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Abstract

A highly efficient radiation structure in a compact design is described. The structure is designed to receive over the air signals in the UHF frequency band. Unlike most of the current structures, the disclosure structure consists of an array of four radiating elements and are configured to perform an uniform reception along the horizontal plane and the elements are positioned in a circle or in a square configuration and are located near the outer edge of a circular or a square shape circuit board; the elements are efficiently combined by an unique four way power combiner which is specially designed to obtain the necessary impedance match to an input coaxial cable. The entire structure consist only a few simple parts. Namely, a circuit board with the top and bottom surfaces etched on with the radiating elements and associated feed lines. A coaxial feed line terminated with a feeding connector of the F type is provided. This coaxial line provides the necessary input connection to the circuit board and also routs the receiving signal to a TV. Two circuit board designs are disclosed; one is equipped with circular dipole arms while the second circuit board is equipped with the rectangular dipole arms. On the circular dipole element design, the array structure is implemented with a cone shape ground plane which is designed to help reduce the radiation coverage below the horizons. The square aperture array is implemented without the cone shape ground plane. Both structures are protected by a plastic enclosure and both structures are configured to be simple and can be made economically.

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