US 12,489,218 B2
Antenna, antenna array and communication system
Qianhong Wu, Beijing (CN); Jingwen Guo, Beijing (CN); Chunxin Li, Beijing (CN); and Feng Qu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 18/272,556
Filed by Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN); and BOE Technology GROUP CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/103313
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/005598, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202110864053.8 (CN), filed on Jul. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0072453 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 3/34 (2006.01); H01P 1/18 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/0006 (2013.01) [H01P 1/182 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna, comprising:
a phase shifter, comprising: a dielectric substrate, a first signal electrode, a first reference electrode, a second reference electrode, an interlayer insulating layer, at least one phase control unit; wherein the dielectric substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other along a thickness direction of the dielectric substrate; extending directions of the first signal electrode, the first reference electrode, and the second reference electrode are the same; and the first signal electrode, the first reference electrode, and the second reference electrode are all on the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode are respectively on both sides of the first signal electrode; the interlayer insulating layer is on a side of the first signal electrode, the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode away from the dielectric substrate; each of the at least one phase control unit comprises at least one membrane bridge on a side of the interlayer insulating layer away from the dielectric substrate; the first signal electrode is at least partially in a space surrounded by the at least one membrane bridge and the dielectric substrate, and two ends of each of the at least one membrane bridge overlap with orthographic projections of the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode on the dielectric substrate, respectively;
a first transmission structure and a second transmission structure; wherein the first transmission structure is electrically connected to one end of the first signal electrode, and the second transmission structure is electrically connected to the other end of the first signal electrode; and
an antenna unit electrically connected to the second transmission structure; and
wherein the first transmission structure comprises: a second signal electrode, a third reference electrode, and a fourth reference electrode on the first surface of the dielectric substrate and having a same extending direction, the third reference electrode and the fourth reference electrode are respectively on two sides of the second signal electrode; and the second signal electrode is electrically connected to the first signal electrode; and
the second transmission structure comprises: a third signal electrode, a fifth reference electrode and a sixth reference electrode on the first surface of the dielectric substrate and having a same extending direction, the fifth reference electrode and the sixth reference electrode are respectively on two sides of the third signal electrode; and the third signal electrode is electrically connected to the first signal electrode.