223results about "Modular arrays" patented technology

Liquid crystal antenna, splicing liquid crystal antenna, and method of forming liquid crystal antenna are provided. The liquid crystal antenna includes support structures, liquid crystals, a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are arranged oppositely, the support structures are arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate includes first metal layers arranged on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate, the second substrate includes a second metal layer arranged on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate. The second metal layer includes functional part and spacers, the functional parts and the first metal layers are stacked along a first direction perpendicular to the second substrate, and the functional parts at least partially overlap the first metal layers. The support structures are arranged between the spacers and the first metal layers.

Example directional couplers and devices including one or more directional couplers are disclosed. In an example, a directional coupler comprises a first electrically conductive portion and a second electrically conductive portion, a first ground plane electrical conductor disposed in a plane between the first electrically conductive portion and the second electrically conductive portion, and a second ground plane electrical conductor and a third ground plane electrical conductor disposed such that the first and second electrically conductive portions and the first ground plane electrical conductor are between the second and third ground plane electrical conductors. The first ground plane electrical conductor includes at least one hole directly between the first electrically conductive portion and the second electrically conductive portion.

Systems, devices, and methods related to dual linear polarized wideband antennas for compact antenna arrangements are provided. An example antenna structure includes a multi-layered printed circuit board (PCB); a folded magnetoelectric antenna element including a first portion disposed on a first layer of the multi-layered PCB and a first fold portion contiguous to the first portion and extending to at least a second layer of the multi-layered PCB; and a patch antenna element disposed on a third layer of the multi-layered PCB, wherein the first, second, and third layers are separate layers of the multi-layered PCB. The antenna structure further includes a first feeding port electrically coupled to the patch antenna element, and a second feeding port electrically coupled to the patch antenna element, where the first and second feeding ports are associated with different polarizations.

A cascadable radar element for use in a radar measuring device for carrying out a digital beam transformation process, having at least one transmitting antenna and at least one receiving antenna which are integrated in the radar element, as well as an input connection and an output connection for local oscillator signals.

A multi-step coherent combination of signals received by multiple distributed phased antenna arrays to increase the coverage area of the distributed phase antenna arrays while decreasing the loss of such antennas, particularly in sections of a service area that traditionally are not covered by such antennas. More particularly, the solution presented herein coherently combines, in a multi-step coherent combination process, two or more data streams from two or more Phased Array Antenna Modules (PAAMs) to generate output data for the corresponding wireless device. In so doing, the solution presented herein achieves diversity gain in some scenarios, e.g., when adjacent PAAMs have partially overlapping frequency ranges, facilitates unsymmetrical BW support for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) implementations, and / or provides service to more users.

A digital receiver / exciter (DREX) antenna calibration system includes a DREX antenna array and an antenna probe configured to receive energy from and / or transmit energy to the DREX antenna array. A modular signal processing unit is in signal communication with the DREX antenna array. The modular signal processing unit includes a plurality of individual signal processing programmable integrated circuits configured to process the energy. A modular array controller is in signal communication with the probe controller, the DREX antenna array, and the modular signal processing unit. The modular array controller includes at least one modular array unit comprising an array programmable integrated circuit and a multi-core processor.

An antenna system includes a lens portion that has a spherical surface, and an antenna feed structure coupled to a surface of the lens portion. The antenna feed structure includes one or more feed tiles supported by an electrical connectivity layer conforming to the spherical surface. The antenna system also includes one or more offset structures positioned between the one or more feed tiles and an outer surface of the antenna system.

A configurable phased array tile is disclosed including an aperture assembly having a plurality of aperture assembly connectors, a backplane assembly having a plurality of backplane assembly connectors, and a plurality of vertical transmit cards mounted to a corresponding first plurality of aperture assembly connectors and a corresponding first plurality of backplane assembly connectors. The plurality of vertical transmit cards each include a plurality of transmit channels including at least one high power transmit amplifier for powering at least one radiating element mounted to the aperture assembly.

The present invention relates to a modular architecture for transmitting and / or receiving radio frequency (RF) signals using a phased antenna array. A first portion of the RF signal is transmitted / received by a master IC (21) and a second portion of the RF signal is transmitted / received by a plurality of satellite ICs (22). RF distribution between the master IC (21) and the satellite ICs (22) occur over a low-RF-loss interposer (51). The master IC (21) performs upconversion / downconversion between RF signal and a baseband or intermediate frequency signal.

Disclosed is an antenna having a plurality of radiator columns and an integrated phase shifter / calibration board. The radiator columns have radiator clusters that may be differentially phase to provide beam tilt. The input traces of each of the phase shifters is capacitively coupled to a Wilkinson power divider that sums the power of all the input signals, thereby providing a calibration function. The output traces of each of the phase shifters has a designated meander pattern that provides phase alignment for all the output signals to prevent phase mismatches between signals fed to the radiator clusters.

An apparatus comprising: a ground plane having a perimeter; at least one support positioned within the perimeter of the ground plane and extending outwardly from the ground plane; at least one multi-port antenna supported by the support at a distance from the ground plane wherein the multi-port antenna has a different radiation pattern associated with each port, wherein the multi-port antenna operates with a first radiation pattern when a first port is used and operates with a second radiation pattern, different to the first radiation pattern, when a second port, different to the first port, is used; wherein the at least one support comprises a slot positioned between the multi-port antenna and the ground plane and / or the ground plane comprises a slot.

A terahertz imaging system is disclosed. The terahertz imaging system includes a terahertz antenna array of a plurality of antenna elements. Each antenna element includes a patch antenna, a one-bit phase shifter, and a plurality of storage elements. The storage elements are used to store a plurality of phase states that are provided to the one-bit phase shifter. The one-bit phase shifter is configured to shift the phase of an incoming signal by either 90° or 270° depending on the value of the phase state. The one-bit phase shifter is also bidirectional, allowing for phase shifting of the transmitted and reflected signals. A plurality of these antenna elements are provided on a semiconductor device having an exposed top metal layer. The top metal layer is used to form the patch antennas.

An array antenna module includes a housing including heat sinks, and a holder configured to hold the heat sinks, substrates provided between the heat sinks, where each substrate has an edge, antennas configuring an array antenna, where at least one antenna is provided on each substrate and the antennas are arranged at positions where radio waves are radiated from edges of the substrates toward an outer side of the substrates, and amplifiers provided on each substrate and electrically connected to the antennas. Each amplifier has a first surface provided on one substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface and connected to one heat sink.

A mirror symmetry structure with a linear phase distribution can be easily realized using only phase transitions in the RF stage, without any phase conversion in the digital stage. [Solution] The full analog phase shifter includes a variable switch panel including a first current carrying pattern terminal and a second current carrying pattern terminal, and an antenna element substrate on which a plurality of array antenna elements are arranged and on which a transmission line serving as a contact point between the first current carrying pattern terminal and the second current carrying pattern terminal is pattern-printed. Due to phase transitions at the contact points between the first current carrying pattern terminal and the second current carrying pattern terminal and the transmission line, the phases for the plurality of array antenna elements form a linear distribution on a reference identical phase plane.

The invention discloses a portable frequency interferometer and a wireless signal shielding system. The portable frequency interferometer comprises an interferometer host used for generating a radio interference signal; the at least one antenna assembly is used for transmitting the radio interference signal; and a movable connecting piece. The interferometer host is movably connected with the at least one antenna assembly through the movable connecting piece, so that the antenna assembly can move relative to the interferometer host, and the antenna assembly and the interferometer host can be fixed. According to the portable frequency interferometer, the antenna assembly is movably connected to the interferometer host, integration of the antenna assembly and the interferometer host is achieved, the overall size of the portable frequency interferometer is more compact, miniaturization of the portable frequency interferometer is facilitated, and the appearance of the portable frequency interferometer is simpler and more attractive.

The present disclosure relates to a radiation assembly, a waveguide antenna sub-arrays, and a waveguide array antenna. The radiation assembly for the waveguide array antenna comprises: a first radiation layer having a plurality of first radiation windows, each of the plurality of first radiation windows has a metal grid to divide the first radiation window into two radiation holes; and a second radiation layer having a plurality of second radiation windows, the plurality of second radiation windows correspond to the plurality of first radiation windows one to one, and the plurality of second radiation windows of the second radiation layer do not have any metal grid, wherein the thickness of the second radiation layer is greater than the thickness of the first radiation layer, and wherein the first radiation layer and the second radiation layer are manufactured independently of each other. The radiation assembly can enhance the polarization purity of the aperture radiation of the waveguide array antenna to which it belongs, so as to achieve a higher antenna cross polarization index.

The present disclosure relates to a sub-array antenna (101a, 101b, 101c) adapted to be mounted to at least one other sub-array antenna (101a, 101b, 101c) along at least one extension (E1, E2) to form an array antenna (100). The sub-array antenna (101a, 101b, 101c) comprises a conductive ground plane (102a, 102b, 102c) and at least one edge portion (104a, 105a; 104b, 105b; 104c, 105c) adapted to face the edge portion of an adjacent sub-array antenna. The edge portions (104a, 105a; 104b, 105b; 104c, 105c) at least partially include a locking structure, the locking structure including an outer locking portion (103a, 103b) and a recess (106a, 106b) located between the outer locking portion (103a, 103b) and the ground plane (102a, 102b, 102c) in the direction of extension (E1, E2). The recess (106a, 106b) is adapted to receive an adjacent outer locking portion (103b, 103a) of an adjacent sub-array antenna (101b, 101a), and the outer locking portion (103b, 103a) is adapted to engage the recess (106b, 106a) of the adjacent sub-array antenna (101b, 101a). The outer locking portion (103b, 103a) and the recess (106a, 106b) are conductive and electrically connected to the ground plane (102a, 102b).

Disclosed is an antenna having a plurality of radiator columns and an integrated phase shifter / calibration board. The radiator columns have radiator clusters that may be differentially phase to provide beam tilt. The input traces of each of the phase shifters is capacitively coupled to a Wilkinson power divider that sums the power of all the input signals, thereby providing a calibration function. The output traces of each of the phase shifters has a designated meander pattern that provides phase alignment for all the output signals to prevent phase mismatches between signals fed to the radiator clusters.

Methods, systems, and devices for digitally-beamformed antennas are described. For example, an antenna assembly in accordance with the described techniques may include components that are coupled (e.g., bonded, adhered, soldered, fused) with one another, with respective components including different portions of circuitry that support digitally-beamformed signaling. A first component may include antenna elements on a first side of a substrate. A second component (e.g., including analog amplification circuitry coupled with the antenna elements) may be bonded over a first location of a second side of the first component, and a third component (e.g., including analog-to-digital and / or digital-to-analog circuitry coupled with the amplification circuitry) may be bonded over a second location of the second side of the first component. The second and third components may implement different types of semiconductor substrates and / or shielding that is tailored to the respective types of circuitry and / or radiation sensitivity or exposure of the respective components.

The invention provides an array antenna architecture for simplifying phase control. The array antenna architecture comprises a multilayer dielectric substrate, a metal waveguide and a radio frequency front-end module, the multi-layer dielectric substrate is provided with a plurality of antenna units and a plurality of low-resolution phase control units and can be combined to the metal waveguide pieces, and the radio frequency front-end module is electrically connected to the corresponding metal waveguide pieces and the multi-layer dielectric substrate so that each antenna unit can transmit / receive radio frequency signals. A plurality of function amplification units in the radio frequency front-end module are electrically connected to corresponding low-resolution phase control units, and the plurality of function amplification units are also electrically connected to an unequal-length transmission line framework, so that the array antenna framework can reduce the cost and the circuit complexity through the low-resolution phase control units, and meanwhile, the array antenna framework has the advantages that the structure is simple, the cost is low, and the cost is low. The aperiodicity of the initial phase excitation of the plurality of antenna units is changed through an unequal-length transmission line architecture.

The antenna apparatus includes an antenna substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface with an antenna ground plane on the second surface. An antenna element is on the first surface of the antenna substrate. A first RF component is attached to the second surface of the antenna substrate and includes RF circuitry for conditioning signals communicated with the antenna element. A second RF component is attached to the second surface of the antenna substrate. A coplanar waveguide (CPW) interconnect couples the first RF component to the second RF component and includes a center conductor and first and second ground conductors on either side of the center conductor. The center conductor has a profile within an opening in the antenna ground plane.

A satellite communication, SATCOM, terminal (100) comprising a sealed housing (110) formed at least in part by a radome panel (115), the SATCOM terminal (100) comprising at least one heat dissipation 5 arrangement (210) configured on an exterior of the housing (110) and at least one heat conductor (310) extending from a location inside the housing (110) to the heat dissipation arrangement (210), where the housing (110) is arranged to releasably support one or more cooling modules (130) on an exterior of the housing (110), in connection to the heat 0 dissipation arrangement (210).

A terahertz imaging system is disclosed. The terahertz imaging system includes a terahertz antenna array, made up of a plurality of antenna elements. Each antenna element includes a patch antenna, a one bit phase shifter, and a plurality of storage elements. The storage elements are used to store a plurality of phase states that are supplied to the one bit phase shifter. The one bit phase shifter is configured to either shift the phase of the incoming signal by 90 or 270, depending on the value of the phase state. The one bit phase shifter is also bidirectional, allowing it to phase shift transmitted signals and reflected signals. A plurality of these antenna elements are disposed in a semiconductor device, where the top metal layer is exposed. This top metal layer is used to create the patch antennas.

A configurable phased array tile is disclosed including an aperture assembly having a plurality of aperture assembly connectors, a backplane assembly having a plurality of backplane assembly connectors, and a plurality of vertical transmit cards mounted to a corresponding first plurality of aperture assembly connectors and a corresponding first plurality of backplane assembly connectors. The plurality of vertical transmit cards each include a plurality of transmit channels including at least one high power transmit amplifier for powering at least one radiating element mounted to the aperture assembly.

To provide an antenna element module that achieves high gain, cancels interference from a specific direction, and electronically guides a radio beam to direct a different direction for radio direction finding, and a method for forming the same.SOLUTION: An antenna element 8 includes a feeding unit 20 and a radiating element 26, and a dielectric substrate 12 having an upper surface 16 and a lower surface 14, and the dielectric substrate comprises a feeding unit 2 of the antenna element within the dielectric substrate. The antenna element module also includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip 18 adhered to the lower surface of the dielectric substrate and coupled to the feeding unit of the antenna element, and the IC chip has a circuit to adjust a signal communicating with the feeding unit. The antenna element module further includes a plastic antenna carrier 24 adhered to the upper surface of the dielectric substrate. The plastic antenna carrier has a body portion including a cavity for the radiating element of the antenna element, and the radiating element is arranged in the cavity of the body portion of the plastic antenna carrier.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A method, system and assembly are disclosed. A radio assembly includes at least one radio including a radio board, a plurality of filter units, a plurality of clamp elements, and an antenna unit. A subset of the plurality of filter units remain removably attached to the radio board while the remaining plurality of filter units remain removably attached to the antenna unit and plurality of clamp elements based on whether the second plurality of fastening elements are unfastened from a subset of the plurality of second filter mating elements associated with the subset of the plurality of filter units, the third plurality of fastening elements associated with the subset of the plurality of filter units are unfastened from respective first filter mating elements; and the first plurality of fastening elements associated with the remaining plurality of filter units are unfastened from respective radio mating elements.

Technologies directed to arranging antenna elements in a triangular pattern on an antenna module of a phased array antenna are described. The phased array antenna includes a support structure and a first antenna module coupled to the support structure. The first antenna module element has a rectangular shape and includes a first set of antenna elements arranged as a first row and a second row within the rectangular shape. An antenna element of the first row and two antenna elements of the second row form a triangular pattern. Two adjacent antenna elements of the first set of antenna elements are separated by a first distance. Each antenna element of the first set of antenna elements has a first size that is less than half of the first distance.

The present disclosure relates to antenna devices and antenna elements. In particular, the present disclosure provides an antenna element for a multi-band antenna device. The antenna element comprises a dielectric body provided with metal layers, wherein the dielectric body comprises a substrate and one or more wall elements arranged on the substrate. Further, one or more first radiating elements and one or more second radiating elements are arranged on the substrate and are configured to radiate in a first frequency band and a second frequency band, respectively. Further, a first feed network is connected to the first radiating elements and a second feed network is connected to the second radiating elements for using the first radiating elements and the second radiating elements as a first antenna array and a second antenna array, respectively. The first feed network is at least partially provided as a metal layer of the one or more metal layers on the one or more wall elements.

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing including at least one opening and made of a metal material, a key button assembly disposed in an inner space of the housing and disposed to be at least partially exposed to an outside through the at least one opening, a support frame disposed beneath the key button assembly in the inner space, an antenna structure fixed beneath the support frame and positioned to at least partially correspond to the at least one opening, the antenna structure including a substrate and at least one antenna element disposed on the substrate, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to form a directional beam in a designated frequency band toward the key button assembly through the at least one antenna element.

An antenna system mounted in a vehicle according to the present invention may include: a first antenna system in which multiple first antenna elements configured to transmit and receive a first signal according to a first communication system perform multi-input multi-output (MIMO); and a second antenna system in which multiple second antenna elements configured to transmit and receive a second signal according to a second communication system perform beamforming, wherein the multiple first antenna elements and the multiple second antenna elements are arranged on the same circuit board, so as to provide an antenna arrangement structure in which the isolation characteristic between antenna elements is optimized, for a flat vehicular antenna including an LTE antenna system and a 5G antenna system.