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公开(公告)号：US11283189B2
公开(公告)日：2022-03-22
申请号：US15957043
申请日：2018-04-19
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Kristi Pance , Gianni Taraschi , Murali Sethumadhavan , Stephen O'Connor , Karl E. Sprentall , Shawn P. Williams
Abstract: A connected dielectric resonator antenna array (connected-DRA array) operational at an operating frequency and associated wavelength, includes: a plurality of dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs), each of the plurality of DRAs having at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material; wherein each of the plurality of DRAs is physically connected to at least one other of the plurality of DRAs via a relatively thin connecting structure, each connecting structure being relatively thin as compared to an overall outside dimension of one of the plurality of DRAs, each connecting structure having a cross sectional overall height that is less than an overall height of a respective connected DRA and being formed from at least one of the at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material, each connecting structure and the associated volume of the at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material forming a single monolithic portion of the connected-DRA array.
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公开(公告)号：US10476164B2
公开(公告)日：2019-11-12
申请号：US15334726
申请日：2016-10-26
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Kristi Pance , Karl Sprentall , Shawn P. Williams
Abstract: A dielectric resonator antenna (DRA), includes: an electrically conductive ground structure; a plurality of volumes of dielectric materials disposed on the ground structure having N volumes, N being an integer equal to or greater than 3, disposed to form successive and sequential layered volumes V(i), i being an integer from 1 to N, wherein volume V(1) forms an innermost volume, wherein a successive volume V(i+1) forms a layered shell disposed over and at least partially embedding volume V(i), wherein volume V(N) at least partially embeds all volumes V(1) to V(N−1); and a signal feed disposed and structured to be electromagnetically coupled to one or more of the plurality of volumes of dielectric materials.
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公开(公告)号：US10355361B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-16
申请号：US15726904
申请日：2017-10-06
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Kristi Pance , Karl E. Sprentall , Shawn P. Williams , Robert C. Daigle , Stephen O'Connor , Gianni Taraschi
Abstract: A dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) includes a plurality of volumes of dielectric materials having N volumes, N being an integer equal to or greater than 3, disposed to form successive and sequential layered volumes V(i), i being an integer from 1 to N, and a signal feed disposed to produce a main E-field component having a defined direction, Ē, in the DRA. The N volumes include a non-gaseous dielectric material, and have an inner region with a dielectric constant that is less than the dielectric constant of the non-gaseous dielectric material. The inner region has a cross sectional overall height Hr, and a cross sectional overall width Wr in a direction parallel to Ē, and the volume of non-gaseous dielectric material has a cross sectional overall height Hv, and a cross sectional overall width Wv in a direction parallel to Ē, wherein Hr is greater than Wr/2.
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公开(公告)号：US20180323514A1
公开(公告)日：2018-11-08
申请号：US15957043
申请日：2018-04-19
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Kristi Pance , Gianni Taraschi , Murali Sethumadhavan , Stephen O'Connor , Karl E. Sprentall , Shawn P. Williams
CPC classification number: H01Q21/065 , H01Q9/0485 , H01Q19/18 , H01Q21/0093 , H01Q21/061
Abstract: A connected dielectric resonator antenna array (connected-DRA array) operational at an operating frequency and associated wavelength, includes: a plurality of dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs), each of the plurality of DRAs having at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material; wherein each of the plurality of DRAs is physically connected to at least one other of the plurality of DRAs via a relatively thin connecting structure, each connecting structure being relatively thin as compared to an overall outside dimension of one of the plurality of DRAs, each connecting structure having a cross sectional overall height that is less than an overall height of a respective connected DRA and being formed from at least one of the at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material, each connecting structure and the associated volume of the at least one volume of non-gaseous dielectric material forming a single monolithic portion of the connected-DRA array.
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公开(公告)号：US20170125910A1
公开(公告)日：2017-05-04
申请号：US15334726
申请日：2016-10-26
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Kristi Pance , Karl Sprentall , Shawn P. Williams
Abstract: A dielectric resonator antenna (DRA), includes: an electrically conductive ground structure; a plurality of volumes of dielectric materials disposed on the ground structure having N volumes, N being an integer equal to or greater than 3, disposed to form successive and sequential layered volumes V(i), i being an integer from 1 to N, wherein volume V(1) forms an innermost volume, wherein a successive volume V(i+1) forms a layered shell disposed over and at least partially embedding volume V(i), wherein volume V(N) at least partially embeds all volumes V(1) to V(N−1); and a signal feed disposed and structured to be electromagnetically coupled to one or more of the plurality of volumes of dielectric materials.
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公开(公告)号：US20170125908A1
公开(公告)日：2017-05-04
申请号：US15334669
申请日：2016-10-26
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Kristi Pance , Karl Sprentall , Shawn P. Williams
CPC classification number: H01Q9/0485 , H01Q1/36 , H01Q1/422 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q5/364 , H01Q5/50 , H01Q21/061
Abstract: A dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) includes: an electrically conductive ground structure; a plurality of volumes of dielectric materials disposed on the ground structure comprising N volumes, N being an integer equal to or greater than 3, disposed to form successive and sequential layered volumes V(i), i being an integer from 1 to N, wherein volume V(1) forms an innermost volume, wherein a successive volume V(i+1) forms a layered shell disposed over and at least partially embedding volume V(i), wherein volume V(N) at least partially embeds all volumes V(1) to V(N−1); and a signal feed disposed and structured to be electromagnetically coupled to one or more of the plurality of volumes of dielectric materials.
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公开(公告)号：US20210096209A1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-01
申请号：US17028079
申请日：2020-09-22
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Robert C. Daigle , Shawn P. Williams , Mark Brandstein
IPC: G01S7/00 , B64C39/02 , B64C1/36 , G01S13/935
Abstract: A radar-enabled multi-vehicle system includes: at least two vehicles, each vehicle having: at least one antenna; a radar module configured and disposed to be in signal communication with the at least one antenna, the radar module configured to transmit and receive radar signals from and to the at least one antenna; a connectivity module configured and disposed to be in signal communication with the radar module, and to be in signal communication with a corresponding connectivity module of another one of the at least two vehicles; and, a power source configured and disposed to provide operational power to the at least one antenna, the radar module, and the connectivity module.
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公开(公告)号：US20210013613A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-14
申请号：US17015655
申请日：2020-09-09
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Kristi Pance , Karl E. Sprentall , Shawn P. Williams , Robert C. Daigle , Stephen O'Connor , Gianni Taraschi
Abstract: A dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) includes: a volume of a dielectric material configured to be responsive to a signal feed, the signal feed being productive of a main E-field component having a defined direction Ē in the DRA; wherein the volume of a dielectric material includes a volume of non-gaseous dielectric material having an inner region having a dielectric medium having a first dielectric constant, the volume of non-gaseous dielectric material that is other than the inner region having a second dielectric constant, the first dielectric constant being less than the second dielectric constant; wherein the volume of non-gaseous dielectric material has a cross sectional overall height Hv as observed in an elevation view of the DRA, and a cross sectional overall width Wv in a direction parallel to the defined direction Ē as observed in the plan view of the DRA; and wherein Hv is greater than Wv/2.
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公开(公告)号：US10892556B2
公开(公告)日：2021-01-12
申请号：US16801476
申请日：2020-02-26
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Kristi Pance , Karl E. Sprentall , Shawn P. Williams
IPC: H01Q1/38 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q9/04 , H01Q5/364 , H01Q21/30 , H01Q5/50 , H01Q1/36 , H01Q1/42 , H01Q21/06 , H01Q1/52
Abstract: A dielectric resonator antenna, DRA, includes: an electrically conductive ground structure; a dielectric material disposed on the ground structure; a signal feed electromagnetically coupled to the dielectric material; wherein the dielectric material provides a continuous uninterrupted internal geometric path from a side of the signal feed to an opposing side through a top of the dielectric material that is configured to at least partially support a TE radiating mode; and, the dielectric material defining therein a first geometrical path having a first direction, as observed in a plan view of the DRA, and defining therein a second geometrical path having a second direction, as observed in the plan view of the DRA, that is orthogonal to the first direction of the first geometrical path, the second geometrical path having an effective dielectric constant that is less than an effective dielectric constant of the first geometrical path, the first geometrical path, relative to the second geometrical path, being a favored path for E-field lines associated with the DRA.
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公开(公告)号：US20200099136A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-26
申请号：US16692149
申请日：2019-11-22
Applicant: Rogers Corporation
Inventor： Kristi Pance , Karl E. Sprentall , Shawn P. Williams , Robert C. Daigle
Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a DRA, or an array of the DRA's, each DRA including: a substrate; and, a plurality of volumes of dielectric materials disposed on the substrate comprising N volumes, N being an integer equal to or greater than 3, disposed to form successive and sequential layered volumes V(i), i being an integer from 1 to N, wherein volume V(1) forms an innermost volume, wherein a successive volume V(i+1) forms a layered volume disposed over and at least partially embedding volume V(i), wherein volume V(N) at least partially embeds all volumes V(1) to V(N−1), the method including: forming on the substrate a first volume of the plurality of volumes of dielectric materials from a first dielectric material having a first dielectric constant; and, forming over the first volume a second volume of the plurality of volumes of dielectric materials with a second dielectric material having a second dielectric constant.
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