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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Matthew G. Goins, San Marcos, CA (US);
Allan C. Goetz, La Jolla, CA (US);
Matthew G. Goins, San Marcos, CA (US);
Allan C. Goetz, La Jolla, CA (US);
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
A broadband antenna includes a first antenna element having first and second ends spaced apart by a surface thereof. A second antenna element is substantially co-planar with the first antenna element, the second antenna element having first and second ends spaced apart by a surface thereof. The first end of the second antenna element is spaced apart from the second end of the first antenna element by a first air gap. A conductive structure is spaced apart from the first end of the first antenna element by a second air gap, the conductive structure being configured to provide for structural excitation of the antenna over a lower frequency range of an available broadband antenna bandwidth, such as may be a continuous operating bandwidth.