Abstract: This describes a portable non-pressurized, non-toxic, and non-liquid anti-static device for eliminating static cling on clothes on which static electricity has built up. A portable electrical conductive device is placed next to clothes worn by a person or placed in a clothes dryer to induce electrical current flow from the clothes to dissipate static electricity therein and improve anti-static protection.

Abstract: A compact, wideband antenna system is provided by an open-sleeve, meander dual zigzag monopole consisting of a driven element configured from two symmetrically-oriented meander wires fed from a common feed point and one or two closely-spaced parasitic elements (open sleeves), also configured from two meander wires and shorted to ground plane. The meander monopole has a low silhouette and provides approximately 50% reduction in height as compared to a conventional monopole. By varying the size, geometry, and location of the open sleeves, antennas are synthesized to achieve specific frequency response characteristics. Measurements have demonstrated that the meander monopole is capable of providing the desired radiation pattern characteristics over a 3:1 frequency band.

Abstract: Increased bandwidth, reduced axial ratios and improved beam shape and sidelobe characteristics are achieved with non-uniform diameter helical antennas. The antenna structures are configured to various combinations of tapered diameter and uniform sections. By varying the number of turns, diameters of the helix sections and lengths of the various helix sections, antennas are synthesized to yield specific gain-frequency response characteristics.