公开(公告)号：US20130176186A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-11

申请号：US13348015

申请日：2012-01-11

申请人： Robert G. Yaccarino ,  James A. Carr ,  Rohn Sauer ,  Thomas C. Da Veiga ,  John A. Crockett, JR. ,  Steven E. Bradshaw ,  John M. Hadden, IV ,  Lonny Richard Walker

发明人： Robert G. Yaccarino ,  James A. Carr ,  Rohn Sauer ,  Thomas C. Da Veiga ,  John A. Crockett, JR. ,  Steven E. Bradshaw ,  John M. Hadden, IV ,  Lonny Richard Walker

IPC分类号： H01Q1/00 ,  H01Q1/50

CPC分类号： H01P1/387 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  H01Q21/065

摘要： The present invention relates to active electronically scanned array antennas. A thin, low cost design is provided by coupling electromagnetic energy into periodically driven long slots (205) using circulators with integrated probes (107). The long slots (205) are formed as grooves (114) in a conductive base plate (103), each groove (114) bracketed on both sides by conductive strips (108). The circulators with integrated probes (107) are installed between the conductive strips (108) and the base plate (103), to reduce fabrication costs of the machined parts and to facilitate the making of connections between the circulators and the antenna electronics. The probes (128) protrude partway into the slots (205) and provide coupling to waves propagating in free space.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及有源电子扫描阵列天线。 通过使用具有集成探头（107）的循环器将电磁能耦合到周期性驱动的长插槽（205）中来提供薄而低成本的设计。 长槽（205）在导电基板（103）中形成为凹槽（114），每个凹槽（114）通过导电条（108）两侧包围。 具有集成探针（107）的循环器安装在导电条（108）和基板（103）之间，以降低加工部件的制造成本并且便于制造循环器和天线电子装置之间的连接。 探针（128）突出到槽（205）的中部，并提供与在自由空间中传播的波的耦合。