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US 2002/0000934 A1Published application
Method for mounting patch antenna
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsJOSEPH P. MENDELSOHN, RICHARD F. SCHWARTZ
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Abstract
This invention relates to an improved design and method of manufacture of patch antenna assemblies which incorporates projections, or tabs, to the sides of the antenna patches to facilitate mounting to the antenna structure, thereby reducing the total number of parts used in the antenna assembly.
Claims17
A patch antenna structure comprising:
- (a) a first electrically conductive plate, which serves a ground plane;
- and,
- (b) a second electrically conductive plate, which serves as a patch antenna element, said second plate having one or more tabs;
- whereby said one or more tabs support said second plate in a substantially parallel relationship above said first plate.
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A process for manufacturing an antenna structure comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a substrate;
- (b) supplying a patch antenna element having one or more tabs;
- and,
- (c) mounting said patch antenna element to the substrate.
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A process for manufacturing an antenna structure comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a substrate;
- (b) supplying a patch antenna element array having one or more tabs;
- and,
- (c) mounting said patch antenna element array to the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.