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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Iichi Wako, Tokyo, JP;
Hisamatsu Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
At least one of the following requirements is satisfied. A position of a curvature center of an arcuate portion in at least one of waveguide plates is selected between a connecting member and a feeder, in accordance with a desired horizontal beam radiation characteristic. A curvature radius of the arcuate portion in at least one of the waveguide plates is selected in accordance with a desired vertical beam radiation characteristic. A slanted angle of a peripheral face of the arcuate portion, which connects a top face and a bottom face of each waveguide plate, in at least one of the waveguide plates is selected in accordance with a desired vertical beam radiation characteristic.