PHASE-SHIFTING SYSTEM AND ANTENNA FIELD COMPRISING SUCH A PHASE-SHIFTING SYSTEM

Title:

PHASE-SHIFTING SYSTEM AND ANTENNA FIELD COMPRISING SUCH A PHASE-SHIFTING SYSTEM

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2003063290

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

Disclosed is a phase-shifting system (10) which is used particularly for electrically swiveling the direction of beam of an antenna field comprising several radiators with two planes of polarization. The inventive phase-shifting system comprises two jointly changeable phase shifters (10a,b) with microstrip lines (66, 67) associated thereto. The electrical length of each of said phase shifters (10a,b) can be changed by a dielectric (70) which is slidable above the microstrip lines (66, 67). Such a phase-shifting system offers a simplified design and added functional safety by arranging the microstrip lines (66, 67) of both phase shifters (10a,b) in parallel next to each other and by providing a common slidable dielectric (70) in order to change the electrical length of the microstrip lines (66, 67) of both phase shifters (10a,b).

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Inventors:

HEINIGER MARKUS (CH)
SPIRIG EUGEN (CH)

Application Number:

PCT/CH2003/000053

Publication Date:

November 13, 2003

Filing Date:

January 23, 2003

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Assignee:

HUBER+SUHNER AG (CH)
HEINIGER MARKUS (CH)
SPIRIG EUGEN (CH)

International Classes:

H01P1/18; H01Q3/30; H01Q3/32; H01Q21/06; (IPC1-7): H01P1/18

Foreign References:

DE19911905A1	1999-10-21
US3656179A	1972-04-11

Other References:

PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 25 12 April 2001 (2001-04-12)
GOUKER M A ET AL: "A MICROSTRIP PHASE-TRIM DEVICE USING A DIELECTRIC OVERLAY", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, vol. 42, no. 11, 1 November 1994 (1994-11-01), pages 2023 - 2026, XP000474342, ISSN: 0018-9480
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 24 11 May 2001 (2001-05-11)

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