Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multifilar antenna
- Patent Title (中): 多频天线
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Application No.: US12829774Application Date: 2010-07-02
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Publication No.: US08456375B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Oliver Paul Leisten
- Applicant: Oliver Paul Leisten
- Applicant Address: GB Wellingborough
- Assignee: Sarantel Limited
- Current Assignee: Sarantel Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Wellingborough
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Priority: GB0911635.1 20090703
- Main IPC: H01Q1/50
- IPC: H01Q1/50 ; H01Q1/36

Abstract:
In a dielectrically-loaded multifilar helical antenna, a conductive phasing ring is arranged between and couples together feed nodes and the helical radiating elements. The phasing ring includes an annular conductive path having an electrical length equivalent to a full wavelength at the operating frequency so as to be resonant at that frequency. The helical elements are coupled to the outer periphery of the phasing ring at respective spaced apart coupling locations. The helical elements may include open-circuit or closed-circuit elongate conductive tracks, or a combination of both. In the case of the helical elements being closed-circuit tracks, these tracks are interconnected by a second resonant ring, which is resonant at the same frequency as or a different frequency from the first resonant ring. The invention is applicable to both end-fire and back-fire helical antennas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110001680A1 Multifilar Antenna Public/Granted day:2011-01-06
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