High performance traveling wave antenna for microwave and millimeter wave applications
US6094172A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q13/206
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A traveling array antenna which operates at microwave/millimeter frequencies is disclosed in which a like number of radiator elements are arranged in two mirror image branches, an RF signal feed is fed through a 180 degree compensating power splitter to each branch of the antenna array, each of the radiator elements includes an impedance matching transformer connected at its input side and in which a radiator terminating patch is connected to the end of each of the two mirror image branches.
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