Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surface wave reduction for antenna structures
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Application No.: US17270540Application Date: 2018-09-21
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Publication No.: US11721892B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Stefan Johansson , Hawai Rashid
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Coats & Bennett, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/075688 2018.09.21
- International Announcement: WO2020/057756A 2020.03.26
- Date entered country: 2021-02-23
- Main IPC: H01Q1/52
- IPC: H01Q1/52 ; H01Q9/04

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a planar antenna structure (100, 200, 800, 900) comprising at least one radiating aperture (101, 201 801, 901), adapted for a certain working frequency band, and an electrically conducting surface structure (102, 202, 802, 902) that is constituted by at least one surface part and is surrounding at least one radiating aperture (101, 201, 801, 901) and having a certain extension (T). The planar antenna structure (100, 200, 800, 900) comprises at least one continuous groove (103, 104; 203, 204; 803, 804; 903, 904) that forms a slot in the surface structure (102, 202, 802, 902), where each groove (103, 104) is defined by an at least virtual electric wall that is electrically connected to the surface structure (102, 202, 802, 902) and forms a continuous electromagnetic wall in the surface structure (102, 202, 802, 902) at the working frequency band. In this manner, that propagation of surface waves via the at least one groove (103, 104; 203, 204; 803, 804; 903, 904) is reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210359404A1 Surface Wave Reduction for Antenna Structures Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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