Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual polarization patch antenna system
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Application No.: US16983927Application Date: 2020-08-03
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Publication No.: US10998642B1Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Jay Howard McCandless , Eric James Black , Isaac Ron Bekker
- Applicant: Pivotal Commware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Kirkland
- Assignee: Pivotal Commware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Pivotal Commware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Kirkland
- Agency: Branch Partners PLLC
- Agent John W. Branch
- Main IPC: H01Q9/04
- IPC: H01Q9/04 ; H01Q21/24 ; H01Q21/06 ; H01Q1/38 ; H01Q25/00

Abstract:
A switchable dual polarization patch antenna with improved cross polarization isolation to concurrently radiate horizontally polarized signals and vertically polarized signals. A planar conductor is arranged with a first terminal and a second terminal that are vertically spaced on a portion of the planar conductor to radiate a component of a vertically polarized signal with zero degrees of phase shift from one of the two terminals and radiate another component of the vertically polarized signal having a 180 degrees of phase shift from the other of the two terminals. A hybrid coupler can provide the 180 degrees of phase shift. A horizontally polarized signal is radiated from a third terminal that is horizontally spaced on another portion of the planar conductor and coupled to a horizontally polarized signal source. The direction of the 180 phase shift for the first and second components of the vertically polarized signal may be selected. Also, a direction for a phase shift for the horizontally polarized signal may be selectable.
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