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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Novatel Inc., Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Ning Yang, Calgary, CA;
Chad Gilbertson, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
NovAtel Inc., Calgary, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/12 (2006.01); H01P 5/19 (2006.01); H01P 1/18 (2006.01); H01P 1/203 (2006.01); H01P 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/19 (2013.01); H01P 1/184 (2013.01); H01P 1/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for a wide-band low loss quadrature phase antenna feed system is provided. A 180° phase shifter is configured to generate a 0° and 180° phase output. The phase shifter's outputs are fed into a 90° hybrid coupler to generate 0°, 90°, 180° and 270° outputs for used to feed a quadrature phase antenna.