Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phased array antenna
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Application No.: US15771546Application Date: 2016-09-23
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Publication No.: US10862208B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Yuta Hasegawa , Ning Guan
- Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-216938 20151104
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/078033 WO 20160923
- International Announcement: WO2017/077787 WO 20170511
- Main IPC: H01Q3/26
- IPC: H01Q3/26 ; H01Q3/42

Abstract:
Provided is a phased array antenna in which a delay time of a radio frequency signal supplied to each antenna element is not dependent on frequency. Each feeding circuit (Fi) of the phased array antenna (1) includes: a time delay element (TDi) configured to impart a time delay Δti to a sum signal VIF+LO(t) which is obtained by adding an intermediate frequency signal VIF(t) and a local signal VLO(t); a demultiplexer (DPi) configured to demultiplex a resulting delayed sum signal VIF+LO(t−Δti) so as to provide a delayed intermediate frequency signal VIF(t−Δti) and a delayed local signal VLO(t−Δti); and a transmission mixer (TMXi) configured to multiply the delayed intermediate frequency signal VIF(t−Δti) by the delayed local signal VLO(t−Δti) so as to provide a delayed radio frequency signal VRF(t−Δti), each feeding circuit Fi being configured to supply the delayed radio frequency signal VRF(t−Δti) to a corresponding antenna element (Ai).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180342804A1 PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2018-11-29
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