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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2019
Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific, San Diego, CA (US);
Dennis G. Bermeo, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter S. Berens, San Diego, CA (US);
David W. Brock, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher C. Obra, San Diego, CA (US);
Jessica L. Watson, Santee, CA (US);
Hoin Lim, Lihue, HI (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A lower element ground plane apparatus for maximizing ground plane surface area in an antenna system, the apparatus involving a lower element of a bi-element antenna and an array of monopole antennas coupled with the lower element of the bi-element antenna, the lower element of the bi-element antenna operable as a ground plane for the array of monopole antennas, whereby ground plane surface area is maximized.