Invention Grant
- Patent Title: RF rotary joint using a matched horn coupler assembly
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Application No.: US16116554Application Date: 2018-08-29
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Publication No.: US10741897B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Eric Darnel , Philippe Loiselle , Yan Brand
- Applicant: MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation
- Applicant Address: CA Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec
- Assignee: MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec
- Agency: Praxis
- Main IPC: H01P1/06
- IPC: H01P1/06 ; H01P1/165 ; H01Q19/10 ; H01Q3/20 ; H01Q1/12 ; H04B1/38

Abstract:
A matched horn coupler assembly is used in a RF rotational joint for conveying an electromagnetic signal. The coupler assembly includes first and second feed horns defining respective first and second horn longitudinal axes intersecting one another at an intersection point. The first and second feed horns connect to a mirror for conveying the signal there between with the intersection point lying on a reflecting surface of the mirror which defines a normal direction thereof at the intersection point. The normal direction is equally angularly spaced from both the first and second horn longitudinal axes. First and second lenses connect to the respective first and second feed horns and focus the signal there between and at the intersection point. At least one of the first and second feed horns is rotatably connected relative to the mirror about the respective horn longitudinal axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190067769A1 RF ROTARY JOINT USING A MATCHED HORN COUPLER ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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