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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
May. 07, 2024
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
David Walker Brock, San Diego, CA (US);
United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A low-profile antenna comprising a ground plane, a center hub, a plurality of arms, and a conductive ring. The center is hub disposed above the ground plane. The plurality of arms extend radially from the center hub. Each arm of the plurality of arms is conductive, has a uniform thickness, and has an upper and a lower surface. Each lower surface has an exponential taper that flares away from the ground plane such that any given arm and a corresponding image of the given arm below the ground plane form a tapered-slot antenna element. The plurality of arms are shaped such that the upper surfaces conform to contours of a bowl shape. The conductive ring is disposed parallel to the ground plane and is electrically connected to distal ends of each of the plurality of arms at a rim of the bowl shape.