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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Rehan K. Jaffri, New York, NY (US);
Richard T. Knadle, Dix Hills, NY (US);
Rehan K. Jaffri, New York, NY (US);
Richard T. Knadle, Dix Hills, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
An antenna apparatus and method includes an orthogonal slot antenna which overcomes the limitations associated with RF choke between the adjacent slots through various feed techniques. A cavity backed cross-slot antenna includes a horizontal slot antenna, a vertical slot antenna sharing a center portion with the horizontal slot antenna, a first feed for the horizontal slot antenna, and a second feed for the vertical slot antenna, the first feed and the second feed provided to the shared center portion. Another cavity backed cross-slot antenna includes a horizontal slot antenna, a vertical slot antenna, the horizontal slot antenna and the vertical slot antenna share a center portion therebetween, a first feed feeding both halves of the horizontal slot antenna, and a second feed feeding both halves of the vertical slot antenna.