US 12,476,364 B2
Ultra wideband antenna with partial cap
Uriel Zvi Odes, Givaat Shmuel (IL)
Assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,519.
Prior Publication US 2024/0356218 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 5/25 (2015.01) [H01Q 1/36 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultra wide band (UWB) antenna, comprising:
a ground plane; and
an antenna body including:
a cap portion arranged above the ground plane;
a tapered side portion extending perpendicular to the cap portion in a direction toward the ground plane, wrapping at least 50% around an outer edge of the cap portion and tapering in height from a feed side of the antenna body in a direction towards a back side of the antenna body;
a cylinder connected to a bottom surface of the cap portion and to the ground plane;
a connecting portion connecting the back side of the cap portion, opposite the feed side, to the ground plane; and
an aperture through the cap portion disposed between the cylinder and the feed side of the antenna body.