Patent · US Expired

Radio frequency lens antenna

US4523198A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 7, 1983
Grant dateJun 11, 1985
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q25/007
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Multiple beam antennas are modified and improved through the use of lenses coupled together by hybrid junctions. A dual lens structure avoids circulators while permitting the lenses to be used both for transmission and for reception. A six lens structure provides perfect phase focusing utilizing an R-2R geometry with a Mobius topology, giving 360 degrees of independent antenna beams from a single circular or cylindrical antenna array.

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