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Directionally sensitive receiving antenna

US4573055A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 9, 1981
Grant dateFeb 25, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 9, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q3/44
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A directionally sensitive receiving antenna, particularly for microwave radiation, utilizes the change in impedance, as a function of the angle between the energy vector of incident radiation on a gyrotropic medium, e.g. a ferrite material, and a magnetic field passing through the medium, enabling a highly directional antenna of small physical dimensions to be constructed.

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