Abstract: An optically controlled switch includes a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) including: a first port and a second port, the first port and the second port being located at ends of the SIW to input and output an electromagnetic wave; and a shorting via electrically connected to a bottom layer of the SIW and separated from a top layer of the SIW by a dielectric gap. The optically controlled switch includes: a photoconductive element located on the top layer of the SIW and electrically connected to the shorting via and the top layer of the SIW, the photoconductive element being configured to have a dielectric state and a conductor state depending on a state of a controlling light flux; and a cutoff waveguide formed around the dielectric gap and the photoconductive element, and configured to provide control of the photoconductive element from a light source and block parasitic radiation.

Abstract: A communication device includes an input port, a first output port, a second output port, a first output arm including one end connected to the first output port and another end connected to a branch point and including a first switching element configured to be shorted in a second mode, a second output arm including one end connected to the second output port and another end connected to the branch point and including a second switching element configured to be shorted in a first mode, and an input arm including one end connected to the input port and another end connected to the branch point and including a third switching element configured to introduce a discontinuity into a transmission line in the form of a matching element configured to change an impedance of the input arm in a divider mode.

Abstract: A switch device is disclosed. The switch device includes: an input point; a first output point; a second output point; a first transmission line connecting the input point to the first output point; a second transmission line connecting the input point to the second output point; a switch unit connected to the first output point; and a third transmission line of which one end is connected to the switch unit and the other end is connected to the second output point, wherein the third transmission line causes a 90-degree phase shift when a signal at an operating frequency is delivered therethrough, the switch unit is controlled to be in an ON or OFF state according to one control signal, opens or grounds each of the first output point and the one end of the third transmission line.

Abstract: A switch device is disclosed. The switch device includes: an input point; a first output point; a second output point; a first transmission line connecting the input point to the first output point; a second transmission line connecting the input point to the second output point; a switch unit connected to the first output point; and a third transmission line of which one end is connected to the switch unit and the other end is connected to the second output point, wherein the third transmission line causes a 90-degree phase shift when a signal at an operating frequency is delivered therethrough, the switch unit is controlled to be in an ON or OFF state according to one control signal, opens or grounds each of the first output point and the one end of the third transmission line.

Abstract: A wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device includes a millimeter wave antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), and a power feeding line, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are dual-type antenna elements configured to excite different polarization modes, and wherein the power feeding line allows a plurality of ports of the RFIC to individually connect to the plurality of dual-type antenna elements to excite the different polarization modes to perform beamforming. The wireless communication device and/or electronic device may be diversified according to various embodiments.

Abstract: A communication device includes an input port, a first output port, a second output port, a first output arm including one end connected to the first output port and another end connected to a branch point and including a first switching element configured to be shorted in a second mode, a second output arm including one end connected to the second output port and another end connected to the branch point and including a second switching element configured to be shorted in a first mode, and an input arm including one end connected to the input port and another end connected to the branch point and including a third switching element configured to introduce a discontinuity into a transmission line in the form of a matching element configured to change an impedance of the input arm in a divider mode.

Abstract: An optically controlled switch includes a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) including: a first port and a second port, the first port and the second port being located at ends of the SIW to input and output an electromagnetic wave; and a shorting via electrically connected to a bottom layer of the SIW and separated from a top layer of the SIW by a dielectric gap. The optically controlled switch includes: a photoconductive element located on the top layer of the SIW and electrically connected to the shorting via and the top layer of the SIW, the photoconductive element being configured to have a dielectric state and a conductor state depending on a state of a controlling light flux; and a cutoff waveguide formed around the dielectric gap and the photoconductive element, and configured to provide control of the photoconductive element from a light source and block parasitic radiation.

Abstract: A wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device includes a millimeter wave antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), and a power feeding line, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are dual-type antenna elements configured to excite different polarization modes, and wherein the power feeding line allows a plurality of ports of the RFIC to individually connect to the plurality of dual-type antenna elements to excite the different polarization modes to perform beamforming. The wireless communication device and/or electronic device may be diversified according to various embodiments.

Abstract: A wireless communication device including an antenna device is provided. The wireless a communication device includes a housing having a conductive structure, a millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna having a plurality of antenna elements, the mmWave antenna being disposed within the housing, and a leaky-wave radiator having at least one opening formed in the conductive structure of the housing. An electromagnetic field generated by the mmWave antenna may be radiated outside of the housing of the wireless communication device through the leaky-wave radiator. The wireless communication device and/or an electronic device may be diversified according to embodiments.

Abstract: A wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device includes a millimeter wave antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), and a power feeding line, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are dual-type antenna elements configured to excite different polarization modes, and wherein the power feeding line allows a plurality of ports of the RFIC to individually connect to the plurality of dual-type antenna elements to excite the different polarization modes to perform beamforming. The wireless communication device and/or electronic device may be diversified according to various embodiments.

Abstract: A wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device includes a millimeter wave antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), and a power feeding line, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are dual-type antenna elements configured to excite different polarization modes, and wherein the power feeding line allows a plurality of ports of the RFIC to individually connect to the plurality of dual-type antenna elements to excite the different polarization modes to perform beamforming The wireless communication device and/or electronic device may be diversified according to various embodiments.

Abstract: A wireless communication device including an antenna device is provided. The wireless a communication device includes a housing having a conductive structure, a millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna having a plurality of antenna elements, the mmWave antenna being disposed within the housing, and a leaky-wave radiator having at least one opening formed in the conductive structure of the housing. An electromagnetic field generated by the mmWave antenna may be radiated outside of the housing of the wireless communication device through the leaky-wave radiator. The wireless communication device and/or an electronic device may be diversified according to embodiments.

Abstract: An apparatus for a planar phase array antenna is provided. The planar phase array antenna includes a planar waveguide formed by a top ground and a bottom ground with a dielectric layer between the top ground and the bottom ground, a phase array, including radiators, configured to form an electromagnetic wave front inside the planar waveguide, at least one back side reflecting structure located behind the phase array, and at least one deflecting structure, implemented in the dielectric layer, configured to deflect the electromagnetic wave front inside the planar waveguide, wherein a permittivity value of the at least one deflecting structure is not equal to a permittivity value of the dielectric layer of the planar waveguide.

Abstract: An apparatus for a planar phase array antenna is provided. The planar phase array antenna includes a planar waveguide formed by a top ground and a bottom ground with a dielectric layer between the top ground and the bottom ground, a phase array, including radiators, configured to form an electromagnetic wave front inside the planar waveguide, at least one back side reflecting structure located behind the phase array, and at least one deflecting structure, implemented in the dielectric layer, configured to deflect the electromagnetic wave front inside the planar waveguide, wherein a permittivity value of the at least one deflecting structure is not equal to a permittivity value of the dielectric layer of the planar waveguide.