Integrated lobe switching antenna

Claim 1

AN INTEGRATED ANTENNA COMPRISING A CONTOURED CLOSED ANTENNA SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, A FIRST PAIR OF LOGPERIODIC DIPOLE ARRAYS POSITIONED IN SAID STRUCTURE OPPOSITE EACH OTHER, A SECOND PAIR OF LOG-PERIODIC DIPOLE ARRAYS, MEANS FOR POSITIONING SAID ARRAYS IN SAID STRUCTURE OPPOSITE EACH OTHER AND IN CROSS DIRECTION TO SAID FIRST PAIR, SAID ARRAYS COMPRISING A THIN CONDUCTIVE SHEET, AND MEANS FOR ADHERING SAID THEIN CONDUCTIVE SHEET TO THE CONTOUR OF SAID STRUCTURE; A BEAM FORMING CIRCUIT, A DETECTOR CIRCUIT, AND AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT PHYSICALLY POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID ANTENNAS IN SAID STRUCTURE AND ELECTRICALLY COUPLED TO SAID ARRAYS, AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FEED SOURCE COUPLING ENERGY FROM SAID CIRCUITS, AND A LOBE SWITCHING CIRCUIT ALSO CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER CIRCUITS FOR ALTERNATELY SWITCHING THE ENERGY FROM SAID ANTENNAS TO SAID FEED SOURCE; AND A DELAY LINE ALSO POSITIONED IN SAID STRUCTURE TO BE ELECTRICALLY COUPLED DIRECTLY TO SAID CIRCUIT AND SAID FEED, SAID DELAY LINE COMPRISING A DIODE-SWITCHED DELAY LINE, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING SAID DELAY TO TWICE THAT OF SIAD FEED THEREBY CAUSING A BEAM SQUINT EQUAL AND OPPOSITE TO THAT PROVIDED BY SAID FEED, AND MEANS TO ALTERNATELY OPEN-CIRCUIT AND SHORT-CIRCUIT SAID DELAY LINE FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN THE TWO STATES OF EQUAL POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY SQUINTED POSITIONS.