US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Theodore K Anthony

Amir Ibrahim Zaghloul

William T Fraser

Andrew J Bayba

Gregory Allen Mitchell

Quang Minh Nguyen

We disclose an ultrawide-band (USB) dual polarization three-dimensional (3D) tapered aperture Vivaldi antenna. It is generally comprised of a radiator having two pairs of tapering arms, each pair corresponding to a different polarization and the tapering arms spaced thereof closest to one another at a feed point location of the antenna and taper outwardly in opposite directions, thus forming a 3D Vivaldi antenna aperture therebetween; and a dual feed balun connecting to each of the two pairs of tapering arms and providing a separate channel for each of the polarizations. Embodiments of our antenna have been designed and simulated using full-wave electromagnetics commercial software. The results for our antennas demonstrate over 20:1 operating bandwidth with good radiation characteristics and very low cross polarization.

Ultrawide-band dual polarization three-dimensional tapered aperture Vivaldi antenna

An antenna having an elongated housing open at one end and defining an interior chamber. A telescoping mast has a carrier attached at a first end and a flexible antenna attached at its other end. The carrier with the attached mast and antenna is movable between a storage position in which the carrier, mast, and antenna are contained within the interior chamber of the housing, and a deployed position in which the mast and attached antenna protrude outwardly from the housing. A spring is positioned between the carrier and the housing which urges the carrier towards its deployed position. A catch mechanism selectively holds the carrier in its stored position and, when released, releases the spring to move the antenna to its deployed position.

Portable antenna

Certain embodiments relate to a waveguide/coplanar waveguide (CPW) transition assembly adapted to transition RF signals from a waveguide to a coplanar waveguide (CPW), the waveguide/CPW transition assembly having at least some peripheral walls and including a central waveguide transition septum having the CPW disposed therein. The waveguide/coplanar waveguide (CPW) transition assembly includes an electronic component coupled to the CPW, and control circuitry operationally coupled with the electronic component. Portions of the control circuitry at least partially extend from outside of the at least some peripheral walls to within the at least some peripheral walls.

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Randallstown, MD, United States of America

Theodore K Anthony