Omereen Wireless, LLC

Dotcast, Inc.

Glenn Borland

Christopher David Long

Andrew Rowser

W Leo Hoarty

A broadband, high-gain, active antenna system is disclosed, which operates with a bi-directive reception pattern while in its standard configuration and with a directive reception pattern over several octaves of Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum when affixed with a tuned scatter-plate. As a standalone active antenna system the disclosed antenna probe element and the amplifier subassembly exhibit the bi-directional directive properties of a standard fixed length dipole, while the addition of a scatter-plate makes the antenna directive with separate frequency-dependant directive modes. The scatter-plate can be tuned such that these separate directive modes occur at convenient areas of the RF frequency spectrum. Other means of achieving directivity are disclosed using the antenna probe element and the amplifier subassembly.

Directive, broadband, high gain, active antenna system

According to some aspects of this invention, a compact, broadband active receiving antenna uses one or more high transconductance transistors such as Field Effect Transistor(s) paired with another Transistor and arranged in a Cascode amplifier configuration. Some embodiments involve a single high transconductance transistor arranged with a high efficiency transformer in a nondissipative feedback loop to improve linearity and dynamic range. The devices have a high input resistance, low input capacitance, low noise and a very high second and third order Intercept Point. Since the gain is primarily a function of the amplifying electronics, it is not necessary to increase the directivity of the antenna to achieve higher gain.

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Escondido, CA, United States of America

Glenn Borland