US 12,444,843 B2
Antenna and antenna systems for LEO satellite communication
Flavia Tata Nardini, Semaphore Park (AU); Matthew James Pearson, Henley Beach (AU); Yan Brand, Quebec (CA); Zahra Esmati, Beverley (AU); and Nicollas Alexandre, Beverley (AU)
Assigned to Fleet Space Technologies Pty Ltd, South (AU)
Appl. No. 17/997,722
Filed by Fleet Space Technologies Pty Ltd, Beverley (AU)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/AU2021/050399
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/217219, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020901388 (AU), filed on May 1, 2020; and application No. 2021900079 (AU), filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0178896 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 3/34 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 7/195 (2006.01); H04B 7/204 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 9/0414 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/288 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2617 (2013.01); H01Q 3/34 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0471 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/1851 (2013.01); H04B 7/195 (2013.01); H04B 7/2041 (2013.01)] 55 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna, comprising:
a base;
a first antenna patch body; and
a second antenna patch body disposed substantially parallel to and spaced from the first antenna patch body,
wherein the first and second antenna patch bodies are aligned along a central axis and coupled to the base,
wherein each of the first and second antenna patch bodies define surface corrugations, and
wherein the first and second antenna patch bodies are integrally formed as part of a unitary body.