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Antenna device for transmitting and receiving electromegnetic signals

US8624792B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Alexander Popugaev · Erlangen, DE
Rainer Wansch · Geiselhöring, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2008
Grant date	Jan 7, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49016
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An antenna device for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals. The antenna device includes a ground plane and a radiator arranged at an radiator distance above the ground plane. In addition, the antenna device includes a plurality of parasitic elements arranged, on the ground plane, around the radiator in a radially symmetric manner, the parasitic elements being electrically connected to the ground plane.

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