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Antenna system for communicating simultaneously with a satellite and a terrestrial system

US6545647B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 13, 2001
Grant dateApr 8, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q21/245
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An antenna system for receiving both circularly polarized electromagnetic signals and linearly polarized electromagnetic signals, the circularly polarize signals arriving at the antenna system from a direction normal or oblique to a major surface of the antenna system and the linearly polarized signals arriving at the planar antenna system from a direction acute to said major surface. The antenna system includes a high impedance surface and a plurality of antenna elements disposed on said high impedance surface, the plurality antenna elements arranged in a pattern on said surface such first selected ones of said antenna elements are responsive to circular polarization and second selected ones of said antenna elements are responsive to linear polarization.

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