Power planes for a radio frequency (RF) metamaterial antenna
AssigneeKymeta Corporation
InventorsCagdas Varel, Steven Howard Linn
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Abstract
A radio-frequency (RF) antenna and method for using the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, an antenna includes an array of RF radiating antenna elements, a plurality of RF antenna element driving circuits coupled to the array of RF radiating antenna elements to supply tuning voltages to the RF radiating antenna elements, and one or more metal power planes, each of the one or more metal power planes coupled to supply a common voltage to two or more of the plurality of RF antenna driving circuits.
Claims20
An antenna comprising:
- an array of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements;
- a plurality of RF antenna element driving circuits coupled to the array of RF radiating antenna elements to supply tuning voltages to the RF radiating antenna elements;
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- one or more metal power planes, each of the one or more metal power planes coupled to supply a common voltage to two or more of the plurality of RF antenna driving circuits, wherein said each one or more metal power planes is electrically connected to two or more of the plurality of RF antenna driving circuits using vias.
An antenna comprising:
- an array of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements;
- a plurality of RF antenna element driving circuits coupled to the array of RF radiating antenna elements to supply tuning voltages to the RF radiating antenna elements;
- one or more metal power planes, each of the one or more metal power planes coupled to supply a common Direct Current (DC) voltage to two or more of the plurality of RF antenna driving circuits, wherein said each one or more metal power planes is electrically connected to two or more of the plurality of RF antenna driving circuits using via structures;
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- a bridge to electrically connect a pair of power plane segments on opposite sides of a set of one or more routing lines coupled to one or more of the RF antenna driving circuits of the plurality of RF antenna driving circuits.
A satellite communications terminal comprising an antenna having:
- a plurality of metal power planes to supply a common voltage;
- an array of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements;
- a plurality of RF antenna element driving circuits coupled to the array of RF radiating antenna elements to supply tuning voltages to the RF radiating antenna elements, each of the plurality of RF antenna element driving circuits having one or more nodes, wherein the one or more nodes in the plurality of RF antenna element driving circuits maintained at one or more constant voltages by coupling each the one or more nodes to one power plane of the plurality of power planes.
An antenna comprising:
- an array of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements, each of the RF radiating antenna elements having an iris;
- a plurality of RF antenna element driving circuits coupled to the array of RF radiating antenna elements to supply tuning voltages to the RF radiating antenna elements;
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- two or more metal power planes, each metal power plane of the two or more metal power planes coupled to supply a common voltage to two or more of the plurality of RF antenna driving circuits without overlapping irises of the RF radiating antenna elements in the array of RF radiating antenna elements, wherein the two or more power planes are electrically isolated from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.