Control impedance RF pin for extending compressible button interconnect
contact distance
    1.
    发明授权
    Control impedance RF pin for extending compressible button interconnect contact distance 有权
    控制阻抗RF引脚用于扩展可压缩按钮互连接触距离

    公开(公告)号:US6094115A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-25

    申请号:US249523

    申请日:1999-02-12

    CPC分类号: H01P1/047 H01R12/7082

    摘要: An interconnect structure defining an interconnect transmission line for RF signal interconnection between two substrates. The interconnect structure includes an outer shield member forming an electrically conductive outer shield structure. A solid conductor pin is sized to form an inner conductor, the pin having a first pin diameter, and a head region of a second pin diameter greater than the first pin diameter, said head region formed intermediate a first pin end and a second pin end. A first dielectric tube member has an outer diameter sized in relation to an opening dimension of the shield member to fit tightly therein, and an inner tube diameter sized to receive tightly therein a first region of the pin of the first pin diameter, the first tube member having a first tube first end and a first tube second end. A second dielectric tube member has an outer diameter sized to fit tightly in the outer shield, and an inner tube diameter sized to receive tightly therein a second region of the pin. The tubes fit within the shield to capture the pin head region. Wire bundles fabricated of densely packed wire are packed within the tubes in compression against the ends of the solid conductor pin, and protrude from the ends of the shield for making electrical contact with surfaces of mating substrates.

    摘要翻译: 定义用于两个基板之间的RF信号互连的互连传输线的互连结构。 互连结构包括形成导电外屏蔽结构的外屏蔽构件。 固体导体销的尺寸设定成形成内部导体,该销具有第一销直径,并且第二销直径大于第一销直径的头部区域,所述头部区域形成在第一销端和第二销端 。 第一电介质管构件具有相对于屏蔽构件的开口尺寸尺寸设置的外径,以紧密地配合在其中,并且内管直径的尺寸被设计成能够紧密地容纳第一销直径的销的第一区域,第一管 构件具有第一管第一端和第一管第二端。 第二介电管构件具有尺寸设计成紧密地配合在外屏蔽件中的外径,以及尺寸适于在其中紧密地容纳销的第二区域的内管直径。 管子装配在屏蔽内以捕获引脚头部区域。 由紧密堆积的线制成的线束被压缩在固体导体销的端部的压缩管内,并且从屏蔽的端部突出以与配合基板的表面电接触。

    Microwave compression interconnect using dielectric filled three-wire
line with compressible conductors
    2.
    发明授权
    Microwave compression interconnect using dielectric filled three-wire line with compressible conductors 失效
    使用具有可压缩导体的电介质填充三线制微波压缩互连

    公开(公告)号:US5675302A

    公开(公告)日:1997-10-07

    申请号:US632865

    申请日:1996-04-16

    摘要: A microwave frequency three-wire transmission line provides the capability of solderless interconnections between stacked microwave hybrid and printed wiring board (PWB) assemblies. Three wire-like compressible conductors are embedded in a dielectric support member. Each compressible conductor is realized by densely packing thin wire into an opening in the supporting dielectric. The dielectric preferably has a metal shielding surrounding the outer periphery to suppress higher order modes. A vertical right angle bend transition uses the transmission line to interconnect between grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) transmission lines. This orthogonal transition uses button spring contacts, thus creating a reusable solderless vertical interconnection between the two transmission lines. This transition can operate from DC to greater than 15 GHz with good match and low loss, and allows a transition from a GCPW transmission line on a first substrate to another GCPW transmission line on a second substrate stacked above the first substrate.

    摘要翻译: 微波频率三线传输线提供堆叠微波混合和印刷线路板(PWB)组件之间无焊接互连的能力。 三根线状可压缩导体嵌入在电介质支撑构件中。 每个可压缩导体通过将细丝密集地包装到支撑电介质的开口中来实现。 电介质优选具有围绕外周的金属屏蔽以抑制较高阶模。 垂直直角弯曲转变使用传输线在接地的共面波导(GCPW)传输线之间进行互连。 该正交转换使用按钮弹簧触点,从而在两个传输线之间产生可重复使用的无焊接垂直互连。 该转换可以从DC到大于15GHz,具有良好的匹配和低损耗,并且允许从第一衬底上的GCPW传输线到堆叠在第一衬底上的第二衬底上的另一个GCPW传输线的转变。

    Blind mate non-crimp pin RF connector
    3.
    发明授权
    Blind mate non-crimp pin RF connector 有权
    盲配非压接针RF连接器

    公开(公告)号:US6166615A

    公开(公告)日:2000-12-26

    申请号:US154000

    申请日:1998-09-16

    IPC分类号: H01P1/04

    CPC分类号: H01P1/04

    摘要: An RF connector includes male and female connector components. The male component has a multi-diameter dielectric housing cylinder with a metal center conductor extending through an opening in the housing. The center pin extends from each end of the dielectric housing. The center pin and the dielectric housing are sized appropriately to provide a matched impedance at microwave frequencies for the use environment to which the male component is connected. The female connector component includes a dielectric body having a center cavity formed therein. A compressible wire bundle forming a compressible conductor member is recessed into the cavity. The compressible conductor protrudes from the far end of the female cavity allowing contact to a mating circuitry. The male connector component is assembled with the female component, the male center pin being brought into electrical contact with the compressible conductor member. The female connector component is not mechanically mounted to the next level of interconnect, but instead the protruding compressible conductor is brought into compressive electrical contact with a mating circuitry on the next interconnect level.

    摘要翻译: RF连接器包括阳连接器和阴连接器部件。 阳部件具有多直径电介质容纳圆柱体,金属中心导体延伸穿过壳体中的开口。 中心销从电介质外壳的每一端延伸。 中心销和电介质外壳的尺寸适当,以在阳性部件连接到的使用环境中在微波频率处提供匹配的阻抗。 阴连接器部件包括其中形成有中心腔的电介质体。 形成可压缩导体部件的可压缩线束被凹入到空腔中。 可压缩导体从母腔的远端突出,允许与配合电路接触。 阳连接器部件与阴部件组装,阳中心销与可压缩导体部件电接触。 母连接器部件不是机械地安装到下一级互连,而是突出的可压缩导体与下一个互连级别上的匹配电路压缩电接触。

    Threaded double sided compressed wire bundle connector
    4.
    发明授权
    Threaded double sided compressed wire bundle connector 有权
    螺纹双面压缩线束连接器

    公开(公告)号:US06102709A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-15

    申请号:US282922

    申请日:1999-03-31

    CPC分类号: H01R13/6474 H01R13/24

    摘要: A connector which provides an interconnect between a pin and a flat conductor. The connector employs two bundles fabricated of densely packed gold plated wire for the electrical connection to the devices. The bundles are both housed in a dielectric sleeve structure and are themselves connected by a solid conductor. A portion of one wire bundle protrudes from one end of the sleeve structure to make electrical contact with a flat conductor in a mating assembly. The second wire bundle is recessed within the sleeve structure adjacent a second end of the sleeve structure. The pin is inserted into the second end in an installation, making electrical contact with the second wire bundle. The outside body of the connector is threaded, allowing an operator to twist the connector into the mating assembly, not requiring tight tolerances to ensure proper contact. The connector provides a robust electrical connection, and also provides for misalignment of the flat connector in addition to variations in the exact location of the pin. The length of the pin in the mating part can vary considerably, and the connector device still provides a controlled impedance interconnect over microwave frequencies. The connector can be installed in a larger assembly thus providing a large number of interconnections to be mating simultaneously. This is accomplished by providing clearances and tapers in the mating housing.

    摘要翻译: 一种连接器,其提供销和扁平导体之间的互连。 该连接器采用由紧密包装的镀金线制成的两束用于与设备的电连接。 束都被收纳在电介质套筒结构中,并且本身通过固体导体连接。 一个线束的一部分从套筒结构的一端突出,以与匹配组件中的扁平导体电接触。 第二线束相对于套筒结构的第二端凹入套筒结构内。 该销在安装中插入第二端,与第二线束电接触。 连接器的外部主体是螺纹的,允许操作者将连接器扭曲到配合组件中,不需要严格的公差以确保正确的接触。 连接器提供坚固的电气连接,并且还提供扁平连接器的未对准以及引脚的确切位置的变化。 配合部分中的销的长度可以相当大地变化,并且连接器装置仍然在微波频率上提供受控的阻抗互连。 连接器可以安装在更大的组件中,从而提供大量互连以同时配合。 这通过在配合壳体中提供间隙和锥度来实现。

    Cooling system for panel array antenna
    5.
    发明授权
    Cooling system for panel array antenna 有权
    面板阵列天线冷却系统

    公开(公告)号:US08537059B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-17

    申请号:US12623302

    申请日:2009-11-20

    IPC分类号: H01Q1/28 H01Q13/10

    摘要: The present invention relates to panel array antennas, and more particularly to a cooling system for an antenna such as a jet stream conformal panel array antenna. In one embodiment, a panel array antenna for an aircraft includes a closed-loop fluid flow path that passes through the panel array assembly and dissipates heat to the jet stream outside the aircraft. A fluid such as pressurized air passes through this closed-loop path, flowing through strategically-placed openings in the layers of the panel array assembly and flowing over and around the hot electrical components in the panel assembly. The air is heated by these electrical components, and the heated air then flows through the flow path under the top sheet, dissipating the heat to the jet stream outside. In one embodiment, a panel array antenna includes a panel assembly having a top layer through which the antenna radiates or receives a signal, and a fluid flow path through the panel assembly. A first portion of the fluid flow path is disposed below the top layer such that a fluid passing through the first portion of the fluid flow path is in heat transfer proximity to the top layer.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及面板阵列天线,更具体地说,涉及一种用于天线的冷却系统,例如喷流保形面阵列天线。 在一个实施例中,用于飞行器的面板阵列天线包括通过面板阵列组件并将热量散发到飞机外部的喷射流的闭环流体流动路径。 诸如加压空气的流体通过该闭环路径,流过面板阵列组件的层中的策略性放置的开口并且流过并围绕面板组件中的热电气部件。 空气被这些电气部件加热,然后加热的空气流过顶片下方的流动路径,将热量散发到外部的喷射流。 在一个实施例中,面板阵列天线包括具有天线辐射或接收信号的顶层的面板组件和通过面板组件的流体流动路径。 流体流动路径的第一部分设置在顶层下方,使得流过流体流路的第一部分的流体热传递到顶层附近。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A POSITIONAL STATE OF AN AIRBORNE ARRAY ANTENNA USING DISTRIBUTED ACCELEROMETERS
    6.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A POSITIONAL STATE OF AN AIRBORNE ARRAY ANTENNA USING DISTRIBUTED ACCELEROMETERS 有权
    使用分布式加速度计确定航空天线阵列的位置状态的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130009818A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-10

    申请号:US13177802

    申请日:2011-07-07

    IPC分类号: H01Q3/00 G06F15/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for determining a positional state of an airborne array antenna using distributed accelerometers are described. One such method includes receiving and formatting acceleration data from each of a plurality of accelerometers mounted at different locations along the array antenna, receiving position and orientation data from an inertial navigation service (INS) mounted on the array antenna, generating an INS estimated position for each accelerometer based on the position and orientation data from the INS, generating an accelerometer estimated position for each accelerometer based on the acceleration data, determining a position and orientation of each accelerometer based on the respective INS estimated position and the respective accelerometer estimated position, determining an estimated position of a center and an orientation of the array antenna based on the determined position and orientation of each accelerometer, and adjusting a direction of the array antenna based on the estimated position of the array antenna.

    摘要翻译: 描述了使用分布式加速度计确定机载阵列天线的位置状态的系统和方法。 一种这样的方法包括从安装在阵列天线的不同位置处的多个加速度计的每一个接收和格式化加速度数据,从安装在阵列天线上的惯性导航服务(INS)接收位置和方向数据,产生INS估计位置 基于来自INS的位置和取向数据的每个加速度计,基于加速度数据生成每个加速度计的加速度计估计位置,基于相应的INS估计位置和相应的加速度计估计位置确定每个加速度计的位置和取向,确定 基于所确定的每个加速度计的位置和方位的阵列天线的中心和取向的估计位置,以及基于阵列天线的估计位置来调整阵列天线的方向。

    RECONFIGURABLE FLUIDIC SHUTTER FOR SELECTIVELY SHIELDING AN ANTENNA ARRAY
    7.
    发明申请
    RECONFIGURABLE FLUIDIC SHUTTER FOR SELECTIVELY SHIELDING AN ANTENNA ARRAY 有权
    用于选择性天线阵列的可重构流体切换器

    公开(公告)号:US20110115686A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-19

    申请号:US12620991

    申请日:2009-11-18

    IPC分类号: H01Q1/52

    摘要: A reconfigurable fluidic shutter for selectively shielding an antenna array includes a first surface and second surface spaced apart and defining a cavity; and a pump configured to pump liquid that attenuates electromagnetic radiation, such as a liquefied metal or alloy composition, into and out of the cavity. The first and second surface are transparent to electromagnetic radiation, for instance, microwave or other RF radiation.

    摘要翻译: 用于选择性地屏蔽天线阵列的可重构流体快门包括间隔开并限定空腔的第一表面和第二表面; 以及构造成泵送液体的泵,其将诸如液化金属或合金组合物的电磁辐射衰减到腔中。 第一和第二表面对电磁辐射是透明的,例如微波或其它射频辐射。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING LIGHTWEIGHT RF ANTENNA STRUCTURES
    8.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING LIGHTWEIGHT RF ANTENNA STRUCTURES 有权
    用于组装轻型射频天线结构的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110114242A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-19

    申请号:US12620490

    申请日:2009-11-17

    IPC分类号: H01R4/04

    摘要: Systems and methods for assembling lightweight RF antenna structures are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a process for forming a lightweight antenna including a process for forming a first feed assembly for the antenna, the process for forming the first feed assembly including providing a flat flexible circuit substrate, providing a formed flexible circuit substrate, applying an adhesive to a plurality of locations on a surface of the flat substrate or the formed substrate, joining the flat substrate and the formed substrate using the adhesive, and heating the joined flat substrate and the formed substrate to bond the substrates.

    摘要翻译: 提供了组装轻量RF天线结构的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中,本发明涉及一种用于形成轻型天线的方法,包括用于形成用于天线的第一馈送组件的过程,用于形成第一馈送组件的过程包括提供平坦柔性电路基板,提供形成的柔性电路基板 将粘合剂施加到平坦基板或成形基板的表面上的多个位置,使用粘合剂接合平板基板和成形基板,并加热接合的平坦基板和形成的基板以结合基板。

    Airship mounted array
    9.
    发明申请
    Airship mounted array 有权
    飞艇安装阵列

    公开(公告)号:US20100097277A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-22

    申请号:US12462709

    申请日:2009-08-07

    IPC分类号: H01Q1/28

    摘要: A space-fed conformal array for a high altitude airship includes a primary array lens assembly adapted for conformal mounting to a non-planar airship surface. The lens assembly includes a first set of radiator elements and a second set of radiator elements, the first set and the second set spaced apart by a spacing distance. The first set of radiators faces outwardly from the airship surface to provide a radiating aperture. The second set of radiators faces inwardly toward an inner space of the airship, for illumination by a feed array spaced from the second set of radiators.

    摘要翻译: 用于高空飞艇的空间馈电保形阵列包括适于安装到非平面飞艇表面的主阵列透镜组件。 透镜组件包括第一组散热器元件和第二组散热器元件,第一组和第二组间隔开间隔距离。 第一组散热器从飞艇表面向外面向外提供辐射孔。 第二组散热器向内朝向飞艇的内部空间,用于通过与第二组散热器间隔开的进给阵列进行照明。

    Dual band active array antenna
    10.
    发明申请
    Dual band active array antenna 有权
    双频带有源阵列天线

    公开(公告)号:US20090231226A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-17

    申请号:US12381683

    申请日:2009-03-12

    IPC分类号: H01Q5/00 H01Q13/10 H01Q21/12

    摘要: An exemplary embodiment of a dual band antenna array includes a folded thin circuit board structure with a thin dielectric layer and a conductor layer pattern formed on a first surface of the dielectric layer, the circuit board structure folded in a plurality of folds to form a pleated structure. A first array of radiator structures on the first surface is configured for operation in a first frequency band in a first polarization sense. A second array of radiator structures is configured for operation in a second frequency band in a second polarization sense. A conductor trace pattern is formed on the folded circuit board to carry control signals, DC power and RF signals. Active RF circuit devices are attached to the folded circuit board in signal communication with the conductor trace pattern.

    摘要翻译: 双频带天线阵列的示例性实施例包括折叠的薄电路板结构,其具有形成在电介质层的第一表面上的薄介电层和导体层图案,电路板结构折叠成多个折叠以形成折叠 结构体。 第一表面上的第一散热器结构阵列被配置为在第一偏振方向的第一频带中操作。 散热器结构的第二阵列被配置为在第二偏振方向的第二频带中操作。 在折叠电路板上形成导体迹线图案,以承载控制信号,直流电源和射频信号。 主动射频电路器件连接到与导体迹线图形信号通信的折叠电路板。