US Patent Application 18029024. A SUBARRAY ANTENNA ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED TO OTHER SUBARRAY ANTENNAS, AND AN ARRAY ANTENNA FORMED BY SUCH SUBARRAY ANTENNAS simplified abstract
A SUBARRAY ANTENNA ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED TO OTHER SUBARRAY ANTENNAS, AND AN ARRAY ANTENNA FORMED BY SUCH SUBARRAY ANTENNAS
Organization Name
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
Inventor(s)
Ingmar Andersson of Lindome (SE)
Kim Nordqvist of Västra Frölunda (SE)
Anders Martinsson of GOTHENBURG (SE)
A SUBARRAY ANTENNA ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED TO OTHER SUBARRAY ANTENNAS, AND AN ARRAY ANTENNA FORMED BY SUCH SUBARRAY ANTENNAS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18029024 titled 'A SUBARRAY ANTENNA ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED TO OTHER SUBARRAY ANTENNAS, AND AN ARRAY ANTENNA FORMED BY SUCH SUBARRAY ANTENNAS
Simplified Explanation
The present disclosure is about a sub array antenna that can be mounted to another sub array antenna to form an array antenna.
- The sub array antenna has a conducting ground plane and an edge part that faces the edge part of an adjacent sub array antenna.
- The edge part has a locking structure with an outer lock part and an indent positioned between the outer lock part and the ground plane.
- The indent is designed to receive the outer lock part of an adjacent sub array antenna, and the outer lock part is designed to engage the indent of an adjacent sub array antenna.
- Both the outer lock part and the indent are conducting and electrically connected to the ground plane.
Original Abstract Submitted
The present disclosure relates to a sub array antenna (, , ) adapted to be mounted to at least one other sub array antenna (, , ) along at least one extension (E1, E2) to form an array antenna (). The sub array antenna (, , ) comprises an electrically conducting ground plane (, , ) and at least one edge part (, ; , ; , ) that is adapted to face an edge part of an adjacent sub array antenna. The edge part (, ; , ; , ) at least partly comprises a locking structure comprising an outer lock part (, ) and an indent (, ) that is positioned between the outer lock part (, ) and the ground plane (, , ) in a direction of the extension (E1, E2). The indent (, ) is adapted to receive an adjacent outer lock part (, ) of an adjacent sub array antenna (, ), and the outer lock part (, ) is adapted to engage an indent (, ) of an adjacent sub array antenna (, ). The outer lock part (, ) and the indent (, ) are electrically conducting and electrically connected to the ground plane (, ).
