Nec Corporation

Kazuo Kosukegawa

Osamu Yamamoto

Akio Kuramoto

Osamu Ichiyoshi

Yuhei Kosugi

Hirohisa Ozawa

Mitsuhiro Kusano

Toshinobu Yamane

Masao Momose

Kazuhiko Kurokawa

Noriyuki Asari

In an antenna device comprising an antenna block which can electrically control a direction of a radio wave transmitted or received by the antenna device, a phase shift unit is connected to the antenna block to phase shift an external electric signal or an internal electric signal given to or from the antenna device. The phase shift unit has variable and discrete phase shifts switched from one to another in response to a control signal supplied from a controller and supplies a phase shifted external signal to the antenna block or a phase shifted internal signal to an external device. The antenna block comprises a plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of phase shifters which are connected to the antenna elements to send the phase shifted external signal to the respective antenna elements or to send the internal electric signal to the phase shift unit.

Antenna device capable of reducing a phase noise

The invention eliminates polarization problems and feeder waveguide loss in a miniature microwave transmitter/receiver. This is done by providing a massive heat sink, metal housing with a primary radiator which is rotatably mounted on the end of the housing. Polarization is accomplished by rotating the radiator on the housing. Inside the housing there is a hybrid of integrated circuits mounted on internal parts of the housing which provide both heat sinking and waveguide functions.

Microwave transmitter/receiver apparatus

A horn antenna for radiating or receiving a microwave is provided with a plurality of axially spaced radial fins fixedly mounted on the outer surface of the horn, which fins form a plurality of radial grooves and a front axial groove each having a depth of approximately equal to a quarter of a wavelength of the microwave. Those fins and grooves form a choke surface-wave structure which improves the radiation pattern and reduces undesired radiation and side lobe. A multimode horn arrangement for a higher frequency wave is employed for the horn so that two different frequency waves are efficiently radiated or received at a single horn antenna with a reduced side lobe and an excellent cross polarization characteristic.

Horn antenna with a choke surface-wave structure on the outer surface

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazuo Kosukegawa