US 12,322,881 B2
Antenna element module
Douglas J. Mathews, Mesa, AZ (US); David C. Wittwer, Chandler, AZ (US); and James F. Landers, Mesa, AZ (US)
Assigned to VIASAT, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by VIASAT, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/441,439.
Application 18/441,439 is a continuation of application No. 17/261,086, granted, now 11,936,124, previously published as PCT/US2019/044525, filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/713,871, filed on Aug. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0347917 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 9/0457 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna element module comprising:
an antenna element including a feed and a radiating element;
a dielectric substrate having a first surface and comprising the feed of the antenna element; and
a plastic antenna carrier adhered to the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the plastic antenna carrier comprising:
a body portion comprising a cavity for the radiating element of the antenna element, wherein:
the cavity has an opening at a first surface of the body portion and is a recess in the body portion between the first surface of the body portion and a second surface of the body portion opposite the first surface, and
the radiating element is disposed in the opening of the cavity of the body portion such that the radiating element is positioned, at least in part, between the first and second surfaces of the body portion when disposed in the cavity; and
a leg portion comprising one or more legs extending from the second surface of the body portion opposite the opening in the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the leg portion configured to introduce an air gap between the radiating element and the feed.