Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antenna device and radar apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 天线装置和雷达装置
-
Application No.: US12709914Application Date: 2010-02-22
-
Publication No.: US08305260B2Publication Date: 2012-11-06
- Inventor: Tetsu Shijo , Takayoshi Ito , Shuichi Obayashi
- Applicant: Tetsu Shijo , Takayoshi Ito , Shuichi Obayashi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-055537 20090309
- Main IPC: G01S7/28
- IPC: G01S7/28

Abstract:
An antenna device includes subarray antennas including antenna elements, feeding lines and feeding interfaces. At least one of the feeding lines includes a phase shifter which shifts phases of the signals feeding to corresponding antenna elements. The feeding lines feed signals to the antenna elements. Each feeding interface is connected to each of subarray antennas. The subarray antennas are arranged parallel to each other with an interval on a plane to be symmetrical about a central axis. The interval is less or equal than a free-space wavelength. The central axis is along with the center of two adjacent subarray antennas arranged at middle of the subarray antennas when the number of the subarray antennas is even. Moreover, the central axis is along with one subarray antenna arranged at the middle of the subarray antennas when the number of the subarray antennas is odd.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100225528A1 ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADAR APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-09-09
Information query