Phase shifter, antenna and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418083-B2
Application number	US-202318288901-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2023
Priority date	Feb 24, 2023
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a phase shifter, an antenna and an electronic device, and belongs to the field of communication technology. The phase shifter includes a plurality of phase shifting units, a first power division network and a second power division network; each phase shifting unit includes a first transmission structure and a second transmission structure; the first power division network includes a first feeding port and a plurality of second feeding ports; the second power division network includes a third feeding port and a plurality of fourth feeding ports; and the first transmission structure of the phase shifting unit is electrically connected to one second feeding port; the second transmission structure of the phase shifting unit is electrically connected to one fourth feeding port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A phase shifter, comprising a plurality of phase shifting units, a first power division network and a second power division network; wherein each phase shifting unit comprises a first transmission structure and a second transmission structure; the first power division network comprises a first feeding port and a plurality of second feeding ports; the second power division network comprises a third feeding port and a plurality of fourth feeding ports; and
the first transmission structure of the phase shifting unit is electrically connected to one second feeding port; the second transmission structure of the phase shifting unit is electrically connected to one fourth feeding port.

2. The phase shifter according to claim 1 , wherein the phase shifter comprises a first dielectric substrate and a second dielectric substrate opposite to each other; the phase shifting unit further comprises a phase adjustment structure connected between the first transmission structure and the second transmission structure; and
the phase adjustment structure comprises a first electrode layer on a side of the first dielectric substrate close to the second dielectric substrate, a second electrode layer on a side of the second dielectric substrate close to the first dielectric substrate, and a tunable dielectric layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; orthographic projections of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlap with each other.

3. The phase shifter according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrode layer comprises a first transmission line and a second transmission line arranged side by side; the second electrode layer comprises a plurality of first patch electrodes arranged side by side along an extending direction of the first transmission line; orthographic projections of the first transmission line and the second transmission line on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlap with an orthographic projection of each first patch electrode on the first dielectric substrate.

4. The phase shifter according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrode layer comprises a first transmission line and a plurality of first branches electrically connected to the first transmission line, the plurality of first branches are arranged at intervals and are connected to the first transmission line on one side of an extending direction of the first transmission line; the second electrode layer comprises a second transmission line and a plurality of second branches electrically connected to the second transmission line, and the plurality of second branches are arranged at intervals and are connected to the second transmission line on one side of an extending direction of the second transmission line; an orthographic projection of one first branch on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of one corresponding second branch on the first dielectric substrate.

5. The phase shifter according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrode layer comprises a first reference electrode and a second reference electrode arranged side by side, and a signal electrode between the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode; the second electrode layer comprises a plurality of first patch electrodes arranged side by side along an extending direction of the signal electrode; and orthographic projections of the plurality of first patch electrodes on the first dielectric substrate overlap with an orthographic projection of each of the first reference electrode, the second reference electrode and the signal electrode on the first dielectric substrate.

6. The phase shifter according to claim 5 , wherein the first reference electrode of one of two adjacent phase shifting units is shared by the second reference electrode of the other one of the two adjacent phase shifting units.

7. The phase shifter according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrode layer comprises a first reference electrode and a second reference electrode arranged side by side, and a signal electrode between the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode; the second electrode layer comprises a plurality of first patch electrodes arranged side by side along an extending direction of the signal electrode; each first patch electrode comprises a first sub-patch and a second sub-patch disconnected from each other; an orthographic projection of the first sub-patch on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlap with orthographic projections of the first reference electrode and the signal electrode on the first dielectric substrate; an orthographic projection of the second sub-patch on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlap with orthographic projections of the second reference electrode and the signal electrode on the first dielectric substrate.

8. The phase shifter according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrode layer comprises a first reference electrode and a second reference electrode arranged side by side, a plurality of third branches arranged at intervals and electrically connected to the first reference electrode and on one side of an extending direction of the first reference electrode, and a plurality of fourth branches arranged at intervals and electrically connected to the second reference electrode and on one side of an extending direction of the second reference electrode; the plurality of third branches and the plurality of fourth branches are between the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode; and
the second electrode layer comprises a signal electrode, and fifth branches and sixth branches electrically connected to the signal electrode and on two sides of an extending direction of the signal electrode; an orthographic projection of one third branch on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of one corresponding fifth branch on the first dielectric substrate, and an orthographic projection of one fourth branch on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of one corresponding sixth branch on the first dielectric substrate.

9. The phase shifter according to claim 2 , wherein the phase shifting unit further comprises a third reference electrode on a side of the first dielectric substrate away from the first electrode layer; the first electrode layer comprises a signal transmission line and a fourth reference electrode which are arranged side by side; the second electrode layer comprises a plurality of first patch electrodes arranged side by side along an extending direction of the signal transmission line; an orthographic projection of each of the signal electrode and the fourth reference electrode on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlaps with orthographic projections of the plurality of first patch electrodes on the first dielectric substrate.

10. The phase shifter according to claim 9 , wherein every two adjacent phase shifting units form a group of phase shifting units; in the group of phase shifting units, two fourth reference electrodes are between two signal transmission lines, or the fourth reference electrode in each phase shifting unit is on a side of the signal transmission line away from the adjacent phase shifting unit, or only one fourth reference electrode is between two signal transmission lines.

11. The phase shifter according to claim 10 , wherein two fourth reference electrodes of a group of phase shifting units are between two signal transmission lines; and
the two fourth reference electro

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Sensor Technology Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ding Yi
• Jia Haocheng
• Ma Wenxue
• Guo Hao
• Lu Yan
• Wang Jing
• Li Yong
• Liu He
• Qu Feng
• Che Chuncheng
• Zhang Zhifeng

Classifications

• H01Q1/50

  Structural association of antennas with earthing switches, lead-in devices or lightning protectors · CPC title

• H01Q21/065

  Patch antenna array · CPC title

• H01Q3/36

  with variable phase-shifters · CPC title

• H01P1/184

  Strip line phase-shifters (H01P1/181, H01P1/185, H01P1/19 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01P1/18

  Phase-shifters (H01P1/165 takes precedence) · CPC title