公开(公告)号：US07583238B2

公开(公告)日：2009-09-01

申请号：US11624726

申请日：2007-01-19

申请人： John Cassen ,  Timothy G. Waterman

发明人： John Cassen ,  Timothy G. Waterman

IPC分类号： H01Q1/42

CPC分类号： H01Q21/067 ,  H01Q1/422 ,  H01Q1/425

摘要： The present invention provides a radome for an endfire antenna array that includes a honeycomb core, an inner skin attached to the honeycomb core, a first set of conductive slats disposed on the inner skin of the honeycomb core and a second set of conductive slats that are disposed within the honeycomb core. The two sets of conductive slats are capacitively-coupled to one another.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于端火天线阵列的天线罩，其包括蜂窝芯，附着到蜂窝芯的内表皮，设置在蜂窝芯的内表皮上的第一组导电板条和第二组导电板条， 设置在蜂窝芯内。 两组导电板条彼此电容耦合。

公开(公告)号：US20080174510A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-24

申请号：US11624726

申请日：2007-01-19

申请人： John Cassen ,  Timothy G. Waterman

发明人： John Cassen ,  Timothy G. Waterman

IPC分类号： H01Q1/42

CPC分类号： H01Q21/067 ,  H01Q1/422 ,  H01Q1/425

摘要： The present invention provides a radome for an endfire antenna array that includes a honeycomb core, an inner skin attached to the honeycomb core, a first set of conductive slats disposed on the inner skin of the honeycomb core and a second set of conductive slats that are disposed within the honeycomb core. The two sets of conductive slats are capacitively-coupled to one another.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于端火天线阵列的天线罩，其包括蜂窝芯，附着到蜂窝芯的内表皮，设置在蜂窝芯的内表皮上的第一组导电板条和第二组导电板条， 设置在蜂窝芯内。 两组导电板条彼此电容耦合。

公开(公告)号：US06501426B2

公开(公告)日：2002-12-31

申请号：US09850121

申请日：2001-05-07

申请人： Timothy G. Waterman

发明人： Timothy G. Waterman

IPC分类号： H01Q138

CPC分类号： H01Q21/067 ,  H01Q21/064

摘要： An array of dual trough radiator elements including orthogonally crossed trough waveguide cavities and RF feed members of predetermined adjustable length extending across the cavities from one radiator element to its neighbor, where the feed members are suspended in a slot formed in the body radiator elements and where the inner or proximal ends are connectable to an RF energy source while the outer or distal end is unconnected in an open circuit arrangement. The array also includes intermediate support members of electrical insulation located on an outer surface of the radiator element and a switchable parasitic ground plane consisting of a set of parasitic conductor elements is located on a top surface of the intermediate support member.

摘要翻译： 双槽散热器元件的阵列包括正交交叉波导腔和预定可调节长度的RF馈送构件，所述RF馈送构件延伸穿过空腔从一个辐射器元件到其邻近部分，其中馈送构件悬挂在形成在主体散热器元件中的槽中，并且其中 内端或近端可连接到RF能量源，而外端或远端在开路布置中未连接。 该阵列还包括位于散热器元件的外表面上的电绝缘的中间支撑构件，并且由一组寄生导体元件组成的可切换的寄生接地平面位于中间支撑构件的顶表面上。

公开(公告)号：US5365244A

公开(公告)日：1994-11-15

申请号：US10716

申请日：1993-01-29

申请人： James B. Yon ,  Timothy G. Waterman

发明人： James B. Yon ,  Timothy G. Waterman

IPC分类号： H01Q13/10

CPC分类号： H01Q13/10

摘要： An antenna element for radiating electromagnetic signals having a first and a second generally C-shaped groundplane that are formed of conductive material. The groundplanes are connected to one another and define a notch which has one end that is open to free space. An elongated section of transmission line is disposed between the two groundplanes. The transmission line has a source receiving end connectable to a signal source and also has a feed end opposite to the source receiving end. A segment which acts as a transformer is located within the notch. The transformer segment has a first end that is connectable to the feed end of the transmission line and has a second end which faces the notch open end.Preferably, at least one transformer step is located along the transmission line between the source receiving end and the feed end. Also, an open circuit section of transmission line is preferably connected to the transformer segment second end.

摘要翻译： 一种用于辐射具有由导电材料形成的第一和第二大致C形接地面的电磁信号的天线元件。 接地平面彼此连接并且限定了具有向自由空间开放的一端的凹口。 传输线的细长部分设置在两个接地面之间。 传输线具有可连接到信号源的源接收端，并且还具有与源接收端相对的馈送端。 作为变压器的部分位于凹口内。 变压器段具有可连接到传输线的进给端的第一端，并且具有面向凹口开口端的第二端。 优选地，至少一个变压器台阶沿着源极接收端和馈电端之间的传输线设置。 此外，传输线的开路部优选地连接到变压器部分的第二端。

公开(公告)号：US6052078A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-18

申请号：US191568

申请日：1998-11-12

申请人： Timothy G. Waterman

发明人： Timothy G. Waterman

IPC分类号： H01Q1/28 ,  H01Q19/00 ,  H01Q19/28

CPC分类号： H01Q19/005 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H01Q19/28

摘要： Apparatus which overcomes the blockage effect of an object in the path of a beam of RF energy, includes a conformal array of parasitic electrical conductor elements having a length of about .lambda./3 and which are selectively located above the surface of the object, also at a height of about .lambda./3. The parasitic conductor elements operate to duct the RF energy of the beam around the object with minimal loss in gain and effect on the beam's radiation pattern.

摘要翻译： 能克服物体在RF能量束的路径中的阻塞效应的装置包括具有约λ/ 3长度并且选择性地位于物体表面上方的寄生电导体元件的共形阵列，也在 高度约为λ/ 3。 寄生导体元件用于以最小的增益损失和对辐射图的影响来管理物体周围的射束能量。

公开(公告)号：US5986611A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-16

申请号：US112426

申请日：1998-07-10

申请人： Earnest R. Harrison ,  Timothy G. Waterman

发明人： Earnest R. Harrison ,  Timothy G. Waterman

IPC分类号： H01Q1/28 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q21/06

CPC分类号： H01Q1/28 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H01Q21/062 ,  H01Q3/2676

摘要： A radar antenna system, adapted to be supported on an aircraft for surveillance, employs a nonconducting disk radome structured with aerodynamic fairing and otherwise to produce relatively low aerodynamic drag. A plurality of struts are used to secure the disk radome to the aircraft with the disk radome generally extending in a solid horizontal reference plane. A plurality of elongated, relatively low gain radiating elements are supported by a ground-plane box within the disk radome, with the radiating elements distributed across the disk radome and disposed to radiate generally in the vertical direction. An electronic system is supported within the ground-plane box, and it includes respective transmit/receive circuits which send and receive radio frequency signals to and from the radiating elements. Power cables extend through the struts to couple signals between the electronic system in the disk radome and radar system level circuitry located externally of the disk radome.

摘要翻译： 雷达天线系统适用于飞机上用于监视，采用了一种结构为空气动力整流罩的非导磁盘式天线罩，否则可产生较低的气动阻力。 使用多个支柱将磁盘天线罩固定到飞行器，其中磁盘雷达罩通常在实心的水平参考平面中延伸。 多个细长的，相对较低的增益辐射元件由盘式天线罩内的接地平面盒支撑，辐射元件分布在盘式天线罩上，并且设置成大致沿垂直方向辐射。 电子系统支持在地平面盒内，并且包括发射和接收来自辐射元件的射频信号的各个发射/接收电路。 电力电缆通过支柱延伸，以耦合在磁盘天线罩中的电子系统和位于磁盘天线罩外部的雷达系统电平电路之间的信号。

公开(公告)号：US5721557A

公开(公告)日：1998-02-24

申请号：US639338

申请日：1996-04-26

申请人： Myron S. Wheeler ,  Daniel Davis ,  Timothy G. Waterman

发明人： Myron S. Wheeler ,  Daniel Davis ,  Timothy G. Waterman

IPC分类号： H01Q11/08 ,  H01Q1/36

CPC分类号： H01Q11/08

摘要： A nonsquinting end-fed quadrifilar helical antenna is provided. Each conductor of the antenna is fed with a successively delayed phase representation of the input signal to optimize transmission characteristics. Each of the conductors is separated into a number Z of discrete conductor portions by Z-1 capacitive discontinuities. The addition of the capacitive discontinuities results in the formation of an antenna array. The end result of the antenna array is a quadrifilar helical antenna which is nonsquinting (radiates in a given direction independently of frequency).

摘要翻译： 提供了一个非优先的端馈四线螺旋天线。 天线的每个导体馈送有输入信号的连续延迟相位表示，以优化传输特性。 每个导体通过Z-1电容不连续性分离成分立导体部分的数目Z。 电容不连续性的增加导致天线阵列的形成。 天线阵列的最终结果是四边形螺旋天线，其是非空白的（在给定方向上独立于频率辐射）。

公开(公告)号：US5270671A

公开(公告)日：1993-12-14

申请号：US925846

申请日：1992-08-07

申请人： Timothy G. Waterman

发明人： Timothy G. Waterman

IPC分类号： H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q21/08 ,  H01P1/18 ,  H01P3/08

CPC分类号： H01Q21/08 ,  H01Q3/2694

摘要： A negative slope phase skewer for use between radiating elements of series fed antenna array. The phase skewer has a four part coupler having two segments lying parallel to one another, each segment being a near and a far branch. The two near branches connect to the transmission line, while the far branches are at some distance from the transmission line. A series of spaced apart, progressively longer, high impedance open circuited stubs extends outward perpendicularly from each far branch. Two conductive connections connect the two segments between the transmission line and the stubs. Each stub is designed to be one quarter wavelength long of an average frequency in a band region of an operating band width, and are spaced apart by a quarter wavelength of the midpoint of the operating band.

摘要翻译： 用于串联馈电天线阵列的辐射元件之间的负斜率相位串。 相位串具有具有彼此平行的两个段的四部分耦合器，每个段是近分支和远分支。 两个近分支连接到传输线，而远分支距离传输线一定距离。 一系列间隔开，逐渐变长的高阻抗开路短截线从每个远分支垂直向外延伸。 两个导电连接将传输线和存根之间的两个部分连接起来。 每个短截线被设计成在工作带宽的带区域中的平均频率的四分之一波长长，并且间隔开工作频带中点的四分之一波长。