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US 2026/0142366 A1Published application
Integrated Antenna In An Aerial Vehicle
AssigneeSkydio, Inc.
InventorsJohn Michael Spall, Adrian Matthew Cooke
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Abstract
An antenna system of an unmanned aerial vehicle, the antenna system including a first loop antenna system, a second loop antenna system, and a feed line. The second loop antenna system is spaced apart from the first loop antenna system. The feed line extends between and connects the first loop antenna system and the second loop antenna system.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
- a housing;
- a ground plane disposed within the housing;
- and
- a single-loop antenna system disposed within the housing, the single-loop antenna system comprising:
- a conductive antenna portion extending in a plane substantially parallel to the ground plane and having a first end and a second end;
- a first ground contact electrically connecting the first end of the conductive antenna portion to the ground plane;
- an impedance-matching ground contact electrically connecting the second end of the conductive antenna portion to the ground plane, the impedance-matching ground contact having a different effective electrical length than the first ground contact;
- and
- a feed line electrically coupled to the second end of the conductive antenna portion,
- wherein the conductive antenna portion, the first ground contact, the impedance-matching ground contact, and the ground plane together form a single closed antenna loop having a single feed point located at the second end of the conductive antenna portion.
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An antenna system for an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
- a ground plane;
- a conductive antenna portion having a first end and a second end;
- a feed line electrically coupled to the second end of the conductive antenna portion;
- and
- an impedance-matching circuit electrically coupled between the second end of the conductive antenna portion and the ground plane,
- wherein the impedance-matching circuit is configured to adjust an input impedance of the antenna system without requiring a second intersecting antenna portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.