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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Frank Kolak, Billerica, MA (US);
Eswarappa Channabasappa, Nashua, NH (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A millimeter wave radar system including a microstrip antenna array that provides reduced return loss at microstrip antenna ports. The millimeter wave radar system includes at least one channel formed in a surface of a metal backing plate and a microstrip antenna array assembly. The assembly includes 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 metal 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. The conductive microstrips have a plurality of tuning stubs coupled thereto and configured to provide reactive matching for the plurality of waveguide-to-microstrip transmission line transitions.