ULTRA WIDEBAND ANTENNA INCLUDING RADIO FREQUENCY BALUN

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ULTRA WIDEBAND ANTENNA INCLUDING RADIO FREQUENCY BALUN

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18373667 titled 'ULTRA WIDEBAND ANTENNA INCLUDING RADIO FREQUENCY BALUN

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An ultra wide band (UWB) antenna includes: a planar portion arranged above and parallel to a ground plane; a ground connecting portion configured to electrically connect the UWB antenna to the ground plane; a tapered portion configured to be electrically connected to a feed, the tapered portion extending around at least 40 percent of a periphery of the planar portion and extending from the planar portion toward the ground plane, where a height of the tapered portion decreases around the periphery of the planar portion moving away from the feed, and where a lower edge of the tapered portion is spaced from the ground plane by a gap; and a circuit board including one or more circuit components and configured to electrically connect: the feed to the tapered portion; and the one or more circuit components to the ground plane.