SCANNING ANTENNA WITH BEAM-FORMING WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE
    1.
    发明公开
    SCANNING ANTENNA WITH BEAM-FORMING WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE 审中-公开
    扫描天线波束形成波导结构

    公开(公告)号:EP2263285A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-22

    申请号:EP09724518.7

    申请日:2009-03-05

    IPC分类号: H01Q13/02 H01Q19/13 H01Q19/08

    摘要: A scanning antenna with an antenna element having an evanescent coupling portion includes a waveguide assembly including a transmission line, adjacent the coupling portion, through which an electromagnetic signal is transmitted, permitting evanescent coupling of the signal between the transmission line and the antenna element. First and second conductive waveguide plates, on opposite sides of the transmission line, define planes that are substantially parallel to the axis of the transmission line, each plate extending distally from a proximal end adjacent the antenna element, whereby the propagated signal forms a beam that is confined to the space between the plates and thus limited to a plane that is parallel to the planes defined by the plates. The signal coupled between the transmission line and the antenna element is preferably polarized so that its electric field component is in a plane parallel to the planes defined by the plates.

    ELECTRONICALLY-CONTROLLED MONOLITHIC ARRAY ANTENNA
    2.
    发明公开
    ELECTRONICALLY-CONTROLLED MONOLITHIC ARRAY ANTENNA 有权
    电控天线阵单片

    公开(公告)号:EP2232640A2

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-29

    申请号:EP08858561.7

    申请日:2008-12-12

    IPC分类号: H01Q21/00

    摘要: An electronically controlled monolithic array antenna includes a transmission line through which an electromagnetic signal may be propagated, and a metal antenna element defining an evanescent coupling edge located so as to permit evanescent coupling of the signal between the transmission line and the antenna element. The antenna element includes a conductive ground plate; an array of conductive edge elements defining the coupling edge, each of the edge elements being electrically connected to a control signal source, and each of the edge elements being electrically isolated from the ground plate by an insulative isolation gap; and a plurality of switches, each of which is selectively operable in response to the control signal to electrically connect selected edge elements to the ground plate across the insulative isolation gap so as to provide a selectively variable electromagnetic coupling geometry of the coupling edge.

    PLANAR DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE WITH METAL GRID FOR ANTENNA APPLICATIONS
    5.
    发明公开
    PLANAR DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE WITH METAL GRID FOR ANTENNA APPLICATIONS 审中-公开
    具有金属网格架空应用平面介质波导

    公开(公告)号:EP2308128A2

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-13

    申请号:EP09794878.0

    申请日:2009-06-11

    IPC分类号: H01P3/16 H01Q13/02

    CPC分类号: H01Q13/28 H01Q3/20

    摘要: A waveguide includes a dielectric substrate having first and second opposed surfaces defining a longitudinal wave propagation path therebetween; and a conductive grid on the first surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of substantially parallel metal strips, each defining an axis. The grid renders the first surface of the substrate opaque to a longitudinal electromagnetic wave propagating along the longitudinal wave propagation path and polarized in a direction substantially parallel to the axes of the strips. The grid allows the first surface of the substrate to be transparent to a transverse electromagnetic wave having a transverse propagation path that intersects the first and second surfaces of the substrate and having a polarization in a direction substantially normal to the plurality of metal strips. A diffraction grating on the second surface allows the waveguide to function as an antenna element that may be employed in a beam-steering antenna system.

    MONOLITHIC SEMICONDUCTOR MICROWAVE SWITCH ARRAY

    公开(公告)号:EP2384521B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-19

    申请号:EP08879321.1

    申请日:2008-12-31

    IPC分类号: H01P1/15 H03K17/74 H01L29/868

    CPC分类号: H01P1/15 H01L29/868

    摘要: A microwave switch array includes a plurality of microwave slotlines, each of which is controlled by a semiconductor switch including a first PIN junction formed by a primary P-type electrode and a primary N-type electrode separated by the slotline. The switches inject a plasma into the slotline in response to a potential applied across the first PIN junction. Each of the switches includes a second PIN junction between the primary P-type electrode and a secondary N-type electrode, and a third PIN junction between the primary N-type electrode and a secondary P-type electrode. Metal contacts connect the primary P-type electrode and the secondary N-type electrode across second PIN junction, and the primary N-type electrode and the secondary P-type electrode across the third PIN junction. The secondary electrodes extract plasma that diffuses away from the first PIN junction, thereby minimizing the performance degrading effects of plasma diffusion.

    MONOLITHIC SEMICONDUCTOR MICROWAVE SWITCH ARRAY
    8.
    发明公开
    MONOLITHIC SEMICONDUCTOR MICROWAVE SWITCH ARRAY 审中-公开
    和单片微波,半导体电路装置

    公开(公告)号:EP2384521A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-09

    申请号:EP08879321.1

    申请日:2008-12-31

    IPC分类号: H01P1/15

    CPC分类号: H01P1/15 H01L29/868

    摘要: A microwave switch array includes a plurality of microwave slotlines, each of which is controlled by a semiconductor switch including a first PIN junction formed by a primary P-type electrode and a primary N-type electrode separated by the slotline. The switches inject a plasma into the slotline in response to a potential applied across the first PIN junction. Each of the switches includes a second PIN junction between the primary P-type electrode and a secondary N-type electrode, and a third PIN junction between the primary N-type electrode and a secondary P-type electrode. Metal contacts connect the primary P-type electrode and the secondary N-type electrode across second PIN junction, and the primary N-type electrode and the secondary P-type electrode across the third PIN junction. The secondary electrodes extract plasma that diffuses away from the first PIN junction, thereby minimizing the performance degrading effects of plasma diffusion.