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US 12,230,880 B2Granted
Communications device with rhombus shaped-slot radiating antenna and related antenna device and method
AssigneeEagle Technology, LLC
InventorFrancis E. Parsche
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Abstract
A communications device may include an RF device, and an antenna coupled to the RF device. The antenna may have a conductive ground plane, a conductive support rod carried by the conductive ground plane and extending outwardly therefrom, and a conductive body coupled to and surrounding the conductive support rod. The conductive body has vertically spaced rhombus shaped slots therein to define a radiating antenna.
Claims23
A communications device comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) device;
- and
- an antenna coupled to the RF device and comprising
- a conductive ground plane,
- a conductive support rod carried by the conductive ground plane and extending outwardly therefrom, and
- a conductive body coupled to and surrounding the conductive support rod, the conductive body having a plurality of vertically spaced rhombus shaped slots therein to define a radiating antenna, and
- at least one coaxial cable coupling the RF device and the antenna, the at least one coaxial cable comprising an inner conductor and an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor, the outer conductor coupled to the conductive ground plane and the inner conductor extending through the conductive ground plane and coupled to the proximal end of the conductive body.
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An antenna device for a radio frequency (RF) device, the antenna device comprising:
- a conductive ground plane;
- a conductive support rod carried by the conductive ground plane and extending outwardly therefrom;
- a conductive body coupled to and surrounding the conductive support rod, the conductive body having a plurality of vertically spaced rhombus shaped slots therein to define a radiating antenna;
- and
- at least one coaxial cable for coupling to the RF device, the at least one coaxial cable comprising an inner conductor and an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor, the outer conductor coupled to the conductive ground plane and the inner conductor extending through the conductive ground plane and coupled to the proximal end of the conductive body.
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A method for making an antenna for a communications device, the method comprising:
- forming a conductive ground plane;
- forming a conductive support rod to be carried by the conductive ground plane and extending outwardly therefrom;
- forming a conductive body coupled to and surrounding the conductive support rod, the conductive body having a plurality of vertically spaced rhombus shaped slots therein to define a radiating antenna;
- and
- coupling at least one coaxial cable to the antenna, the at least one coaxial cable comprising an inner conductor and an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor, the outer conductor coupled to the conductive ground plane and the inner conductor extending through the conductive ground plane and coupled to the proximal end of the conductive body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.