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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Manohar Deshpande, Odenton, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 13/00 (2006.01); H01P 3/12 (2006.01); H01P 11/00 (2006.01); H01P 5/08 (2006.01); H01R 24/54 (2011.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01); H01P 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 3/12 (2013.01); H01P 1/04 (2013.01); H01P 5/082 (2013.01); H01P 11/003 (2013.01); H01Q 13/10 (2013.01); H01R 24/542 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Cubesat uses both rail rods, walls, or both as an antenna. Either the rail rods and/or walls may form a rectangular waveguide, and may have one or more slots that allow energy to leak and radiate in a predefined direction in space.