Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scanning antenna comprising a liquid crystal layer and method for manufacturing the same
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Application No.: US15553376Application Date: 2016-10-14
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Publication No.: US10153550B2Publication Date: 2018-12-11
- Inventor: Takatoshi Orui , Shigeyasu Mori , Makoto Nakazawa , Fumiki Nakano , Kiyoshi Minoura
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Sakai
- Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-203967 20151015
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/080482 WO 20161014
- International Announcement: WO2017/065255 WO 20170420
- Main IPC: H01Q3/44
- IPC: H01Q3/44 ; H01Q3/34 ; H01L23/66 ; H01L27/12 ; H01L29/66 ; H01L29/786 ; H01Q13/10 ; H01Q21/00 ; H01Q21/06 ; H01Q21/20 ; H01Q21/24

Abstract:
A scanned antenna (1000) is a scanned antenna including antenna elements (U) arranged together, the scanned antenna comprising: a TFT substrate including a first dielectric substrate (1), TFTs, gate bus lines, source bus lines, and patch electrodes (15); a slot substrate (201) including a second dielectric substrate (51), and a slot electrode (55) formed on a first primary surface of the second dielectric substrate; a liquid crystal layer (LC) provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate; and a reflective conductive plate (65) arranged so as to oppose a second primary surface of the second dielectric substrate (51) with a dielectric layer (54) interposed therebetween, the second primary surface being on an opposite side from the first primary surface. The TFT substrate (TFT substrate portion (101Cb)) includes a terminal region (TR) outside of the seal portion (73), and the gate bus lines or the source bus lines are connected to gate terminal portions or source terminal portions formed in the terminal region via a transparent conductive layer (14b) provided between the seal portion (73) and the TFT substrate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180138594A1 SCANNING ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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