Dielectrically-loaded antenna
US6914580B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q7/00
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A dielectrically-loaded loop antenna with a cylindrical dielectric core, a feeder structure passing axially through the core, a sleeve balun encircling one end portion of the core and helical antenna elements extending from a feed connection with the feeder structure at the other end of the core to the rim of the balun. The antenna elements are arranged as a pair of laterally opposed groups of conductive elongate helical elements each having at least first and second conductive elements of different electrical lengths to form a plurality of looped conductive paths. By forming at least one of the conductive elements in each group as a conductive strip with one or both edges meandered, such that the edges of the strip are non-parallel and have different electrical lengths, additional modes of resonance arc created, yielding an improvement in bandwidth.
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