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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
John F Toth, Billerica, MA (US);
Richard J Conti, Belmont, MA (US);
Nunzio M Cavallaro, Lawrence, MA (US);
Thomas B Dowling, Lowell, MA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3437 / ;
Abstract
An antenna, adapted to be used as a monopulse antenna in a guided missile, is shown to comprise four separate microstrip circuits in different quadrants of a circular microstrip arrangement, each one of such microstrip circuits being made up of an array of contiguous rectangular meshes with the widths of the shorter sides of such meshes being varied to provide an amplitude taper.