Abstract: A radio frequency system package may include waveguides and loading blocks. The loading blocks may include dielectric material having a high dielectric constant between 13 and 20. Additionally, the loading blocks may be made of mold, epoxy, or the like material, and the loading blocks may fit into a region cut out of the waveguides. Moreover, the loading blocks may lower the cut-off frequency for wireless communication otherwise provided by the waveguides without the loading blocks (e.g., 28 GHz). In particular, the loading blocks may facilitate communication in low mmWave frequencies, such as 24 GHz.

Abstract: A monopole antenna, comprising: a radiating element, wherein the radiating element has a first curved outer surface that is rotationally symmetric about a longitudinal axis extending through the monopole antenna, wherein a first diameter at a first end of the radiating element is less than a second diameter at a second end of the radiating element; and a ground plane disposed opposite the radiating element such that an electric field is generated by the radiating element with a ground plane providing the counterpoise, wherein the ground plane has a second curved outer surface that is rotationally symmetric about the longitudinal axis, wherein a first diameter at a first end of the ground plane is less than a second at a second end of the ground plane, wherein the first end of the radiating element is disposed adjacent the first end of the ground plane.

Abstract: Antenna components include an additively manufactured elongate body portion and one or more additively manufactured flanges. The elongate body portion extends from a base portion to an aperture opposite the base portion. The elongate body portion is at least substantially hollow and is configured to direct radio frequency signals. Each flange extends radially outwardly from the elongate body portion and around an outer circumference of the elongate body portion. Each flange is integrally formed with the elongate body portion, and includes an angled portion and a horizontal portion. The angled portion of the flange diverges from the elongate body portion at an acute angle, and the horizontal portion is at least substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the elongate body portion. Satellite systems including said antenna components also are disclosed, along with related methods of additively manufacturing antenna components with integral flanges.

Abstract: Antenna assembly comprising the combination of a steerable phased array antenna with omnidirectional sector and a GNSS antenna, and antenna system comprising the antenna assembly.

Abstract: The antenna of an RFID device is formed by applying an adhesive to a substrate. A conductor is secured to the substrate using the adhesive and then a gap is defined in the conductor in the shape of an antenna so as to isolate an inner region of the conductor from an outer region of the conductor. Heat is applied to the outer region of the conductor so as to cause at least a portion of the adhesive positioned between the outer region of the conductor and the substrate to undergo a phase change or be activated without causing at least a portion of the adhesive positioned between the inner region of the conductor and the substrate to undergo a phase change or be activated. The outer region of the conductor is then dissociated from the substrate, with the inner region of the conductor remaining secured to the substrate by the adhesive as an antenna.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first component carrier with a first stack having at least one first electrically conductive layer structure forming an antenna structure and at least one first electrically insulating layer structure; at least one electronic component, and a second component carrier having at least one second electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one second electrically insulating layer structure. The second component carrier further includes a heat removal structure. The first component carrier and the second component carrier are connected so that the antenna structure is positioned at one side of the electronic device for emitting and/or receiving electromagnetic radiation and the heat removal structure is positioned at an opposing other side of the electronic device.

Abstract: A radio-frequency device comprises a printed circuit board and a radio-frequency package, which is mounted on the printed circuit board at a first mounting point and has a radio-frequency chip and a radio-frequency radiation element, wherein the printed circuit board has a first elasticity at least in a first section comprising the first mounting point. The radio-frequency device further comprises a waveguide component, which is mounted on the printed circuit board at a second mounting point and has a waveguide, wherein the radio-frequency radiation element is configured to radiate signals into the waveguide and/or to receive signals by way of the waveguide. The printed circuit board has a second elasticity at least in a second section with an increased elasticity between the first mounting point and the second mounting point, wherein the second elasticity is higher than the first elasticity.

Abstract: A blade antenna comprising: an upper blade element made of conductive, planar material having a profile that curves upwardly from a centrally-located feed point; and a lower blade element made of conductive, planar material having a profile that curves downwardly from the feed point, wherein the lower blade element is configured to be connected to a ground and has a thickness that is at least three times a thickness of the upper blade element, and wherein the curved profiles of the upper and lower blade elements are disposed with respect to one another so as to form a tapered slot on each side of the feed point.

Abstract: A horn antenna configured for use in a radio frequency (RF) anechoic test chamber is provided. The horn antenna includes one or more conductive radiating elements. The horn antenna further includes an electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppressing material covering at least a portion of a surface of the one or more conductive radiating elements such that the EMI suppressing material at least partially suppresses a surface current associated with the surface of the one or more conductive radiating elements during a test operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heatsink antenna array structure, which includes a fin-shaped metal heatsink, a metal bottom base of heatsink, and a substrate. The upper surface of substrate is connected with the metal bottom base of heatsink, the lower surface is connected with a chip. The chip works as heat source. There is a rectangular through-cavity array in the bottom base as radiation aperture. The substrate contains multiple metal layers and dielectric layers. The top metal layer has rectangular apertures corresponding to the rectangular through-cavity array in the bottom base. The dielectric layers contain metallic vias to construct a substrate integrated waveguide structure. The metallic vias effectively reduce the thermal resistance between the fin-shaped metal heatsink and the chip, and form the substrate integrated waveguide structure as the feeding network of heatsink antenna array.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an antenna array for a filling level measuring device. The antenna array comprises an antenna, a horn antenna, a plastic housing, a printed circuit board and a casting compound. The antenna is adapted to communicatively connect the printed circuit board to an external device, the horn antenna comprises the form of a hollow truncated cone, and at least an inner side of the horn antenna is provided with a metallic material. Furthermore, the antenna, the horn antenna, the printed circuit board and the casting compound are arranged within the plastic housing, and the antenna and the horn antenna are at least partially surrounded by the casting compound.

Abstract: A method for detecting deposits in a pipe system of an apparatus is proposed, the apparatus being flowed through by a fluid. In the method it is provided that at least one microwave probe is introduced into the pipe system in such a way that the fluid flows against a window (102) of the microwave probe that is transparent to microwave radiation, and that microwaves are coupled into the pipe system by way of at least one microwave probe, wherein a reflection measurement is carried out with one or two microwave probes, and/or at least two microwave probes are introduced into the pipe system at a distance from one another and a transmission measurement is carried out, wherein a comparison of measurement data with a reference or a previous measurement is used to deduce a constriction in the pipe system segment and the free cross-section at the constriction is determined, the detection of a constriction being used to deduce the presence of deposits.

Abstract: An electronic device in provided, including an antenna using a horn structure capable of using at least a portion of a metal member as a signal waveguide structure of the antenna. The device includes a housing, a display, a printed circuit board, and at least one wireless communication circuit, where a waveguide hole is provided to connect at least a portion of a through hole and an electronic component and is used as an operating channel of the electronic component together with the waveguide hole.

Abstract: The antenna uses X Band frequencies for long-distance weather monitoring and W Band frequencies for imaging of terrain and obstacles, for use in a radar system in aircraft nose radome to operate effectively in a degraded visual environment. The antenna's feed structure includes concentrically positioned first and second horns. First and second rectangular waveguides are positioned on a cylindrical portion of the first horn, and at a first and second radial positions spaced 90 degrees apart. First and second coaxial cables respectively couple the first and second rectangular waveguides to a polarization converter, which launches linearly polarized waves received from each of the first and second coaxial cables to form a W-hand circularly polarized wave. The feed structure collects and disseminates W Band and X Band electromagnetic energy.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a miniaturized horn antenna suitable for ultra-wideband measurement, and relates to the technical field of horn antennas. The antenna includes a horn antenna body, a coaxial connector and a mounting base, wherein the horn antenna body includes an upper plate, a lower plate, a side plate and a cover plate which are provided with ridges, mounting seats being formed on front and rear sides of an upper half cavity and a lower half cavity, several threaded holes being provided in the mounting seats separately, an upper mounting groove and a lower mounting groove being formed between the mounting seats of the upper plate and between the mounting seats of the lower plate respectively, the upper mounting groove and the lower mounting groove jointly forming a mounting space of a protrusion part at a left end of the cover plate.

Abstract: An antenna horn includes a waveguide having an open end and an end allowing access to transmitted signals, the widest opposite walls constituting a first pair of walls, two first ridges inside the waveguide, in the middle and over the whole length of the walls of the first pair of walls, a flat central wall connecting the walls of the second pair of walls at their midpoints at the level of the accesses, stopping in the direction of the open end so as to polarize signals transmitted by the two accesses according to orthogonal circular polarizations, and forming two ridges in the middle of the walls of the second pair of walls from the side of the open end, and with an antenna, an item of radio communication equipment and a method using the horn.

Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the disclosure, an antenna is provided comprising an excitation port, and a conductive medium including a plurality of slots, each slot of the plurality of slots being electrically coupled to the excitation port, and a base portion being electrically coupled to the excitation port.

Abstract: A part analysis tool is used to analyze aspects of a composite part. The part analysis tool includes a verification control unit that compares numerical control data used to control operation of a forming system that is used to form the composite part to computer-aided design (CAD) data that includes an authoritative part definition for the composite part. The verification control unit determines whether the numerical control data is within one or more conformance thresholds related to the CAD data. The part analysis tool may also include an inspection control unit that compares inspection data of one or more plies of the composite part to the CAD data. The inspection control unit determines whether the inspection data is within the conformance threshold(s) related to the CAD data.

Abstract: A vehicular antenna device includes an antenna portion having an antenna element, and a frame accommodating a heat generation member. The vehicular antenna device is configured to be attached to an attachment portion of a vehicle. The frame includes a first space portion having a cylindrical shape and defining a first space, the first space portion being exposed to an outside air in a condition where the vehicular antenna device is attached to the vehicle. The heat generation member is located along a second surface of the frame that is a reverse side of a first surface defining the first space. The antenna portion is detachable from the frame.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a horn antenna or waveguide system comprising a corrugated horn or waveguide, wherein the corrugation takes the form of a helical spiral along the inner surface of the horn or waveguide. The present disclosure further relates to radar antenna.

Abstract: A single polarized radiator comprising a plurality of planar notch radiating elements arranged on a dielectric substrate. Each notch radiating element comprises: a metallized region on a first side of the dielectric substrate extending across the width of the notch radiating element from a forward edge of the notch radiating element to a rear edge of the notch radiating element, a tuning element in the metallized region adjacent to a feeding point of the notch radiating element, a notch extending from the tuning element to the forward edge of the notch radiating element thereby creating a notch profile, and a plurality of indentations in the metallized region along each side of the notch to extend the length of the notch profile.

Abstract: A linear multiband waveguide feed network device, which includes a first section, a second section, a third section and an inverse-ridge receive (Rx)-reject filter. The second section is coupled to the first section via a first split-plane. The third section is coupled to the second section via a second split-plane. The inverse-ridge Rx-reject filter is implemented as a first half-portion and a second half-portion. The first half-portion and the second half-portion are implemented in the second section and the third section, respectively. The first split-plane and the second split-plane are on a zero-current region of the device.

Abstract: An example antenna system includes a connection member, a first pair of antipodal Vivaldi antennas, and a second pair of antipodal Vivaldi antennas. The first pair of antipodal Vivaldi antennas are coupled to the connection member, positioned co-planar with each other along a first plane, and inverted relative to each other. The first pair of antennas provide approximately 180 degrees of phase shift (frequency independent) for a first group of signals. The second pair of antipodal Vivaldi antennas are coupled to the connection member, positioned co-planar with each other along a second plane substantially orthogonal to the first plane, and inverted relative to each other. The second pair of antennas provide approximately 180 degrees of phase shift (frequency independent) for a second group of signals. The antenna system is configured to utilize the first and second pairs of antennas to transmit or receive signals with circular polarization.

Abstract: A multi-probe anechoic chamber (MPAC) for beam performance testing of a phased array system, including an active electronically steered array (AESA) system. The MPAC may comprise: an AESA antenna having a plurality of subarrays capable of emitting RF energy; an anechoic chamber having a wall, comprising a plurality of horn antennas for receiving the RF energy; a switch electrically coupled to the horn antennas for selectively coupling of the horn antennas to one or more output channels; various instruments electrically coupled to the output channels for measuring the RF energy; and a processor electrically coupled to the switch and the instruments for controlling the selective coupling of the switch, such that the processor and instruments cooperatively monitor and measure various beam parameters associated with the RF energy.

Abstract: A horn antenna includes a waveguide portion and an antenna portion operably connected with the waveguide portion. The waveguide portion has a feed port. The antenna portion is arranged to receive a linearly polarized signal from the waveguide portion and to convert the received linearly polarized signal to a circularly polarized signal for transmission.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a waveguide system comprising a plurality of stacked layers. The system further comprises a waveguide in a direction across the layers by providing each layer with a predetermined metal pattern. The disclosure further relates to a method for forming a waveguide.

Abstract: A filter device including a filter and waveguide tubes broadens a band in which return loss is small. A filter device (1) includes: a filter (11) including wide walls (13, 14) and narrow walls (16); and first and second waveguide tubes (21, 31). The filter 11 includes first and second columnar conductors (pins 18 and 19) each passing through an opening (13a1 or 13a2) which is provided in the wide wall (conductor layer 13) and having one end portion (181, 191) located inside the substrate (12). The first and second waveguide tubes (21, 31) are placed such that each of the first and second columnar conductors (pin 18, 19) passes through an opening (22a, 23a) and such that another end portion (182, 192) of each of the columnar conductors (pin 18, 19) is located inside the waveguide tube (21, 31).

Abstract: The innovation described herein generally pertains to a system and method related a wireless remote monitoring system for a tank, wherein the wireless monitoring system is incorporated into or coupled to a lid for the tank. The wireless remote monitoring system for the tank can include a cover system that includes a lid mountable on a corresponding tank, the lid comprising a space sized and shaped for receiving the wireless remote monitoring system therein, wherein the wireless remote monitoring system is operatively coupled to a sensor.

Abstract: A multi-antenna system includes an antenna part and a cable part. The antenna part includes comprising antenna lines forming antenna elements. The cable part includes a feeding lines for the antenna elements. Both the antenna part and the cable part are implemented using a flexible printed circuit board. The antenna part includes a single conductor layer area. The cable part includes a three conductor layer area.

Abstract: A multi-antenna system includes an antenna part and a cable part. The antenna part includes comprising antenna lines forming antenna elements. The cable part includes a feeding lines for the antenna elements. Both the antenna part and the cable part are implemented using a flexible printed circuit board. The antenna part includes a single conductor layer area. The cable part includes a three conductor layer area.

Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to an antenna. The antenna may include a ridge reflector arranged along a plane. The ridge reflector may be configured to enhance an emission of at least one electromagnetic wave source providing an electromagnetic wave signal to the antenna and further configured to direct the electromagnetic wave signal in a direction at least substantially perpendicular to the plane. The ridge reflector may define a space along the plane for allowing the electromagnetic wave signal to be directed in the direction at least substantially perpendicular to the plane. The ridge reflector may include at least one of a dielectric material and a semiconductor material.

Abstract: A high frequency module includes: a package section including a semiconductor chip, a first portion of a backshort being integrated with the semiconductor chip by a first resin, and a first rewiring line electrically coupled to the semiconductor chip and including a portion to be an antenna coupler; and a waveguide with which a second portion of the backshort is integrated, wherein the package section and the waveguide are integrated by a second resin, to position the portion to be the antenna coupler between the waveguide and the backshort.

Abstract: A horn antenna array is provided with a plurality of horn antennas arranged in one direction. Each of the plurality of horn antennas includes two pairs of inclined planes, which define a frustum-shape horn, and on an electromagnetic wave incident side of the horn, ends of a pair of inclined planes arranged in the one direction out of the two pairs of inclined planes project from ends of the other pair of inclined planes out of the two pairs of inclined planes.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system for generating electromagnetic signals that resonate in a cavity having a plurality of reflectors resulting in resonating electromagnetic signals and combining the resonating electromagnetic signals to form an electromagnetic wave that traverses a reflector and couples onto a physical transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An antenna array according to an embodiment includes a conductive member having a first and second slots adjacent to each other. The conductive surface on a front side of the conductive member is shaped so as to define a first and second horns respectively communicating with the first and second slots. The respective E planes of slots are on the same plane, or on a plurality of planes which are substantially parallel to each other. In an E-plane cross section of the first horn, a length from one of two intersections between the E plane and an edge of the first slot to one of two intersections between the E plane and an edge of the aperture plane of the first horn is longer than a length from the other intersection between the E plane and the edge of the first slot to the other intersection between the E plane and the edge of the aperture plane of the first horn, the lengths extending along an inner wall surface of the first horn.

Abstract: The invention relates to a guide element for an antenna for a fill level meter, wherein the guide element is composed of a dielectric material and is used for forming, guiding and emitting electromagnetic radiation. The guide element has a permittivity course that changes over the spatial expansion of the guide element for specifically forming the electromagnetic radiation, the course being implemented by a spatial distribution of the material density of the dielectric material, wherein the material density is defined as one portion of dielectric material per elementary cell of a given size. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a guide element.

Abstract: An antenna structure (10, 20) for beamforming is disclosed. The antenna structure (10, 20) comprises: a first set of antenna elements (12a, 12b; 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e, 21f) connected by a first analog distribution network (14a; 24a) to a first baseband chain (11a; 23a), and a second set of antenna elements (13a, 13b; 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22f) connected by a second analog distribution network (14b; 24b) to a second baseband chain (11b; 23b), wherein the first set of antenna elements (12a, 12b; 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e, 21f) are arranged interleaved with the second set of antenna elements (13a, 13b; 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22f) and wherein the antenna elements of the first and second sets are designed for use on same carrier frequency.

Abstract: A antenna waveguide for an antenna module includes a first surface formed in a first plane, a second plane adjacent to the first plane, a third plane adjacent to the second surface, not adjacent to the first surface, and parallel to the first surface, and a fourth surface adjacent to the first surface and the third surface, and not adjacent to the second surface. The antenna module includes an antenna, wherein a first size of the first surface along a direction of the antenna is substantially equal to a third quarter wavelength of a radio-frequency signal of the antenna, the antenna is formed in a second plane, and projections of the second surface and the fourth surface onto a third plane are perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane.

Abstract: An antenna array according to an embodiment includes a conductive member having a first and second slots adjacent to each other. The conductive surface on a front side of the conductive member is shaped so as to define a first and second horns respectively communicating with the first and second slots. The respective E planes of slots are on the same plane, or on a plurality of planes which are substantially parallel to each other. In an E-plane cross section of the first horn, a length from one of two intersections between the E plane and an edge of the first slot to one of two intersections between the E plane and an edge of the aperture plane of the first horn is longer than a length from the other intersection between the E plane and the edge of the first slot to the other intersection between the E plane and the edge of the aperture plane of the first horn, the lengths extending along an inner wall surface of the first horn.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) communications system may include a local RF communications device and an RF antenna coupled to the local RF communications device. The RF antenna may include a cavity backing housing, a conical RF launch structure having an apex positioned within the cavity backing housing, and an elongate electrical conductor having a proximal end extending through the apex of the conical RF launch structure and a distal end spaced apart from the conical RF launch structure to define an elongate RF coverage pattern. The system may further include at least one remote RF communications device within the elongate RF coverage pattern to wirelessly communicate with the local RF communications device.

Abstract: A unitary dielectric block is provided having a waveguide transition portion located at a first end of the unitary dielectric block, a sub-reflector support portion located at a second end of the unitary dielectric block, and a radiator portion between the waveguide transition portion and the sub-reflector support portion. The unitary dielectric block may have a longitudinal axis. The sub-reflector support portion may have a proximal surface and a distal surface. The distal surface may be located further from the longitudinal axis of the unitary dielectric block than the proximal surface. The distal surface may be angled at a first angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the unitary dielectric block, and the proximal surface may be angled at a second angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the unitary dielectric block. The second angle may be greater than the first angle.

Abstract: An antenna has a predetermined operating frequency, corresponding to a predetermined wavelength, and the antenna includes: a conductive sectoral horn including one open end built into a floorplan; short-circuited radiating slots, built into the floorplan, on either side of the open end; and conductive louvres, arranged above the slots and the open end, and configured to be deployed mechanically in a continuous manner to modify a radiation pattern of the antenna. The antenna can be, for example, used in stations for testing electromagnetic fields.

Abstract: A corrugated feed horn for antenna has an oval pattern of corrugations, and a series of intermediate ridges spaced between adjacent corrugation ridges only in the regions of the slots near its major axis. The intermediate ridges provide a feed horn that is capable of producing a relatively uniform oval beam, and has enough corrugations per wavelength to guarantee little diffraction on the edges of the horn, thus resulting in an antenna with very low side lobes.

Abstract: A method including receiving a monopulse transmission by a monopulse antenna determining an angle of arrival of the monopulse transmission, using processing circuitry operably coupled to the monopulse antenna, determining, using the processing circuitry, an angle error for a high gain antenna based on the angle of arrival of the monopulse transmission, and causing the positioning of the high gain antenna based on the angle error.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lens antenna comprising a dielectric lens consisting of a collimating part and an extension part, and an antenna element. The extension part of the lens comprises a substantially flat surface crossed by the axis of the collimating part, and the antenna element is rigidly fixed on the surface. The antenna element is formed by a hollow waveguide and comprises a dielectric insert with one end thereof adjacent to said surface; the size of the radiating opening of the waveguide is determined by the predefined width of the main beam and by side lobe levels of the radiation pattern of the lens antenna. The technical result of the invention is an increase in realized gain value due to the use of a waveguide antenna element with a dielectric insert, which provides impedance matching in a wide frequency bandwidth. The present invention can be used in radio-relay point-to-point communication systems, e.g.

Abstract: A TEM line to double-ridged waveguide launcher and horn antenna are disclosed. The launcher uses multiple probes or one or more wide-aspect probes across the ridge gap to minimize spreading inductance and a TEM combiner or matching taper to match the impedance of the probes over a broad bandwidth. The horn uses a power-law scaling of gap height relative to the other dimensions of the horn's taper in order to provide a monotonic decrease of cutoff frequencies in all high-order modes. Both of these techniques permit the implementation of ultra-wideband designs at high frequencies where fabrication tolerances are most difficult to meet.

Abstract: A Vivaldi antenna having an upper conductor and a lower conductor. A signal connector feed is attached to a rear end of the conductors while each conductor includes a curved flare section extending forwardly for the reception or transmission of the signal. Each conductor includes elliptical loading section or sections disposed around its flare section to enhance performance of the antenna by improving the front to back ratio as well as other factors for the antenna.

Abstract: A method for illuminating a dish reflector of a reflector antenna, including providing a waveguide coupled to a vertex of a dish reflector at a proximal end, a sub-reflector supported by a dielectric block coupled to a distal end of the waveguide, the dielectric block provided with a dielectric radiator portion proximate the distal end of the waveguide. An RF signal passing through the waveguide and the dielectric block to reflect from the sub-reflector through the dielectric block and at least partially through the dielectric radiator portion to the dish reflector illuminates the dish reflector with a maximum signal intensity and/or signal intensity angular range that is spaced outward from the vertex area of the dish reflector.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described that include one or more sidewall features to improve performance of a waveguide device. In particular, the sidewall features may be utilized within a polarizer section of a polarizer device such as a septum polarizers. The sidewall feature(s) may include recesses and/or protrusions. When a plurality of sidewall features are employed, the size, shape, spacing and kind (e.g., recess or protrusion) may vary according to a particular design.

Abstract: A radiofrequency assembly includes a module with an antenna assembly formed in a semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit can carry out at least one of the following functions: transmitting an electromagnetic signal, and receiving an electromagnetic signal. The radiofrequency assembly further includes a horn-like structure with a base portion adapted to fit on the module. The horn-like structure has an extending horn-shaped portion an input opening that encloses the antenna assembly when the horn-like structure is fitted on the module.