| US 7,518,565 B1 | ||
| Tapered slot antenna cylindrical array | ||
| Rob Horner, San Diego, Calif. (US); Rod Cozad, San Diego, Calif. (US); Bruce Calder, San Diego, Calif. (US); Hale Simonds, Santee, Calif. (US); Robbi Mangra, San Diego, Calif. (US); Rolf Dahle, La Mesa, Calif. (US); and Dennis Bermeo, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/472,514. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01Q 13/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 343—770 [343/767; 343/768] | 13 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus, comprising:
a cylindrical base;
a plurality of tapered slot antennas arranged in pairs;
each of said tapered slot antenna pairs further including two antennas having curvatures represented by the equation Y(x)=a(ebx−1), wherein, a and b are parameters selected to produce a desired curvature, x is the length of the antenna and Y is the
width of the antenna;
each of said tapered slot antenna pairs operatively coupled to said cylindrical base, comprising at least two tapered slot
antenna pairs, wherein each tapered slot antenna pair of said at least two tapered slot antenna pairs is selectively operated
independently of said other tapered slot antenna pair of said at least two tapered slot antenna pairs to enable direction
finding, acquisition, communication and information operations capabilities; and,
each said tapered slot antenna pair including two antenna elements, each said antenna element having a feed end and a launch
end, said feed end contacting said base so that said antenna element extends radially outward from said cylindrical base.
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