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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Applicants:
John Cassen, Sykesville, MD (US);
Timothy G. Waterman, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Inventors:
John Cassen, Sykesville, MD (US);
Timothy G. Waterman, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a radome for an endfire antenna array that includes a honeycomb core, an inner skin attached to the honeycomb core, a first set of conductive slats disposed on the inner skin of the honeycomb core and a second set of conductive slats that are disposed within the honeycomb core. The two sets of conductive slats are capacitively-coupled to one another.