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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2018
Applicant:
First Rf Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Farzin Lalezari, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael R. Goulder, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
FIRST RF Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 3/34 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 1/30 (2006.01); H01Q 9/16 (2006.01); H01Q 9/18 (2006.01); H01Q 9/20 (2006.01); H01Q 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/28 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 1/523 (2013.01); H01Q 3/34 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0421 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H01Q 21/067 (2013.01); H01Q 1/281 (2013.01); H01Q 1/282 (2013.01); H01Q 1/285 (2013.01); H01Q 1/286 (2013.01); H01Q 1/287 (2013.01); H01Q 1/30 (2013.01); H01Q 9/065 (2013.01); H01Q 9/16 (2013.01); H01Q 9/18 (2013.01); H01Q 9/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed to an antenna structure for producing a horizontally polarized beam. In one embodiment, the antenna structure includes a first quarter-wave patch antenna and a second quarter-wave patch antenna that are positioned such that the ground planes of the patch antennas or a ground plane shared by the patch antennas is disposed between the patches of the two antennas and the shorting structures associated with the antennas are substantially aligned. In operation, the antenna structure is capable of processing an omni-directional, horizontally polarized beam.