Patent ID: 11476559

Abstract:
The combined antenna for satellite and terrestrial radio communications includes: a support structure (1); a “crossed dipole” compact broadband satellite antenna (10), in turn including a pair of dipoles (11,12), which extend from the support structure (1), and which are substantially perpendicular to each other and connected so as to be electrically out of phase. A broadband “monopole” antenna (50) for terrestrial communications is included, having a plurality of linear electric mass elements (52) extending radially from the support structure (1) to provide an electric mass surface (53), and a radiating arm (55) is also included extending from the support structure (1) away from the electric mass surface (53). The radiating arm (55) is arranged around the central column (2) and includes thread-like radiating elements (56); and the dipoles (11,12) further include one or more thread-like dipole elements (111,112), arranged to define a flattened configuration of the respective dipole (11,12).