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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
May. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Salem, Westminster, CO (US);
Jeffrey Godard, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/062 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0075 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 21/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a broadband antenna are described. The systems and methods involved providing a current sheet array. The current sheet array comprises a plurality of unit cells coupled together. Each unit cell comprises a slot and a stripline feed. The stripline feed couples to a dipole array through the slot. An electric field in the slot of a first unit cell is perpendicular to one or more of the stripline feed of the first unit cell and one or more dipoles of the first unit cell.