Electronic device including electrically conductive mesh layer patch antenna and related methods

1. An electronic device comprising:

a substrate;

a patch antenna carried by said substrate and comprising an electrically conductive wire mesh layer having a perimeter defined by a plurality of perimeter segments comprising at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments with a cusp therebetween; and

at least one antenna feed coupled to said patch antenna.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments are inwardly extending.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of perimeter segments comprises an arcuate perimeter segment.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said patch antenna is planar.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the perimeter has a hypocycloid shape.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising an antenna ground plane between said substrate and said patch antenna.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , further comprising a dielectric layer between said antenna ground plane and said patch antenna.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one antenna feed comprises a pair of antenna feeds for a non-linear polarization.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises a flexible interwoven electrically conductive wire mesh layer.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises a body portion and a hem portion coupled thereto.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises at least one of molybdenum and gold.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said substrate has relative permittivity and a relative permeability within ±50 percent of each other.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a substrate;

a planar patch antenna carried by said substrate and comprising an electrically conductive wire mesh layer having a perimeter defined by a plurality of perimeter segments comprising at least one pair of inwardly extending arcuate perimeter segments with a cusp therebetween; and

at least one antenna feed coupled to said patch antenna.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein each of said plurality of perimeter segments comprises an arcuate perimeter segment.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13 , further comprising an antenna ground plane between said substrate and said patch antenna.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15 , further comprising a dielectric layer between said antenna ground plane and said patch antenna.

17. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein said electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises a flexible interwoven electrically conductive wire mesh layer.

18. A method of making an electronic device comprising:

forming a patch antenna to be carried by a substrate comprising forming an electrically conductive wire mesh layer to have a perimeter defined by a plurality of perimeter segments comprising at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments with a cusp therebetween; and

coupling at least one antenna feed to the patch antenna.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein forming the electrically conductive wire mesh comprises forming the at least one pair of arcuate segments to be inwardly extending.

20. The method according to claim 18 , wherein forming the patch antenna comprises forming the patch antenna to be planar.

21. The method according to claim 18 , wherein forming the electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises forming the electrically conductive wire mesh layer to have the perimeter with a hypocycloid shape.

22. The method according to claim 18 , further comprising coupling an antenna ground plane between the substrate and the patch antenna.

23. The method according to claim 22 , further comprising coupling a dielectric layer between the antenna ground plane and the patch antenna.

24. The method according to claim 18 , wherein forming the electrically conductive wire mesh layer comprises forming the electrically conductive wire mesh layer to be flexible and interwoven.

25. An electronic device comprising:

a substrate;

a patch antenna carried by said substrate and comprising a flexible interwoven electrically conductive mesh layer having a perimeter defined by a plurality of perimeter segments comprising at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments with a cusp therebetween; and

at least one antenna feed coupled to said patch antenna.

26. The electronic device according to claim 25 , wherein said at least one pair of arcuate perimeter segments are inwardly extending.

27. The electronic device according to claim 25 , wherein each of said plurality of perimeter segments comprises an arcuate perimeter segment.

28. The electronic device according to claim 25 , wherein said patch antenna is planar.

29. The electronic device according to claim 25 , wherein the perimeter has a hypocycloid shape.

30. The electronic device according to claim 25 , further comprising an antenna ground plane between said substrate and said patch antenna.

31. The electronic device according to claim 30 , further comprising a dielectric layer between said antenna ground plane and said patch antenna.

32. The electronic device according to claim 25 , wherein said at least one antenna feed comprises a pair of antenna feeds for a non-linear polarization.

33. The electronic device according to claim 25 , wherein said flexible interwoven electrically conductive mesh layer comprises a body portion and a hem portion coupled thereto.

34. The electronic device according to claim 25 , wherein said flexible interwoven electrically conductive mesh layer comprises at least one of molybdenum and gold.