An antenna with first and second spaced radiating elements extending from a vertex at respective first ends and diverging from each other in a direction outward from the vertex to respective second ends. Each radiating element second end is connected to a first end of a terminating element through a coupler. The second end of each terminating element is connected to a common ground plane.
1. An antenna, comprising first and second spaced radiating elements extending from a vertex at respective first ends and diverging from each other in a direction outward from the vertex to respective second ends, each radiating element second end being connected to a first end of a terminating element through a coupler, the second end of each terminating element being connected to a common ground plane.
2. The antenna of claim 1 , further comprising a balun connected to the radiating element respective first ends.
3. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein the coupler comprises a reactive circuit element.
4. The antenna of claim 3 , wherein the reactive circuit element is a series capacitor.
5. The antenna of claim 3 , wherein the reactive circuit element is a meander line.
6. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein the spacing between the radiating elements increases linearly in the direction outward from the vertex.
7. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein the spacing between the radiating elements increases non-linearly in the direction outward from the vertex.
8. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein the radiating elements are solid conductors.
9. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein the radiating elements are radiating slots in a solid conductor.
10. An antenna assembly, comprising a pair of antennas arranged to radiate and receive energy in mutually orthogonal directions, each antenna comprising first and second spaced radiating elements extending from a common vertex region at respective first ends and diverging from each other in a direction outward from the vertex to respective second ends, each radiating element second end being connected to a first end of a terminating element through a coupler, the second end of each terminating element being connected to a common ground plane, each antenna being excited independently of the other.
11. The antenna assembly of claim 10 , wherein each antenna is excited by its own balun connected to the respective first ends of the radiating elements of said antenna.
12. The antenna assembly of claim 10 , wherein each coupler is a reactive circuit element comprising a selected one of a capacitor and a meander line.
13. The antenna assembly of claim 10 , wherein the radiating elements of each antenna selectably comprise one of a solid conductor and radiating slots in a solid conductor.
14. An antenna system, comprising
radiating element means for radiating and receiving electromagnetic energy across a desired frequency range, the radiating element means including conductive strips diverging outwardly from a common vertex region,
means for exciting the radiating element means,
means for terminating the radiating element means at a common ground plane, and
means for coupling the radiating means to the terminating means.
15. The antenna system of claim 14 , comprising a pair of radiating element means arranged in a V-shaped configuration, said pair of radiating element means being excited by a common exciting means.
16. The antenna system of claim 14 , comprising four radiating element means arranged in quadrature to define mutually orthogonal pairs of radiating element means arranged in a V-shaped configuration, each mutually orthogonal pair of radiating element means being excited by an exciting means.
17. The antenna system of claim 14 , wherein the radiating element means are solid conductors.
18. The antenna system of claim 14 , wherein the radiating element means are slots.
19. The antenna system of claim 14 , wherein the means for exciting the radiating element means comprises a balun.
20. The antenna system of claim 14 , wherein the means for coupling the radiating means to the terminating means comprises a reactive circuit element.