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App. No. 15/175,448

OMNI DIRECTIONAL BROADBAND COPLANAR ANTENNA ELEMENT

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15/175,448
Abstract

The present invention provides an omni-directional antenna element configuration having a compensated radiation pattern. Broadband antenna elements are coplanarly disposed on a suitable planar dielectric material. A single element omni-directional antenna comprises a pair of balanced fed radiating microstrip elements symmetrically disposed about the centerline of a balanced signal feed network. Additionally, a pair of pattern augmentation rods are positioned on each side of and proximate to the planar dielectric material running longitudinally to the centerline axis of a balanced feed network. Disposed proximate to each radiating element are partially coplanar, frequency bandwidth expanding microstrip lines. The combination of radiating elements together with pattern augmentation rods provides a broad bandwidth omni-directional radiating element suitable for use in multi-element antenna arrays.

Claims (17)

1 . An omni-directional antenna structure, comprising:

a radome;

a planar dielectric substrate configured within the radome and having first and second dipole radiating elements configured thereon symmetrically disposed about a feed line;

first and second conductive elements configured within the radome symmetrically arranged on opposite sides of said planar dielectric substrate and spaced apart therefrom; and

a support structure holding said first and second conductive elements in said configuration.

2 . An omni-directional antenna structure as set out in claim 1 , wherein said first and second conductive elements comprise conductive rods extending parallel to said feed line.

3 . An omni-directional antenna structure as set out in claim 2 , wherein said support structure comprises first and second nonconductive support plates mounted within said radome and coupled to opposite ends of said conductive rods.

4 . An omni-directional antenna structure as set out in claim 1 , further comprising third and fourth conductive elements configured within the radome and symmetrically arranged on opposite sides of said planar dielectric substrate and spaced apart therefrom.

5 . An omni-directional antenna structure, comprising:

a radome;

a planar dielectric substrate configured within the radome and having first and second dipole radiating elements configured thereon symmetrically disposed about a feed line and oriented to provide a radiation beam pattern in opposite azimuth directions; and

means configured within the radome for parasitically augmenting the radiation beam pattern to provide a substantially omni-directional azimuth radiation pattern.

6 . An omni-directional antenna structure as set out in claim 5 , wherein said means for parasitically augmenting the radiation beam pattern comprises symmetrically configured conductive elements on opposite sides of said dielectric substrate.

7 . An omni-directional antenna structure as set out in claim 6 , wherein the antenna operational radio frequency (RF) is approximately 3.30 GHz to 3.80 GHz.

8 . An omni-directional antenna structure as set out in claim 7 , wherein said conductive elements are spaced apart from said dielectric substrate by a distance of about 360 to 440 mils.

9 . An omni-directional antenna structure as set out in claim 7 , wherein said conductive elements comprise conductive rods of diameter between about 160 to 250 mils.

10 . An omni-directional antenna structure as set out in claim 9 , wherein said conductive elements comprise dual rods configured on each side of said dielectric substrate.