Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scanning antenna and method for manufacturing scanning antenna
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Application No.: US17312123Application Date: 2019-12-02
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Publication No.: US11848503B2Publication Date: 2023-12-19
- Inventor: Takeshi Hara , Yoshinori Tanaka , Susumu Nakano , Ryan A. Stevenson , Steve Linn , Cagdas Varel , Colin Short , Felix Chen
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha , KYMETA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP WA Sakai
- Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA,KYMETA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA,KYMETA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai; US WA Redmond
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP 18232633 2018.12.12
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/047065 2019.12.02
- International Announcement: WO2020/121875A 2020.06.18
- Date entered country: 2021-06-09
- Main IPC: H01Q3/30
- IPC: H01Q3/30 ; H01Q9/04 ; H01Q19/10

Abstract:
A scanning antenna includes a transmission and/or reception region including a plurality of antenna units and a non-transmission and/or reception region other than the transmission and/or reception region. The scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate, a slot substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate, a seal portion provided in the non-transmission and/or reception region and surrounding the liquid crystal layer, a reflective conductive plate disposed opposing a second main surface of a second dielectric substrate with a dielectric layer interposed between the reflective conductive plate and the second main surface, a first spacer structure defining a first gap between a first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate in the transmission and/or reception region, and a second spacer structure defining a second gap between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate in the non-transmission and/or reception region, the second gap being wider than the first gap. The second spacer structure is disposed within the seal portion or within a region surrounded by the seal portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220037781A1 SCANNING ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SCANNING ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2022-02-03
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