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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Dennis Bermeo, San Diego, CA (US);
Susan L. Morales, San Diego, CA (US);
Hale B. Simonds, Santee, CA (US);
David V. Arney, El Cajon, CA (US);
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes first and second antenna elements each having a tapered width end, with the tapered width ends being separated by a gap. A portion of the edge of the tapered width end of the each antenna element has a thickness less than a thickness of the remainder of the respective antenna element. Such portion may be the portion of the edge of the antenna elements closest to a feed point of the antenna elements, and may be angled to a point or a flat edge. The thickness of the tapered width ends increases along the width and/or the height of the respective antenna element as the antenna element extends from the feed point.