The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Spawar Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

John W. Rockway, San Diego, CA (US);

John H. Meloling, San Diego, CA (US);

Aldo Monges, San Diego, CA (US);

Michael P. Daly, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/14 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H01B 1/18 (2006.01); H03H 2/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); G01S 1/00 (2013.01); H01Q 1/14 (2013.01); H01Q 7/005 (2013.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01); H03H 2/008 (2013.01); H04B 1/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

An antenna comprising: a loop made of conductive material; two baluns connected to, and intersecting, opposing sides of the loop, wherein each balun has an output; a 180° hybrid coupler having two input ports, a sum output port, and a delta output port, wherein the two input ports are connected to the outputs of the baluns; a first low noise amplifier (LNA) connected to the sum output port; a second LNA connected to the delta output port; first and second receivers connected to the first and second LNAs respectively; and wherein the antenna is electrically small and is designed to simultaneously receive wideband signals in real time from 3 to 30 MHz.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…