公开(公告)号：US20230226751A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18127745

申请日：2023-03-29

Applicant: ROGERS CORPORATION

Inventor： Trevor Polidore ,  Sergio Clavijo ,  Dirk Baars

IPC: B29C64/124

CPC classification number: B29C64/124 ,  B33Y10/00

Abstract: A stereolithography method of manufacture of a polymer structure having a spatially gradient dielectric constant, including: providing a volume of a liquid, radiation-curable composition; irradiating a portion of the liquid, radiation-curable composition with activating radiation in a pattern to form a layer of the polymer structure; contacting the layer with the liquid, radiation-curable composition; irradiating the liquid, radiation-curable composition with activating radiation in a pattern to form a second layer on the first layer; and repeating the contacting and irradiating to form the polymer structure, wherein the polymer structure comprises a plurality of unit cells wherein each unit cell is integrally connected with an adjacent unit cell, each unit cell is defined by a plurality of trusses formed by the irradiation, wherein the trusses are integrally connected with each other at their respective ends, and the trusses of each unit cell are dimensioned to provide the spatially gradient dielectric constant.

公开(公告)号：US20220029297A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-27

申请号：US17299513

申请日：2019-11-22

Applicant: ROGERS CORPORATION

Inventor： Gianni Taraschi ,  Kristi Pance ,  Stephen O'Connor ,  Christopher Brown ,  Trevor Polidore ,  Allen F. Horn, III ,  Dirk Baars ,  Roshin Rose George ,  Jared Duperre ,  Shailesh Pandey ,  Karl E. Sprentall ,  Shawn P. Williams ,  William Blasius

IPC: H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q21/00 ,  H01Q21/06

Abstract: A method of making a dielectric, Dk, electromagnetic, EM, structure, includes: providing a first mold portion comprising substantially identical ones of a first plurality of recesses arranged in an array; filling the first plurality of recesses with a curable first Dk composition having a first average dielectric constant greater than that of air after full cure; placing a substrate on top of and across multiple ones of the first plurality of recesses filled with the first Dk composition, and at least partially curing the curable first Dk composition; and, removing the substrate with the at least partially cured first Dk composition from the first mold portion, resulting in an assembly having the substrate and a plurality of Dk forms including the at least partially cured first Dk composition, each of the plurality of Dk forms having a three dimensional, 3D, shape defined by corresponding ones of the first plurality of recesses.

公开(公告)号：US20230085413A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17943450

申请日：2022-09-13

Applicant: ROGERS CORPORATION

Inventor： Sergio Clavijo ,  John Sanford ,  Karl Edward Sprentall ,  Dirk Baars ,  Jared Kenneth Spink ,  Pramod Srinivas Bhat

IPC: H01Q13/00

Abstract: A waveguide antenna system, includes: an electromagnetic, EM, transition portion having a transition region having a signal feed interface and an open waveguide section, the EM transition portion configured to couple EM energy from the signal feed interface to a guided waveguide mode of EM energy to the open waveguide section via the transition region; and a leaky waveguide antenna portion configured and disposed to radiate electromagnetic energy received from the open waveguide section; wherein the EM transition portion is electromagnetically coupled to the leaky waveguide antenna portion, the EM transition portion being configured to support a transfer of electromagnetic energy from a signal feed structure to the leaky waveguide antenna portion.

公开(公告)号：US11482790B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17216989

申请日：2021-03-30

Applicant: Rogers Corporation

Inventor： Trevor Polidore ,  Sergio Clavijo ,  Dirk Baars ,  John Sanford

IPC: H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q15/08 ,  H01Q3/30

Abstract: A dielectric lens, includes: a three-dimensional, 3D, body of dielectric material having a spatially varying dielectric constant, Dk; the 3D body having at least three regions R(i) with local maxima of dielectric constant values Dk(i) relative to surrounding regions of respective ones of the at least three regions R(i), locations of the at least three regions R(i) being defined by local coordinates of: azimuth angle(i), zenith angle(i), and radial distance(i), relative to a particular common point of origin associated with the 3D body, where (i) is an index that ranges from 1 to at least 3; wherein the spatially varying Dk of the 3D body is configured to vary as a function of the zenith angle between a first region R(1) and a second region R(2) at a given azimuth angle and a given radial distance.

公开(公告)号：US20220158351A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17543195

申请日：2021-12-06

Applicant: ROGERS CORPORATION

Inventor： Stephen O'Connor ,  Gianni Taraschi ,  Christopher Brown ,  Kristi Pance ,  Karl E. Sprentall ,  Bruce Fitts ,  Dirk Baars ,  William Blasius ,  Murali Sethumadhavan ,  Roshin Rose George ,  Michael S. White ,  Michael Lunt ,  Sam Henson ,  John Dobrick

IPC: H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q1/38

Abstract: An electromagnetic, EM, device, includes: a substrate having a dielectric layer and a first conductive layer at a first side of the substrate, the substrate having a via that extends at least partially through the substrate from the first side toward an opposing second side of the substrate; at least one dielectric structure having at least one non-gaseous dielectric material that forms a first dielectric portion that extends outward from the first side of the substrate, the first dielectric portion having a first average dielectric constant, the at least one dielectric structure further having a second dielectric portion that is contiguous with the first dielectric portion; wherein the second dielectric portion extends into the via of the substrate, the via having a mechanical interlock surface; and wherein the at least one dielectric structure includes a mechanical interlock between the second dielectric portion and the mechanical interlock surface of the via of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US12148997B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-19

申请号：US17943450

申请日：2022-09-13

Applicant: ROGERS CORPORATION

Inventor： Sergio Clavijo ,  John Sanford ,  Karl Edward Sprentall ,  Dirk Baars ,  Jared Kenneth Spink ,  Pramod Srinivas Bhat

IPC: H01Q13/22 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  H01Q21/06

Abstract: A waveguide antenna system, includes: an electromagnetic, EM, transition portion having a transition region having a signal feed interface and an open waveguide section, the EM transition portion configured to couple EM energy from the signal feed interface to a guided waveguide mode of EM energy to the open waveguide section via the transition region; and a leaky waveguide antenna portion configured and disposed to radiate electromagnetic energy received from the open waveguide section; wherein the EM transition portion is electromagnetically coupled to the leaky waveguide antenna portion, the EM transition portion being configured to support a transfer of electromagnetic energy from a signal feed structure to the leaky waveguide antenna portion.

公开(公告)号：US11407169B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US16657054

申请日：2019-10-18

Applicant: ROGERS CORPORATION

Inventor： Trevor Polidore ,  Sergio Clavijo ,  Dirk Baars

IPC: B29C64/124 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y70/10 ,  B29L31/34

Abstract: A stereolithography method of manufacture of a polymer structure having a spatially gradient dielectric constant, including: providing a volume of a liquid, radiation-curable composition; irradiating a portion of the liquid, radiation-curable composition with activating radiation in a pattern to form a layer of the polymer structure; contacting the layer with the liquid, radiation-curable composition; irradiating the liquid, radiation-curable composition with activating radiation in a pattern to form a second layer on the first layer; and repeating the contacting and irradiating to form the polymer structure, wherein the polymer structure comprises a plurality of unit cells wherein each unit cell is integrally connected with an adjacent unit cell, each unit cell is defined by a plurality of trusses formed by the irradiation, wherein the trusses are integrally connected with each other at their respective ends, and the trusses of each unit cell are dimensioned to provide the spatially gradient dielectric constant.

公开(公告)号：US20190341696A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-07

申请号：US16396943

申请日：2019-04-29

Applicant: ROGERS CORPORATION

Inventor： Stephen O'Connor ,  Gianni Taraschi ,  Christopher Brown ,  Kristi Pance ,  Karl E. Sprentall ,  Bruce Fitts ,  Dirk Baars ,  William Blasius ,  Murali Sethumadhavan ,  Roshin Rose George ,  Michael S. White ,  Michael Lunt ,  Sam Henson ,  John Dobrick

IPC: H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q1/38

Abstract: In an embodiment, an electromagnetic device, comprises a substrate a substrate comprising a dielectric layer and a first conductive layer; at least one dielectric structure comprising at least one non-gaseous dielectric material that forms a first dielectric portion that extends outward from the first side of the substrate, the first dielectric portion having an average dielectric constant and an optional second dielectric portion that extends into an optional via. The at least one dielectric structure is bonded to the substrate by at least one of: a mechanical interlock between the second dielectric portion and the substrate due to the at least one interlocking slot comprising a retrograde surface; an intermediate layer located in between the dielectric structure and the substrate having a roughened surface; or an adhesive material located in between the dielectric structure and the substrate. A method of making the device can comprise injection molding a dielectric composition onto the substrate to form the dielectric substrate.

公开(公告)号：US11787878B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17831554

申请日：2022-06-03

Applicant: ROGERS CORPORATION

Inventor： Trevor Polidore ,  Dirk Baars ,  Thomas A. Koes ,  Bruce Fitts ,  Murali Sethumadhavan

IPC: C08F2/46 ,  C08F2/50 ,  C08G61/04 ,  B29C64/106 ,  C08F22/10 ,  C08F20/18 ,  C08F22/20 ,  C08F22/22 ,  C08F136/06 ,  C08K3/22 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B29K33/00 ,  B29K35/00

CPC classification number: C08F2/50 ,  B29C64/106 ,  C08F20/18 ,  C08F22/1006 ,  C08F22/20 ,  C08F22/22 ,  C08F136/06 ,  C08K3/22 ,  B29K2033/08 ,  B29K2035/00 ,  B29K2995/0006 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  C08K2003/2227 ,  C08K2003/2237

Abstract: A photocurable composition for stereolithographic three-dimensional printing, wherein the photocurable composition comprises a photoreactive oligomer component comprising a hydrophobic oligomer comprising a photoreactive end group, a photoreactive monomer component comprising a photoreactive monomer having a photoreactive end group, and a photoinitiation composition comprising a photoinitiator; the photocurable composition has a viscosity of 250 to 10,000 centipoise at 22° C., determined using a Brookfield viscometer; and the photocured composition has a dielectric loss of less than 0.010, preferably less than 0.008, more preferably less than 0.006, most preferably less than 0.004, each determined by split-post dielectric resonator testing at 10 gigahertz at 23° C.

公开(公告)号：US11545753B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US17543195

申请日：2021-12-06

Applicant: ROGERS CORPORATION

Inventor： Stephen O'Connor ,  Gianni Taraschi ,  Christopher Brown ,  Kristi Pance ,  Karl E. Sprentall ,  Bruce Fitts ,  Dirk Baars ,  William Blasius ,  Murali Sethumadhavan ,  Roshin Rose George ,  Michael S. White ,  Michael Lunt ,  Sam Henson ,  John Dobrick

IPC: H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q1/38

Abstract: An electromagnetic, EM, device, includes: a substrate having a dielectric layer and a first conductive layer at a first side of the substrate, the substrate having a via that extends at least partially through the substrate from the first side toward an opposing second side of the substrate; at least one dielectric structure having at least one non-gaseous dielectric material that forms a first dielectric portion that extends outward from the first side of the substrate, the first dielectric portion having a first average dielectric constant, the at least one dielectric structure further having a second dielectric portion that is contiguous with the first dielectric portion; wherein the second dielectric portion extends into the via of the substrate, the via having a mechanical interlock surface; and wherein the at least one dielectric structure includes a mechanical interlock between the second dielectric portion and the mechanical interlock surface of the via of the substrate.