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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Applicant:
Peter A. Stenger, Woodbine, MD (US);
Inventor:
Peter A. Stenger, Woodbine, MD (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, an embodiment of the invention provides a transition from a planar substrate/chip circuit microwave transmission line to waveguide transmission media on the back of the substrate/chip. The transition enables planar waveguide fed MMW ESA architectures to be realized within the tight grid spacing required for emerging MMW ESAs.