Stripline fed hybrid slot antenna
First Claim
1. A substantially planar antenna structure comprising:
- a pair of parallel conducting ground planes;
a hybrid aperture formed into the uppermost of said ground planes, said aperture including elongated outer sections which are sustantially rectangular in shape, and an inner substantially circular section, the interior of said circular section containing a conductive portion concentric with said circular section;
a first linear conductor disposed between and parallel to said ground planes, the length of said linear conductor spanning said entire hybrid aperture; and
means for feeding a radio frequency signal to or from said linear conductor.
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Abstract
A planar antenna is described which employs a pair of closely spaced parallel ground planes and a radiating element which is a composite aperture (hybrid slot) formed into the upper ground plane. One portion of the radiating element is a long narrow slot which may have the shape of a rectangle of high aspect ratio. The other portion is an annular slot which may be circular in shape. Electromagnetic energy is conveyed to and from the slots in the upper ground plane by means of a feed conductor parallel to and sandwiched between the two ground planes. The maximum of the resulting field pattern is in the plane of the antenna and the pattern may be either directional or omnidirectional in that plane. When used as a receiving antenna, this antenna responds to both the electric and magnetic fields.
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13 Claims
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1. A substantially planar antenna structure comprising:
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a pair of parallel conducting ground planes; a hybrid aperture formed into the uppermost of said ground planes, said aperture including elongated outer sections which are sustantially rectangular in shape, and an inner substantially circular section, the interior of said circular section containing a conductive portion concentric with said circular section; a first linear conductor disposed between and parallel to said ground planes, the length of said linear conductor spanning said entire hybrid aperture; and means for feeding a radio frequency signal to or from said linear conductor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A substantially planar antenna structure comprising:
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a pair of parallel conducting ground planes; an aperture formed into the uppermost of said ground planes, said aperture including elongated outer sections which are substantially rectangular in shape, and an inner substantially circular section; a first linear conductor disposed between and parallel to said ground planes, the length of said linear conductor spanning said entire aperture; monopolar antenna means extending from said linear conductor, through said aperture and above said uppermost ground plane, and means for feeding a radio frequency signal to or from said linear conductor.
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10. An antenna structure comprising:
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a pair of parallel conducting ground planes; elongated aperture means formed into the uppermost of said ground planes and having both long and narrow dimensions and including an enlarged portion surrounding an isolated section of ground plane; - View Dependent Claims (12)
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11. a linear conductor disposed between and parallel to said ground planes and oriented orthogonally with respect to the long dimension of said elongated aperture means, the length of said linear conductor spanning the narrow dimension of said aperture means;
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means for feeding a radio frequency signal to or from said linear conductor.
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13. An antenna structure comprising:
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a pair of parallel conducting ground planes; elongated aperture means formed into the uppermost of said ground planes and having both long and narrow dimensions; a linear conductor disposed between and parallel to said ground planes and oriented orthogonally with respect to the long dimension of said elongated aperture means, the length of said linear conductor spanning the narrow dimension of said aperture means; monopolar antenna means extending from said linear conductor through said elongated aperture means and above said uppermost ground plane; and means for feeding a radio frequency signal to or from said linear conductor.
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