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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2019
United States of America, San Diego, CA (US);
Dennis G. Bermeo, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter S. Berens, San Diego, CA (US);
Andy Kho, Chula Vista, CA (US);
David V. Arney, El Cajon, CA (US);
Linda I. Hau, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher C. Obra, San Diego, CA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A lens apparatus for improving antenna performance, the apparatus involving a lens configured to at least one of focus, refocus, and refract electromagnetic energy for constructively adding gain in a far-field, the lens configured to operably couple with an antenna, whereby electromagnetic energy is omnidirectionally concentrated, whereby antenna gain and directivity are improved, whereby antenna efficiency and antenna frequency range are maintained, and whereby antenna complexity is minimized.