US 12,489,201 B2
Liquid crystal antenna, splicing liquid crystal antenna and method of forming liquid crystal antenna
Xiaonan Han, Chengdu (CN); Baiquan Lin, Chengdu (CN); Linzhi Wang, Chengdu (CN); Zhen Liu, Chengdu (CN); Yifan Xing, Chengdu (CN); Yiran Zhu, Chengdu (CN); Zuocai Yang, Chengdu (CN); and Yingru Hu, Chengdu (CN)
Assigned to Chengdu Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN)
Filed by Chengdu Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/224,249.
Claims priority of application No. 202211740362.5 (CN), filed on Dec. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0222855 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/36 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/12 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid crystal antenna, comprising support structures, liquid crystals, a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein:
the first substrate and the second substrate are arranged oppositely, the support structures are arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate includes first metal layers arranged on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate, the second substrate includes a second metal layer arranged on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate;
the second metal layer includes functional parts and spacers, the functional parts and the first metal layers are stacked along a first direction perpendicular to the second substrate, and the functional parts at least partially overlap the first metal layers; and
the support structures are arranged between the spacers and the first metal layers.