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Dual strip antenna with periodic mesh pattern

  • US 6,373,436 B1
  • Filed: 10/29/1999
  • Issued: 04/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dual strip antenna, comprising:

  • a first conductive strip having a length selected such that it acts as a first active radiator of electromagnetic energy; and

    a second conductive strip being separated along its length from said first strip by a dielectric material having a preselected thickness and having a length selected such that it acts as a second active radiator of electromagnetic energy, said first strip being electrically connected to said second strip at one end, said second strip implemented using a conductive periodic mesh pattern, the length of the second strip using the conductive periodic mesh pattern being shorter than a length of a continuous conductive strip selected to act as the second active radiator of electromagnetic energy, and both strips operating as an open-ended parallel plate waveguide, with asymmetrical conductor terminations.

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