Antenna
First Claim
1. A transmitting antenna system, comprising:
- at least one antenna element having a driving point, the driving point receiving a radio signal from a radio frequency power source, where the radio signal has a phase and a voltage magnitude;
a voltage sampling device that measures the voltage magnitude and the phase at the driving point of the at least one antenna element;
wherein the antenna element is a high impedance transmitting antenna and the driving point is a high impendence point; and
wherein the voltage sampling device is physically located near one of the at least one antenna elements; and
wherein the voltage sampling device is electrically connected to a monitoring equipment that remote of at least one of the at least one antenna element.
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Abstract
The present invention involves a transmitting antenna system that includes at least one high impedance transmitting antenna element, a voltage sampling device, and monitoring equipment. The antenna element(s) each have a driving point that receives radio signals from a radio frequency power source. A voltage sampling device measures the voltage magnitude and phase of the radio signal at the driving point of each antenna elements. A voltage sampling device is physically located near each of the antenna elements being monitored and each voltage sampling device transmits information relating to phase and voltage magnitude to the monitoring equipment that is located remote of at least one of the antenna elements. The monitoring equipment can compare the phase and voltage magnitude of each of the antenna elements in the transmitting antenna system to a pre-determined set of values and/or to the values of the other antenna element(s) in the transmitting antenna system.
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18 Claims
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1. A transmitting antenna system, comprising:
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at least one antenna element having a driving point, the driving point receiving a radio signal from a radio frequency power source, where the radio signal has a phase and a voltage magnitude; a voltage sampling device that measures the voltage magnitude and the phase at the driving point of the at least one antenna element; wherein the antenna element is a high impedance transmitting antenna and the driving point is a high impendence point; and wherein the voltage sampling device is physically located near one of the at least one antenna elements; and wherein the voltage sampling device is electrically connected to a monitoring equipment that remote of at least one of the at least one antenna element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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