Low profile wideband planar antenna element with integrated baluns
First Claim
1. An antenna assembly comprising:
- a first substrate layer having a first surface;
a first antenna disposed in an X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer;
a second substrate layer having a first surface oriented parallel to the first surface of the first substrate layer, the second substrate layer displaced in the Z-direction with respect to the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; and
a first tuning balun disposed in a plane on the first surface of the second substrate layer and coupled to the first antenna by means of a first feed via, the plane of the first tuning balun oriented parallel to the X-Y plane of the first antenna.
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Abstract
An antenna assembly for use in a tile architecture antenna system. The antenna assembly comprises: i) a first substrate layer having a first surface; ii) a first antenna disposed in an X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; iii) a second substrate layer having a first surface, the second substrate layer displaced in the Z-direction with respect to the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; and iv) a first tuning balun disposed on the first surface of the second substrate layer and coupled to the first antenna by means of a first feed via. The antenna assembly further comprises a first transmission line disposed on the first surface of the second substrate layer. The first transmission line is coupled to the first antenna by means of a second feed via.
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1. An antenna assembly comprising:
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a first substrate layer having a first surface; a first antenna disposed in an X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; a second substrate layer having a first surface oriented parallel to the first surface of the first substrate layer, the second substrate layer displaced in the Z-direction with respect to the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; and a first tuning balun disposed in a plane on the first surface of the second substrate layer and coupled to the first antenna by means of a first feed via, the plane of the first tuning balun oriented parallel to the X-Y plane of the first antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An antenna assembly comprising:
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a first substrate layer having a first surface; a first antenna disposed in an X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; a second substrate layer having a first surface, the second substrate layer displaced in the Z-direction with respect to the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; a first tuning balun disposed on the first surface of the second substrate layer and coupled to the first antenna by means of a first feed via; a first transmission line disposed on the first surface of the second substrate layer, the first transmission line coupled to the first antenna by means of a second feed via; a second antenna disposed in the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; a third substrate layer having a first surface, the third substrate layer displaced in the Z-direction with respect to the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; and a second tuning balun disposed on the first surface of the third substrate layer and coupled to the second antenna by means of a third feed via. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An antenna system comprising:
a plurality of antenna assemblies configured in a tile architecture, each of the plurality of antenna assemblies comprising; a first substrate layer having a first surface; a first antenna disposed in an X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; a second substrate layer having a first surface oriented parallel to the first surface of the first substrate layer, the second substrate layer displaced in the Z-direction with respect to the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; and a first tuning balun disposed in a plane on the first surface of the second substrate layer and coupled to the first antenna by means of a first feed via, the plane of the first tuning balun oriented parallel to the X-Y plane of the first antenna. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. An antenna system comprising:
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a plurality of antenna assemblies configured in a tile architecture, each of the plurality of antenna assemblies comprising; a first substrate layer having a first surface; a first antenna disposed in an X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; a second substrate layer having a first surface, the second substrate layer displaced in the Z-direction with respect to the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; and a first tuning balun disposed on the first surface of the second substrate layer and coupled to the first antenna by means of a first feed via; a first transmission line disposed on the first surface of the second substrate layer, the first transmission line coupled to the first antenna by means of a second feed via; a second antenna disposed in the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; a third substrate layer having a first surface, the third substrate layer displaced in the Z-direction with respect to the X-Y plane on the first surface of the first substrate layer; and a second tuning balun disposed on the first surface of the third substrate layer and coupled to the second antenna by means of a third feed via. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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