ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,179, issued on Aug. 12.
"Compact ultra-wideband antenna" was invented by Jason M. Reneau (Madison, Ala.), Emmanuel D. Bizanis (San Diego), Kevin Kassner (Madison, Ala.) and Athanasios Petropoulos (Owens Cross Roads, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a compact ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna comprising a plurality of sub-radiator segments, the plurality of sub-radiator segments being a flare section, an inductive corner section, and a rib section. The inductive corner section is configured to mount to a ground surface and connects the flare section and the inductive corner section. The UWB operates over a wide f...