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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Spawar Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, CA (US);
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);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
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.