Abstract: The present disclosure provides a phase shifter and an antenna.

Abstract: A feeding structure is provided, which includes first and second substrates opposite to each other, a reference electrode, and a dielectric layer between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a coupling branch and a delay branch, which are respectively connected to two output terminals of a power divider and form a current loop with the reference electrode, on a side of a first base plate proximal to the dielectric layer. The second substrate includes a receiving electrode on a side of a second base plate proximal to the dielectric layer, the receiving electrode and the coupling branch form a coupling structure, and their orthographic projections on the first base plate at least partially overlap each other. A length of an orthographic projection of both the coupling branch and the receiving electrode on the first base plate is different from a length of the delay branch.

Abstract: There is provided a phase shifter including a first substrate, a second substrate and a dielectric layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate includes a first base and a first electrode layer on a side, of the first base, the second substrate includes a second base, a second electrode layer and a reference voltage leading-in end on a side of the second base, the reference voltage leading-in end is coupled to the second electrode layer, one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer includes a body structure and branch structures; an orthographic projection of an end of each branch structure away from the body structure on the first base is overlapped with an orthographic projection of the second electrode layer or the first electrode layer on the first base. An antenna is further provided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal phase shifter, a liquid crystal antenna, a communication apparatus, and a method for operating a liquid crystal phase shifter are provided. The liquid crystal phase shifter includes a microwave transmission structure and a phase adjustment structure opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer between the microwave transmission structure and the phase adjustment structure; wherein the phase adjustment structure comprises a plurality of phase adjustment units; the plurality of phase adjustment units are configured to change a dielectric constant of the liquid crystal layer according to a voltage applied to the phase adjustment units and a voltage applied to the microwave transmission structure, so as to adjust a phase of a microwave signal; and phase shift amounts adjusted by at least two of the plurality of phase adjustment units are different from each other.

Abstract: A liquid crystal phase shifter and an antenna are provided. The liquid crystal phase shifter includes first and second substrates opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The first substrate includes a first base plate and a first electrode thereon. The first electrode includes a main body structure on a side of the first base plate distal to the liquid crystal layer and at least one branch structure on a side of the first base plate proximal to the liquid crystal layer. The at least one branch structure is connected to the main body structure, and is spaced apart from each other in a lengthwise direction of the main body structure. The second substrate includes a second base plate and a second electrode thereon, and orthographic projections of the second electrode and the branch structure on the first base plate at least partially overlaps each other.

Abstract: A liquid crystal phase shifter and an antenna are provided. The liquid crystal phase shifter includes: first and second substrates opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode that are between the first and second substrates, a first shielding electrode on a side of the first substrate distal to the liquid crystal layer, and a second shielding electrode on a side of the second substrate distal to the liquid crystal layer. The first and second electrodes generate an electric field when being provided with different voltages, respectively, to change a dielectric constant of the liquid crystal layer so as to adjust a phase shifting degree of a microwave signal. The first and second shielding electrodes shield radiation generated by the first and second electrodes when the different voltages are applied to the first and second electrodes, respectively.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal phase shifter including first and second substrates opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a first base plate and a first electrode layer at a side of the first base plate proximal to the liquid crystal layer. The second substrate includes a second base plate and a second electrode layer at a side of the second base plate proximal to the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode layer includes a main body structure having a first side and a second side opposite to each other with respect to an extension direction of the main body structure, and a plurality of branch structures connected to at least one of the first side and the second side of the main body structure. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of first fingers.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a MEMS phase shifter and a manufacturing method thereof. The MEMS phase shifter includes a first substrate having a first surface, a coplanar waveguide on the first surface of the first substrate and including a first conductive wire and two second conductive wires on two sides of the first conductive wire and insulated from the first conductive wire, and a plurality of capacitance bridges on a side of the coplanar waveguide away from the first substrate. The plurality of capacitance bridges are arranged at intervals and insulated from the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire, and each of the plurality of capacitance bridges intersects the first conductive wire. The first surface of the first substrate includes a first groove, and the first conductive wire is suspended above the first groove.

Abstract: A balun assembly is provided. The balun assembly includes a first substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a first transmission electrode on the first surface of the first substrate, a ground electrode having an opening therein and on a side of the first substrate distal to the first transmission electrode, a first dielectric layer on a side of the ground electrode distal to the first substrate, and second and third transmission electrodes both on a side of the first dielectric layer distal to the ground electrode, the second and third transmission electrodes being spaced apart from each other. Orthographic projections of the first, second and third transmission electrodes on the first substrate intersect with an orthographic projection of the opening on the first substrate at first, second and third intersection points, respectively, and the first intersection point is between the second and third intersection points.

Abstract: A liquid crystal antenna unit and a liquid crystal phased array antenna are provided. The liquid crystal antenna unit includes: a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a transmission line on a first surface and extending in a first direction along the first surface, a first antenna oscillator on the first surface and arranged as an elongated dipole extending in a second direction along the first surface, a second antenna oscillator on a surface of the second substrate distal to the first substrate and at a position corresponding to the first antenna oscillator, and a ground electrode on a surface of the first substrate distal to the second substrate.

Abstract: A feeding structure is provided that includes a reference electrode, first and second substrates opposite to each other, and a dielectric layer between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a first base plate and an input electrode on a side of the first base plate proximal to the dielectric layer. The second substrate includes a second base plate and a receiving electrode on a side of the second base plate proximal to the dielectric layer, and orthographic projections of the receiving electrode and the input electrode on the first base plate at least partially overlaps each other to form a coupling structure. An output terminal of the input electrode or the receiving electrode is connected to a phase shifting structure to differ a phase of a microwave signal transmitted via the first substrate from a phase of a microwave signal transmitted via the second substrate.

Abstract: An array antenna module is provided, which includes a feed structure, a phase shift structure, and a radiation structure. The feed structure is connected to the phase shift structure, and the phase shift structure is connected to the radiation structure. The feed structure, the phase shift structure, and the radiation structure are all disposed on a glass substrate.

Abstract: A phase shifter, a manufacture method for manufacturing a phase shifter, a drive method for driving a phase shifter, and an electronic device are provided. The phase shifter includes a dielectric substrate, and a transmission line, a dielectric layer, an insulating layer, and a metal layer on the dielectric substrate. In a direction perpendicular to a first surface of the dielectric substrate, the dielectric layer and the insulating layer are between the metal layer and the transmission line, a material of the dielectric layer is a semiconductor material; and an orthographic projection of the metal layer on the dielectric substrate, an orthographic projection of the insulating layer on the dielectric substrate, and an orthographic projection of the dielectric layer on the dielectric substrate at least partially overlap. The present disclosure provides a new phase shifter based on a metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor structure.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal phase shifter including first and second substrates opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a first base plate and a first electrode layer at a side of the first base plate proximal to the liquid crystal layer. The second substrate includes a second base plate and a second electrode layer at a side of the second base plate proximal to the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode layer includes a main body structure having a first side and a second side opposite to each other with respect to an extension direction of the main body structure, and a plurality of branch structures connected to at least one of the first side and the second side of the main body structure. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of first fingers.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an antenna, an antenna device, a fabricating method of the antenna, and a fabricating method of the antenna device, and relates to the field of antenna technology. The antenna includes a first substrate; a base material layer on the first substrate and having a plurality of antenna cavities arranged in an array therein; and a conductive layer on an inner side of each of the plurality of antenna cavities, each of the plurality of antenna cavities and the conductive layer on the inner side thereof forming an antenna unit, wherein each of the plurality of antenna cavities includes a first opening, and an aperture of the first opening at a position of the antenna cavity close to the first substrate is smaller than an aperture of the first opening at a position of the antenna cavity away from the first substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a signal conditioner, an antenna device and a manufacturing method. The signal conditioner includes: a microstrip line including a first portion and a second portion; an insulating layer including a first insulating layer covering the first portion; at least one electrode; a liquid crystal layer covering the microstrip line, the insulating layer, and the at least one electrode; and a common electrode line. A first end of the first portion is connected to a first end of the second portion. A second end of the first portion is connected to a second end of the second portion. The at least one electrode includes a first electrode on a side of the first insulating layer facing away from the first portion. The common electrode line is on a side of the liquid crystal layer facing away from the microstrip line.

Abstract: A liquid crystal phase shifter, a liquid crystal antenna, a communication apparatus, and a method for operating a liquid crystal phase shifter are provided. The liquid crystal phase shifter includes a microwave transmission structure and a phase adjustment structure opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer between the microwave transmission structure and the phase adjustment structure; wherein the phase adjustment structure comprises a plurality of phase adjustment units; the plurality of phase adjustment units are configured to change a dielectric constant of the liquid crystal layer according to a voltage applied to the phase adjustment units and a voltage applied to the microwave transmission structure, so as to adjust a phase of a microwave signal; and phase shift amounts adjusted by at least two of the plurality of phase adjustment units are different from each other.

Abstract: There is provided a substrate integrated waveguide filter having a central region and a peripheral region surrounding the central region, and including: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a plurality of conductive support pillars between the first substrate and the second substrate, within the peripheral region, and surrounding the central region, wherein a distance between at least one pair of adjacent two of the plurality of conductive support pillars is less than a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave to be transmitted by the substrate integrated waveguide filter; and a dielectric layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a permittivity of the dielectric layer is configured to be changed as a strength of an electric field formed between the first substrate and the second substrate is changed to adjust a frequency of the substrate integrated waveguide filter.

Abstract: A liquid crystal phase shifter, a liquid crystal antenna, a communication apparatus, and a method for operating a liquid crystal phase shifter are provided. The liquid crystal phase shifter includes a microwave transmission structure and a phase adjustment structure opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer between the microwave transmission structure and the phase adjustment structure; wherein the phase adjustment structure comprises a plurality of phase adjustment units; the plurality of phase adjustment units are configured to change a dielectric constant of the liquid crystal layer according to a voltage applied to the phase adjustment units and a voltage applied to the microwave transmission structure, so as to adjust a phase of a microwave signal; and phase shift amounts adjusted by the plurality of phase adjustment units are different from each other.

Abstract: A phase shifter, a manufacture method for manufacturing a phase shifter, a drive method for driving a phase shifter, and an electronic device are provided. The phase shifter includes a dielectric substrate, and a transmission line, a dielectric layer, an insulating layer, and a metal layer on the dielectric substrate. In a direction perpendicular to a first surface of the dielectric substrate, the dielectric layer and the insulating layer are between the metal layer and the transmission line, a material of the dielectric layer is a semiconductor material; and an orthographic projection of the metal layer on the dielectric substrate, an orthographic projection of the insulating layer on the dielectric substrate, and an orthographic projection of the dielectric layer on the dielectric substrate at least partially overlap. The present disclosure provides a new phase shifter based on a metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor structure.