US 12,381,318 B2
Ka-band 2D phased-array antenna in package
Amir Raeesi, Waterloo (CA); Wael Abdel-Wahab, Kitchener (CA); Ardeshir Palizban, Waterloo (CA); Ahmad Ehsandar, Kitchener (CA); Suren Gigoyan, Kitchener (CA); and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Waterloo (CA)
Assigned to C-COM SATELLITE SYSTEMS INC., (CA)
Filed by C-COM SATELLITE SYSTEMS INC., Ottawa (CA)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,060.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/343,155, filed on May 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0378642 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 3/30 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 3/30 (2013.01) [H01Q 3/2605 (2013.01); H01Q 3/36 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A phased antenna array in a package comprising:
an antenna array with an integrated passive beamformer network, the passive beamformer network comprising at least one phase shifter, each of the at least one phase shifter comprising a transmission line having a slow-wave structure and a ceramic; and
at least one actuation mechanism, each of the at least one actuation mechanism comprising a magnet and an electromagnet coil, the magnet being coupled to the ceramic, the at least one actuation mechanism configured to increase or decrease a gap between the transmission line and the ceramic.