Conical spiral antenna
US4945363A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2007 |
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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