Directional antenna with a two dimensional lens formed of flat resonant dipoles

Claim 1

A PLANAR DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL LAUNCHER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LIKE DIPOLE RADIATORS DISPOSED IN A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL ROWS IN END-ON-END RELATIONSHIP IN EACH ROW, SAID ROWS LYING IN A SINGLE PLANE AND HAVING A PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING LENGTH FROM THE REAR OF THE LAUNCHER TO A MAXIMUM LAUNCHER WIDTH, THE RADIATORS OF EACH ROW BEING OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO THE RADIATORS OF ADJACENT ROWS TO ALINE THE RADIATORS OF EACH ROW UPON OPENINGS BETWEEN RADIATORS OF ADJACENT ROWS, THE RADIATORS OF EACH ROW AND THE ROWS OF RADIATORS BEING CLOSELY SPACED APART WHEREBY ENERGY FED INTO REAR OF THE LAUNCHER IS COUPLED LATERALLY AS WELL AS AXIALLY THERETHROUGH TO ENERGIZE ALL OF THE RADIATORS OF THE LAUNCHER AND THEREBY PROPAGATE SUCH ENERGY FROM AN ELONGATED WAVEFRONT FOR MAXIMIZED DIRECTIVITY.