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Dipole television antenna

US5528252A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 26, 1994
Grant dateJun 18, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 26, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q9/16
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A television antenna device comprises a pair of electrically conductive dipole arms, a support attached to the dipole arms for supporting the dipole arms, and an electrical circuit operatively connected to each of the dipole arms and mounted to the support for tuning the dipole arms for an optimal impedance match over a plurality of different frequency ranges. A switch is operatively connected to the electrical circuit and is mounted to the support for enabling adjustment of a circuit configuration including the electrical circuit and the dipole arms to selectively tune the dipole arms for an optimal impedance match over the plurality of different frequency ranges. Each of the dipole arms includes a pair of coaxial series tuned circuits for suppressing current flow over electromagnetic frequencies corresponding to higher VHF channels.

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