Low-cost one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap waveguide phase shifter based ESA horn antenna

• US 7,307,596 B1
• Filed: 07/15/2004
• Issued: 12/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: West, James B.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEN, SHIH CHAO
• Application Number:
  US10/891,910
• Time in Patent Office: 1,244 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/762, 343/772, 343/778, 343/786, 333/157
• US Class Current: 343/778
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/00 Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot antennas; Leaky-waveguide antennas; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/2658 Phased-array fed focussing structure

Abstract

A one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna utilizes a linear array of EBG waveguide phase shifters for scanning and radiating a beam. A linear array feed feeds the linear array of EBG waveguide phase shifters. A horn directs radiation from the linear array of EBG waveguide phase shifters. Each of the EBG waveguide phase shifters is a waveguide with vertical and horizontal sidewalls. EBG devices are located on the vertical waveguide walls to shift phase to scan the beam.

Claims

1. A one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna comprising:

a linear array of EBG waveguide phase shifters for scanning and radiating a beam;

a linear array feed to feed the linear array of ERG waveguide phase shifters; and

a horn for shaping radiation from the linear array of EBG waveguide phase shifters.

2. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 1 wherein each of the EBG waveguide phase shifters comprises:

a waveguide having vertical and horizontal sidewalls; and

EBG devices on the vertical waveguide walls or the horizontal sidewalls wherein the EBG devices on the vertical walls shift phase to scan the beam with a vertical polarization and wherein the EBG devices on the horizontal walls shift phase to scan the beam with a horizontal polarization.

3. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 2 wherein each of the EBG devices comprise:

a dielectric substrate;

a plurality of conductive strips located periodically on a surface of the dielectric substrate; and

a ground plane located on a surface of the dielectric substrate opposite the plurality of conductive strips.

4. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 3 wherein each of the EBG devices further comprise a plurality of reactive devices placed between the conductive strips to vary reactance between the conductive strips thereby varying a surface impedance of the EBG devices to shift a phase.

5. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 4 wherein the plurality of reactive devices comprises one of varactor diodes, Schotkky diodes, and ferroelectric chip capacitors.

6. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 3 wherein the dielectric substrate is a ferroelectric substrate having a dielectric constant varied with a bias applied to the plurality of conductive strips to shift a phase.

7. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 3 wherein the dielectric substrate is a ferromagnetic substrate having a permeability varied with a bias applied to the plurality of conductive strips to shift a phase.

8. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 1 wherein the linear array feed comprises an edge slotted TE10 waveguide.

9. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 1 wherein the linear array feed comprises a slotted linear one-dimensional EBG waveguide.

10. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 1 wherein the horn comprises one of a horn with open sidewalls and a pyramidal horn.

11. A one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna for scanning and radiating a beam comprising:

the horn for shaping the scanned and radiated beam

a one-dimensional ESA EBG waveguide phase shifting linear array horn feed for feeding the horn the scanned and radiated beam wherein the one-dimensional ESA EBG waveguide phase shifting linear array horn feed comprises a linear array of EBG waveguide radiating elements; and

a linear array feed for feeding the one-dimensional ESA EBG waveguide phase shifting linear array horn feed.

12. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 11 wherein the EBG waveguide radiating elements each comprise:

a waveguide having vertical and horizontal sidewalls; and

EBG devices on the vertical sidewalls or the horizontal sidewalls wherein the EBG devices on the vertical sidewalls shift phase to scan the beam with a vertical polarization and wherein the EBG devices on the horizontal sidewalls shift phase to scan the beam with a horizontal polarization.

13. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 11 wherein the EBG waveguide radiating elements each comprise:

a waveguide having vertical and horizontal sidewalls; and

EBG devices on the vertical sidewalls and the horizontal sidewalls wherein the EBG devices shift phase to scan the beam.

14. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 13 wherein the EBG devices each comprise:

a dielectric substrate;

a plurality of conductive strips located periodically on a surface of the dielectric substrate; and

a ground plane located on an opposite surface from the conductive strips on the dielectric substrate.

15. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 14 wherein the EBG devices each further comprise a plurality of reactive devices periodically placed between the conductive strips to alter capacitive coupling between the conductive strips thereby varying a surface impedance to shift a phase.

16. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 15 wherein the plurality of reactive devices comprises one of varactor diodes, Schotkky diodes, and ferroelectric chip capacitors.

17. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 13 wherein the EBG devices on the vertical walls phase shift in a first mode and the EBG devices on the horizontal walls phase shift in a second mode independent of the phase shift in the first mode.

18. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 17 wherein the first mode is at a first frequency and the second mode is at a second frequency.

19. The one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna of claim 17 wherein the first mode and the second mode are at a same frequency.

20. A one-dimensional electromagnetic band gap (EBG) waveguide phase shifter electronically scanned array (ESA) horn antenna comprising a linear array of EBG waveguide phase shifters for scanning and radiating a beam;

a linear array feed to feed the linear array of EBG waveguide phase shifters; and

a horn for directing radiation from the linear array of EBG waveguide phase shifters wherein each of the EBG waveguide phase shifters comprises;

a waveguide having vertical and horizontal sidewalls; and

EBG devices on the vertical sidewalls wherein the EBG devices on the vertical sidewalls phase shift to scan the beam said EBG devices each comprise;

a dielectric substrate;

a plurality of conductive strips periodically located on a surface of the dielectric substrate;

a ground plane located on a surface of the dielectric substrate opposite the plurality of conductive strips; and

a plurality of reactive devices placed between the conductive strips to vary reactance between the conductive strips thereby varying a surface impedance of the EBG devices to shift a phase.