- Patent Title: Adjustable phase shifter including a signal conductor, a movable dielectric plate and a transformer unit, where the transformer unit defines overlapped and non-overlapped portions with respect to the signal conductor
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Application No.: US15638793Application Date: 2017-06-30
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Publication No.: US10403948B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Shinsuke Murano , Ryoji Matsubara , Kei Kawano
- Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2016-135702 20160708
- Main IPC: H01P1/18
- IPC: H01P1/18 ; H01Q3/26

Abstract:
A phase shifter includes a signal conductor constituting a transmission line for a signal transmitted through an antenna element, a dielectric plate including a dielectric material disposed to face to the signal conductor, and a mobile mechanism for moving the dielectric plate. A facing area between the signal conductor and the dielectric plate is changed by a movement of the dielectric plate, to change a phase of the signal transmitted through the signal conductor. The dielectric plate includes a transformer unit for impedance matching between an overlapped portion in which the signal conductor faces to the dielectric plate and a non-overlapped portion in which the signal conductor does not face to the dielectric plate. The signal conductor includes an input-side signal conductor which extends from the non-overlapped portion to the overlapped portion via the transformer unit, and an output-side signal conductor which is electrically connected to an end of the input-side signal conductor on a side of the overlapped portion and extends from the overlapped portion to the non-overlapped portion without any intervention of the transformer unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180013186A1 PHASE SHIFTER AND ANTENNA DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-01-11
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