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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
First Rf Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Arian C. Lalezari, Boulder, CO (US);
Farzin Lalezari, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
FIRST RF Corp., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/30 (2006.01); H01Q 5/00 (2015.01); H01Q 5/15 (2015.01); H01Q 5/25 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 5/0093 (2013.01); H01Q 5/15 (2015.01); H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 21/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a broadband, low-profile antenna structure that in one embodiment includes a compound radiator and a ground plane. The compound radiator is comprised of a dipole radiator portion and a Vivaldi radiator portion that is electrically connected to the dipole radiator portion. In operation, the dipole radiator portion operates in the lower end of the bandwidth and the Vivaldi radiator portion operates in the upper end of the bandwidth.