Patents Assigned to PCTel
  • Patent number: 6919859
    Abstract: An antenna including a feed network; four or more helical radiating elements, and four or more impedance matching stubs each coupling a respective radiating element to ground in parallel with the feed network. The shunt stubs provide a reactance in parallel with the radiating elements to rotate the desired frequency locus about a constant admittance curve. Specifically, the shunt stubs rotate the desired frequency locus from a low resistance, capacitive impedance to 50 ohms purely resistive. The length of the stubs can be adjusted to control the inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: PCTel
    Inventors: Robert Daniel McCarthy, Russell Alan Fix