1883results about "Substantially flat resonant elements" patented technology

A right-hand circularly-polarized patch antenna comprising a ground plane and a patch connected to each other with one or more wires for which the wire shape and location of the end points are selected such that they do not cause an antenna mismatch, and the electrical current carried in the wires produces an extra electromagnetic field subtracted from the patch field in the nadir direction.

We generally describe an antenna system comprising a dual-polarized radiating element extending generally in a first direction parallel or substantially parallel to a reflector of the antenna system. The dual-polarized radiating element is configured to emit an electromagnetic wave. The antenna system further comprises a low-pass filter structure extending generally in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the reflector of the antenna system. The low-pass filter structure is spaced apart, in relation to the first direction, from a center portion of the dual-polarized radiating element. The antenna system further comprises a coupling feeding line which electrically couples, via a region which comprises an end portion of the dual-polarized radiating element, the low-pass filter structure with the center portion of the dual-polarized radiating element for feeding an electrical signal via the low-pass filter structure through the coupling feeding line to the center portion of the dual-polarized radiating element.

A switchable patch antenna comprises a planar conductor having an aperture (hole) formed in the middle of the planar conductor. Radiation of a sinusoidal signal is controlled by comparison of separate impedance values for two components that have separate impedance values. Each of the two components have one end coupled together at the terminal positioned at a center of the aperture and their other ends separately coupled to opposing edges of the aperture. A sinusoidal signal source is also coupled to the terminal positioned at the aperture's center. Further, when the impedance values of both components are substantially equivalent, radiation by the antenna of the provided signal and / or mutual coupling of other signals is disabled. Also, when an impedance value of one of the two components is substantially greater than the other impedance value of the other component, the provided signal is radiated and / or mutual coupling is enabled.

The invention belongs to the technical field of antenna engineering, and particularly relates to an ultra-wide-band low-profile phased-array antenna, which realizes broadband impedance matching characteristics and effectively expands the working bandwidth of the antenna by optimizing a dipole arm structure and introducing a matching branch knot and linear tapered slot composite structure on a radiation unit layer; on the array architecture level, an electromagnetic metasurface technology is adopted, array current distribution is improved through a periodic artificial electromagnetic structure, the active standing-wave ratio is remarkably reduced, the scanning angle of an array is widened, and meanwhile high compression of a system profile is achieved; on the structural design level, a three-dimensional composite structure of a transverse metal floor, a longitudinal radiation layer and a transverse metasurface layer is innovatively constructed, and the overall section height is reduced to 0.137 lambda Low (lambda Low is the lowest working frequency wavelength) through electromagnetic coupling and space folding technologies; in conclusion, the ultra wide band (the relative bandwidth is greater than or equal to 90%) and the low profile (lt; and the method is suitable for a new generation of broadband phased array radar system.

The wireless RF semiconductor system is described for use in wireless communication devices that operate in frequency range from 6 GHz to 100 GHz. The system comprises of at least one RF antenna and at least one active RF component fabricated (or built) on the same semiconductor substrate inside a one single packaged module. The wireless RF semiconductor system is described in a variety of different configurations with its functionality divided up over several single chip circuits. The system simplifies assembly, reduces size and cost, and allows for a quick time to market, while maximizing the RF performance demanded by fixed and mobile 4G, 5G and other wireless standards.

Embodiments of this application relate to the field of antenna technologies, and disclose a terminal antenna and an electronic device, which can provide good radiation performance in a poor environment. The terminal antenna includes a first radiator, the first radiator is provided with a first feed and a first ground point, and the first ground point is arranged at an end of the first radiator. The first ground point is connected to the first radiator through a first inductor, and a value of the first inductor is included within a range of [5 nH, 47 nH].

This disclosure relates generally to a composite reconfigurable intelligent surface system for real time beam steering and method thereof. Conventional method for real time beam steering includes bulky systems with several antenna elements and amplifiers to shape and control the beam. The present disclosure provides a composite reconfigurable intelligent surface (CRIS) for real time beam steering. The CRIS is formed from a set of constituent reflecting surfaces which in turn are generated from unit cells. These unit cells are responsible for providing individual phase reflection performance utilizing the installed varactor diode in each unit cell. The CRIS can provide a) multi-beam reflection performance, b) polarization sensitive operation, c) 2D beam steering abilities, d) real-time beam control, e) null point reduction for beam shaping requirements and f) dependable pattern stability over a suitable range of frequencies.

An antenna is provided. The antenna includes a feed line structure; a first low dielectric constant layer on the feed line structure; a first flexible layer on a side of the first low dielectric constant layer away from the feed line structure; a phase shifter on a side of the first flexible layer away from the first low dielectric constant layer; a first ground plate on a side of the phase shifter away from the first flexible layer; and a radiating plate on a side of the first ground plate away from the phase shifter. The first low dielectric constant layer has a dielectric constant in a range of 1.5 to 3. The first flexible layer has a Flexural modulus in a range of 0.01 to 10.0.

The invention provides a wide-angle scanning dual-circularly-polarized phased-array antenna unit, which belongs to the field of dual-circularly-polarized antennas and comprises a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer which are sequentially stacked, the antenna radiator is arranged on the side, away from the second dielectric layer, of the first dielectric layer, the antenna radiator comprises four radiation patches, each radiation patch comprises a metal patch and a loading branch knot, and each metal patch is provided with a slotted structure; the first metal ground layer is clamped between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, and a cross coupling gap and a first coupling gap and a second coupling gap which are perpendicular to each other are formed in the first metal ground layer; the U-shaped feeder line is clamped between the second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer, and two ends of the U-shaped feeder line are respectively connected with a coaxial feed column penetrating through the third dielectric layer; the second metal ground layer is arranged on the side, away from the second dielectric layer, of the third dielectric layer; an array is also provided; the problem that a traditional circularly polarized antenna is narrow in impedance bandwidth and limited in polarization is solved.

The invention discloses a compact millimeter wave dual-polarization filtering antenna and array, which comprises 11 layers of structures (a first metal layer to a sixth metal layer, three dielectric layers and two bonding layers) and three types of metalized via holes which are sequentially stacked from top to bottom, the feed through hole penetrates through the first dielectric layer to the third dielectric layer, the short-circuit through hole penetrates through the first dielectric layer to the third dielectric layer, and the shielding hole penetrates through the third dielectric layer. Wherein a cross-shaped radiation patch and a C-shaped parasitic metal strip line are arranged on the first metal layer; an annular driving patch is arranged on the second metal layer; the third metal layer is provided with a feed metal strip line and a parasitic metal strip line. The fourth metal layer is provided with a parasitic open-circuit branch. A first grounding plane is arranged on the fifth metal layer; the sixth metal layer is provided with a second grounding plane and an anti-pad. The working frequency band covers the n258 frequency band and the n257 frequency band of 5G millimeter waves, dual-polarization radiation and effective out-of-band rejection can be achieved, and meanwhile the antenna has the advantages of being compact in structure and light and handy in appearance.

The invention belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to an ultra-wideband miniaturized Vivaldi antenna. The antenna comprises a dielectric substrate, wherein the upper surface of the dielectric substrate comprises a main body Vivaldi antenna, four resistors, two rectangular metal patches and an artificial surface plasma, wherein the main body Vivaldi antenna is provided with an exponential gradually-changed slot; a feed network is arranged on the lower surface and comprises six impedance conversion microstrip transmission lines, a fan-shaped transmission line and a circular groove; the main body antenna and the dielectric substrate are placed in a centered alignment manner, the four resistors are placed at the tail end of the main body antenna, and the rear sides of the resistors are connected with the two rectangular patches; the artificial surface plasma is placed in the main body antenna gradual change gap; and the multi-section impedance transformer and the microstrip-to-slot line structure of the feed network are aligned with the circular slot of the main body antenna. According to the invention, the ultra wide band, miniaturization and high radiation gain are realized by designing the main body antenna, slotting the edge, loading the resistor, carrying out the artificial surface plasma and the like. The working frequency band of the antenna ranges from 0.2 GHz to 18 GHz, and the antenna has the characteristic of miniaturization.

A vehicle comprises: vehicular glass including a transparent region and an opaque region; a transparent dielectric substrate disposed in the transparent region of the vehicular glass; a first area including an antenna on one side surface of the transparent dielectric substrate; and a second area including a power supply pattern and a ground conductive pattern electrically connected to the antenna. The antenna may comprise: a first slot formed between a signal pattern and a first ground pattern and configured to radiate a first signal having a circularly polarized wave in a first frequency band; and a second slot formed between the first ground pattern and a second ground pattern and configured to radiate a second signal having a circularly polarized wave in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band.

The dual-polarized antenna comprises a first dielectric substrate, a second dielectric substrate, a third dielectric substrate, a fourth dielectric substrate, a fifth dielectric substrate and a double-feed probe, the first dielectric substrate, the second dielectric substrate and the fifth dielectric substrate are stacked, one surface of the first dielectric substrate is provided with four centrosymmetric patch units, and the surface, close to the first dielectric substrate, of the second dielectric substrate is provided with a radiation patch coaxial with the patch units. A first I-shaped gap and a second I-shaped gap which are crossed, vertical and centrosymmetric are formed in the third dielectric substrate close to the second substrate surface, a plurality of first metalized via holes are formed in the periphery, and the gaps are coaxial with the patch unit; the fourth dielectric substrate is provided with a first T-shaped microstrip feeder line and a second T-shaped microstrip feeder line which are not in contact with each other, the periphery of the fourth dielectric substrate is provided with second metalized via holes which are in one-to-one correspondence with the first via holes, and the feeder lines are respectively corresponding to the I-shaped gaps; and the double-feed probe is respectively connected with the feed points of the first T-shaped microstrip feeder and the second T-shaped microstrip feeder through feed holes. By adopting the dual-polarized antenna, the port isolation and the wide-angle scanning range can be improved.

The invention discloses a dual-beam dual-circularly-polarized wide-angle scanning phased-array antenna, and belongs to the field of wireless communication. The antenna is composed of an antenna unit group. The antenna unit comprises a bottom metal floor, a fifth substrate, a 3dB bridge, a fourth substrate, an antenna metal floor, a third substrate, a second rectangular feeder line, a second substrate, a first rectangular feeder line, a first substrate and a radiation patch layer which are arranged from bottom to top; wherein the 3dB bridge is used for realizing signal transmission, and the two rectangular feeder lines have the same size and are orthogonally arranged; the radiation patch layer comprises four square metal patches and two feed discs; the square metal patches are separated through the L-shaped gaps and are connected with the antenna metal floor through the short circuit columns respectively, and the feed disc is connected with the rectangular feed line through the metal probe and connected to the output end of the 3dB bridge. The antenna unit adopts an equivalent magnetoelectric dipole form, the wide-angle scanning characteristic of the phased-array antenna is achieved, communication with two satellites can be achieved at the same time, and the overall communication efficiency is improved.

A hybrid antenna substrate of an embodiment comprises: a core part including a core layer and a core wiring layer laminated in the vertical direction; and an antenna part disposed on the core part, wherein: the antenna part comprises a plurality of antenna wiring layers successively laminated on the core part and antenna insulating layers disposed between the plurality of antenna wiring layers; and the core layer has a greater dielectric constant than the antenna insulating layers.

Embodiments generally relate to small satellites. Example small satellites may include a satellite body having a rectangular tile shape, with a substantially flat front side having a length and width and being separated from a substantially parallel back side by a depth, wherein the depth is equal to or less than a third of the length and the width. A patch antenna array may be positioned on the front side and / or a large patch antenna may be positioned centrally on the front side. A solar panel may be positioned on or coupled to the back side.

Provided herein are reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) including a surface, a source tile positioned on or proximate a first side of the surface and including a source power layer including a power amplifier and a transmitter coil configured to generate an electromagnetic field and a radio frequency (RF) layer configured to receive power from the source electromagnetic field, and a patch antenna grid for reflecting a RF signal, and a plurality of extender tiles positioned on or proximate the first side of the surface, the extender tiles each including an extender power layer including a passive transceiver coil for receiving the source electromagnetic field and relaying the source electromagnetic field as an extender electromagnetic field and an extender RF layer configured to receive power from the extender electromagnetic field, and an extender patch antenna grid for reflecting at least one of the RF signal or a second RF signal.

An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, a ground electrode disposed in the dielectric substrate, flat-plate-shaped radiating elements, feed lines, and a via electrode connected to the ground electrode. The radiating element is disposed opposite the ground electrode in the dielectric substrate. The radiating element is disposed between the radiating element and the ground electrode. The feed line extends through the radiating element and transmits a radio-frequency signal to the radiating element. The feed line transmits a radio-frequency signal to the radiating element. The feed line is electrically coupled to the radiating element at a position offset from a center of the radiating element in a first direction. The feed line is electrically coupled to the radiating element at a position offset from a center of the radiating element in a second direction different from the first direction.

The invention discloses a multi-mode circularly polarized OAM (orbital angular momentum) filtering antenna based on an artificial surface plasmon. According to the antenna, the SSPP leaky-wave antenna and the HMSIPW filter are integrated, so that efficient emission of multi-mode OAM beams is realized, and the antenna has low axial ratio, high gain and good directional diagram matching performance; the SSPP leaky-wave antenna is composed of an Archimedes spiral line type SSPP waveguide and annularly distributed patches, wherein the SSPP waveguide realizes accurate regulation and control of dispersion characteristics through the combination of periodic sawtooth comb lines and uniform spiral lines; the HMSIPW filter is composed of a dielectric substrate layer, a metalized through hole and a gradient rectangular structure, impedance matching of a micro-strip and double lines is achieved, insertion loss is reduced, and radiation performance is improved. Compared with a traditional design, a filtering function is integrated, higher harmonic radiation and low-purity high-mode OAM are inhibited through the overall design, and selectivity and radiation energy uniformity are improved.

This disclosure relates generally to a composite reconfigurable intelligent surface system for real time beam steering and method thereof. Conventional method for real time beam steering includes bulky systems with several antenna elements and amplifiers to shape and control the beam. The present disclosure provides a composite reconfigurable intelligent surface (CRIS) for real time beam steering. The CRIS is formed from a set of constituent reflecting surfaces which in turn are generated from unit cells. These unit cells are responsible for providing individual phase reflection performance utilizing the installed varactor diode in each unit cell. The CRIS can provide a) multi-beam reflection performance, b) polarization sensitive operation, c) 2D beam steering abilities, d) real-time beam control, e) null point reduction for beam shaping requirements and f) dependable pattern stability over a suitable range of frequencies.

Embodiments of this application provide an antenna, and an electronic device. The antenna includes a radiating patch layer, a ring-shaped metal layer, a first metal layer, and a feed element. The radiating patch layer includes four radiating patches that are distributed in a 2×2 array. The ring-shaped metal layer is disposed in correspondence with a peripheral edge part of the radiating patch layer, and is coupled and connected to the radiating patch layer. A plurality of metal columns are disposed on the first metal layer. The plurality of metal columns are electrically connected to the ring-shaped metal layer.

An antenna device includes: a dielectric layer; radiation conductors and a ground conductor disposed at the dielectric layer; and side surface conductors in which a plurality of conductor patterns are laminated, the side surface conductors are disposed on an outer side of the ground conductors in a first direction in plan view seen from a normal direction of the radiation conductors, and the dimensions of the side surface conductors in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction are larger than the dimensions in the second direction of the radiation conductors.

A low-profile ultra-wideband wide-angle scanning phased-array antenna based on a tight coupling structure is composed of a metal floor and a plurality of antenna units, the antenna units extend in the X polarization direction and the Y polarization direction respectively to form a plane of any size, and an antenna array is formed; the antenna unit sequentially comprises an upper substrate, a dipole antenna and a lower substrate from top to bottom, the dipole antenna is vertically and crossly placed and comprises two layers of dielectric substrates and a layer of prepreg between the two layers of dielectric substrates, and a resistor-coated pattern is printed on the upper surface of the lower substrate.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface and a side surface, surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, and an antenna module disposed inside the housing, wherein the antenna module includes a wireless communication circuit, a first substrate including a first surface oriented in a first direction and a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein, on the first substrate, first antenna elements and first portions of second antenna elements are disposed, a second substrate disposed at a first position on the second surface of the first substrate, wherein second portions of the second antenna elements are disposed on the second substrate, and a shield member disposed adjacent to the second substrate at a second position on the second surface of the first substrate, and wherein a portion of the shielding member is configured to serve as a ground for the second portions of the second antenna elements.

To provide an antenna module incorporating an electronic component such as an RFIC. An antenna module includes a core substrate, an outermost insulating layer, and a resin layer provided between the core substrate and the outermost insulating layer and embedding therein an RFIC. The core substrate has a core layer, insulating layers and sandwiching the core layer, a through hole conductor connecting conductor layers to, an antenna layer, and feeding patterns and, a via conductor connecting the feeding pattern and a feeding pattern, and a via conductor connecting an antenna pattern and the feeding pattern. The resin layer has a conductor layer connected to the RFIC. The conductor layer is larger in thickness than the conductor layer, which makes cracks or disconnection unlikely to occur in the conductor layer while achieving fine pitch of the conductor layer.

Described herein are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and antenna assemblies thereof for shaping radiation patterns in global positioning system applications. For example, an embodiment pertains to an antenna assembly onboard an aerial vehicle. The antenna assembly includes a radiating element coupled to a chassis of an aerial vehicle and positioned in parallel with the chassis, a substrate coupled to the radiating element, a ground plane coupled to the substrate, and a feed cable coupled to the radiating element through the substrate and the ground plane. The ground plane includes a center portion in parallel with the chassis and with the radiating element, and side portions positioned at an angle relative to the chassis and to the radiating element.

The invention discloses a broadband wide-angle scanning array antenna based on a metasurface lens, belongs to the technical field of phased-array antennas, solves the problem of how to improve the scanning range and gain of the phased-array antennae, and is characterized in that the metasurface lens with phase gradient is loaded above the phased-array antenna on the basis of not changing the structure of the original phased-array antenna. The beam scanning range of the phased-array antenna is expanded, and the performance such as gain is improved; according to the invention, an original phased-array antenna does not need to be modified and redesigned, additional active devices do not need to be added, new components do not need to be introduced into an original system, the system cost is effectively reduced, the system size is reduced, and the antenna is suitable for scenes, such as unmanned aerial vehicles and low-altitude aircrafts, which have strict requirements on the size and the weight.

A vehicle comprises: vehicular glass including a transparent region and an opaque region; a transparent dielectric substrate disposed in the transparent region of the vehicular glass; a first area including an antenna on one side surface of the transparent dielectric substrate; and a second area including a power supply pattern and a ground conductive pattern electrically connected to the antenna. The antenna may comprise: a first slot formed between a signal pattern and a first ground pattern and configured to radiate a first signal having a circularly polarized wave in a first frequency band; and a second slot formed between the first ground pattern and a second ground pattern and configured to radiate a second signal having a circularly polarized wave in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band.

An antenna module according to an embodiment comprises: a first layer which is arranged on the front surface of a dielectric substrate, and which is composed of a radiator region having a metal mesh grid, and a dummy region having a dummy mesh grid formed of a plurality of patterns; and a second layer which is arranged on the rear surface of the dielectric substrate and which allows the metal mesh grid to operate as a ground. The plurality of patterns can form a first metal line to a fourth metal line, the first metal line and the third metal line can be parallel to each other, the second metal line can connect the first metal line to the third metal line, and the fourth metal line can be connected to a second end portion of the third metal line.