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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
May. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Skahill, Greenlawn, NY (US);
Assignee:
NTL Technologies Corporation, Greenlawn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343803 ;
Abstract
A dipole antenna with folded back ends. Linear conductor elements are fed by a balanced two-wire transmission line which is connected to a balun transformer in turn connectable to a coaxial line. Preferably, the balun transformer is a small device, made of a ferrite donut wound with thin wire and occupying less than one cubic inch. The transformer is preferably located at the feed point and can then be incorporated into the antenna.