Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual-band and wideband patch antenna
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Application No.: US16053422Application Date: 2018-08-02
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Publication No.: US10784593B1Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: William Herbert Sims, III
- Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Current Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent James J. McGroary; Helen M. Galus
- Main IPC: H01Q21/30
- IPC: H01Q21/30 ; H01Q1/52 ; H01Q9/04 ; H01Q21/00

Abstract:
A dual-band patch antenna includes a first patch antenna for operation at a first frequency and a second patch antenna for operation at a second frequency that is an integer multiple of the first frequency. A dielectric support is provided on which the first and second patch antennas are mounted. A nearest distance defined between the first and second patch antennas is a function of the second frequency and a dielectric constant of the dielectric support. The dielectric support has a feed point adapted to have a transmission line electrically coupled thereto. Electrically-conducting paths are coupled to the dielectric support for electrically coupling the feed point to the first and second patch antennas where at least one such electrically-conducting path has an insertion loss that is greater than 0 dB and less than or equal to 3 dB.
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