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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Rodolfo Diaz, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jeffrey Peebles, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Richard Lebaron, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Zhichao Zhang, Tempe, AZ (US);
Lorena Lozano-plata, Alcalá de Henares, ES;
Rodolfo Diaz, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jeffrey Peebles, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Richard LeBaron, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Zhichao Zhang, Tempe, AZ (US);
Lorena Lozano-Plata, Alcalá de Henares, ES;
Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A plane wave antenna including: a horn antenna; a waveguide at least partially inside the horn antenna, wherein the waveguide includes: a central dielectric slab increasing in width toward the horn antenna and with a first dielectric constant, an upper slab above the central dielectric slab with a second dielectric constant, and a lower slab below the central dielectric slab with the second dielectric constant; wherein the central dielectric slab has a substantially constant thickness less than a quarter of a wavelength at a highest frequency of operation of the plane wave antenna.