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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
May. 16, 2006
Charles T. Rauch, Barnesville, GA (US);
Charles T. Rauch, Barnesville, GA (US);
PDS Electronics, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The present antenna system includes a phased array antenna system comprising a limiting circuit, an isolation circuit, and a phasing circuit. The limiting circuit includes a system of fast signal diodes coupled with a zener diode, which provides sharp limiting and increased limiting thresholds to received signals. In addition, the isolation circuit prevents a cable coupled to the output of the antenna unit from becoming electrically coupled with the antenna element itself. Furthermore, the phasing circuit allows the present antenna system to provide a null in a fixed direction over a wide bandwidth of signal receiving frequencies.