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Droopy bowtie radiator with integrated balun

  • US 8,581,801 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2010
  • Issued: 11/12/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A quad-line balun column comprising:

  • a central member having a square cross-sectional shape and having four external conductive surfaces which extend from a first end to a second opposite end of said central member;

    a first dielectric slab having a first surface disposed over a first portion of a first one of the four external conductive surfaces of said central member and wherein a second opposing surface of said first dielectric slab has a conductor disposed thereon wherein said first dielectric slab has a width substantially equal to the width of the first one of the four external conductive surfaces of said central member on which said first dielectric slab is disposed;

    a second dielectric slab having a first surface disposed over a second portion of a second one of the four external conductive surfaces of said central member wherein said second dielectric slab has a width substantially equal to the width of the second one of the four external conductive surfaces of said central member and wherein a second opposing surface of said second dielectric slab has a conductor disposed thereon, wherein said conductor has a width substantially equal to the width of said second dielectric slab;

    a third dielectric slab having a first surface disposed over a third portion of a third one of the four external conductive surfaces of said central member wherein said third dielectric slab has a width substantially equal to the width of the third one of the four external conductive surfaces of said central member and wherein a second opposing surface of said third dielectric slab has a conductor disposed thereon, wherein said conductor has a width substantially equal to the width of said third dielectric slab; and

    a fourth dielectric slab having a first surface disposed over a fourth portion of a fourth one of the four external conductive surfaces of said central member wherein said fourth dielectric slab has a width substantially equal to the width of the fourth one of the four external conductive surfaces of said central member and wherein a second opposing surface of said fourth dielectric slab has a conductor disposed thereon wherein said fourth dielectric slab has a width substantially equal to the width of the fourth one of the four external conductive surfaces of said central member on which said fourth dielectric slab is disposed.

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