First Rf Corporation

Andrew L Casperson

Anthony J Jensen

Brandon J Aldecoa

An integrated antenna system includes a first patch, a second patch, and internal patches comprising electrically conductive material. Each of these patches has a radiator sub-patch and a feed-network sub-patch. The radiator sub-patches of the internal patches are located between the radiator sub-patches of the first and second patches to form an array of tapered-slot antenna elements. The radiator sub-patch of each internal patch tightly couples a neighboring pair of the antenna elements. The first patch, second patch, and internal patches are electrically isolated from each other. The feed-network sub-patches of the first and second patches are positioned to form an initial gap and cooperate with the initial gap to create a transmission line. The feed-network sub-patches of the first patch, second patch, and internal patches further form a corporate feed network that is fed by the transmission line and feeds the array of tapered-slot antenna elements.

Integrated antenna system with corporate feed network and antenna array

The invention is directed to an antenna array comprised of conical helical antennas with at least one of the antennas being a tilted conical helical antenna. In one embodiment, a tilted conical helical antenna in the array comprises an electrically conductive wire that follows a helical path on a frustum of an oblique elliptical cone in which the axis of the cone is tilted relative to the planar base surface of the cone (i.e., not perpendicular or parallel to the surface) in a plane defined by the axis and a phase center axis of the array. Each of the tilted conical helical antennas in an array is spaced from the phase center axis of the array. The degree of tilt increases the farther an antenna is located from phase center axis.

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Boulder, CO, United States of America

Andrew L Casperson