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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Paul G Jagnow, Iowa City, IA (US);
William C Jennings, Iowa City, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An antenna for utilization in a fuse of an artillery shell is disclosed. The antenna comprises a radiator, a capacitance hat disposed at a first end of the radiator for capacitively loading the radiator and a ground plane disposed at a second end of the radiator such that the antenna is a monopole antenna. The antenna also includes a dielectric having a top surface, a bottom surface and a central longitudinal axis wherein the capacitance hat is disposed on the top surface of the dielectric and the ground plane is disposed on the bottom surface of the dielectric. A fuse utilized for detonating the explosive charge of an artillery shell is further disclosed. The fuse includes a fuse casing with the antenna of the present invention disposed within the interior cavity of the fuse casing.