Beam controller for aperture antenna, and aperture antenna therewith

• US 8,686,911 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2010
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lig Nex1 Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: LIG NEXI Company Limited
• Inventors: Kim, Young Wan
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Tan
• Application Number:
  US12/964,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20110140980A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,209 Days
• Field of Search: 343/772, 343/786, 343/781.R
• US Class Current: 343/786
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/08 for modifying the radiation pattern of a radiating horn in which it is located corrugated horns H01Q13/0208; producing a circular polarisation H01Q13/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/0018 Space- fed arrays
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/065 Patch antenna array

Abstract

The present invention relates to an aperture antenna capable of controlling a shape of a radiated beam without changing a structure of an aperture antenna by connecting a beam controller with a single aperture antenna. the aperture antenna including a beam controller according to the present invention includes: a waveguide; an aperture horn of which one end is connected to the waveguide and the other end is provided with an opening; and a beam controller including a feeding unit connected to the opening and provided with a plurality of slits, a dielectric layer connected to the feeding unit, and a plurality of patches connected to the dielectric layer to control a beam shape of a signal introduced into the feeding unit and radiated through the patches.

Claims

1. A horn antenna, comprising:

a waveguide;

an aperture horn of which one end is connected to the waveguide and the other end is provided with an opening, the aperture horn configured to receive a signal spatially fed from the waveguide; and

a beam controller including a feeding unit connected to the opening and provided with a plurality of slits, a dielectric layer connected to the feeding unit, and a plurality of patches connected to the dielectric layer to control a beam shape of the signal introduced into the feeding unit from the aperture horn and radiated through the patches,

wherein the plurality of slits are formed to increase the strength of the signal radiated through the corresponding patch as they proceed toward the central portion of the beam controller from the edge thereof.

2. The horn antenna according to claim 1, wherein the beam controller is a quadrangular multi-layer substrate when the aperture horn is a pyramid type horn.

3. The horn antenna according to claim 1, wherein the beam controller is a disc type multi-layer substrate when the aperture horn is a circular horn.

4. The horn antenna according to claim 1, wherein the beam controller controls the beam shape of the signal according to any one of the length of the slit and the gradient of the slit with respect to the electric field direction of the radiated signal.

5. The horn antenna according to claim 1, wherein the beam controller is connected with the inner surface of the opening.

6. The horn antenna according to claim 1, wherein the beam controller is connected with the end of the opening.

7. The horn antenna according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of slits are formed in the electric field direction of the radiated signals.

8. The horn antenna according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of slits is extendedly formed as they proceed toward the central portion of the beam controller from the edge thereof.

9. The horn antenna according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of slits is formed to increase an angle with respect to the electric field direction as they proceed toward the central portion of the beam controller from the edge thereof.

10. A waveguide antenna, comprising:

a waveguide of which the end is formed with an opening; and

a beam controller including a feeding unit connected to the opening and provided with a plurality of slits, a dielectric layer connected to the feeding unit, and a plurality of patches connected to the dielectric layer to control a beam shape of a signal spatially fed into the feeding unit from the waveguide and radiated through the patches,

wherein the plurality of slits are formed in the electric field direction of the radiated signal to increase the strength of the signal radiated through the corresponding patch as they proceed toward the central portion of the beam controller from the edge thereof.

11. The waveguide antenna according to claim 10, wherein the beam controller controls the beam shape of the signal according to any one of the length of the slit and the gradient of the slit with respect to the electric field direction of the radiated signal.

12. The waveguide antenna according to claim 10, wherein the beam controller is connected with the inner surface of the opening or the end of the opening.

13. The waveguide antenna according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of slits are extendedly formed as they proceed toward the central portion of the beam controller from the edge thereof.

14. The waveguide antenna according to claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of slits is formed to have a predetermined angle with respect to the electric field direction.