Sirius patents a new satellite radio antenna
Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 8:51 AM
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Sirius Satellite Radio has patented an antenna that improves both satellite and terrestrial signal reception. This "modular patch antenna" involves three parts:
- The first section uses a "metal plated radiating layer" optimized for satellite reception;
- The second part is a dielectric layer for optimized for terrestrial reception;
- And the third layer is a metal plated ground layer.
The first layer and third layers could be made of any number of metals including Silver, Gold, Copper, Nickel and Aluminum. The second layer would be made out of Teflon, polytetrafluoroethylene (say that 3-times fast), glass, ceramic, aluminum, a polymer, silica, and quartz.
In short, the antenna would be more gooder, and Sirius patented it.
[Download Patent (PDF) via Satellite Radio TechWorld]
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Comments
nice
Posted by: NYCriminal | February 10, 2007 12:29 PM
Anything that improves reception is good in my book.
Posted by: MikeHunt ? | February 10, 2007 1:04 PM
Love the site, but watch for typos and such. "more gooder"?
Posted by: Bill | February 10, 2007 6:37 PM
It's a joke.
Posted by: Eric Shun | February 10, 2007 9:07 PM
I'd just like to see some sort of external antenna for the Stiletto that isn't embedded in a headset. Thought about hacking up my headset to make one.
Maybe that's next on the agenda.
Posted by: Droo ? | February 11, 2007 3:57 AM
"More Gooder"
F'ing classic.
Posted by: XMScott ? | February 11, 2007 11:53 AM
More Gooder is the same as Betterish I think. :)
Posted by: Droo ? | February 11, 2007 4:51 PM
Can XM make an antenna that allows me to receive Sirius ?
Posted by: pockpie | February 12, 2007 7:52 AM