Signaling device including a slot transition between a substrate integrated waveguide and a signal generator
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsJun Yao, George J. Purden, Ryan K. Rossiter
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Abstract
An illustrative example electronic device includes a signal generator having at least one conductive output member. A substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) includes a substrate and a plurality of conductive members in the substrate. The substrate includes a slot in one exterior surface of the substrate. The slot is situated adjacent the at least one conductive output member of the signal generator such that a signal of the signal generator is coupled into the SIW through the slot.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a signal generator having at least one conductive output member;
- and
- a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) comprising a substrate and a plurality of conductive members in the substrate, the substrate including a slot in one exterior surface of the substrate, the slot being situated adjacent to the at least one conductive output member of the signal generator such that a signal of the signal generator is coupled into the SIW through the slot.
The device of claim 31, wherein
- the at least one conductive output member comprises two output members;
- the two output members have a spacing between them;
- a portion of the slot is situated within the spacing between the two output members.
A method of making an electronic device, the method comprising:
- forming a slot in an exterior surface of a substrate, the substrate including a plurality of conductive members, the substrate and the plurality of conductive members establishing a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW);
- and
- placing a signal generator adjacent the exterior surface of the substrate near the slot, the signal generator having at least one conductive output member situated adjacent the slot such that a signal of the signal generator is coupled into the SIW through the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.