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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Dean Kitchener, Chelmsford, GB;
Christopher Bryce Wyllie, Chelmsford, GB;
Robert Alan Lewis, Chelmsford, GB;
Ingrida Juraite, Chelmsford, GB;
Tilak Dias, Nottingham, GB;
William Hurley, Nottingham, GB;
BAE SYSTEMS plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A fabric antenna for telecommunications is disclosed. The fabric antenna comprises a host yarn, which is substantially electrically non-conducting, and an antenna yarn, which is substantially electrically conducting. The host yarn and antenna yarn are knitted together to form a host fabric comprising an antenna grid. The antenna grid comprises a plurality of intersecting antenna tracks formed of antenna yarn. The tracks are separated by regions of the host fabric and are electrically coupled together at the regions where the tracks intersect.