RADIAL FEED SEGMENTATION USING WEDGE PLATES RADIAL WAVEGUIDE

    公开(公告)号:US20210249779A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-12

    申请号:US17124061

    申请日:2020-12-16

    IPC分类号: H01Q15/00 H01P3/02 H01Q1/48

    摘要: An antenna having a wedge plate-based waveguide with feed segmentation and a method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an aperture having an array of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements and a segmented wedge plate radial waveguide comprises a plurality of wedge plates that form a plurality of sub-apertures, wherein each sub-aperture includes one wedge plate and a distinct subset of RF radiating antenna elements in the array, wherein each wedge plate of the plurality of wedge plates has a feed point to provide a feed wave for propagation through said each wedge plate for interaction with its distinct subset of RF radiating antenna elements in the array.