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US 7,679,574 B1Granted
Tapered slot antenna EC method
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorRob Horner
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Abstract
A Tapered Slot Antenna EC Method (NC #098517). The method comprising coupling a first antenna element to a second antenna element to for a tapered slot antenna pair; electrically coupling a first end cap to the first antenna element; electrically couples a second end cap to the second antenna element; and configuring the first and second end caps to provide induction-canceling, capacitive coupling when operating at frequencies below a theoretical cutoff frequency.
Claims5
A method, comprising:
- coupling a first antenna element to a second antenna element to form a tapered slot antenna pair of the antenna elements;
- electrically coupling a first end cap to the first antenna element;
- electrically coupling a second end cap to the second antenna element, the first and second end caps having an open plate configuration;
- configuring the first and second end caps to provide induction-canceling, capacitive coupling when operating at frequencies below a theoretical cutoff frequency, the open plate configuration creating the capacitive coupling;
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- further comprising providing at least one of the first and second end caps with an interior region comprising a material different than the material comprising the end cap and where at least one of the first and second end caps has an interior region comprising a metal mesh.
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