An antenna system and method for fabricating an antenna are provided. The antenna system includes a substrate and an antenna. The antenna includes a conductive particle based material applied onto the substrate. The conductive particle based material includes conductive particles and a binder. When the conductive particle based material is applied to the substrate, the conductive particles are dispersed in the binder so that at least a majority of the conductive particles are adjacent to, but do not touch, one another.

Radar standing wave dampening systems and components are described. In particular, systems and components including an absorber composite including at least one of ceramic filler, magnetic filler, or conductive filler materials are described. Such components can reduce the intensity of standing waves and may also be combined in systems with one or more gradient permittivity tapes or films.

Disclosed herein is a noise suppression sheet that includes a magnetic sheet and a first metal layer provided on one surface of the magnetic sheet. The first metal layer has a plurality of annular slits. The first metal layer is divided into a plurality of first areas surrounded respectively by the plurality of slits and a second area surrounding an entire periphery of each of the plurality of slits.

Provided are an electromagnetic-wave absorbing composition that can favorably absorb electromagnetic waves of high frequencies in or above a millimeter-wave band and that can be applied to a desired portion in the form of a paste, and an easily deformable electromagnetic-wave absorber having flexibility. The electromagnetic-wave absorbing composition includes a rubber binder, a filler made of a particulate carbon material, and a magnetic iron oxide that magnetically resonates in a frequency band in or above a millimeter-wave band as an electromagnetic-wave absorbing material. The electromagnetic-wave absorber includes a rubber binder 1b, a filler 1c made of a particulate carbon material, and a magnetic iron oxide that magnetically resonates in a frequency band in or above a millimeter-wave band as an electromagnetic-wave absorbing material 1a, and is a nonresonant-type electromagnetic-wave absorber that is not provided with a reflective layer for reflecting incident electromagnetic waves.

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to using cobalt (Co) to fine tune the magnetic properties, such as permeability and magnetic loss, of nickel-zinc ferrites to improve the material performance in electronic applications. The method comprises replacing nickel (Ni) with sufficient Co.sup.+2 such that the relaxation peak associated with the Co.sup.+2 substitution and the relaxation peak associated with the nickel to zinc (Ni/Zn) ratio are into near coincidence. When the relaxation peaks overlap, the material permeability can be substantially maximized and magnetic loss substantially minimized. The resulting materials are useful and provide superior performance particularly for devices operating at the 13.56 MHz ISM band.

An electromagnetic-wave absorber having a body of porous material, including a first surface for receiving electromagnetic waves is described. Starting from the first surface, a first layer for scattering the electromagnetic waves includes pores which are coated with electrically conductive material. The electromagnetic-wave absorber also includes a second layer positioned after the first layer which is substantially transparent to the electromagnetic waves.

The present invention relates to an electromagnetic millimetre wave absorber material, preferably having a volume resistivity of more than 1 Ω cm, containing solid particles having an aspect ratio (length:diameter) of at least 5 of a first electrically conductive material, particles having an aspect ratio (length:diameter) of less than 5 of a second electrically conductive material and an electrically non-conductive polymer, wherein the absorber material is capable of absorbing electromagnetic waves in a frequency region of 60 GHz or more. The invention also relates to its use and method for absorbing as well as a sensor apparatus comprising said absorber material.

A method for using a patch for pain relief, and the patch are provided. The method includes determining a location corresponding to source of pain in a body, and disposing a patch including a reactive capacitance material at one of a location corresponding to source of pain or a location between location corresponding to source of pain and a brain. The patch is disposed adjacent to the surface of the body. The reactive the capacitance material comprises conductive particles dispersed in a binder so that at least a majority of the conductive particles are adjacent to, but do not touch, one another. The patch includes a first outer layer, a reactive capacitance layer, and a second outer layer. The reactive capacitance layer is disposed between the first outer layer and the second outer layer. The reactive capacitance layer is formed of the reactive capacitance material.

A product includes a nanostructure having a core and a shell. The core has a coercive field of at least 3 kOe and the shell has a saturation magnetization of at least 50 emu per gram. A product includes a nanostructure having a core and a shell. The shell has a coercive field of at least 3 kOe and the core has a saturation magnetization of at least 50 emu per gram. A method includes forming core/shell nanostructures and forming millimeter wave absorbers including the core/shell nanostructures and a support structure.

An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit and a control unit that controls the unit. The control unit has a control substrate, and the image pickup unit and the control substrate are electrically connected by a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has a first connection portion connected to the image pickup unit, a wiring portion extending from the first connection portion, and a second connection portion connected to the control substrate. A plurality of curved portions is formed on the flexible substrate, and a sheet-like radio wave absorber is partially fixed to the flexible substrate through a plurality of insulating reinforcing materials.