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System and method for focusing antenna signal transmission

  • US 8,009,113 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2007
  • Issued: 08/30/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An antenna system comprising:

  • an antenna feed configured for communication with a signal having a wavelength; and

    a signal lens, the signal lens having a periphery portion that is thicker than an interior portion from a side of the signal lens adjacent the antenna feed to an opposing side of the signal lens, and being configured such that when the signal lens is impinged by the signal a portion of the signal propagating through the thicker periphery portion of the signal lens lags a portion of the signal propagating through the interior portion, which has a thickness less than a thickness of the periphery portion in a direction the respective portions of the signal propagate through the respective interior and periphery portion;

    a proximate opening and a distal opening formed in the interior portion, wherein the distal opening is larger than the proximate opening.

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