Micromachined reflector antenna method
US6045712A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q15/142
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a micromachined reflector antenna onto a substrate firstly etches a reflector aperture surface defining a dish cavity in an oxide layer and secondly rotates a hinge over the reflector aperture surface with the hinge being used as the reflector central feed. The micromachined reflector can be made into an array of reflector antennas and integrated onto a single substrate with front end receiver circuits operating as a high frequency receiver on a chip reduced in size and cost and operating at hundreds of GHz.
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