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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO (US);
Luke J. Albers, Westminster, CO (US);
BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
An antenna with tightly coupled elements is provided. The antenna includes a plurality of planar elements. Each element is connected to a signal line, and is coupled to at least one other element. The elements are arranged in one or more linear arrays. A first array of elements can be provided on a first plane, while a second array of elements can be provided on a second plane. Moreover, elements included in the first array can can at least partially overlap elements included in the second array. Alternatively, a single array of elements formed on a first plane can be provided, with coupling elements that are capacitively connected to one element, and directly, are electrically connected to an adjacent element.