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Vault antenna for WLAN or cellular application

  • US 8,686,909 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/2010
  • Issued: 04/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fringe-effect vault directional antenna, comprising:

  • a communications vault having a non-conductive cover disposed substantially at ground level;

    an antenna element coupled to a mounting bracket and positioned in the communications vault; and

    a rectangular metallic reflector coupled to said mounting bracket disposed substantially adjacent said antenna element, said rectangular metallic reflector having four vertically-sloped surfaces coupled to a substantially horizontal straight edge at an upper end of the vertically-sloped surface, the edge being positioned substantially parallel to the ground, the metallic reflector and the edge being configured to cause a fringe effect upon the RF signals of the antenna to cause said RF signals to bend in a direction toward the ground.

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