Invention Application
- Patent Title: SCANNING ANTENNA
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Application No.: US15553373Application Date: 2016-10-25
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Publication No.: US20180138593A1Publication Date: 2018-05-17
- Inventor: Makoto NAKAZAWA , Takatoshi ORUI , Wataru NAKAMURA , Tadashi OHTAKE , Fumiki NAKANO , Kiyoshi MINOURA
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Priority: JP2016-015428 20160129
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/081624 WO 20161025
- Main IPC: H01Q3/44
- IPC: H01Q3/44 ; H01Q13/10 ; H01L27/12 ; H01L23/66

Abstract:
A scanned antenna (1000) is a scanned antenna including antenna elements (U) arranged together, the scanned antenna including: a TFT substrate (101) including a first dielectric substrate (1), TFTs, gate bus lines, source bus lines, and patch electrodes (15); a slot substrate (201) including a second dielectric substrate (51) a slot electrode (55); a liquid crystal layer (LC) provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate; and a reflective conductive plate (65). The slot electrode includes slots (57) arranged so as to correspond to the patch electrodes. As seen from the normal direction to the first dielectric substrate, a plurality of spacer structures (75) provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate are arranged so as not to overlap with first regions (Rp1) and/or second regions (Rp2), where the first regions are regions that are within a distance of 0.3 mm from edges of the slots and the second regions are regions that are within a distance of 0.3 mm from edges of the patch electrodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US10177444B2 Scanning antenna Public/Granted day:2019-01-08
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