Modular digital UHF/VHF antenna
AssigneeBradley Lee Eckwielen
InventorsBradley Lee Eckwielen, David LeRoy Hagen
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Abstract
The invention relates to Radio Frequency (RF) antennas suitable for receiving and/or transmitting digital signals in the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and/or Very High Frequency (VHF) ranges. The invention comprises a modular driven DUV antenna comprising a driven DUV element, an RF signal line RF communicatively connected to the driven DUV element, and an antenna mount supporting the DUV element; and a modular RF signal enhancer, supported by the antenna mount and selected from: an RF amplifier and a passive RF enhancer positioned to enhance the RF performance of the DUV antenna and comprising one of: an RF director, an RF reflector, and an RF booster.
Claims39
A modular Digital UHF/VHF (DUV) antenna system having a forward pointing X axis comprising:
- a driven DUV antenna having a driven DUV element RF communicatively connected to an RF signal line and antenna mount supporting the DUV element;
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- a modular RF signal enhancer, supported by the antenna mount, and selected from:
- an RF amplifier RF communicatively connected to the driven DUV element, and
- a passive RF enhancer, positioned to enhance the RF performance of the DUV antenna, selected from one of:
- an RF director in front of the DUV element attached by a modular director connection,
- an RF reflector behind the DUV element attached by a modular reflector connection, and
- an off axis RF booster attached by a modular booster connection.
A modular antenna configuring method, the modular antenna;
- having an antenna support supporting a modular driven antenna pointing along a longitudinal X axis with a driven DUV element RF connected to an RF signal line, and supporting an RF enhancer, the RF enhancer comprising one of an RF amplifier connected to the driven DUV element, an RF director in front of the driven antenna, an RF reflector behind the driven antenna, an RF booster off of the longitudinal axis, the method comprising:
- configuring the driven antenna and the RF signal line;
- configuring a corresponding collection of RF enhancers with:
- a plurality of RF directors having differing RF performance;
- a plurality of RF reflectors having differing RF performance;
- a plurality of RF boosters having differing RF performance;
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- a plurality of RF amplifiers having differing RF gain;
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- selecting the RF enhancer from among the plurality of RF directors, the plurality of RF reflectors, the plurality of RF boosters, and the plurality of RF amplifiers;
- wherein the modular antenna has a prescribed UHF range performance and a prescribed VHF range performance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.