Patent ID: 8089417

Claim:
A micro strip antenna for terminating a transmission line comprising a pair of conductors, said antenna comprising: a planar substrate fabricated from a dielectric material; and a pair of like elements arranged in mirror image on said planar substrate, each of said elements comprising a dissipating portion on said planar substrate, and a radiating portion comprising an elongate conductive strip of a first constant thickness, said elongate conductive strip comprising first arcuate side edges mutually diverging between a narrow end and a wide end, said dissipating portion comprising an elongate resistive strip interconnected to said conductive strip along an edge at said wide end, said elongate resistive strip of a second constant thickness and comprising second arcuate side edges mutually converging between said wide end and a tip; wherein each of said second arcuate side edges is a differentiable continuation of a respective one of said first arcuate side edges and each of said elongate conductive strips is interconnected at said narrow end to a respective one of the pair of conductors.