Patents by Inventor Douglas Walcher

Douglas Walcher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6549175
    Abstract: The present invention provides a matched mode antenna feedline desiged to achieve simultaneous modal impedance matching with a multiple mode N-fold symmetric or N-fold polygonal antenna such as, for example, spiral antennas, sinuous antennas, modulated arm width (MAW) spiral antennas, log periodic dipole (LPDA), monopole (LPMA) arrays, and an N-fold polygonal antenna. In one embodiment, the matched mode antenna feedline (10) includes a plurality of transmission lines (20) arranged in a circular cluster around a central axis (12). Each transmission line (20) extends from an input end (22) thereof connectable with a device such as a beamformer to an output end (24) thereof connectable with an antenna feedpoint. A transition section (30) is provided between the input and output ends (22, 24) of each transmission line (20) wherein the transmission lines (20) are smoothly transitioned from a decoupled state proximal to the input ends (22) thereof to a coupled state proximal to the output ends (24) thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Lockhead Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Cencich, Julie A. Huffman, Douglas Walcher