US4766440A
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Triple frequency U-slot microstrip antenna
Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp
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Filing: 1986-12-11
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Granted: 1988-08-23
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Expires: 2006-12-11
Abstract
Abstract A microstrip antenna employing a rectangular radiating element having a U-shaped slot oriented parallel to the length of the radiating element and employing a single feedline coplanar with the radiating element. The slotted radiating element has three resonances: a length resonance polarized parallel to the length of the element; a width resonance polarized parallel to the width of the element; and a slot resonance polarized parallel to the length of the element. By proper selection of the length and location of the slot, the frequency of the slot resonance can be placed such that a region of circular polarization occurs between the width resonance and the slot resonance. Alternatively, a region of circular polarization can be created between the length resonance and the width resonance since they are also polarized perpendicular to each other. Thus the U-slotted antenna provides either triple-frequency operation or dual-frequency operation in which one frequency is circularly polarized and the other frequency is elliptically polarized.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael J. Gegan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 17:43
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q13/00; H01Q13/10; H01Q13/106; H01Q5/00; H01Q5/30; H01Q5/307; H01Q5/342; H01Q5/357; H01Q5/364; H01Q5/378; H01Q9/00; H01Q9/04; H01Q9/0407; H01Q9/0428
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna comprising: (a) a thin dielectric substrate; (b) a thin conductive layer disposed on one surface of said substrate, said conductive layer forming a ground plane; (c) a thin conductive rectangular radiating element disposed on the other surface of said substrate, said rectangular radiating element having a length, a width, and a front end, said rectangular radiating element having a first resonance polarized in a direction parallel to the length of said radiating element, and a second resonance polarized in a direction parallel to the width of said radiating element; (d) said radiating element having a U-shaped slot oriented parallel to the length to create a third resonance in the direction parallel to the length of said radiating element; and (e) a single microstrip feedline for coupling radio frequency signals to said radiating element, said single feedline being coplanar with said radiating element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna comprising: (a) a thin dielectric substrate; (b) a thin conductive layer disposed on one surface of said substrate, said conductive layer forming a ground plane; (c) a thin conductive rectangular radiating element disposed on the other surface of said substrate, said rectangular radiating element having a length, a width, and a front end, said rectangular radiating element having a first resonance polarized in a direction parallel to the length of said radiating element, and a second resonance polarized in a direction parallel to the width of said radiating element; (d) said radiating element having a U-shaped slot oriented parallel to the length to create a third resonance in the direction parallel to the length of said radiating element; and (e) a single microstrip feedline for coupling radio frequency signals to said radiating element, said single feedline being coplanar with said radiating element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 1 wherein said single microstrip feedline is coupled to a feedpoint near a corner of said rectangular radiating element.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 2 wherein said feedpoint is located approximately where the first resonance and the second resonance are in phase quadrature.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 3 wherein the dimensions of said feedline are adapted to match the impedance of the feedline to the impedance of the rectangular radiating element at said first, second and third resonances.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 2 wherein said single microstrip feedline is coupled to said feedpoint from the side of said rectangular radiating element near a rear corner of said rectangular radiating element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 5 wherein the front end of said rectangular radiating element is rounded to shorten the effective electrical length of said radiating rectangular element.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 6 wherein said slot is disposed near the front end of said rectangular radiating element.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 7 wherein the dimensions and location of said slot are chosen so the bandwidth of the third resonance partially overlaps the bandwidth of the second resonance.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 8 wherein the dimensions and location of said slot are chosen so the bandwidth of the third resonance partially overlaps the bandwidth of the second resonance to provide a region of circular polarization between said second resonance and said third resonance.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 7 wherein the dimensions of said rectangular radiating element are chosen so that the bandwidth of said first resonance partially overlaps the bandwidth of said second resonance.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
50 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna as recited in claim 10 wherein the dimensions of said rectangular radiating element are chosen so the bandwidth of the first resonance partially overlaps the bandwidth of the second resonance to provide a region of circular polarization between said first resonance and said second resonance.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
153 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna array comprising: (a) a thin dielectric substrate; (b) a thin conductive layer disposed on one surface of said substrate, said conductive layer forming a ground plane; (c) a plurality of thin conductive rectangular radiating elements disposed on the other surface of said substrate, said rectangular radiating elements having a length and a width, each of said rectangular radiating elements having a first resonance polarized in a direction parallel to the length of said radiating element, and a second resonance polarized in a direction parallel to the width of said radiating element; (d) each of said radiating elements having a U-shaped slot disposed to create a third resonance in the direction parallel to the length of said radiating element; and (e) a microstrip feed network for coupling radio frequency signals to said radiating elements, said microstrip feed network being coplanar with said radiating elements and having a single feedpoint.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
153 words
A triple frequency microstrip antenna array comprising: (a) a thin dielectric substrate; (b) a thin conductive layer disposed on one surface of said substrate, said conductive layer forming a ground plane; (c) a plurality of thin conductive rectangular radiating elements disposed on the other surface of said substrate, said rectangular radiating elements having a length and a width, each of said rectangular radiating elements having a first resonance polarized in a direction parallel to the length of said radiating element, and a second resonance polarized in a direction parallel to the width of said radiating element; (d) each of said radiating elements having a U-shaped slot disposed to create a third resonance in the direction parallel to the length of said radiating element; and (e) a microstrip feed network for coupling radio frequency signals to said radiating elements, said microstrip feed network being coplanar with said radiating elements and having a single feedpoint.
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