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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2014
Applicant:

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/22 (2010.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/22 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 1/52 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0428 (2013.01);
Abstract

An antenna system includes an electromagnetic radiator assembled on a ground plane. The ground plane containing a nontransparent area in a center of the ground plane and a semitransparent area surrounding the nontransparent area. The nontransparent area is circular in shape. The semitransparent area is generally circular in shape and contains at least one slot. A plurality of vertical conducting elements are in proximity of a boundary between the nontransparent area and the semitransparent area on a bottom side of the ground plane. The vertical conducting elements are arranged in a circle around a center of the electromagnetic radiator.


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