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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Applicants:
Peter Frank, Ottawa, CA;
Roland A. Smith, Napean, CA;
Dave Pell, Carp, CA;
Stephen Rayment, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Peter Frank, Ottawa, CA;
Roland A. Smith, Napean, CA;
Dave Pell, Carp, CA;
Stephen Rayment, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
BelAir Networks Inc., , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 19/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fringe-effect vault antenna includes a communications vault having a non-conductive cover disposed substantially at ground level. An antenna element is positioned in the communications vault. A metallic reflector has an edge, positioned substantially parallel to the ground, where the metallic reflector and the edge are configured to cause an edge diffraction, or 'fringe-effect' upon the RF fields of the antenna to cause those RF fields to diffract in a direction toward the ground.