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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Orville K. Nyhus, Glendale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 2/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 2/108 ;
Abstract
An antenna system is disclosed having a plurality of vertically-distributed elements. The orientation of the elements provides an improved linear array pattern covering the upper hemisphere with a sharp cut-off at a relatively small angle above the horizon. Each of the elements are distanced from each other by, for example, &agr;&lgr;/2, wherein the unitless constant, &agr;, is less than unity.