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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erin Patrick McGough, Akron, OH (US);
Thomas Goss Lutman, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/06 (2006.01); H01Q 9/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 5/00 (2015.01); H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H01Q 21/30 (2006.01); H01Q 5/371 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/065 (2013.01); H01Q 1/50 (2013.01); H01Q 5/371 (2015.01); H01Q 9/28 (2013.01); H01Q 21/00 (2013.01); H01Q 21/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microwave antenna assembly is printed on a substrate with a first face and an opposing second face. The assembly includes at least one antenna disposed on the front face of the substrate and a balun disposed on the rear face of the substrate. A first microstrip on the front face is coupled to the antenna(s). A second microstrip on the front face is coupled a feed line. A coplanar strip on the rear face is electrically coupled to the second microstrip and electromagnetically coupled to the first microstrip.