Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – With variable reactance for tuning antenna
Patent
1995-05-23
1996-05-28
Wimer, Michael C.
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
With variable reactance for tuning antenna
343750, 343861, H01Q 904
Patent
active
055216072
ABSTRACT:
A bandwidth-enhanced antenna system for operating on one of a plurality of selected frequency bands includes a whip or wire antenna element having band selection wires and a contiguous set of inductors arranged in series, each of the inductors being sufficiently separated from one another and being arranged such that the resonant frequency of any of said inductors is greater than the highest operating frequency of the plurality of frequency bands. Selector means is included provide a band select signal, and a plurality of switches each having a first terminal connected to a corresponding one of the inductors and a second terminal connected to the feed-end of the antenna element. The switches are responsive to the bandwidth select signal to allow communication using a selected one of the plurality of the frequency bands. An impedance matching network may be used for coupling an external receiver or transmitter to the feed-end of the antenna element.
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Eppele Kyle
Montanye George A.
Murrah M. Lee
Rockwell International
Wimer Michael C.
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