Patch antennas configuration for an unmanned aerial vehicle
AssigneeUvision Air, Ltd.
InventorYehuda Kol
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Abstract
Antennas configuration for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising at least one pair of patch antennas. Each patch antenna having a patch mounted on a ground plane. A UAV body having at least one portion constructed of material that minimally attenuates the electromagnetic signal transmitted or received by said plurality of antennas. Wherein the at least one pair of patch antennas are mounted within the UAV body and near the inner surface of the UAV body. Each antenna from the pair of patch antennas further installed opposite to one another and each of the patches facing outside from the UAV body.
Claims20
An antenna configuration for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- at least one pair of patch antennas wherein each one of said at least one pair of patch antennas has a patch mounted upon a ground plane;
- an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) body having at least one portion constructed of a material that minimally attenuates an electromagnetic signal transmitted or received by any one of said at least one pair of patch antennas;
- wherein said at least one pair of patch antennas are mounted within said unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) body so as to be near an inner surface portion of said unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) body;
- wherein said at least one pair of patch antennas are installed so as to be disposed opposite to one another;
- wherein each one of said patches of said at least one pair of patch antennas faces outwardly from said unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) body;
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- wherein said at least one pair of patch antennas comprise Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) type antennas.
An antenna configuration for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- at least one pair of patch antennas wherein each one of said at least one pair of patch antennas has a patch mounted upon a ground plane;
- an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) body having at least one portion constructed of a material that minimally attenuates an electromagnetic signal transmitted or received by any one of said at least one pair of patch antennas;
- wherein said at least one pair of patch antennas are mounted within said unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) body so as to be near an inner surface portion of said unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) body;
- wherein said at least one pair of patch antennas are installed so as to be disposed opposite to one another;
- wherein each one of said patches of said at least one pair of patch antennas faces outwardly from said unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) body;
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- wherein said at least one pair of patch antennas comprise air data terminal (ADT) type antennas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.