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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2010
Robert Wayne Ridgeway, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);
Paul A. Dahl, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
Robert Wayne Ridgeway, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);
Paul A. Dahl, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
Digi International Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, such as an antenna assembly, can include a flexible dielectric sheet, a first flexible conductor coupled to the flexible dielectric sheet, a second flexible conductor coupled to the flexible dielectric sheet, a matching section electrically coupled to the first and second conductors, and a hollow dielectric housing having a curved interior surface. The first and second flexible conductors can be sized, shaped, and laterally spaced a specified distance from each other to provide a specified input impedance corresponding to a specified range of operating frequencies for use in wireless information transfer between the antenna assembly and a satellite. The first and second flexible conductors can be located along the curved interior surface of the hollow dielectric housing following an arc-shaped path along the curved interior surface.