhancing electromagnetic compatibility within systems containing electromagnetic components.
Abstract:Coupling can be reduced between electromagnetic components in system where negative uniaxial metamaterial (MUM) can be utilized between the components and can be configured to reduce coupling. The HUM can be configured in a shape selected according to an electromagnetic field causing the coupling or by calculating a fictitious electrostatic field. An array of electromagnetic components can be decoupled using an array of spatially-variant anisotropic metamaterial. A method for decoupling electromagnetic components can include steps of determining a fictitious electrostatic field surrounding the components disposed in an environment, mathematically transforming the electromagnetic fields into a grating vector function, forming at least one spatially-variant anisotropic metamaterial according to the grating vectors, and inserting the spatially-variant anisotropic metamaterial in the environment in order to decouple the electromagnetic components. Transforming can include scaling the electromagnetic field for use as the grating vector functions.
Issue Date: 12/03/2019
Application Date: 11/09/2017
Post Date: 05/15/2018
UTEP Docket No: 2015-037
