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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Microelectronics Technology, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Ruei Yuen Chen, Toufen Township, TW;
Hsiang Hao Sung, Zhunan Township, TW;
Wen Chi Fu, Beipu Township, TW;
MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, INC., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An outdoor unit includes a dish antenna and a low noise block converter positioned at a focus point of the dish antenna. The low noise block converter comprises a housing, a feed cap disposed on top of the housing, and an air permeable membrane disposed on a bottom portion of the housing. The housing includes a base portion, at least one feed horn protruding from the base portion, and a bottom cover attached to a bottom of the base portion so as to form a housing cavity, wherein the bottom cover has a vent hole forming a flow path between the housing cavity and an external environment. The feed cap is disposed on a feed portion of the at least one feed horn and the air permeable membrane is disposed over the vent hole and coupled to the bottom cover via an adhesive, wherein the membrane is configured to permit egress of a gas from the housing cavity therethrough.