摘要:
A microwave detector includes a horn antenna and cavity formed by covering a metallic film of a printed substrate with an opened bottom microwave circuit component, and further includes a mixer diode which is positioned at the feeding point of the horn antenna and sandwiched between the microwave circuit component and the printed substrate, the mixer diode including a mixer diode substrate having a first protruding portion at a first end of the mixer diode substrate and a second protruding portion at a second end of the mixer diode substrate, separate anode and cathode electrode patterns formed on a surface of the substrate which includes the protruding portions, and a beam-lead-type or flip-chip-type diode which is mounted to a surface of the mixer diode substrate near the center thereof, the beam-lead-type or flip-chip-type diode having an anode and a cathode which are surface mounted to the anode and cathode electrode patterns to form electrically conducting pathways therewith, wherein the first and second protruding portions are directly or indirectly connected respectively to the microwave circuit component and the printed substrate.
摘要:
A balance-type mixer is provided which is capable of increasing the ease of mounting of a circuit board (4) into a dielectric line apparatus, capable of easily achieving matching between a dielectric line and diodes (81, 82), and capable of reducing conversion loss. A first conductor pattern (51) is disposed in a direction nearly vertical to first dielectric strips (31a, 31b) which constitute a first NRD guide, first and second filter circuits (6, 7) are provided at positions at which the dielectric strips (31a, 31b) are sandwiched, thus forming a first resonance circuit, and beam lead diodes (81, 82) are mounted in series within the resonance circuit. Further, a second conductor pattern (52) is extended from the nearly central position of the filter circuits (6, 7), and a third filter circuit (9) is provided, thus forming a second resonance circuit. A second NRD guide based on second dielectric strips (32a, 32b) is connected to the second resonance circuit.
摘要:
Radar apparatus (10) that includes a millimeter wave radar transmitter (11) comprising a flood beam antenna (17), and a radar signal processor (30) for processing radar return signals to produce radar output signals. An RF sensor (20) comprising a receive antenna (21) includes a plurality of antenna elements (21a), a plurality of mixers (22) respectively coupled to outputs of the plurality of antenna elements (21a) and coupled to the transmitter (14) by means of a coupler (26), a plurality of filter circuits (23) respectively coupled to outputs of the plurality of mixers (22), a multiplexer (24) coupled to outputs of the plurality of filter circuits (23) that comprises as a multiple input, single output switch (25) for sequentially outputting video signals derived from radar signals received by each of the receive antenna elements (21a), and a lens (27) for imaging radar returns onto each of the plurality of antenna elements (21a). The heart of the present invention is a heterodyne receive antenna (21) that may be used in many applications, including radiometric or radar applications, and the like. The present invention provides for a 35-300 GHz millimeter wave electronic scanning sensor (20) for use in collision avoidance applications, and the like.
摘要:
There is described an image rejection frequency converter comprising essentially a balun (DIV) used as a power divider for coupling a local oscillator signal to the ends of two frequency mixers (MIX1, MIX2). Said mixers (MIX1, MIX2) have ports to which arrive or from which come out intermediate radiofrequency signals (Fig. 1). The invention consists principally of integration of the power divider (DIV) and the mixers (MIX1, MIX2) in a planar structure based on a new concept provided in microstrip and in coplanar line.
摘要:
A compact multi-layer flat antenna structure incorporating a low noise block down-converter on the power divider network layer of the antenna. RF circuit losses are reduced, and the antenna/receiver combination is made more compact, for flush mounting. The antenna/receiver combination finds particular utility in direct broadcast satellite (DBS) applications for single or dual orthogonal polarizations. The connection between the antenna and receiver may be implemented in stripline/ coplanar waveguide, or other known technologies such as microstrip, slotline, and finline.
摘要:
A finline detector (100 or 110) comprises a dielectric substrate-mounted circuit disposed within a millimeter waveguide, said substrate circuit comprising a substrate (114) with a diode (224) mounted thereon in series with the waveguide (16). The mounting of a diode (224), which may have a characteristic impedance substantially lower than the characteristic impedance of a realizable finline, in series with the waveguide transmission line minimizes sensitivity to the high capacitance and therefore low impedance realizable with such a detection diode. Furthermore, the transmission line may be terminated more easily in a wideband termination (50), thus increasing the effective bandwidth of operation of the detector. Two representative embodiments of the invention are, for example, an unbalanced detector (100) and a balanced detector (110). Each embodiment includes a detection device, namely a diode (224, 324), coupled in series with the finline transmission line (101). Capacitance means (34,134,36,136,38,138) are also provided.
摘要:
A combined duplexer/mixer especially for use in an FMCW millimetric radar system has a waveguide section containing a fin line or suspended strip structure for responding to the linearly polarised radar return signal passing through the section in one direction while permitting passage of the orthogonally polarised, outgoing signal passing in the other direction. The fin line is coupled via double balanced mixer diodes to an IF output line to produce an IF signal by mixing the return signal with a portion of the outgoing signal tapped off by a field distorting probe, ridge section or like coupling means.