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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
United States Government As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, San Diego, CA (US);
Frederick Joseph Verd, Santee, CA (US);
John Harold Meloling, San Diego, CA (US);
Terence R. Albert, San Diego, CA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An antenna comprising: first and second dielectric layers; a conductive slot layer disposed between the first and second dielectric layers, wherein the slot layer has a slot therein with short and long axes of symmetry; a pair of arcs, rotated 180° from each other, made of conductive material, and disposed on top of the first dielectric layer, wherein proximal ends of the arcs are vertically-aligned with the short axis of symmetry and equidistant from the long axis of symmetry and electrically connected to the slot layer through vias in the first dielectric layer; and a forked feed made of conductive material disposed on the bottom of the second dielectric layer, wherein the forked feed has a centerline that is vertically-aligned with the short axis of symmetry.