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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2015
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Justin A. Church, San Diego, CA (US);
Ricardo Santoyo-Mejia, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/35 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 7/005 (2013.01); H01Q 5/35 (2015.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna comprising: a conductive ground plane; a conductive half loop grounded to the ground plane and configured to be fed with a radio frequency (RF) signal; a single, unitary, three-sided, conductive cage positioned so as to cover the half loop; and dielectric mounts disposed between the cage and the ground plane such that the cage is electrically insulated from the ground plane.