Patent ID: 9577329
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. An antenna comprising: a ground plane; a broadband radiating element mounted on said ground plane and comprising a feed point, said feed point having a first impedance; a feed for feeding said broadband radiating element at said feed point, said feed having a second impedance; and a ground leg extending between and galvanically connecting said broadband radiating element and said ground plane for impedance matching said first impedance to said second impedance, said ground leg arranged proximate to a portion of said broadband radiating element to capacitively coupled to said portion of said broadband radiating element, wherein said broadband radiating element comprises a broadband vertically polarized conical monopole radiating element, wherein said broadband vertically polarized conical monopole radiating element comprises: wherein said ground leg comprises: