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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
John E. Rogers, Owens Cross Roads, AL (US);
Larry Leon Savage, Huntsville, AL (US);
John Dalton Williams, Decatur, AL (US);
Ted Ronald Dabrowski, Madison, AL (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A broadband conformal antenna ('BCA') is disclosed. The BCA includes a narrow approximately rectangular outer conductive ('NARO') housing, a plurality of dielectric layers within the NARO housing forming a laminated dielectric structure, and an inner conductor formed within the laminated dielectric structure. The NARO housing includes a top broad wall and the BCA further includes an antenna slot within the top broad wall. The BCA is configured to support a transverse electromagnetic signal within the NARO housing.