Abstract: An electrically small radiator structure for radiating electromagnetic waves having an electrical size, k*a, with a value less than &pgr;/2 and above &pgr;/20,000 and configured to have at least a first and second magnetic, or electric, dipole element. Dipole elements are preferably oriented such that a source-associated standing energy value for the structure, or Wds(tR), is low, Radiative Q value preferably less than ⅓(k*a)3; and each of the elements, whether paired with respective electric dipole elements, is in electrical communication through a feed circuit to at least one power source. Further, a first dipole pair (or element) oriented orthogonally with respect to a second pair (or element) are in voltage phase-quadrature; the structure is operational at a frequency below 5 GHz; and dipole moments oriented such that the following is generally satisfied: a divergence of the Poynting vector of the pairs with respect to retarded time, namely ∇|tR·N, has a value less than 1.0.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 12, 2000
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2002
Assignee:
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Inventors:
Craig A. Grimes, Dale M. Grimes, Faton Tefiku, Gang Lui