IP Library Granted Patent US 12676395
Granted Patent B2
US 12676395 · App. 18/020,962 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Waveguide conversion device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Yan Lu (Beijing, CN); Haocheng Jia (Beijing, CN); Yan Wang (Beijing, CN); Di Cao (Beijing, CN); Guodong Feng (Beijing, CN); Zhifeng Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H01P1/16H01P3/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12676395
App. No.
18/020,962
Filed
Feb 13, 2023
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2843
USPC
333/238
Abstract

A waveguide conversion device includes: a waveguide chamber including a waveguide transmission chamber and a waveguide back chamber opposite to each other; a substrate between the waveguide transmission chamber and the waveguide back chamber and at least including a dielectric substrate; a probe in the waveguide chamber and connected to a probe conductive line; and a mode conversion component on the dielectric substrate and including a belt shaped line, first and second ground electrodes. The Probe, the probe conductive line and the belt shaped line are connected in sequence, and the probe and the probe conductive line extend into the waveguide transmission chamber. The belt shaped line is between first and second ground electrodes at an interval, and the belt shaped line has one end connected to the probe conductive line, and the other end connected to a coplanar waveguide transmission line.

Claims (31)

1 . A waveguide conversion device, comprising:

a waveguide chamber comprising a waveguide transmission chamber and a waveguide back chamber opposite to each other;

a substrate between the waveguide transmission chamber and the waveguide back chamber, the substrate at least comprising a dielectric substrate;

a probe in the waveguide chamber and connected to a probe conductive line; and

a mode conversion component on the dielectric substrate and comprising a belt shaped line, a first ground electrode and a second ground electrode, wherein the probe, the probe conductive line and the belt shaped line are connected in sequence, and the probe and the probe conductive line extend into the waveguide transmission chamber,

wherein the belt shaped line is between and spaced apart from the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode, one end of the belt shaped line is connected to the probe conductive line, and the other end of the belt shaped line is connected to a coplanar waveguide transmission line,

wherein the probe comprises a probe body and a deformation mechanism at an end of the probe body, and the probe body is configured to change a path of current in the probe,

wherein the deformation mechanism comprises a plurality of through holes arranged at intervals along a length direction of the probe, and each through hole penetrates through the probe body in a thickness direction of the probe body,

wherein an end of each of the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode extending into the waveguide transmission chamber is provided with a recess, which opens toward the waveguide transmission chamber and located at a position of the end away from the belt shaped line.

2 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein the waveguide conversion device comprises n mode conversion components, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein

the belt shaped lines of the n mode conversion components are on a same side of the waveguide chamber, and the probes are oriented in a same direction or different directions, or

the belt shaped lines of the n mode conversion components are on different sides of the waveguide chamber, and the probes are oriented in a same direction or different directions.

3 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 2 , wherein the probes corresponding to the n mode conversion components are spaced apart, stacked or crossed; or ends of the probes corresponding to the n mode conversion components are connected.

4 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 2 , wherein the n mode conversion components are isolated from each other, and an isolation groove is provided between two adjacent mode conversion components.

5 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein the probe conductive line and the coplanar waveguide transmission line have different line widths; and

the belt shaped line comprises at least two belt shaped line segments connected in sequence, and the at least two belt shaped line segments connected in sequence have different line widths.

6 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 5 , wherein the belt shaped line comprises a first belt shaped line segment, a second belt shaped line segment and an intermediate belt shaped line segment between the first belt shaped line segment and the second belt shaped line segment, and the intermediate belt shaped line segment has a line width transitioned smoothly or step by step from a width of the first belt shaped line segment to a width of the second belt shaped line segment.

7 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein ends of the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode extending into the waveguide transmission chamber are both inclined ends, and a side of the inclined end away from the belt shaped line protrudes toward the probe compared with a side of the inclined end close to the belt shaped line.

8 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 7 , wherein an angle portion, on the side away from the belt shaped line, of the end of each of the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode extending into the waveguide transmission chamber and is an inclined angle portion.

9 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein a position at which the coplanar waveguide transmission line is connected to the belt shaped line overlaps with a waveguide wall of the waveguide chamber.

10 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein an end of the probe is in the waveguide chamber; or, the end of the probe overlaps with the waveguide wall of the waveguide chamber.

11 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein the probe comprises a plurality of sub-probes connected in sequence along an axis of the probe.

12 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein ends of the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode extending into the waveguide transmission chamber are flush ends.

13 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises a first substrate between the waveguide transmission chamber and the dielectric substrate and a second substrate between the dielectric substrate and the waveguide back chamber; and

the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode are both between the dielectric substrate and the first substrate; or

the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode are both between the dielectric substrate and the second substrate; or

the first ground electrode is between the dielectric substrate and the first substrate, and the second ground electrode is between the dielectric substrate and the second substrate.

14 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein a height of the waveguide back chamber is 1 to 2 times a length of the probe.

15 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , further comprising a waveguide ridge at a bottom of the waveguide back chamber.

16 . The waveguide conversion device of claim 1 , wherein the waveguide chamber is any one of a rectangular waveguide, a circular waveguide, an elliptical waveguide and a ridge waveguide.

17 . An electronic apparatus, comprising the waveguide conversion device of claim 1 .