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AssigneeHong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
InventorsPeter Chun Teck Song, Ross David Murch
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Disclosed are systems and methods which provide a tapered conductor strip adapted for broadband wireless communication. Embodiments provide a conductor strip which is curved along its face, thereby providing an aperture taper. The conductor strip configured to provide an aperture taper may be placed over a planar ground plane to form a wideband tapered strip antenna element. Embodiments further provide a conductor strip which is curved along an edge or edges thereof, thereby providing an impedance taper. The dimensions of the impedance taper are preferably selected to provide a desired characteristic impedance with respect to an antenna element formed therefrom. Embodiments may further include a shorting pin or shorting plate configuration to generate an additional mode.
An antenna element comprising:
An antenna element comprising:
A method for providing a broadband antenna, said method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.