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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Kenneth L. Dudley, Newport News, VA (US);
Holly A. Elliott, Newport News, VA (US);
Robin L. Cravey, Hampton, VA (US);
John W. Connell, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sayata Ghose, Newport News, VA (US);
Kent A. Watson, New Kent, VA (US);
Joseph G. Smith, Jr., Smithfield, VA (US);
Kenneth L. Dudley, Newport News, VA (US);
Holly A. Elliott, Newport News, VA (US);
Robin L. Cravey, Hampton, VA (US);
John W. Connell, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sayata Ghose, Newport News, VA (US);
Kent A. Watson, New Kent, VA (US);
Joseph G. Smith, Jr., Smithfield, VA (US);
Abstract
An antenna includes a ground plane, a dielectric disposed on the ground plane, and an electrically-conductive radiator disposed on the dielectric. The dielectric includes at least one layer of a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material that collectively define a dielectric geometric pattern, which may comprise a fractal geometry. The radiator defines a radiator geometric pattern, and the dielectric geometric pattern is geometrically identical, or substantially geometrically identical, to the radiator geometric pattern.