US 12,230,900 B1
System, method and apparatus for providing a capacitively fed inverted-l multiband VHF antenna
Phil Lafleur, Ontario (CA)
Assigned to ORBCOMM, Inc., Rochelle Park, NJ (US)
Filed by ORBCOMM, INC., Rochelle Park, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/979,757.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/274,934, filed on Nov. 2, 2021.
Int. Cl. H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 21/30 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 9/0457 (2013.01) [H01Q 9/0421 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01); H01Q 21/30 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capacitively coupled antenna array assembly, wherein the antenna array assembly comprises:
a first receive resonator;
a first transmit resonator;
a coupled bar orthogonally disposed to each of the first receive resonator and the first transmit resonator;
wherein the first receive resonator and the first transmit resonator are capacitively fed by the coupled bar;
wherein the first receive resonator is formed as an inverted-L antenna;
wherein the first transmit resonator is formed as an inverted-L antenna;
a first inductor element coupled to the first resonator, and a second inductor element coupled to the first transmit resonator, wherein the first inductor element and the second inductor element are configured to tune each resonator to a respective desired frequency; and
a feed pin, wherein the feed pin is attached to the capacitively coupled bar to provide charging inputs to the first receive resonator and the first transmit resonator.