- Patent Title: Active phased array antenna device and power supply control method
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Application No.: US16898621Application Date: 2020-06-11
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Publication No.: US11616297B2Publication Date: 2023-03-28
- Inventor: Hiroshi Suzuki , Keisuke Nakamura , Yuya Matsuda
- Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2019-123370 20190702
- Main IPC: H01Q3/34
- IPC: H01Q3/34 ; H01Q21/00 ; H01Q23/00

Abstract:
An active phased array antenna (APAA) device includes antenna elements, active circuits, switches, and a control circuit. The antenna elements transmit and receive radio waves. The active circuits are connected to the antenna elements and start an operation upon supply of power distributed from a power supply circuit and transmit and receive signals via the antenna elements to which the active circuits are connected. The switches are connected to the active circuits, and start, upon being closed, supply of power to the active circuits to which the switches are connected, and stop, upon being opened, the supply of power to the active circuits to which the switches are connected. The control circuit transmits to the switches switching signals to turn the switches on and off to control starting and stopping of the supply of power to the active circuits. The control circuit sets timing differences in execution timings of executing the start of the stop of supply of power to the active circuits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210005965A1 ACTIVE PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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