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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:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jim Wight, Ottawa, CA;
David J Roscoe, Dunrobin, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ; H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3437 / ; 343840 ;
Abstract
In the past, parabolic offset reflector antennas were fed a signal through a corrugated horn in order to optimize field distribution and polarization at the reflector. It has been found that cost savings and other advantages are realized by using an array of radiating patches. The geometrical placement of the radiating patches and the power distribution to each patch is arranged such that radiated energy from the patches sums at the reflector surface to produce the predetermined field distribution and polarization.