ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR AIRCRAFT

摘要

An antenna assembly for aircraft including: a vertical tail of the aircraft including a front spar, a leading edge skin covering a leading portion of the front spar and a rib extended between the front spar and the leading edge skin; an antenna radiating element extending a length of the vertical tail and positioned between the leading edge skin and the front spar; a first metallic element included with or attached to the front spar; a second metallic element, wherein the second metallical element is electrically coupled to the antenna radiating element and to the first metallic element; an antenna coupler in electrical electricaly connected to the antenna radiating element and the first metallic element, and wherein a closed looped electrical circuit is formed by the antenna radiating element, the first metallic element, the second metallic element and the antenna coupler.

主权项

1. An antenna assembly for aircraft comprising:
an antenna radiating element; an antenna coupler in electrical contact with the antenna radiating element; a portion of a vertical tail of the aircraft, wherein the portion of the vertical tail includes a portion of a front spar; a first metallic element in electrical contact with the antenna coupler, wherein the first metallic element comprises said portion of the front spar, a second metallic element in electrical contact with the antenna radiating element and with the first metallic element, whereby the antenna radiating element is parallel to the portion of the front spar, and wherein the first and the second metallic elements and the antenna coupler are configured as an electrical circuit which in use is a closed loop current path flowing through said circuit.