Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conformal antenna with dielectric lens
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Application No.: US16141552Application Date: 2018-09-25
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Publication No.: US10700423B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: John E. Rogers
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Gates & Cooper LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q1/38
- IPC: H01Q1/38 ; H01Q1/28 ; B64C1/36 ; H04B7/06 ; H01Q3/26

Abstract:
A conformal antenna having dielectric lenses disposed over the antenna elements is disclosed. The antenna comprises a circuit board having a composite dielectric. The composite dielectric includes an array of a plurality of antenna elements disposed on the top surface and a conductive ground plane disposed on the bottom surface. A conductor extends from an antenna input through the composite dielectric, the conductor forming microstrip with the bottom surface conductive ground plane. The top surface of the composite dielectric further comprises at least one dielectric lens, each dielectric lens disposed over only one antenna element of at least a subset of the plurality of antenna elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200099127A1 CONFORMAL ANTENNA WITH DIELECTRIC LENS Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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