Method of making antenna array panel structure
US5845391A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/4913
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tapered notch antenna structural panel array that can serve both as a structural member and an antenna is made from an injection molded monolithic three dimensional grid of thermoplastic material. The notch and feed line is in the form of microstrip or stripline circuitry formed to the sidewalls of adjacent cells. Dielectric sheets of material are bonded to the upper and lower edges of the grid. Interconnect circuitry on the antenna ground plane is supported by the sheet bonded to the lower edge and connected to the antenna circuitry of the sidewalls.
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