Leaky Wave Antenna
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220077589A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17423264

    申请日:2019-02-01

    IPC分类号: H01Q13/26 H01Q15/02

    摘要: An antenna device (1) and an antenna stack (20) comprising at least two antenna devices are disclosed. The antenna device comprises a leaky wave antenna structure comprising a waveguide structure (2) extending in a first plane along a first axis (101), wherein the waveguide structure comprises two opposite end portions (3) along the first axis, and a first feed point and a second feed point arranged at opposite end portions of the waveguide structure. The antenna device further comprises a dispersive lens structure (6) having an edge extending along the waveguide structure in the first plane, the dispersive lens structure having an extension along a second axis (102) extending in the first plane in a second direction perpendicular to the first axis. The waveguide structure further comprises a plurality of discontinuities along an interface between the waveguide structure and the dispersive lens structure for leaking electromagnetic energy into dispersive lens structure.

    Communications antenna and associated methods

    公开(公告)号:US10581172B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US15709820

    申请日:2017-09-20

    摘要: A radio frequency (RF) communications system may include a local RF communications device and an RF antenna coupled to the local RF communications device. The RF antenna may include a cavity backing housing, a conical RF launch structure having an apex positioned within the cavity backing housing, and an elongate electrical conductor having a proximal end extending through the apex of the conical RF launch structure and a distal end spaced apart from the conical RF launch structure to define an elongate RF coverage pattern. The system may further include at least one remote RF communications device within the elongate RF coverage pattern to wirelessly communicate with the local RF communications device.

    QUASI-OPTICAL COUPLER
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190140746A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-09

    申请号:US16110585

    申请日:2018-08-23

    摘要: A quasi-optical coupling system launches and extracts surface wave communication transmissions from a wire. At millimeter-wave frequencies, where the wavelength is small compared to the macroscopic size of the equipment, the millimeter-wave transmissions can be transported from one place to another and diverted via lenses and reflectors, much like visible light. Transmitters and receivers can be positioned near telephone and power lines and reflectors placed on or near the cables can reflect transmissions onto or off of the cables. The lenses on the transmitters are focused, and the reflectors positioned such that the reflected transmissions are guided waves on the surface of the cables. The reflectors can be polarization sensitive, where one or more of a set of guided wave modes can be reflected off the wire based on the polarization of the guided wave modes and polarization and orientation of the reflector.

    Quasi-optical coupler
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10103819B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US15706303

    申请日:2017-09-15

    摘要: A quasi-optical coupling system launches and extracts surface wave communication transmissions from a wire. At millimeter-wave frequencies, where the wavelength is small compared to the macroscopic size of the equipment, the millimeter-wave transmissions can be transported from one place to another and diverted via lenses and reflectors, much like visible light. Transmitters and receivers can be positioned near telephone and power lines and reflectors placed on or near the cables can reflect transmissions onto or off of the cables. The lenses on the transmitters are focused, and the reflectors positioned such that the reflected transmissions are guided waves on the surface of the cables. The reflectors can be polarization sensitive, where one or more of a set of guided wave modes can be reflected off the wire based on the polarization of the guided wave modes and polarization and orientation of the reflector.