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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2024
Applicant:

Pctel, Inc., Bloomingdale, IL (US);

Inventor:

Erin Patrick Mcgough, Seven Hills, OH (US);

Assignee:

PCTEL, INC., Bloomingdale, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/29 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H01Q 9/20 (2006.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/29 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H01Q 1/50 (2013.01); H01Q 9/20 (2013.01); H01Q 13/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vertically-polarized omnidirectional antenna, including: a body including: a host printed circuit board (PCB) including: first and second slots, and a metal flooded ground plane, first and second antenna PCBs forming four dipole pairs, the first and second antenna PCBs mounted to the host PCB, respective first to third ground connection fillet tabs, the first and second tabs being on an opposite side of the host PCB from the third tab, the first to third tabs being on a same side of its antenna PCB, an amplitude taper on each antenna PCB at transitions between the host and antenna PCBs, including: a first transmission line splitting off into a second transmission line and a third transmission line, the second transmission line feeding two antennas to form one dipole pair, the third transmission line stepping down using a quarter-wave transformer, and a radio frequency (RF) connector to receive a power supply.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mcgough, Erin. (2026). Vertically-polarized omnidirectional antenna with broadband amplitude taper (U.S. Patent No. 12683296). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12683296

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