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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Thales, Courbevoie, FR;
Universite DE Rennes 1, Rennes, FR;
Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Hervé Legay, Plaisance du Touch, FR;
Ségolène Tubau, Toulouse, FR;
Jean-Philippe Fraysse, Toulouse, FR;
Etienne Girard, Plaisance du Touch, FR;
Mauro Ettorre, Rennes, FR;
Ronan Sauleau, Acigne, FR;
Nelson Fonseca, Noordwijk, NL;
THALES, Courbevoie, FR;
UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1, Rennes, FR;
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A beamformer comprises a transmission line fed by at least one input feed source, the transmission line comprising two stacked metal plates extending, along two directions, longitudinal X and transverse Y. The transmission line further comprises at least one protuberance extending in the directions X, Y, and in a direction Z orthogonal to the plane XY, the protuberance comprising a metal insert extending in the directions X and Y and extending height-wise in the direction Z, the insert comprising a base fastened to one of the two metal plates and a free end and having a contour of variable length between the two lateral edges of the transmission line. In the protuberance, the transmission line is adjoining the insert and forms, in the direction Z, a circumvolution around the insert.