Communications: radio wave antennas inventions 05/06

20060109177 - Antenna: An antenna comprises a first planar antenna and a second planar antenna. A coupler for coupling serves for coupling the first planar antenna to a first component of a differential signal and for coupling the second planar antenna to a second component of the differential signal....

20060109175 - Antenna array of printed circuit board: The present invention discloses an antenna array installed on a printed circuit board, which comprises two antenna units, each being a microstrip directly installed on two symmetric ends of a T-shape microstrip on a printed circuit board and an asymmetric end of the T-shape microstrip circuit being a feeding end...

20060109178 - Antenna device: A antenna device, which includes a first dielectric substrate having a patch conductor disposed thereon; a second dielectric substrate having a grounding conductor disposed on a confronting substrate surface confronting the patch conductor; and a conductor for electromagnetic coupling, extending from the confronting substrate surface of the second dielectric substrate...

20060109179 - Antenna device: An antenna device includes a first radiation electrode having an open end and a short-circuited end connected to ground and being coupled to a feed line at a feeding point. Furthermore, the antenna device has a second radiation electrode having an open end and a short-circuited end connected to ground,...

20060109180 - Antenna device and radio communication apparatus: An antenna device includes an antenna main body having at least three electricity feeding points and a feeder circuit for feeding an electrical signal to the antenna main body. The feeder circuit feeds electrical signals different in at least one of amplitude and phase to the electricity feeding points. The...

20060109176 - Device for reflecting electromagnetic radiation: A reflectarray utilizes switching devices with non-ideal impedance characteristics to vary the impedance of reflecting elements. The antennas of the reflecting elements are configured as a function of the impedance of the non-ideal switching devices to provide optimal phase-amplitude performance. In particular, the antennas are configured such that the impedance...

20060109181 - Device for emission of high frequency signals: A device for emission of high frequency signals is provided. The emission device is capable of emission of signals in the Gigahertz (GHz) and Terahertz (THz) range. The device may utilize, for example, a cantilever comprising a material that is capable of altering its electrical properties when flexed....

20060109184 - Low-profile embedded antenna architectures for wireless devices: Low-profile, compact embedded antenna designs are provided for use with computing devices, such as laptop computers, which enable ease of integration within computing devices with limited space, while providing suitable antenna characteristics (e.g., impedance matching and radiation efficiency) over a desired bandwidth of operation. Compact antenna designs with reduced antenna...

20060109185 - Portable radio communication apparatus provided with a part of a housing operating as an antenna: In a portable radio communication apparatus including a housing, at least one part of the housing is formed as a housing electrical conductor portion by an electrically conductive material. The housing electrical conductor portion is connected with a radio communication circuit of the portable radio communication apparatus so as to...

20060109182 - Wideband antena device with extended ground plane in a portable device: An antenna device for a portable device has an antenna loop of conducting material to be connected to radio circuitry in the portable device. The antenna loop is positioned opposite a ground plane of a PCB. Also, the antenna device also comprises at least one battery, which is positioned in...

20060109183 - Wideband loop antenna: The present invention relates to a wireless communication device and an antenna arrangement in such a device, where a loop antenna element (18) comprises: a first section (20) provided in and extending a length in first plane, a second section (22) spaced from, provided in and extending a length in...

20060109187 - Invisible antenna: An invisible antenna with excellent antenna characteristics that cannot be visually recognized by naked eyes. A pair of linear conductors 11 are connected to a feeding line 12, and a plurality of the linear conductors 11 are disposed on and/or within a transparent insulating layer 14. The linear conductor 11...

20060109186 - Structure for mounting antenna base on vehicle body: An antenna is adapted to be mounted on a vehicle body. An antenna base is formed with a first through hole. A first fixing screw is provided with a thread portion adapted to be inserted into a second through hole formed in the vehicle body via the first through hole,...

20060109188 - Electronic device having metal package unit having built-in antenna unit: An electronic device an antenna, an information processing apparatus for the purpose of processing information captured by the antenna, and a metal exterior parts capable of housing therewithin the antenna and the information processing apparatus, wherein the metal exterior parts is configured so that the antenna can receive magnetic flux...

20060109189 - Radiating aperture waveguide feed antenna: The invention proposes a primary feed providing an asymmetrical illumination compatible with an elliptical reflector and having a small space requirement. The invention uses a short rod to modify the radiation of an open waveguide section. The invention is an antenna comprising a radiating feed made up of a waveguide,...

20060109190 - Coaxial dipole antenna: The coaxial dipole antenna of the present invention has a ground tube made of metal and a coaxial cable. The ground tube has a hollow containing part that the coaxial cable passes through, and an end of the ground tube has a clamping part. The clamping part has a first...

20060109191 - Circuit board having a peripheral antenna apparatus with selectable antenna elements: A circuit board for wireless communications includes communication circuitry for modulating and/or demodulating a radio frequency (RF) signal and an antenna apparatus for transmitting and receiving the RF signal, the antenna apparatus having selectable antenna elements located near one or more peripheries of the circuit board. A first antenna element...

20060109192 - Compact antenna with directed radiation pattern: The present invention includes a balanced compact antenna, conforming to the envelope restrictions appropriate to a PC-card form factor, with maximum radiation intensity along a long axis of the card. The inventive antenna configuration employs an inductive shorting bar to match an “M”-shaped bent dipole antenna to a differential feed....

20060109193 - Base station panel antenna with dual-polarized radiating elements and shaped reflector: A base station panel antenna for use in cellular communication systems comprises at least an array of dual polarized radiating elements mounted on a reflector plate for reflecting polarized radio frequency signals wherein the reflector structure presents a horn-like shape for each radiating element....

20060109194 - Electromagnetic interference protection for radomes: A radome, and corresponding method of making, comprising an electro-optic transparent substrate, a semiconductor coating on the substrate, and a frequency selective surface embedded in the coating....

20060109195 - Shielded antenna: A shielded RF antenna system for generating a plasma from a starting material (e.g. a gas) includes a circularly shaped, loop antenna that surrounds a plasma region. A conductive, elongated screen element having an inner surface and an outer surface is wound as a helix around the loop antenna with...

20060109196 - Helix antenna and method for manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing a helix antenna. A ceramic cylinder including a central through hole, a first annular surface, and a second annular surface is provided. The first annular surface is opposite the second annular surface. The central through hole is between the first and second annular surfaces. A flexible...

20060103576 - System for co-planar dual-band micro-strip patch antenna: An antenna assembly includes a conducting ground plane, a single dielectric substrate layer or a plurality of dielectric substrate layers each with different dielectric constants mounted to the conducting ground plane. A central patch element is mounted to the dielectric substrate layer or layers and configured to radiate within a...

20060103577 - Ultra wideband internal antenna: The present invention relates to an ultra wideband internal antenna, which is provided in a mobile communication terminal to cut off frequencies in a certain frequency band while processing ultra wideband signals. The ultra wideband internal antenna includes a first radiation part, a second radiation part, a feeding part and...

20060103578 - Antenna device: An antenna device for a portable radiocommunications apparatus, a so-called cell or mobile telephone, has a carrier produced from electrically insulating and non-magnetic material. The carrier is fixable on a circuit card in the mobile telephone and supports a radiator. The radiator has a contactor device for contact with a...

20060103579 - Antenna and method for mounting an antenna on a vehicle by clipping, preferably produced by pivoting: The invention relates to an antenna (1), in particular a roof antenna (1), of a vehicle with a support element for securing the antenna (1) on a vehicle part, the antenna (1) having a base plate (2) that carries a mounting element that fits through a hole in a vehicle...

20060103580 - Integrated antenna structures, integrated electronic component structures and method for the production thereof: Integrated antenna structures, integrated electronic component structures and a method for the production thereof are provided. The basic concept consists of plastic components (1, 2), for example of a motor vehicle, have coating films (3, 3a*, 3b, 3c) as a surface finish and which are furnished with electronic components, in...

20060103581 - Multiband concentric mast and microstrip patch antenna arrangement: An antenna module incorporates a microstrip patch antenna and a mast antenna in an at least substantially concentric arrangement for communicating signals in multiple communication bands. The output signals from the microstrip patch antenna and the mast antenna are output via a single RF cable. The antenna module can be...

20060103582 - High power positional fixture for a multi-polarized antenna: A compact fixturing means is disclosed that delivers two or more phase tracked channels of high power (e.g., 1000 Watts) to an antenna that can produce a multiplicity of polarization depending on the phase relationship of the delivered signals. Coaxial cables are used as a service loop to provide two...

20060103583 - Evanescent microwave microscopy probe and methodology: An evanescent microwave microscopy probe substantially as described in the above specification and in the accompanying drawings including one or more of the novel features described in the above specification and drawings....

20060103584 - Impedance matching means between antenna and transmission line: An impedance matching means according to the present invention is used with an antenna and is realized by a parasitic element (3) for tuning an impedance of the antenna. The antenna comprises a grounding plate (2), an radiating body (1) arranged on the grounding plate (2) and a transmission line...

20060103585 - Detector, system for the identification of articles and method for the production of said detector: A detector of articles comprising a contactless RF-ID type label comprises at least one antenna formed by N loops and M turns, together being greater than or equal to 1, characterized in that at least one of the turns is made up of at least two complementary segments, the two...

20060103586 - Quadri-filar helix antenna structure: The present invention discloses a quadri-filar helix antenna structure, which comprises a cylindrical body made of a dielectric material with a relative dielectric constant εr greater than 4, and four radiating metal plates disposed on a distal end surface of the cylindrical body and extended along the radial direction of...

20060097916 - Antenna array: A focussed beam antenna array includes a plurality of element antennas and a feeding network connecting the element antennas to one or more microwave sources. A feeding coefficient is provided for each element antenna. One or both of i) the relative position of the element antennas, and ii) the feeding...

20060097918 - Antenna for a plurality of bands: The present invention provides an antenna for multiple bands employing a single antenna element 10, capable of operating in multiple frequency bands, and ideal for size reduction purposes. One end A of an antenna element 10 is electrically connected to a feeding point 12 and intermediate points B and C...

20060097917 - Frequency multiband antenna with photonic bandgap material: A frequency multiband antenna comprising: a photonic bandgap material (142) having at least one band gap, one single periodicity defect (156) of the bandgap material so as to produce several narrow bandwidths within the at least one band gap of the bandgap material, and an excitation device (160, 162) capable...

20060097924 - Integrated gps and sdars antenna: An integrated patch antenna is disclosed. The integrated patch antenna receives at least a first and second band of signals. The integrated patch antenna includes a bottom metallization and first and second upper metallizations disposed about a dielectric material to receive the first and second signal bands. The first and...

20060097922 - Method and system for a single-fed patch antenna having improved axial ratio performance: A micro-strip antenna includes a conducting ground plane and a dielectric substrate mounted above the conducting ground plane. A patch element is mounted above the dielectric substrate and configured to produce an antenna pattern. The antenna pattern is formed by a number of linear polarization components. The patch element includes...

20060097919 - Multiple antenna diversity on mobile telephone handsets, pdas and other electrically small radio platforms: There is disclosed an antenna device including a dielectric substrate having a first, upper surface and a second, lower surface, a conductive groundplane on the second surface or located between the first and second surfaces. At least two conductive feedlines are formed on the first surface and extend from feed...

20060097923 - Non-uniform dielectric beam steering antenna: A microstrip antenna for receiving an RF signal from a satellite includes a radiation element and a ground plane disposed substantially parallel to and spaced from the radiation element. A first dielectric and a second dielectric are sandwiched between the ground plane and the radiation element, in a side-by-side relationship....

20060097926 - Patch antenna, array antenna, and mounting board having the same: A patch antenna is disclosed that includes a dielectric substrate, a substantially rectangular radiation element formed of a conductive material on the dielectric substrate; and a feeder line connected to a feeding point for feeding to the radiation element. The feeding point has an impedance matching the impedance of the...

20060097920 - Planner inverted-f antenna having a rib-shaped radiation plate: A planner inverted-F antenna (PIFA) includes a ground plane, a rib-shaped radiation plate installed approximately in parallel with the ground plane, a feeding line installed on the rib-shaped radiation plate, a feeding contact installed on an end of the feeding line, and a ground contact electrically connected to the ground...

20060097925 - Ultra wideband internal antenna: The present invention relates to an ultra wideband (UWB) internal antenna. The ultra wideband internal antenna includes a first radiation part, a feeding line, a second radiation part, and a ground part. The first radiation part is formed on a top surface of a dielectric substrate and provided with an...

20060097921 - Wideband patch antenna with meandering strip feed: There is described a patch antenna with a meandering strip feed. The antenna comprises a patch spaced from a ground plane, with the patch being substantially parallel with said ground plane, and a feed probe located between the patch and the ground plane. The feed probe comprises at least two...

20060097929 - Antenna device for portable terminal: Disclosed is an antenna device for a portable terminal including a first housing and a second housing which is slidably assembled with the first housing so as to open and close a part of the first housing. The antenna device includes an antenna pattern which is disposed on an inner...

20060097931 - Antenna device for portable terminal: Provided is an antenna device for a portable terminal including a first housing and a second housing assembled with the first housing so as to slidingly move on the first housing. The antenna device includes an antenna pattern installed on an inner surface of the second housing; and at least...

20060097927 - Communication terminal: The invention aims at providing a communication terminal capable of suppressing degradation of an antenna gain irrespective of whether the casing of the communication terminal is opened or closed. The communication terminal includes a hinge for coupling in a foldable manner a first casing member and a second casing member,...

20060097930 - Highly-integrated headset: A wireless communication device includes a coupling apparatus, an antenna, an elongated printed circuit board, a battery, a speaker, and a microphone. The coupling apparatus is configured to acoustically couple the wireless communication device to a user's ear. The antenna is configured to transmit and receive communication signals. The elongated...

20060097933 - Slide type mobile terminal: A slide type mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first body, a second body slidable over the first body in an opening direction to open the mobile terminal, and an antenna configured to move automatically in an outward direction by an operation of sliding...

20060097932 - Small size thin type antenna, multilayered substrate, high frequency module, and radio terminal mounting them: A small size thin type antenna using a thin type structure having a wavelength compaction effect without using a bulk conductive material and a high frequency module using the same are disclosed. The small size thin type antenna comprises an open stub 3 including at least one transmission line 13,...

20060097928 - Small-sized antenna: A small-sized antenna is adapted to be mounted on a circuit substrate. The antenna has an antenna body and a resin-molded body that has a first resin-molded body and a second resin-molded body. The antenna body is sandwiched by the first and second resin-molded bodies. The first resin-molded body engages...

20060097936 - Am/fm dual grid antenna: An antenna disposed on glass including first and second spatially separated grid portions is disclosed. The first grid portion is electromagnetically coupled to the second grid portion to provide reception of AM and FM signals....

20060097937 - Antenna mounted on vehicle: In an antenna adapted to be mounted on a vehicle body, a base member supports a base end of the antenna element. A screw member is extended from the base member and adapted to be inserted into a though hole formed in the vehicle body. A wall member is extended...

20060097935 - Dual band, bent monopole antenna: A dual-band monopole antenna includes a ground plane. A metal plate is located a first distance from the ground plane and includes first and second portions connecting to form a first angle therebetween. A slot is formed in the metal plate that isolates a center portion of the metal plate....

20060097934 - Integrated loop antenna for vehicular applications: A vehicular screen antenna includes a conductor extending on a dielectric, such as a window. The conductor is configured as a loop having entry and exit segments, the loop being positioned generally centrally on the dielectric. The entry and exit segments extend proximate each other from the loop towards a...

20060097938 - Antenna device: The present invention provides an antenna device capable of retaining by a simple structure an antenna base end portion 12 pivotably and, moreover, in a predetermined posture on an antenna base member 10. The antenna base member 10 is provided therein coaxially with a cylindrical member 10d a part of...

20060097939 - Apparatus for feeding a band-type semi-finished material to a press: e

20060097940 - Antenna unit: In a variable power divider including a first 90° phase combiner (30), a second 90° phase combiner (40), and a phase-amplitude adjustment block (50), the phase-amplitude adjustment block (50) includes, correspondingly to two-channel polarized signals, variable phase shifters (51, 52) for adjusting their phase amounts and variable attenuators (55, 56)...

20060097941 - Dual band slot antenna: A slot antenna having one or more electronic components attached across a slot of the antenna to provide either an RF open or an RF short based on the bias supplied to a control terminal of the electronic component. The antenna is tunable via the RF open or short across...

20060097942 - Reflector: A reflector includes a pair or plural pairs of array antennas. Each array antenna is formed of an arrangement of a plurality of antenna elements formed on a surface of a waveguide. The array antennas are placed parallel to each other. Both ends of each array antenna pair are connected...

20060097943 - Feedhorn, radio wave receiving converter and antenna: A feedhorn, a radio wave receiving converter, and an antenna that can be reduced in size and have high reliability can be obtained. A feedhorn portion constitutes part of a converter, and includes a chassis body with a waveguide having an opening, a dielectric as a dielectric member connected to...

20060097946 - Design and fabrication methodology for a phased array antenna with integrated feed structure-conformal load-bearing concept: A conformal, load bearing, phased array antenna system having a plurality of adjacently positioned antenna aperture sections that collectively form a single, enlarged antenna aperture. The aperture sections are each formed by intersecting wall panels that form a honeycomb-like core having a plurality of electromagnetic radiating elements embedded in the...

20060097944 - Design and fabrication methodology for a phased array antenna with shielded/integrated structure: A antenna aperture having electromagnetic radiating elements embedded in structural wall portions of a honeycomb-like core. Independent wall sections each having a plurality electromagnetic radiating elements are formed into the honeycomb-like core. Feed portions of each radiating element form teeth that are copper plated before being assembled onto a back...

20060097945 - Structurally integrated antenna aperture and fabrication method: A phased array antenna aperture able to form a structural, load bearing portion of another structure, for example, a portion of a mobile platform. The antenna aperture is formed with a plurality of radiating elements sandwiched between prepreg fabric plies to form independent wall sections having a plurality of electromagnetic...

20060097947 - Structurally integrated phased array antenna aperture design and fabrication method: An antenna aperture and method of assembling same. The antenna aperture forms a honeycomb-like core structure with dipole radiating elements integrally formed into structural wall portions of the honeycomb-like core. The antenna aperture has sufficient structural strength to form a structural portion of a mobile platform, while still being sufficiently...

20060097948 - Balanced dipole antenna: A balanced dipole antenna has a coaxial cable connected between a load or source and the left and right dipole arms to substantially eliminate common mode current and radiative coupling between the coaxial cable and the left and right dipole arms. The connection between the source/load coaxial cable and the...

20060097949 - Antenna employing a cover: An antenna is for a wireless communication device mounted in an opening of a wall. The antenna includes a switch cover plate adapted to cover the opening of the wall. The switch cover plate includes a first or front surface adapted to be disposed away from the opening and an...

20060097950 - A-dielectrically-loaded antenna: A dielectrically loaded backfire helical antenna has a cylindrical ceramic core and a feed structure which passes axially through the core to a distal end face of the core where it is connected to helical conductors located on the outside of the core. Opening out on the proximal end face...

20060097951 - Electronic apparatus having antenna: To be able to downsize an electronic apparatus having an antenna having a plurality of antenna coils. A radio wave timepiece includes an antenna for receiving a radio wave signal including time information and the antenna is provided not to be projected from a contour of a timepiece movement. The...

20060097952 - High-gain dual-band antenna: A high-gain dual-band antenna includes a resonator holder holding a resonator, which is formed of a metal sleeve, a metal barrel axially spaced from the metal sleeve at a distance, and a metal wire conductor connected to and spaced from the inside wall of the metal barrel, a inductor shell...

20060097953 - Single connector dual band antenna with embedded diplexer: An antenna assembly (700) includes a first element (100) and a second element (300). Each element (100, 300) transmits and receives in a particular band of frequencies. Integrated on one of the elements is a diplexer (702) that allows all frequencies to be fed into the antenna assembly (700) via...

20060092077 - Antenna having inclined conductive branch: An antenna includes a ground plate, a conductive branch having a conductor feed extended for electrically coupling to the ground plate, and a cable electrically coupled to the conductor feed for signal transmitting and receiving purpose. The conductive branch is inclined relative to the conductor feed and the ground plate,...

20060092078 - Antenna systems for widely-spaced frequency bands of wireless communication networks: Antenna system embodiments are provided for operation over widely-spaced communication bands. The systems include second antennas circumferentially interleaved with first antennas about a system axis. In embodiments, the first antennas are formed with beam-shaping members that enhance performance of cavity-backed slots and the second antennas provide arrays of outer patches...

20060092079 - Ceramic antenna module and methods of manufacture thereof: Circuit modules and methods of construction thereof that contain composite meta-material dielectric bodies that have high effective values of real permittivity but which minimize reflective losses, through the use of host dielectric (organic or ceramic), materials having relative permittivities substantially less than ceramic dielectric inclusions embedded therein. The composite meta-material...

20060092080 - Methods and apparatus for implementation of an antenna for a wireless communication device: A wireless communication device includes an antenna configured with two conductive elements separated by an insulating medium. One conductive element is a ground plane and the other is a microstrip line. The ground plane is formed with a bend proximate an end. The microstrip line and the ground plane exhibit...

20060092076 - Patch array feed for an automotive radar antenna: An improved transceiver assembly for a vehicle for detecting potentially hazardous objects is disclosed. The transceiver assembly preferably comprises a patch array feed antenna having an array of a plurality of patches for generating a beam and for detecting the beam as reflected from the potential hazards. The antenna is...

20060092081 - Antenna device and wireless communication apparatus: The present invention relates to an antenna device built into a casing, the antenna device configured to prevent the deterioration of antenna characteristics by switching the antenna operation. The antenna device built into a casing, the antenna device comprises first and second antenna elements disposed in the casing; and a...

20060092083 - Antennas: An antenna comprises a first metal element, a second metal element, a third metal element, a ground element and a cable. The first metal element and the second metal element are connected to the ground element. The third metal element is disposed on the first metal element. The cable is...

20060092084 - Mobile wireless terminal: There is provided a mobile wireless terminal in which characteristics such as improved antenna directivity of a built-in antenna and gains thereof are improved and downsizing is possible. The mobile wireless terminal comprises: an electrically conductive upper housing which contains an upper board; a lower housing which contains a lower...

20060092082 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal, which has an antenna disposed within a housing accommodating a circuit board, capable of securing a clearance between the antenna and parts of the circuit board, etc. within the housing without increasing the size of the housing, whereby the antenna performance can be prevented from degrading when...

20060092085 - Antenna-embedded laminated glass and method for preparing the same: The present invention provides a method for preparing an antenna-embedded laminated glass with an antenna element sealed between glass sheets, which is characterized to comprise forming two or more glass sheets forming the laminated glass; bonding a transfer film on a surface of one of the glass sheets by a...

20060092086 - Tapered slot feed for an automotive radar antenna: In one embodiment, an improved transceiver assembly for a vehicle capable of detecting potentially hazardous objects is disclosed. The transceiver assembly comprises a tapered slot feed antenna for generating a beam and for detecting the beam as reflected from the potential hazards. The antenna is formed in or on a...

20060092087 - Compensating structures and reflector antenna systems employing the same: A compensating structure includes layers of non-uniform arrays of conductive patches configured to provide phase and/or amplitude distribution modification of feed primary patterns....

20060092088 - Receiving a television satellite signal or transmission without attaching a satellite dish to the outer wall of a home or dwelling: An acrylic material such as Plexiglas, which allows an incoming television satellite signal or transmission to pass through it, is used instead of glass between the satellite signal and the satellite dish which is mounted within the structure or dwelling facing the satellite making it possible to receive a satellite...

20060092089 - Satellite antenna cover: A satellite antenna cover of substantially rigid configuration is adapted at one end to securely snap around the entire signal-receiving perimeter of a satellite antenna. The securely snapped satellite antenna cover permits transmission of satellite signals and includes a substantially rigid outer surface suitable for decorative and advertising use. The...

20060092090 - Antenna tower mounting assembly and method: A device to couple an antenna array to a tower having three poles. The device includes a mast member and three support members. Each of the support members has a vertical portion and an angled portion. The angled portion is coupled to the mast member. The vertical member is operable...

20060092092 - Antenna system and a method for fabricating the same: An antenna system includes interconnected first, second and third saw-like antenna units, each of which is formed by a plurality of metal strips of specific width. An adjacent two of the first metal strips define a first acute angle therebetween. An adjacent two of the second metal strips define a...

20060092091 - Embedded antenna of mobile terminal: An embedded antenna of a mobile terminal, which includes antennas having different resonance frequency characteristics, a feeding point connected to the antennas and used for feeding, and lines for connecting the antennas to the feeding point....

20060092093 - Mixed-signal systems with alternating impedance electromagnetic bandgap (ai-ebg) structures for noise suppression/isolation: Alternating impedance electromagnetic bandgap (AI-EBG) structures, systems incorporating AI-EBG structures, and methods of making AI-EBG structures, are disclosed....