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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Patrick Cencich, Littleton, CO (US);
W. Neill Kefauver, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/14 (2006.01); H01Q 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/27 (2013.01); H01Q 1/14 (2013.01); H01Q 11/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein are various enhanced antenna structures for radio frequency communications. In one example, an antenna a spiral antenna element having a single arm configured to couple to a radio frequency link at a central node. The antenna also includes a ground element comprising a conical frustum sharing an axis at the central node of the spiral antenna element and configured to couple to a ground reference for the radio frequency link.