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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Eswarappa Channabasappa, Nashua, NH (US);
Frank Kolak, Billerica, MA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corp., Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A millimeter wave radar system that is less sensitive to process misalignment. The millimeter wave radar system includes at least one channel formed in a surface of a backing plate; and, a microstrip antenna array assembly including a plurality of conductive microstrips, a ground plane, and a dielectric substrate disposed between the conductive microstrips and the ground plane to form a plurality of microstrip transmission lines. The plate surface is mounted to the ground plate to form at least one waveguide. The ground plane has a plurality of slots formed therethrough to form a plurality of waveguide-to-microstrip transmission line transitions. A portion of the ground plane comprising a wall of the waveguide has a plurality of slots formed therethrough for transferring electromagnetic wave energy between the microstrip transmission lines and the waveguide. The slots are placed on the same side of the longitudinal centerline of the waveguide wall. Conductive microstrips included in the microstrip antenna array are configured to provide sufficient phase shift to assure that the electromagnetic wave energies transferred to the microstrip antenna array are in-phase.