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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald LeRoy Sherman, Smyrna, GA (US);
Glenn Daniel Hopkins, Marietta, GA (US);
Kerry Philip Pullen, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
A microstrip antenna system and a method for communicating a dual polarized signal in the microstrip antenna system, is provided. An embodiment of the microstrip antenna system includes a stripline feed circuit (SFC) located in an SFC layer. The SFC layer lies between an upper stripline substrate and a lower stripline substrate. A lower ground plane lies below the lower stripline substrate. An upper ground plane lies above the upper stripline substrate. The embodiment reduces backward radiation.