Machine producible directive closed-loop impulse antenna
US7388554B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q9/265
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A low-cost high performance ultra wideband antenna that combines a plurality of shielded cables with properly selected and carefully positioned load balancing components to form a novel closed loop dipole is disclosed. The apparatus includes a closed-loop broadband antenna circuit that may be comprised of single or multiple conductive radiating elements that are electrically connected to one another at the flare-end of each antenna leaf by at least one shielded conductor in one or more shielded cables of any type. The shielded cable portion of the closed loop circuit may be interrupted by load impedance tapered regions that are positioned in an area that does not interfere or interferes minimally with antenna performance. The closed-loop broadband antenna circuit and the feed-point connections may be grounded by a separate path within the device. The disclosed approach simultaneously mitigates known problems of parasitic side lobes, antenna ringing, and RF coupling that commonly plague prior art.
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