Patents Assigned to Toshio Makimoto
  • Planar microwave antenna having high antenna gain
    Patent number: 4713670
    Abstract: A microwave plane antenna comprises a plurality of pairs of antenna elements connected at their one end to a power supply circuit and respectively including at the other terminating end an impedance-matched patch antenna means, whereby signal energy remaining at the terminating ends of the antenna elements is caused to be effectively utilized as radiation energy, and any power loss is restrained for a high antenna gain and improved aperture efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignees: Toshio Makimoto, Sadahiko Nishimura, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Makimoto, Sadahiko Nishimura, Masayuki Matsuo, Toshio Abiko, Hirohumi Ishizaki, Minoru Kanda, Hidetsugu Nunoya, Mikio Komatsu