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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Vadim Piskun, San Jose, CA (US);
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and techniques are provided for a modified Vivaldi antenna with dipole excitation mode. An antenna may include a ground plane and a modified Vivaldi antenna. The modified Vivaldi antenna may include a straight arm with a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the ground plane, a tapered section, and a balun placed partially between the straight arm and the tapered section. The modified Vivaldi antenna may be placed such that there is a gap between the tapered section and the ground plane. A feed element may be placed such that the feed element crosses the gap between the tapered section of the modified Vivaldi antenna and the ground plane.