US 12,272,872 B1
Microwave antenna systems with multiple waveguide segments
Griogair Whyte, Larbert (GB); ZiCheng Zu, Jiangsu (CN); and Wenxing Tang, Milothian (GB)
Assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Richardson, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/859,464
Filed by Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 27, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/066282
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 23, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/212631, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202210493918.9 (CN), filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Int. Cl. H01Q 19/13 (2006.01); H01Q 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 13/065 (2013.01) [H01Q 19/13 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microwave antenna assembly, comprising:
a waveguide comprising a first waveguide component and a second waveguide component;
a mechanical connection configured to couple the first waveguide component and the second waveguide component and configured to force a first gap between the first waveguide component and the second waveguide component, wherein a spanning distance of the first gap is selected to reduce a size of a second gap due to tolerances within the microwave antenna assembly between the waveguide and radio equipment, the radio equipment configured to provide the waveguide with microwave radiofrequency (RF) signals.