John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.

Anaren, Inc.

Michael Enders

Niranjan Sundararajan

Benjamin Shawley

An omni-directional antenna including a plurality of stacked omni-directional antenna core assemblies. Each antenna core assembly comprises a conductive ground plane defining an axis normal to the ground plane and a plurality of conductive plates projecting orthogonally from the conductive ground plane and angularly spaced about the axis. Each of the plates defines an edge extending radially outboard from the central axis and diverging away from the conductive ground plane as the radial distance increases from the central axis. The edge defines a first region defining an acute angle relative to the conductive ground plane and a second region, radially outboard of the first region defining an arcuate shape.

Low-profile vertically-polarized omni antenna

An assembly includes at least one first microstrip network having at least one first transmission line disposed on a first surface of a first dielectric layer including a first ground plane disposed on a second surface of the dielectric layer. At least one second microstrip network includes at least one second transmission line disposed on a first surface of a second dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer including a second ground plane disposed on a second surface of the second dielectric layer. The at least one second microstrip network is inverted relative to the at least one first microstrip network. At least one integrated support and shielding (ISS) structure is disposed between the second and the first microstrip network. The ISS structure includes a first cavity accommodating the first microstrip network and a second cavity accommodating the second microstrip network. The cavities are configured in accordance with RF performance criterions.

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