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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2006
Peter Gardner, Birmingham, GB;
Peter Scott Hall, Birmingham, GB;
EE Lee, Birmingham, GB;
Teck Yiau Lee, Birmingham, GB;
Bruno Pirollo, Maldon, GB;
David Gunton, Colchester, GB;
Peter Gardner, Birmingham, GB;
Peter Scott Hall, Birmingham, GB;
Ee Lee, Birmingham, GB;
Teck Yiau Lee, Birmingham, GB;
Bruno Pirollo, Maldon, GB;
David Gunton, Colchester, GB;
Bae Systems PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
An improved antenna array () comprises a set of array elements (-) electromagnetically coupled to a transmission line. The transmission line comprises a live conductor () and a return conductor, and the live conductor () is terminated by a direct connection to the return conductor. An input signal fed to the live conductor () is radiated by the array elements (-) and the antenna array () is arranged such that any portion of the input signal reaching the termination is reflected at the termination so as to form a reflected signal that superimposes with the input signal to produce a predetermined farfield radiation pattern.