Microstrip-waveguide transition for transmitting electromagnetic wave signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10770774-B2
Application number	US-201816145622-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Mar 28, 2016
Publication date	Sep 8, 2020
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020

Abstract

The present invention relates to a microstrip-waveguide transition for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a microstrip-waveguide transition for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals, comprising: a feeding part for providing an electromagnetic wave signal to be transmitted through the waveguide; and a ground part formed at a predetermined interval from the feeding part, wherein the microstrip and the waveguide are coupled alongside each other along a length direction of the waveguide, and wherein a distance between the feeding part and the ground part in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the waveguide is greater as it is closer to the waveguide.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A microstrip-waveguide transition for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals, comprising:
a feeding part for providing an electromagnetic wave signal to be transmitted through the waveguide; and
a ground part formed at a predetermined interval from the feeding part,
wherein the microstrip and the waveguide are coupled alongside each other along a length direction of the waveguide, and
wherein a distance between the feeding part and the ground part in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the waveguide is greater as it is closer to the waveguide.

2. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the feeding part and the ground part in a direction parallel to or substantially parallel to a width direction of the waveguide is greater as it is closer to the waveguide, and
wherein an electromagnetic wave that forms an electric field in a direction parallel to or substantially parallel to the width direction of the waveguide is radiated as the electromagnetic wave signal is propagated along the feeding part.

3. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of the waveguide has a shape longer in a height direction of the waveguide than in a width direction thereof.

4. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 1 , further comprising:
a substrate, wherein the feeding part is formed above the substrate and the ground part is formed below the substrate.

5. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 4 , wherein the substrate consists of a dielectric.

6. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 4 , further comprising:
a via array part comprising at least one via formed through at least a part of the substrate along a thickness direction of the substrate and arranged along a length direction of the feeding part or the ground part.

7. A microstrip-waveguide transition for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals, comprising:
a feeding part for providing an electromagnetic wave signal to be transmitted through the waveguide;
a ground part formed at a predetermined interval from the feeding part; and
a via part for electrically connecting the feeding part and the ground part along a height direction of the waveguide,
wherein the microstrip and the waveguide are coupled alongside each other along a length direction of the waveguide.

8. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 7 , wherein an electromagnetic wave that forms an electric field in a direction parallel to or substantially parallel to the height direction of the waveguide is radiated as the electromagnetic wave signal is sequentially propagated along the feeding part, the via part, and the ground part.

9. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 7 , wherein a cross-section of the waveguide has a shape longer in a width direction of the waveguide than in the height direction thereof.

10. A microstrip-waveguide transition for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals, comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate disposed below the first substrate;
a feeding part formed above the first substrate to provide an electromagnetic wave signal to be transmitted through the waveguide;
an intermediate part formed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
a ground part formed below the second substrate;
a first via part formed through at least a part of the first substrate and the second substrate along a height direction of the waveguide to electrically connect the feeding part and the intermediate part; and
a second via part formed through the second substrate along the height direction of the waveguide to electrically connect the intermediate part and the ground part,
wherein the microstrip and the waveguide are coupled alongside each other along a length direction of the waveguide.

11. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 10 , wherein a distance from the waveguide to the first via part is greater than that from the waveguide to the second via part.

12. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 10 , wherein an electromagnetic wave that forms an electric field in a direction parallel to or substantially parallel to the height direction of the waveguide is radiated as the electromagnetic wave signal is sequentially propagated along the feeding part, the first via part, the intermediate part, the second via part, and the ground part.

13. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 10 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate consist of a dielectric.

14. The microstrip-waveguide transition of claim 10 , further comprising:
a via array part comprising at least one auxiliary via formed through at least a part of the first substrate and the second substrate along a thickness direction of the first substrate or the second substrate and arranged along a length direction of the feeding part, the intermediate part, and the ground part.

15. A method for transmission of electromagnetic wave signals, comprising the steps of:
generating an electromagnetic wave signal; and
propagating the generated electromagnetic wave signal along a feeding part to radiate an electromagnetic wave that forms an electric field in a direction parallel to or substantially parallel to a direction perpendicular to a length direction of a waveguide,
wherein a microstrip and the waveguide are coupled alongside each other along the length direction of the waveguide.

Assignees

• Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Bae Hyeon Min
• Song Ha Il
• Lee Joon Yeong
• Yoon Tae Hoon
• Won Hyo Sup

Classifications

• H01P3/122 Primary

  Dielectric loaded (not air) · CPC title

• H01P3/081

  Microstriplines · CPC title

• H01P5/107 Primary

  Hollow-waveguide/strip-line transitions · CPC title

• H01P5/08 Primary

  for linking dissimilar lines or devices (H01P1/16, H01P5/04 take precedence; linking lines of the same kind but with different dimensions H01P5/02) · CPC title

• H01P1/2138 Primary

  using hollow waveguide filters (H01P1/2131 takes precedence) · CPC title