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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7859476 | Phase-shifting cell having an analogue phase shifter for a reflectarray antenna The present invention relates to the production of reflectarray antennas, that is to say antennas consisting of a primary illumination source and a phase-shifting plate consisting of an array of cells each having a coefficient of reflection the phase of which is ele... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7639197 | Stacked dual-band electromagnetic band gap waveguide aperture for an electronically scanned array A dual-band stacked electromagnetic band gap (EBG) electronically scanned array (ESA) has a first aperture with a waveguide element spacing of less than λ/2 and a length to provide about 360° of upper frequency phase shift. A second aperture is stacked on the firs... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7372414 | Apparatus for emission and/or reception of electromagnetic waves for aerodynes This invention relates to an apparatus for emission and/or reception of electromagnetic waves for aerodynes, characterised in that it comprises a blade antenna on the top of the fuselage of the aerodyne, a principal reflect-array arranged horizontally at the bottom ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7352335 | Radar apparatus having arrayed horn antenna parts communicated with waveguide A horn antenna part of a radar apparatus is made of a heat emitting material and includes: an antenna body part having a plurality of horn parts arranged in an array form, wherein each horn part is open toward a front surface of the apparatus, and has a diameter whi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7323949 | Method for conversion of waveguide modes, mode-converting arrangement and antenna arrangement The invention relates to a method for conversion of waveguide modes from a mode of type TM01 to mode of type TE11 for transmission of power within the microwave range. The invention also relates to a mode-converting arrangement and an antenna a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315288 | Antenna arrays using long slot apertures and balanced feeds An antenna array includes an array of continuous slots formed in a ground plane structure. A feed structure for exciting the slots includes a periodic set of probe feeds disposed behind the ground plane structure. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309842 | Shielded monolithic microplasma source for prevention of continuous thin film formation A monolithic microplasma source includes a dielectric substrate having an outer surface that is exposed to a time varying electric field. A gap layer is positioned on an inner surface of the dielectric substrate. A shield including a slit is positioned on the gap la... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307596 | Low-cost one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap waveguide phase shifter based ESA horn antenna A one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna utilizes a linear array of EBG waveguide phase shifters for scanning and radiating a beam. A linear array feed feeds the linear array of EBG wave... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7295170 | Waterproof mechanism for satellite antenna A waterproof mechanism for a satellite antenna is to separate a waterproof cover of the known technology into two components of a fixing cover and a thin wall cap used for compressing an O-ring, cause the thin wall cap and the O-ring to be combined closely and stabl... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289078 | Millimeter wave antenna A microwave phased array antenna module. The antenna module includes a mandrel having an integrally formed waveguide splitter. Separate electromagnetic wave energy distribution panels that each include DC power, data and logic interconnects, as well as electronic mo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289058 | Radar apparatus The present invention relates to a radar apparatus that forms multiple digital beams based on reflected waves of a transmitted radio wave. A transmit signal is transmitted in a predetermined cycle from one of transmitting/receiving antennas A1 to A4 ar... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280848 | Active array antenna and system for beamforming An active antenna array for use in a beamforming antenna system. The antenna array includes multicarrier power amplifiers coupled to each antenna element wherein the outputs of the multicarrier power amplifiers are linearized. The antenna array communicates with a b... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277061 | Single aperture monopulse antenna An antenna comprises a polarizer, a phasing network and a field radiating element such as a horn. The polarizer and phasing network generate a plurality of phase shifted circularly polarised waves which are superimposed to produce multiple antenna field patterns fro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271767 | Beamforming architecture for multi-beam phased array antennas A first subarray beamformer for a multi-beam phased array antenna (12) used in a receiving mode includes multiple phased array antenna beamforming layers. The beamforming layers include a first beamforming layer (90) that may have a first series of com... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268650 | Phase shifting waveguide with alterable impedance walls A waveguide is disclosed that shifts the phase of the signal passing through it. In one embodiment, the waveguide has an impedance structure on its walls that resonates at a frequency lower than the frequency of the signal passing through the waveguide. This causes ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7245264 | High frequency module and array of the same A high frequency module for converting a high frequency wave in a free space to a high frequency wave in a planar waveguide includes two metal plates, a dielectric substrate and a planar waveguide disposed on the dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate betwee... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7212162 | Horn antenna for circular polarization using planar radiator Provided is a horn antenna for circular polarization using a planar radiator. The horn antenna has a simplified and miniaturized structure by substituting a function of a providing signal power to the horn antenna with a function of a circular polarizer which induce... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7187340 | Simultaneous multi-band ring focus reflector antenna-broadband feed Compact multi-band antenna system (500) includes a main reflector (502) having a shaped surface of revolution about a boresight axis of the antenna operable at a plurality of frequency bands spectrally offset from each other. A multi band feed system (... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187328 | Antenna device In an antenna device having a substantially conical conductive member, having upper and lower sides made open, erected in a substantially vertical direction around a substantially circular microstrip patch provided on the upper side of a substantially circular subst... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180470 | Enhanced antenna stowage and deployment system An antenna stowage and deployment system, including a spacecraft and at least one pair of adjacent nesting antenna assemblies. Each of the antenna assemblies further includes an articulating deployment couple affixed to the spacecraft for deploying the antenna assem... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173561 | Radar device capable of scanning received reflection waves The present invention relates to a radar device for forming multi-beams in multiple channels from reflected waves of a transmitted wave by using a minimum number of antennas. The device has: antennas used for both transmission and reception A1–A4; tr... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7151507 | Low-loss, dual-band electromagnetic band gap electronically scanned antenna utilizing frequency selective surfaces A dual-band electromagnetic band gap (EBG) electronically scanned antenna utilizing frequency selective surfaces (FSS) uses FSS waveguide phase shifters. Each FSS waveguide phase shifter has a low-frequency phase shifter with low-frequency EBG devices on vertical wa... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138937 | Radar system having low-profile circulator A circulator comprises first and second couplers. The first and second couplers are coupled by first and second transmission lines. First and second magnetic fields are provided crossing the first and second transmission lines, respectively. In an exemplary embodime... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132989 | Apparatus, system, and method for adjusting antenna characteristics using tunable parasitic elements An apparatus, system and method optimize antenna performance using tunable parasitic elements by changing antenna characteristics based on signal quality parameters of electromagnetic signals exchanged through the antenna. The tunable parasitic elements are responsi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125540 | Microsystem process networks Various aspects and applications of microsystem process networks are described. The design of many types of microsystems can be improved by ortho-cascading mass, heat, or other unit process operations. Microsystems having exergetically efficient microchannel heat ex... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7106265 | Transverse device array radiator ESA An antenna array employing continuous transverse stubs as radiating elements is described, which includes an upper conductive plate structure comprising a set of continuous transverse stubs, and a lower conductive plate structure disposed in a spaced relationship re... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7095627 | Frequency-selective shield structure and electric device having the structure A shield structure that transmits a radio wave in a specific frequency band and that exhibits a high shield characteristic in other bands. An opening portion having a specific shape and a specific perimeter length is formed on a conductor. A filter having a specific... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088303 | Folded path flat-plate antennas for satellite communication Flat-plate antennas have a compact form by use of a folded path network construction whereby received signals are coupled through a unitary network structure to an adjacent signal processing unit. On a folded path basis, processed signals are then coupled back into ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075499 | Antenna system and method for manufacturing same An antenna system of the phased array type, with a carrier of electrically insulating material and at least two antenna units, which each comprise a receiving device for electromagnetic radiation and of which the receiving device is connected with a time- or phase-s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068213 | Level meter The invention relates to a microwave-operated level meter with a small blind zone, comprising an antenna for transmitting or for transmitting and receiving microwaves, a microwave generator directly located on said antenna, and a transmitter or transmitter and recei... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053838 | Antenna structure and installation An antenna system installation comprising a tower/support structure, and an antenna structure mounted at the top of said tower/support structure, said antenna structure comprises a plurality of antenna elements, a plurality of power amplifiers, each power amplifier ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042397 | Phase-shifting cell for an antenna reflectarray The invention relates to phase-shifting cells constituting the passive reflectarrays of antennas with a reconfigurable transmission direction, transmitting in the microwave range. More particularly, the invention describes, within the context of phase-shifting cells... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038558 | Phase shifting waveguide and module utilizing the waveguides for beam phase shifting and steering A waveguide is disclosed that shifts the phase of the signal passing through it. In one embodiment, the waveguide has an impedance structure on its walls that resonates at a frequency lower than the frequency of the signal passing through the waveguide. This causes ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034893 | Method and apparatus for reception of terrestrial digital television signals A digital television signal is intercepted by a plurality of antennas to produce a corresponding plurality of input signals. The antennas have different directionality so they can be combined in a way that reduces multipath echoes. In one embodiment, the antennas ar... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030832 | Multi-beam-reflector dish antenna and method for production thereof A multi-beam-reflector dish antenna system. Signals from different satellites are simultaneously received using a single compound LNBF module. The antenna dish includes a reflector with N-th order projected aperture and a single compound LNBF module constituting mul... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019710 | Antenna system An antenna system for a transmitter, said antenna system comprising an array of antennas, said array being controllable to transmit a signal over part or all of a coverage area of said transmitter; an amplifier coupled to each antenna, said amplifier being arranged ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009571 | Method and apparatus for forming symmetrical energy patterns in beam forming antennas A method and apparatus by which electromagnetic wave energy is passed through a beam-forming antenna thereby forming a capacitive surface reactance which eliminates E-plane edge currents on the antenna and balances hybrid electromagnetic energy modes resulting in sy... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006040 | Steerable antenna and receiver interface for terrestrial broadcast Antennas with steerable antenna patterns and techniques for using such antennas are described. In accordance with the invention, antenna patterns with one or more NULLs are used. Through the use of digital control signals the antenna pattern is steered so that a sou... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6995726 | Split waveguide phased array antenna with integrated bias assembly A phased array antenna is made up of linear arrays. Each of the linear arrays has a printed circuit board spine. Split waveguides are formed from two symmetrical portions conductively joined to ground on opposite sides of the printed circuit board spine. Planar tran... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980806 | Radio system The present invention is to provide a radio system that enables effective reuse of a limited number of frequencies without the occurrence of interference between subscriber stations. In the radio system according to the present invention, each base station is divide... | 12/27/2005 |
