Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – Microstrip
Patent
1994-01-14
1997-12-02
Lee, Benny T.
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
Microstrip
333161, H01Q 138, H01Q 1308, H01P 118
Patent
active
056941340
ABSTRACT:
The disclosure relates to a phased array antenna for microwave and millimeter wave applications, using either microstrip line, coplanar waveguide, or other construction techniques incorporating a solid dielectric transmission line. A continuously variable phase delay structure which is used to control the beam pattern of the phased array antenna can be applied to the construction of resonant frequency tunable coplanar waveguide antennas and impedance tunable quarter-wave transformers. A thin film of barium strontium titanate (Ba.sub.x Sr.sub.1-x TiO.sub.3) or other nonlinear material such as PbZr.sub.x Ti.sub.1-x O.sub.3 (PZT), LiNbO.sub.3, etc. is deposited upon the coplanar waveguide, and/or the patch antenna element. The dielectric constant of the thin film can be made to vary significantly by applying a DC voltage to the thin film. The propagation constant of a transmission line is directly proportional to the square root of the effective dielectric constant (assuming a lossless dielectric). In an array of multiple antenna elements provided with the feed structure using the disclosed transmission lines, the direction of the resultant main beam of the array can be made to vary over a complete half-sphere with only two adjustable DC voltages applied to the dielectric thin films.
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Lee Benny T.
Superconducting Core Technologies, Inc.
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