| US 7,598,918 B2 | ||
| Tubular endfire slot-mode antenna array with inter-element coupling and associated methods | ||
| Timothy E. Durham, Melbourne, Fla. (US); Griffin K. Gothard, Satellite Beach, Fla. (US); Anthony Mark Jones, Palm Bay, Fla. (US); Jay Kralovec, Viera, Fla. (US); Stephen R. Landers, Satellite Beach, Fla. (US); Sean Ortiz, West Melbourne, Fla. (US); Chris Snyder, Melbourne, Fla. (US); and Ralph Trosa, Indialantic, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 21, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/17,183. | ||
| Application 12/017183 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/303338, filed on Dec. 16, 2005, granted, now 7,420,519. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0150820 A1, Jun. 26, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01Q 13/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 343—770 [343/700 MS] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A tubular slot-mode antenna comprising:
a tubular substrate; and
an array of slot-mode antenna units carried by said tubular substrate;
each slot-mode antenna unit comprising a pair of patch antenna elements arranged in laterally spaced apart relation about
at least one central feed position;
adjacent patch antenna elements of adjacent slot-mode antenna units comprising respective spaced apart edge portions having
predetermined shapes and relative positioning to provide increased capacitive coupling therebetween.
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