Ngk Spark Plug Company, Limited

Ikuro Aoki

Satoshi Hirano

Hiroyuki Takahashi

Takuya Adachi

Naoko Mori

A waveguide slot antenna is configured by a waveguide, formed by a dielectric substrate, a first conductive layer formed at a lower surface of the dielectric substrate, a second conductive layer formed at an upper surface of the dielectric substrate and provided with one or a plurality of slots, and a pair of side wall parts electrically connecting the first and second conductive layers and extending in a first direction, being provided with a power feeding part. The one or a plurality of slots include a first slot having a predetermined slot length along the first direction. The waveguide slot antenna has a structure in which, on a plan view from a second direction, the power feeding part overlaps the first slot, and the power feeding part does not deviate from a range of the slot length along the first direction.

Waveguide slot antenna

A waveguide includes a dielectric substrate, a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer formed on a lower surface and an upper surface thereof, a pair of side wall parts forming side walls of both sides of the waveguide, and a feed part feeding an input signal to the waveguide. The feed part includes a feed terminal formed on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate and does not contact the first conductor layer, a first via conductor connected at a lower end thereof to the feed terminal, a first connection pad connected to an upper end of the first via conductor, and second via conductors that are each connected at a lower end thereof to the first connection pad. The sum of the cross-sectional areas of the second via conductors is greater than the sum of the cross-sectional area of the first via conductor.

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Ikuro Aoki