Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scanning antenna and method for manufacturing scanning antenna
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Application No.: US17312090Application Date: 2019-12-02
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Publication No.: US11616305B2Publication Date: 2023-03-28
- Inventor: Takeshi Hara , Susumu Nakano , Koji Yasuda , Yoji Taniguchi , Yoshinori Tanaka , Ryan A. Stevenson , Steve Linn , Cagdas Varel , Colin Short , Felix Chen
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha , KYMETA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Sakai; US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha,KYMETA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha,KYMETA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai; US WA Redmond
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-232636 20181212
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/047073 WO 20191202
- International Announcement: WO2020/121877 WO 20200618
- Main IPC: H01Q1/22
- IPC: H01Q1/22 ; H01Q13/22 ; G02F1/1339 ; H01Q3/34 ; H01Q21/00

Abstract:
A scanning antenna includes a transmission and/or reception region including a plurality of antenna units and a non-transmission and/or reception region other than the transmission and/or reception region. The scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate, a slot substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a seal portion surrounding the liquid crystal layer, a wall structure (additional seal portion) disposed in a region surrounded by the seal portion in the non-transmission and/or reception region, a reflective conductive plate, a first spacer structure defining a first gap between a first dielectric substrate and a second dielectric substrate in the transmission and/or reception region, and a second spacer structure disposed in the wall structure and defining a second gap wider than the first gap. The wall structure includes a first main side face and a second main side face that intersect a surface of the first dielectric substrate, and at least one of the first main side face and the second main side face includes a plurality of recessed portions and/or a plurality of protruding portions when viewed from a normal direction of the first dielectric substrate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220029300A1 SCANNING ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SCANNING ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2022-01-27
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