Leaky wave antenna with radiating structure including fractal loops
US7250916B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q13/20
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An antenna is provided for acquiring RF signals from various satellite ranging systems including GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and OmniSTAR®. The antenna configuration includes a radiating structure of multi-arm spiral slots terminated with fractal loops. A leaky wave microstrip spiral feed network is used to excite the radiating structure of the antenna. The fixed beam phased array of aperture coupled slots is optimized to receive a right hand polarized signal. The proposed antenna is made out of a single PCB board. The antenna has a very uniform phase and amplitude pattern in the azimuth plane from 1.15 to 1.65 GHz, therefore providing consistent performance at GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and OmniSTAR® frequencies. The antenna also has a common phase center at the various frequencies from 1175 MHz to 1610 MHz and substantially the same radiation pattern and axial ratio characteristics.
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