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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minoru Kanda, Osaka, JP;
Mikio Komatsu, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Toshio Abiko, Osaka, JP;
Kyoji Masamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasumasa Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Tuyoshi Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
333 26 ; 333 33 ;
Abstract
A converter for use with planar antennas has a probe projected into an input part of waveguide structure as extended along a plane including a circuit board in a body of the converter, an opening of which input part being disposed in parallel to the plane, whereby the converter input part is allowed to have a thickness limited within the thickness of the converter body to remarkably reduce the entire thickness for effectively realizing a minimization in the thickness of the converter.