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NEW YORK (AP) - Gene Monahan was still in high school when he showed up at spring training with the New York Yankees in 1962. His eyes were wide as he looked around the clubhouse.
There was Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, fresh off their historic chase of Babe Ruth's home run record. Over there was Tony Kubek and Bobby Richardson. Yogi Berra and Elston Howard took turns catching a pitching staff that included an aging Whitey Ford and a young Jim Bouton.
The names and faces changed over the years, but Monahan remained one of the few constants for the Yankees franchise. After getting his start as a ball boy and clubhouse attendant, he eventually rose to become the head trainer, fulfilling that role for the past 39 years.
Monahan said Wednesday that he'll retire after this season, his 49th with the club.
"I knew this day was coming, but I didn't realize it was coming this soon," the typically shy Monahan said during a news conference, often appearing on the verge of tears. "There are too many people to thank for the opportunity and privilege to serve this organization."
Monahan said he received a wake-up call early last year, after he felt a lump on his neck and put off seeing the doctor. The sobering diagnosis finally came back: He had throat cancer.
With the support of his daughters, Kelly and Amanda, Monahan underwent surgery to remove his tonsils and then round after round of radiation treatment. He ended up missing spring training for the first time in 48 years, but eventually returned to the team.
"I did come back a little prematurely, because I was tired and weak and didn't feel right, but it was good that I came back," he said. "The moment I left the house, it was in the car, I felt better. And when I got here, I felt like a million bucks."
Monahan has been with the team every step this season, enjoying every minute of it.
Manager Joe Girardi, whom Monahan treated for so many years as a catcher, learned that one of his closest friends was retiring only a few days ago. It hit him hard.
"Even though in a sense, as a player, he was responsible for keeping me healthy, Geno was someone I could go to for anything," Girardi said. "His sense of humor, his love for the game, his passion _ I'm really going to miss it."
Monahan wasn't sure how he'd break the news to the team. Then he realized that he needed to let everyone know about some routine exams that were coming up, so he figured he would simply tack on the news of his retirement at the conclusion of the other business.
"My plan was to get them all together, `Here's what we're doing tomorrow, here's what we're doing the next day, and oh, by the way, this is my last season, let's try to win it,' Monahan recalled saying. "And that was it."
The game hasn't changed much the past five decades, though the players certainly have.
Three of his favorites _ Bobby Murcer, Thurman Munson and Catfish Hunter _ have passed away. Berra still wanders into the clubhouse from time to time, though he's had his own health issues in recent years. Hundreds of others have come and gone, like a blur.


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Welcome to my story. FxF. They are supposed to look human. I also changed their names. And finally, I apologize if it ends up being too OOC.
I really hope you like it and that you review whatever you want, all critics are welcome since I don't think I'm really good at writing so I won't get mad if you help me to improve, just try to be nice :'D
The names will be:
Flaky- Fay
Giggles- Gili
Flippy - Filip
Petunia - Petunia
Russell - Russell
Nutty – Neal
Cuddles - Cody
Sniffles- Stephen
Lammy- Lannie
Splendid - Spencer
Shifty - Shinji
Lifty - Liam
Lumpy - Lumpkin
(Just got them all from a baby's name webpage so don't be too picky about it :P and I'll add more characters eventually if I need them)
So, here we go …again. She sighed. It wasn't like she had a wonderful life in the city, but at least it felt safer, and less…boring. She was moving back to this little town, Happy Tree. Because of her mom she traveled a lot, and they lived here for 2 months, but that was 10 years ago, and it was just creepy. There was always this dark raining sky, no many people on the streets, it felt like a horror movie scenario, and she didn't like it, at all.
The city where she was living was okay, at least she was already used to it, since she and her mom were there for whole 4 years; that was a new record, and it was way better than that crappy little town. Her mom was a ballet teacher, she was very good at it back when she was young, but she got pregnant with Fay and all her dreams faded away. She usually taught in schools to little girls, Fay didn't even know why her mom couldn't keep a job.
Actually, she knew. It was because she was always more worried about her current boyfriend than by herself and Fay; and if things didn't work, or if the guy turned out to be a creep they would just run away and find a new place to move. Fay wasn't sure if all guys in the world were that bad or if it was only her mom who wasn't able to date a decent man, she didn't know much about guys anyways and wasn't interested on finding out.
Moving so often didn't bother Fay as much as it may look like, but she would like to have a more normal life; she didn't make much of a progress at the last place, she didn't make many friends, neither did she get to be known for doing something important but at least she knew the city, she knew the places she liked to visit…quite places mostly, to sit and read a good book, she knew the people she could talk to, she knew the people she wouldn't like to talk to, she knew the places she wanted to run away from, she knew the places where she could run away to. It was something, she was always lonely, but she was happy there, happier than in any other place, happier than here.
"Fay…Fay...God! KID! We arrived!" Her mom snapped her out of her thoughts and she jumped a little from the seat. The woman just rolled her eyes being used to his absentminded and jumpy daughter but still annoyed by it. "It's just me! Gosh. Now, get out of the car and help me with the boxes".
She had always been a scaredy cat, she didn't know what was wrong with her, but it's hard to get over your fears when you have no one around to help you with that. They were in front of the 'new' house. It was painted in an awful gray color. Door, windows and garage in a boring brown. 'But hey! There is a rusty swing in the garden, yeah…pretty'. Fay thought.
There was a week of unpacking, organizing and boxes all over the place. The entire house was so dark, and…old. Luckily she got a bedroom with a big window to the garden so the few light that came from the sky could come throughout the room. She didn't like dark places, they were so frightening.
The room was okay, after organizing her clothes and cleaning all the dust, it didn't look so bad. She went down stairs to pick up her books and get them on her room but she was starving so she walked to the kitchen first. Her mom was on a free day so she was at home. Fay took some cereals and milk in a bowl and walked out of the kitchen.
"Hmm…did I tell you that you'll start school next Monday?" Asked her mom while serving herself some coffee.
"No, you didn't, but I supposed it was soon". Fay answered quietly as she walked back to the kitchen.
It was merely obvious that she was going to start school the next week since luckily they moved to Happy Tree in vacation season so she would start her junior year there, which was good because she hated when she was the new girl in the middle of the semester so it would make her presence even more obvious, hence everyone would stare at her as though she were a circus attraction. She really hated being in the limelight.
"Yeah, well…now you know. And what are you doing? Why don't you go out for a while and try to know the place".
She let the bowl on the kitchen, grabbed a jacket and went out of the house without saying a word. Even if it was cold outside the fresh air felt good on her skin. She needed to get out of the house for a while. Anyway, her mom couldn't stand having Fay around for a long time. However, Fay didn't think of her as a bad mother, she had never abandoned her or hit her or anything like that, she gave her what she needed to live, even though Fay knew she didn't like her because she stole her dreams away from her, so they just ignored each other, she was already used to it. But she would rather to live alone; it would be more peaceful, she wouldn't feel like she was a burden for someone. As for her father, she knew nothing about him, nor a name, nor a picture, nor a place to look for him… she used to ask about him since it's normal for a kid to wonder about it, but her mom told her not to, so she didn't do it anymore, it didn't matter, he hadn't look for her either, so, it was okay like that.
After few minutes of walking she spotted a small coffee shop so she got in for something to eat. It looked like one of those abandoned places in the middle of nowhere in some road. Like all in the town, old and dusty.
A little bell rang when she opened the door. There were two old men in a table drinking coffee and talking, in a corner a woman, reading a magazine and eating a sandwich, and that was all. She sat on a table near to the window.
The waitress came to her, a middle aged woman, with her hair tied up and a yellow apron around her waist. "Hello darling, do you want something to eat or maybe a soda?" She said wearing a warm smile.
"Can I see the menu?" Fay asked shyly while biting her bottom lip a little.
"Well, we don't have a lot to offer at this hour, we just have coffee, ham sandwich and soda, so, what would it be?" The waitress said ready to write the order on a little notebook even though she wouldn't write anything on it since there was no need for it.
"Ok…I want a sandwich and a coke please"
"In a minute" the waitress said smiling as she walked back to the kitchen.
Fay was pleased to find that people seemed to be nice in the new place. She had only talked with the waitress, but it was good enough, a nice first encounter was always good.
The little bell on the door rang again, she looked at it to see a pink haired girl with a red ribbon on her hair walking in happily, singing a song she didn't know. The girl looked surprised when she saw Fay so she looked away, out of the window blushing a little.
Being perfectly aware of her position as the new girl, she thought that even so, that girl didn't have to look at her like she was some circus freak or something. Fay saw her walking to the table where the woman with the magazine was sitting at.
"Mom!" the girl said giggling.
"Oh, hi Gili, did you bring me what I asked you?
The red haired girl focused in watching out the window, not wanting to overhear others' conversation.
"Here you are sweetie, ham sandwich and coke." The waitress said as she put the plate on the table along with the soda.
"Oh, thank you very much." Fay said smiling at her. The waitress went back to talk with the two man that were at the other side of the place.
"Okay mom, I'll be home soon, don't worry." Fay heard the girl saying to her mom as the woman walked out of the door.
Now the girl was standing next to Fay and she looked at her sheepishly.
"Can I sit with you?" The girl asked smiling while looking into the empty seat in front of Fay.
"Of-of course, if you want to."
"Are you new here? Are you going to live in the town or are you just visiting?" Bright green eyes, wide in emotion, stared at Fay waiting for an answer.
"Well, y-yes, I'm living her, I-I just moved in with my mom. I already knew this place since I lived here for two months but that was like ten years ago, so…yes, th-that's it." Fay smiled at her feeling a little blush on her cheeks.
"Really? That's so cool! We don't have new people around here very often, we gonna be great friends, oh…I'm Gili by the way, nice to meet you." She said still smiling joyfully.
"Fay. Ni-nice to meet you too."
"Huh…do you go the Happy Tree High School?" Fay added a little less anxious now.
"Yes! Of course, since it's the only high school around here, you're going there too, right? This is great! I have a new friend to show off." The girl said laughing as Fay nodded surprised.
Gili looked so pretty, like a little and innocent kid in a candy store with her green eyes shining in emotion, Fay couldn't believe she was so happy over her being the new girl in town. She assumed nothing very exciting happened around there, ever.
"And where are you living Fay?" Gili said as she played with one strand of her hair.
"Oh …Hmm, d-do you know that big playground that has that large tree just in the middle of it?"
It was the only park for kids there actually, in the center of town.
"Of course I know it! So you are staying at that gray house in front of the park I suppose since it was the only vacant house around there." Gili said with a wide smile.
"Yes! That's the one."
After talking for a whole hour they went out of the coffee shop. Gili was nice and caring, Fay really liked her and hopped them to be great friends as Gili had said. They interchanged cell numbers as they walked through the obscure streets, it was getting late.
"I live one street down your house, so we can walk to school together!" Gili said as they got to the corner of the park.
"Ye…yes, of course."
"Okay! Then I'll come for you at 8:30 on Monday." They pink haired stated as she ran down the street. Fay waved smiling at her and went into the house.
Nothing interesting happened on weekend. Even so, she was really excited for going to school and meeting Gili again, maybe her staying there wasn't going to be such a bother.
Fay woke up early in the morning and got ready for school. She wore a black strappy shirt with an oversized purple blouse over, it came down in one side showing one of her shoulders and the sleeves covered her hands. Light blue skinny jeans and black converse. Her hair was a bit messy as always. It was long and red, kind of curly but not too much. She didn't really hate it though sometimes she found some little papers or leaves tangled on it, she didn't even know how they got to her hair.
She gazed at her image in the mirror. Her skin was pale white and she had beautiful amber big eyes, a pretty and childish face and her red shining hair matched really well with her skin, although she didn't think of herself as pretty, just too regular and plain.
Fay ran down the stairs and went to the kitchen to drink only a cup of coffee, she didn't want to eat anything else since she was too nervous. She heard someone knocking on the door and jumped from the seat while feeling butterflies going like crazy in her stomach. She took a deep encouraging breath and walked to the door.
"Good morning~ Oh, you look so cute. Ready for first day of class?" A slightly hyper Gili asked, smiling happily at Fay who nodded.
"Oh, this is so great, my friends are gonna love you, I can't wait to introduce you to them, I think you're going to like the school." Said the pink haired girl while clapping her hands excited.
"Wha...what if we aren't in the same classes." Fay asked looking down at her shoes.
"What? No! I hadn't thought about that." Gili said, she really wanted to be friends with Fay, and it wasn't just because she wanted to show off being friends with the new girl but she really liked her, Fay looked like such a sweet and caring girl, besides, she was completely willing to help her adapt to the new school.
"Well, I guess I can talk with Mr. Lumpkin if we aren't in same classes, I can tell him I just want to help you."
"Do you think that will work?" Fay asked looking at Gili's eyes and smiling a bit.
"Yes, of course! I just have to put up my puppy eyes." Gili replied giggling, seeing how Fay looked happy now. "You have to meet with him anyway as soon as we get to school, you will see he's such a nice man."
'Calm down, calm down…Gili said he was nice'.
"If you want to I can go in with you." Gili said trying to comfort Fay seeing how she was so nervous about talking with the school's principal.
"N-no, don't worry! I'll be fine, hehe." Fay said smiling. It was so embarrassing to be so worry over a stupid thing like talking with the principal.
"Fay?" A tall blue haired man walked out the door of the office, looking at Fay with a wide smile. He looked kind of goofy as his hair was all put back with gel and the knot of his tie wasn't done in the right way but he seemed like a really nice person.
"Ye-yes! Good morning, I…I'm the new student so I came for my schedule and to turn in m-my papers."
"Of course darling, I was waiting for you, come in." She stood up from the seat and followed Mr. Lumpkin.
"Take a sit please…So how are you doing?" He asked while taking the papers Fay was giving to him and tipping her information on the computer.
"It-it has been very nice, I didn't think I would like it here but the people in Happy Tree are really nice."
"So have you made friends already?" He asked looking at her over the frame of his glasses with a bit of a smirk on his face.
"Well…yes I met a really nice girl on Friday and she's helped me with everything."
"I'm pleased to hear that". He affirmed as he grabbed a paper from the printer. "Here you are, this is your schedule, all the classrooms and classes are there, you would have to choose a complementary class though, but that will be next week, any question you might have about it or about anything else please feel free to come and ask me and I'll be willing to help you, ok?" He said looking at her warmly as she nodded.
"Thank you very much!" Fay said as she walked out of the office.
"Okay, see you later, have a nice day".
She closed the door after her to see Gili smiling and holding out her hands asking for Fay's schedule to see if they had classes together. "See! See! I knew it! He put you in the same classes I am!"
"Re-Really? Wow, he really is nice." Fay's eyes now sparkling with emotion as the two of them walked to the halls of the school.
As the three first classes went by Fay could met some of Gili's friends. There was Cody, a blond guy with honey like eyes, kind of short, dressed with a skater like style which explained the skateboard he was carrying with him when she met him. He was really nice to Fay and for a moment she was sure he was Gili's boyfriend. They just gave off that vibe but later Gili denied Fay's suppositions, clearly feeling a little ashamed.
Then, there was Petunia, a pretty blue haired girl with a small flower shaped pin holding some strands of her long hair at one side, she looked like someone obsessed with her appearance but she was a really pleasant girl. There was also Russell. He looked kind of frightening for Fay with his punk rocker style in his light blue hair and cloths and some piercings on his face and ears but he was really kind offering himself to help her with anything she needed.
Finally, there was Stephen, a guy looked like the smart and kind of geek type. He wore black framed glasses and seemed to be a bit arrogant.
Everything went well the first hours of school, Fay was enjoying her time there, she couldn't believe this town was so good, just the people being so nice to her, thanks to Gili of course, but it made things much better. Gili said that some of her friends were in other classes but they always met at the cafeteria for lunch so Fay would meet them all.
The bell rang announcing the end of biology class. It was time for break so Fay picked up her books and walked with Gili and Stephen towards the door.
"Hmm, Gili…where is the library?" Fay asked looking at her friend.
"What? The library? Aren't you going to go for lunch with us?" Gili said as she stood now in the middle of the hallway staring at Fay.
"Y-yes! I mean…I just want to check if I can borrow a book, I will be with you just in time." Fay added while fidgeting nervously.
"Oh…well, if it's like that I'll go with you." Gili said holding Fay's hand and starting to walk again.
"Actually…" Stephen said "I'm going to the library now to pick some biology books so I can start reading about this week lessons, so I can show you where it is."
"Ye-yeah…thank you! You don't have to worry Gili, go ahead I'll reach you in a moment, I already know where the cafeteria is anyway."
"Hmm…okay." Gili smiled at Fay and walked to her locker to put her books in it. "I'll be waiting for you, don't take too long, ok?" Fay nodded to her and turned around to Stephen as he leaded her to the library.
He explained to her where all the sections were and how she could borrow a book talking a bit too fast but enough for Fay to recollect the information she needed. She went to the Novels section and looked for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, her favorite book when she was a child. After finding out she had lost her copy between movings, she remembered how good it was, wanting to read it again.
After finishing with her search, Fay realized she had definitely lost Stephen as she couldn't see him anywhere, so she decided to go and look for the cafeteria. Probably Gili was already impatient waiting for her.
She walked through the cafeteria door while looking down at the book in her hands, happy that she had found it. Suddenly, there was a dizzying feeling as she nearly fell backwards. It happened because she had inadvertently bumped into someone, dropping her book.
"S-sorry!" She almost screamed leaning down to pick up her book feeling now a burning blush on her cheeks.
"Are you okay?"
She hadn't realized he was leaning down in front of her, trying to help her as she felt her hand on his, because, well, she hadn't seen that he was already picking up the book for her. She was still looking at the book, now at both of their hands, feeling as if she was going to pass out of embarrassment.
Still trying to focus her vision she met with military boots, camouflage pants, black t-shirt, and dog tags holding from his neck.
'What is it? Did I accidentally go to the army instead of the school cafeteria?' She though, now looking up at him, finding shining dark green eyes staring at her with a worried expression. He helped her to stand up.
"Y...yes, I'm truly sorry, I-I didn't want to-"
"Don't worry, it was nothing," He said smiling. "I think I haven't seen you before." The boy added while gazing at her curiously.
"Hmm…yes, I-I just moved in." She said sheepishly looking at him, his eyes looking into hers warmly as he smiled.
"What is it? What happened here? Who the hell is she?" A girl appeared right behind him looking up and down at Fay with a hatred stare. She had purple hair that matched with her eyes, and even though they were sharp they looked pretty whit her thick eyelashes, pale skin and soft pink lips.
He sighed, now covering his face with his hand then letting it go down as he looked back at the girl.
"Nothing. Nothing happened Lannie."
Fay just stood there, her eyes wide as she looked at the two of them confused with what was happening.
"See you around, I guess and sorry for throwing your book." He said as he walked pass the two girls not looking at any of them.
Lannie looked one more time at Fay making it clear that she didn't like her and then going after him.
"Wh-what was that?" She asked herself. Then, she realized that everyone on the cafeteria was staring at her.
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1. Statement of the Technical Field
The inventive arrangements relate generally to methods and apparatus for multi-band microstrip antenna operation, and more particularly for dynamically changing the operational band of a microstrip antenna.
2. Description of the Related Art
A wide variety of RF antenna elements are commonly manufactured on dielectric substrate. These include common dipole antenna elements as well as a variety of patch and slot type antennas. The band of frequencies over which such antennas will function is largely determined by the geometry of the antenna element, ground plane spacing and characteristics of the dielectric substrate on which the antenna is formed. In many types of antenna element, antenna equivalent impedance changes significantly with frequency. This results in an impedance mismatch to the feed line when the antenna is operated outside a relatively narrow operational bandwidth. If the impedance of different parts of the circuit do not match, this can result in inefficient power transfer, unnecessary heating of components, and other problems. Consequently, the antenna element may not be usable except over a relatively narrow range of operating frequencies.
Two critical factors affecting the performance of the dielectric substrate material are permittivity (sometimes called the relative permittivity or ∈r) and permeability (sometimes referred to as relative permeability or μr). The relative permittivity and permeability determine the propagation velocity of a signal, which is inversely proportional to √{square root over (μ∈)}. These same factors affect the electrical length of an antenna element. Since antenna elements are typically designed to be a particular geometry and size relative to the wavelength of the operating frequency, the choice of the substrate material affects the overall size of the antenna element.
Moreover, conventional substrate materials typically have a permeability of 1. Accordingly, the choice of relative permittivity value for the dielectric substrate is usually a key design consideration. However, once a dielectric substrate material with a particular permittivity is selected, it is generally a static part of the design and cannot be readily changed. Accordingly, the use of conventional dielectric substrate arrangements have proven to be a limitation in designing antennas.
Further, it is known that the size of an antenna element required for a particular frequency can be reduced by selecting a dielectric substrate with a relatively high permittivity. One method of reducing antenna size is through capacitive loading. This can be accomplished through use of a high permittivity substrate for the array elements. For example, if dipole arms are capacitively loaded by placing them on a substrate of high relative permitivity substrate, the dipole arms can be shortened relative to the arm lengths which would otherwise be needed for a particular frequency using a lower dielectric constant substrate. This effect results because the electrical field in high dielectric substrate portion between the arm portion and the ground plane will be concentrated into a smaller dielectric substrate volume.
However, one drawback of this approach is that the radiation efficiency is often reduced. The radiation efficiency is the frequency dependent ratio of the power radiated by the antenna to the total power supplied to the antenna. In the case of a dipole, for example, a shorter arm length reduces the radiation resistance, which is approximately equal to the square of the arm length for a "short" (less than � wavelength) dipole antenna as shown below:
R r=20 π2(l/λ)2
where l is the electrical length of the antenna line and λ is the wavelength of interest.
A conductive trace comprising a single short dipole can be modeled as an open transmission line having series connected radiation resistance, an inductor, a capacitor and a resistive ground loss. The radiation efficiency of a dipole antenna system, assuming a single mode can be approximated by the following equation:
E is the efficiency
Rr is the radiation resistance
XL is the inductive reactance
XC is the capacitive reactance
XL is the ohmic feed point ground losses and skin effect
The radiation resistance is a fictitious resistance that accounts for energy radiated by the antenna. The inductive reactance represents the inductance of the conductive dipole lines, while the capacitor is the capacitance between the conductors. The other series connected components simply turn RF energy into heat, which reduces the radiation efficiency of the dipole.
From the foregoing, it can be seen that the constraints of a dielectric substrate having selected relative dielectric properties often results in design compromises that can negatively affect the electrical performance and/or physical characteristics of the overall circuit. An inherent problem with the conventional approach is that, at least with respect to the substrate, the only control variable for line impedance is the relative permittivity. This limitation highlights another important problem with conventional substrate materials, i.e. they fail to take advantage of the other factor that determines characteristic impedance, namely Ll, the inductance per unit length of the transmission line.
The invention concerns a method for varying an operating band of an antenna. The method can include magnetically and electrically coupling at least one antenna element to a fluid dielectric, and varying a volume of the fluid dielectric to selectively maximize efficiency of the antenna element on a plurality of operating bands. The fluid dielectric can have values of permittivity and permeability that are greater than one so as to facilitate such operation over a plurality of operating bands. For example, the fluid dielectric an include magnetic particles to increase the permeability of the fluid dielectric.
According to one aspect of the invention, the varying step can include controlling the volume to selectively provide an efficient impedance match with an antenna feed circuit of the antenna element for each of the operating bands. According to a second aspect of the invention the varying step can include varying the volume to selectively cause the antenna element to be resonant at the plurality of operating bands. According to another aspect of the invention, the varying step can include varying a capacitive and a magnetic loading of the at least one antenna element.
The method can include coupling the fluid dielectric to the antenna element over a continuous area defined by the at least one antenna element. Alternatively, the fluid dielectric can be distributed over a plurality of separate cavity structures coupled to the antenna element. For example the cavity structures can be distributed about an area defined by the antenna element or they can be spaced from one another along a direction extending from the at least one antenna element to a ground plane of the antenna element.
According to another aspect, the invention can include an antenna. The antenna can include at least one antenna element to which a fluid dielectric is magnetically and electrically coupled. The antenna element is preferably a conductive wire or patch disposed on a dielectric substrate, but it can also be a slot. A fluid control system can be provided responsive to a control signal for selectively varying a volume of the fluid dielectric coupled to the antenna element. Consequently, efficient operation of the antenna element can be provided on a plurality of operating bands.
One or more cavity structures can be defined in the dielectric substrate for constraining the fluid dielectric. A cavity structure can be substantially continuous within an area defined by the antenna element. Alternatively a plurality of cavity structures can be distributed about an area defined by the antenna element. In yet another embodiment, the cavity structures can be spaced from one another along a direction extending from the antenna element toward a ground plane of the antenna element.
A fluid control system can also be provided for varying the fluid dielectric volume. The fluid volume can be controlled to provide an efficient impedance match with an antenna feed circuit of the antenna element for each of the operating bands, to cause the antenna element to be resonant at the plurality of operating bands, and to vary capacitive and a magnetic loading of the antenna element.
A top view of a variable operating band antenna is shown in
Likewise, the dielectric substrate can be formed of any of a wide variety of commonly available dielectric materials. However, low temperature cofired ceramic substrates are presently preferred. A conductive ground plane is preferably provided below the dielectric substrate 104, spaced apart from the antenna elements 102. The spacing between the antenna elements 102 and the ground plane 110 can vary somewhat but is typically about � wavelength at the operating frequency.
A transmission line antenna feed 106 can be disposed on dielectric substrate 104. However, other feed arrangements can also be used for this purpose, as is well known in the art. For example, dual feed line conductors could be routed through the dielectric substrate 104 to the adjacent ends of the antenna elements. In order to minimize undesirable interaction between the feed structures and the antenna radiating elements, the feed line conductors could be routed perpendicular to the plane defined by the antenna radiating elements. In any case, the invention is not limited to any particular feed arrangement.
In addition to supporting the antenna radiating elements, the dielectric substrate 104 can define at least one cavity structure 108 disposed between the conductive ground plane 110 and the antenna elements 102 as shown. The cavity structure 108 can be at least partially filled with a fluid dielectric 114 and is preferably in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir 112 which can contain also contain fluid dielectric 114.
The areas 128 and 130 of the cavity structure 108 and fluid reservoir 112, respectively are preferably filled with an inert gas. However, the invention is not so limited. For example, these areas can also be filled with a second fluid dielectric that is immiscible with the fluid dielectric 114. In any case, a pressure relief conduit 126 is preferably provided for relieving any pressure differential that may be caused by the movement of fluid dielectric 114 between the cavity structure 108 and the fluid reservoir 112.
A fluid control system can be provided for controlling a volume of fluid in cavity structure 108 that is electrically and magnetically coupled to antenna elements 102. The fluid control system can be comprised of a controller 120 and any suitable combination of pumps, valves, and/or sensors suitable for selectively controlling the volume of fluid dielectric 114 that is coupled to the antenna elements 102. For example, in
The cavity structure 108 and any fluid dielectric contained therein is electrically and magnetically coupled to the antenna elements 102. Accordingly, by varying the volume of fluid dielectric 114 that is coupled to the antenna elements 102, it is possible to modify the electrical characteristics of the antenna elements. More particularly, if the fluid dielectric has a relatively higher permittivity and/or permeability as compared to the inert gas or second fluid dielectric contained in area 128, then varying the volume of the fluid dielectric 114 will the input impedance and resonant frequency of the antenna elements 102. This in turn will vary the frequency band over which the antenna elements 102 will present an efficient impedance match to the antenna feed 106. Accordingly, varying the volume of the fluid dielectric 114 coupled to the antenna elements 102 can effectively vary the operating band of the antenna.
The system shown in
As shown in
By opening and closing selected valves, fluid dielectric 114 can be added to selected ones of the cavity structures to vary the volume of fluid dielectric coupled to the antenna elements 102 and thereby change the operating band of the antenna. Notably, while only four cavity structures are shown in
According to one embodiment, a second pump 434 can be provided to help draw fluid dielectric out of the cavity structures 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D and into a second manifold 436, before passing back into fluid reservoir 112. As with the embodiment described relative to
Still another alternative embodiment of the invention is illustrated in
Composition of Fluid Dielectric
The fluidic dielectric as described herein can be comprised of any fluid composition having the required characteristics of permittivity and permeability as may be necessary for achieving operation of the antenna elements over a selected set of frequency bands. For example, those skilled in the art will recognize that one or more component parts can be mixed together to produce a desired permeability and permittivity required for achieving input impedance match for elements 102.
The fluidic dielectric 114 also preferably has a relatively low loss tangent to minimize the amount of RF energy lost in each element. However, devices with higher loss may be acceptable in some instances so this may not be a critical factor. Many applications also require a broadband response. Accordingly, it may be desirable in many instances to select fluidic dielectrics that have a relatively constant response over a broad range of frequencies.
Aside from the foregoing constraints, there are relatively few limits on the range of materials that can be used to form the fluidic dielectric. Accordingly, those skilled in the art will recognize that the examples of suitable fluidic dielectrics as shall be disclosed herein are merely by way of example and are not intended to limit in any way the scope of the invention. Also, while component materials can be mixed in order to produce the fluidic dielectric as described herein, it should be noted that the invention is not so limited. Instead, the composition of the fluidic dielectric could be formed in other ways. All such techniques will be understood to be included within the scope of the invention.
Those skilled in the art will recognize that a nominal value of permittivity (∈r) for fluids is approximately 2.0. However, the fluidic dielectric used herein can include fluids with higher values of permittivity. For example, the fluidic dielectric material could be selected to have a permittivity values of between 2.0 and about 58, depending upon the amount of dielectric constant change required to properly load the antenna for optimal impedance match at a given frequency.
Similarly, the fluidic dielectric can have a wide range of permeability values. High levels of magnetic permeability are commonly observed in magnetic metals such as Fe and Co. For example, solid alloys of these materials can exhibit levels of μr in excess of one thousand. By comparison, the permeability of fluids is nominally about 1.0 and they generally do not exhibit high levels of permeability. However, high permeability can be achieved in a fluid by introducing metal particles/elements to the fluid. For example typical magnetic fluids comprise suspensions of ferro-magnetic particles in a conventional industrial solvent such as water, toluene, mineral oil, silicone, and so on. Other types of magnetic particles include metallic salts, organo-metallic compounds, and other derivatives, although Fe and Co particles are most common. The size of the magnetic particles found in such systems is known to vary to some extent. However, particles sizes in the range of 1 nm to 20 μm are common. The composition of particles can be selected as necessary to achieve the required permeability in the final fluidic dielectric. Magnetic fluid compositions are typically between about 50% to 90% particles by weight. Increasing the number of particles will generally increase the permeability.
More particularly, A hydrocarbon dielectric oil such as Vacuum Pump Oil MSDS-12602 could be used to realize a low permittivity, low permeability fluid, low electrical loss fluid. A low permittivity, high permeability fluid may be realized by mixing same hydrocarbon fluid with magnetic particles such as magnetite manufactured by FerroTec Corporation of Nashua, N.H., or iron-nickel metal powders manufactured by Lord Corporation of Cary, N.C. for use in ferrofluids and magnetoresrictive (MR) fluids. Additional ingredients such as surfactants may be included to promote uniform dispersion of the particle. Fluids containing electrically conductive magnetic particles require a mix ratio low enough to ensure that no electrical path can be created in the mixture. Solvents such as formamide inherently posses a relatively high permittivity.
Similar techniques could be used to produce fluidic dielectrics with higher permittivity. For example, fluid permittivity could be increased by adding high permittivity powders such as barium titanate manufactured by Ferro Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio. For broadband applications, the fluids would not have significant resonances over the frequency band of interest.
Antenna Structure, Materials and Fabrication
According to one aspect of the invention, the dielectric substrate 106 can be formed from a ceramic material. For example, the dielectric structure can be formed from a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC). Processing and fabrication of RF circuits on LTCC is well known to those skilled in the art. LTCC is particularly well suited for the present application because of its compatibility and resistance to attack from a wide range of fluids. The material also has superior properties of wetability and absorption as compared to other types of solid dielectric material. These factors, plus LTCC's proven suitability for manufacturing miniaturized RF circuits, make it a natural choice for use in the present invention.
Further, while the invention herein has been described relative to a single dipole element, it will be understood that the invention is not so limited. Thus, for example, the inventive arrangements as described herein can be used in arrays of such elements. The individual elements forming such arrays can be formed in any of the well known geometric patterns that are commonly used for planar antennas and arrays. The invention is not limited to any particular type of antenna element. Also, the elements as described herein have been disposed directly on the surface of a dielectric substrate but it should be understood that other embodiments are also possible. For example, the elements can be disposed beneath a dielectric radome layer or layers.
The valves and pumps as described herein can be formed using conventional miniature valve assemblies. However, according to a preferred embodiment, it can be desirable to fabricate such pumps and valves as micro-electromechanical machines (MEMS). Such techniques are well known in the art and can be used in the inventive the arrangements described herein to allow the devices to be manufactured more efficiently, in a more compact form factor and with greater reliability.
Antenna Band Control Process
Referring now to
As an alternative to calculating the required volume configuration of the fluid dielectric, the controller 120 could also make use of a look-up-table (LUT). The LUT can contain cross-reference information for determining control data for each antenna element 102 necessary to achieve efficient operation on a selected frequency band. For example, a calibration process could be used to identify the specific sensor 122 output data communicated to controller 120 necessary to achieve efficient performance on a selected band. These digital control signal values could then be stored in the LUT. Thereafter, when control signal 124 is updated, the controller 120 can immediately operate the pumps and valves as necessary to produce the antenna electrical characteristics required for each band.
As an alternative, or in addition to the foregoing methods, the controller 120 could make use of an empirical approach that applies a reference signal to each radiating element and then measures the SWR that occurs at each element 102. Specifically, the controller 120 can check to see whether the antenna is operating efficiently on a particular band. A feedback loop could then be employed to control each pump 118 and valve 116 to produce the desired performance on a particular frequency band.
While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, it will be clear that the invention is not so limited. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions and equivalents will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as described in the claims.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand—As Scotland faces up to a must-win game against England here Saturday, its hopes of advancing to the knockout rounds of the Rugby World Cup are likely to hinge on stopping a 20-year-old bundle of muscle from the South Pacific named Manu Tuilagi.
Good luck with that.
Since making his first start for England last month, Tuilagi has terrorized opponents, scoring four tries in five games. From seemingly nowhere, he's become the talk of world rugby, not just for his gamebreaking speed but for his superpowered style of play—a bruising onslaught of physicality.
Now, as the quarterfinal round approaches, the Samoa-born center presents a problem of global proportions. "He's a monster," said Horacio Agulla, the Argentina winger.
Listed at 6-foot-1 and 240 pounds, Tuilagi combines scorching speed with the muscle of a heavyweight boxer—he weighs the same as Wladimir Klitschko—and can flatten opposing defenders like a charging rhinoceros. Just ask Keith Earls. In a World Cup warm-up game last month, Tuilagi swatted away an attempted tackle from the Ireland star before sprinting 35 yards to score.
"He's a freak to be honest, in the nicest possible way," said Mike Tindall, his England teammate. "The power he's got and his feet and that change of pace…it just makes it very difficult to tackle him."
But what's most remarkable isn't Tuilagi's physical prowess, or even the fact that he's electrified England's stodgy offense. It's that 12 months ago, he'd never played a game of professional rugby.
"Think where he's come from—this is his first year of club rugby," said Martin Johnson, the England manager. "We've got him in [the England team] as quickly as we could. He's an outstanding talent."
Tuilagi isn't the first precocious talent to explode at the World Cup. In 1995, Jonah Lomu was merely a promising All Blacks winger before he steamed through opponents and into rugby history. But what sets Tuilagi apart is this: Through a unique combination of genetics and geography, he may be the best prospect this tournament has ever seen.
"He comes from a background where [rugby] is all he's known all his life," said Brian Smith, England's attack coach. "He's very special."
Tuilagi grew up on the sparsely populated Pacific island of Savai'i, the youngest of seven brothers, six of whom have played rugby for Samoa. (His brother Alesana is part of Samoa's current World Cup squad.) From the age of "five or six," he was included in family scrimmages that he credits with moulding his aggressive, hard-hitting style of play.
"We'd play every day on the beach, 100 meters from our house " Tuilagi said of his childhood in . "You get a lot of power in your legs from running on soft sand. We'd also run and tackle in the sea, so you could really smash people and avoiding rocks taught us to side-step."
When Fereti, the oldest Tuilagi brother, signed for the Leicester Tigers, the top team in the English Premiership, the family followed him to Britain. Manu, aged 12, began playing for the Tigers' youth academy and the England junior team, where he developed an understanding of English strengths, such as passing, kicking and team defense.
"For most players growing up in Samoa, rugby is all about contact and running over each other," said Ben Kay, a former England player and now a rugby analyst for ESPN. "Manu is unique because he's also learned techniques that English players use because they're not as big physically. That mix of craft and brute strength is a pretty brutal combination."
The result is So Tuilagi plays a European game, but with the murderous physicality that is the hallmark of Samoan rugby. "I consider myself fully English as a rugby player. I grew up there and played [for] England Under-16s, Under-18s and Under-20s," he said. "But that Samoan side to just come out of the line and smash people—you never lose it."
For England, the key to Tuialgi's play is his uncanny ability to launch himself into opposing defenders with the force of a runaway train.
Englands's methodical style has meant it had trouble breaking down opposing defenses in the open field. But Tuilagi's brute strength means it's almost impossible to stop him crossing the gain line. (This is an imaginary line across the field from where the last tackle took place.)
Once he's through the first line of defense, chaos ensues and gaps emerge. "He can hit the [defensive] line flat and he causes havoc if he gets in behind the defense," said Tindall. "Even if people do tackle him, he's always half-through and we can play off quick ball. It's great playing next to him—if you're in any doubt, you just give him the ball."
England did exactly that in last week's game against Romania, with preditcably devastating results. Tuilagi made regular inroads into the Romanian defense, scoring one try and having a hand in four others.
To be sure, Scotland will present a tougher test. There are concerns over Tuilagi's defense against elite teams, where his eagerness to deliver bone-shuddering hits could be exposed. There are also questions about his temperament after he was banned for five weeks for punching an opponent in a club game. at the end of last season, earning a five-week ban.
But England players appear unconcerned. "Sometimes you have to sit back and acknowledge that you are seeing the future of the game," said Jonny Wilkinson, the England fly-half who led the team to victory at the 2003 World Cup. "Thank God he's in our changing room."
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