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Conical spiral antenna

US4675690A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 1984
Grant dateJun 23, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K1/16
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A photoresist-type chemical etching process is used to define a computer-generated flat pattern of conductors as if a complex conical spiral had been cut apart along a straight line through the apex and laid flat. The substrate in the shape of a circular sector is bent into a cone and the radial edges are joined in a seam. The split turns of the spiral are electrically interconnected across the seam.

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