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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2014
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Kenneth L. Dudley, Newport News, VA (US);
George N. Szatkowski, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Chuantong Wang, Newport News, VA (US);
Laura J. Smith, Yorktown, VA (US);
Larry A. Ticatch, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sandra V. Koppen, Suffolk, VA (US);
Truong X. Nguyen, Hampton, VA (US);
Jay J. Ely, Yorktown, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An antenna includes a first electrical conductor that is shaped to form a spiral between its first and second ends that remain electrically unconnected such that the first electrical conductor so-shaped is maintained as an unconnected single-component open-circuit having inductance and capacitance. In the presence of a time-varying electromagnetic field, the first electrical conductor so-shaped resonates to generate a harmonic electromagnetic field response having a frequency, amplitude and bandwidth. A second electrical conductor includes a loop portion overlapping at least a portion of the spiral. The second electrical conductor is electrically isolated from the first electrical conductor. A radio frequency transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving electromagnetic energy is electrically coupled to the second electrical conductor.