Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Beam forming network for feeding short wall slotted waveguide arrays
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Application No.: US14461417Application Date: 2014-08-17
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Publication No.: US09612317B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Jamal Izadian , Russell Smith
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G01S7/03
- IPC: G01S7/03 ; H04B7/06 ; H01Q3/40 ; H01P1/18 ; H01Q21/00 ; G01S13/02

Abstract:
An example method for a beamforming network for feeding short wall slotted waveguide arrays. The beamforming network may include six beamforming network outputs, where each beamforming network output is coupled to one of a set of waveguide inputs. Further, the beamforming network may include a cascaded set of dividers configured to split electromagnetic energy from a beamforming network input to the six phase-adjustment sections. The cascade may include a first level of the cascade configured to split the electromagnetic energy from the beamforming network input into two first-level beamforming waveguides, a second level configured to split the electromagnetic energy from each of two first-level beamforming waveguides into two respective second-level beamforming waveguides, and a third level of the cascade configured to split the electromagnetic energy from one of two respective second-level beamforming waveguides into two respective third-level beamforming waveguides.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160047893A1 Beam Forming Network for Feeding Short Wall Slotted Waveguide Arrays Public/Granted day:2016-02-18
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