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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Leon Y. Lin, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas O. Jones, Iii, San Diego, CA (US);
David W. Brock, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter S. Berens, San Diego, CA (US);
Hale B. Simonds, Santee, CA (US);
Inventors:
Leon Y. Lin, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas O. Jones, III, San Diego, CA (US);
David W. Brock, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter S. Berens, San Diego, CA (US);
Hale B. Simonds, Santee, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/27 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spiral antenna apparatus utilizes a noise suppression sheet that is interposed between the spiral antenna element and its ground plane. The noise suppression sheet permits an extremely compact spiral antenna apparatus while lessening antenna performance degradation.