Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waveguide device, slot array antenna, and radar, radar system, and wireless communication system including the slot array antenna
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Application No.: US15405703Application Date: 2017-01-13
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Publication No.: US10042045B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Hideki Kirino , Hiroyuki Kamo
- Applicant: Nidec Corporation , WGR Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto JP Kyoto
- Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION,WGR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION,WGR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto JP Kyoto
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP2016-006384 20160115
- Main IPC: H01Q13/00
- IPC: H01Q13/00 ; G01S13/34 ; G01S13/93 ; H01P1/02 ; H01P3/16 ; H01P5/12 ; H01Q1/32 ; H01Q21/06 ; H01Q3/36

Abstract:
A waveguide device includes: an electrically conductive member having an electrically conductive surface; a waveguide member having an electrically-conductive waveguide face of a stripe shape opposing the electrically conductive surface, the waveguide member extending along the electrically conductive surface; and an artificial magnetic conductor extending on both sides of the waveguide member. The waveguide member has a bend at which the direction that the waveguide member extends changes. A waveguide which is defined by the electrically conductive surface, the waveguide face, and the artificial magnetic conductor includes a gap enlargement where a gap between the electrically conductive surface and the waveguide face is locally increased. In a perspective view along a direction perpendicular to the electrically conductive surface, at least a portion of the bend has an overlap with the gap enlargement.
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