US 10,256,537 B2 · Lens-enhanced phased array antenna panel

Abstract

A lens-enhanced phased array antenna panel includes a phased array antenna panel and at least one lens situated over the phased array antenna panel. The phased array antenna panel has a plurality of antennas arranged in a plurality of antenna segments. Each lens corresponds to at least one of the antenna segments. Each lens is configured to increase a gain of its corresponding antenna segment. Each lens increases a total gain of the phased array antenna panel. Additionally, each lens can provide an angular offset to direct a radio frequency (RF) beam onto its corresponding antenna segment.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A lens-enhanced phased array antenna panel comprising:

a plurality of antennas arranged in a plurality of antenna segments on a front surface of said phased array antenna panel;
a plurality of lenses situated over said front surface of said phased array antenna panel;
each of said plurality of lenses situated over a corresponding antenna segment in said plurality of antenna segments;
each of said plurality of lenses increasing a gain of said corresponding antenna segment in said plurality of antenna segments so as to increase a total gain of said phased array antenna panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/335,034Filed 26 Oct 2016

Published

US 2018/0115083 A126 Apr 2018

Granted

9 Apr 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H01Q 3/2658
Varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of…
H01Q 19/062
Using refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens: for focusing
H01Q 21/0025
Particular feeding systems: modular arrays
H01Q 21/065
Two dimensional planar arrays: patch antenna array

Lens-enhanced phased array antenna panel

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Lens-enhanced phased array antenna panel

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Abstract

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