Directional planar spiral antenna
First Claim
1. A directional planar spiral antenna comprising:
- a spiral antenna comprisinga feed-point configured to transfer energy to and from said spiral antenna,spiral shaped current paths,an antenna impedance;
an energy absorbent backing;
an energy absorbent siding coupled with said energy absorbent backing and further coupled with said spiral antenna;
a cavity behind said spiral antenna and in front of a portion of said energy absorbent backing;
a cable connector having an input impedance wherein said cable connector is coupled to the feed-point;
a container configured to hold said spiral antenna, said energy absorbent backing, said energy absorbent siding, said cavity, said cable connector; and
,wherein said energy absorbent siding is located between edges of the spiral antenna and edges of the container and is also positioned underneath the spiral antenna and wherein said spiral shaped current paths at an outer portion of said spiral antenna overlap at least a portion of said energy absorbent siding.
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Abstract
Directional wide band antenna that may be utilized to enhance cell phone coverage within a building, and/or for signals intelligence collection (SIGINT). Includes a spiral antenna with feed-point configured to transfer energy to/from the antenna. Includes an energy absorbent backing and an energy absorbent siding coupled with the spiral antenna. Includes a cavity behind the log-spiral slot antenna and in front of the energy absorbent backing. Includes a cable connector coupled to a tapered microstrip line coupled to the feed-point wherein the tapered microstrip line is configured to transform the input impedance to the antenna impedance. Housed in a container configured to hold the above listed components. Energy absorbent siding, cavity and energy absorbent backing greatly reduces back lobes. Another embodiment has log-spiral shaped slots at an outer portion of the log-spiral slot antenna overlap with the energy absorbent siding and wherein the feed-point overlaps the cavity.
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19 Claims
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1. A directional planar spiral antenna comprising:
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a spiral antenna comprising a feed-point configured to transfer energy to and from said spiral antenna, spiral shaped current paths, an antenna impedance; an energy absorbent backing; an energy absorbent siding coupled with said energy absorbent backing and further coupled with said spiral antenna; a cavity behind said spiral antenna and in front of a portion of said energy absorbent backing; a cable connector having an input impedance wherein said cable connector is coupled to the feed-point; a container configured to hold said spiral antenna, said energy absorbent backing, said energy absorbent siding, said cavity, said cable connector; and
,wherein said energy absorbent siding is located between edges of the spiral antenna and edges of the container and is also positioned underneath the spiral antenna and wherein said spiral shaped current paths at an outer portion of said spiral antenna overlap at least a portion of said energy absorbent siding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A directional planar spiral antenna comprising:
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a spiral antenna comprising a feed-point configured to transfer energy to and from said spiral antenna, spiral shaped current paths, an antenna impedance; an energy absorbent backing; an energy absorbent siding coupled with said energy absorbent backing and further coupled with said spiral antenna; a cavity behind said spiral antenna and in front of a portion of said energy absorbent backing; wherein said spiral shaped current paths at said outer portion of said spiral antenna overlap with said energy absorbent siding and wherein said feed-point overlaps said cavity; a cable connector having an input impedance wherein said cable connector is coupled to the feed-point; and
,a container configured to hold said spiral antenna, said energy absorbent backing, said energy absorbent siding, said cavity, said cable connector; and
,wherein said spiral antenna is configured to enhance cell phone coverage and configured to collect signals intelligence simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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