IP Library Granted Patent US 8,138,850
Granted Patent B2
US 8,138,850 · App. 12/579,410 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Feeding apparatus for a semi-circular shape waveguide with feeding segments offset from the midpoint of the semi-circular waveguide

Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,138,850
App. No.
12/579,410
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A feeding apparatus is utilized for a waveguide. The waveguide includes an opening and a bottom periphery around the opening. The bottom periphery includes a feeding side. The feeding apparatus includes a substrate and a feeding segment. The substrate is connected to the bottom periphery of the waveguide. The feeding segment installed in the substrate is utilized for feeding a signal into the waveguide, which the feeding segment extends to the opening from a position of the feeding side different from midpoint of the feeding side.

Claims (23)

1. A feeding apparatus for a waveguide, the waveguide comprising an opening and a bottom periphery around the opening, the bottom periphery comprising a feeding side and a diametric side, wherein the waveguide is semicircle shaped, the bottom periphery is semicircle ring shaped, and the feeding side is semicircle arc shaped, the feeding apparatus comprising:

a substrate connected to the bottom periphery of the waveguide; and

a feeding segment installed in the substrate for feeding a signal into the waveguide and extending to the opening from a position of the feeding side different from midpoint of the feeding side, comprising:

a first segment located outside the opening;

a second segment located inside the opening and connected with the first segment; and

a third segment inside the opening and connected with the second segment, wherein the third segment is bent to extend to the diametric side.

2. The feeding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the feeding segment is coupled to a radio frequency circuit.

3. The feeding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein angle between a feeding direction of the feeding segment and a normal direction of the diametric side is less than 60 degrees.

4. The feeding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein angle between a feeding direction of the feeding segment and a normal direction of the diametric side is 50 degrees.

5. The feeding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first segment and the second segment are connected in a straight line, and both of the first segment and the second segment are orthogonal to the feeding side.

6. A communication apparatus comprising:

a waveguide comprising an opening and a bottom periphery around the opening, wherein the bottom periphery comprises a feeding side and a diametric side and the waveguide is semicircle shaped, the bottom periphery is semicircle ring shaped, and the feeding side is semicircle arc shaped;

a feeding apparatus comprising:

a substrate connected to the bottom periphery of the waveguide; and

a feeding segment installed in the substrate for feeding signal into the waveguide and extending to the opening from a position of the feeding side different from midpoint of the feeding side, comprising:

a first segment located outside the opening;

a second segment located inside the opening and connected with the first segment; and

a third segment inside the opening and connected with the second segment, wherein the third segment is bent to extend to the diametric side; and

a carrier having a containing space formed on the communication apparatus for holding the feeding apparatus, and coupled to the waveguide.

7. The communication apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the feeding segment is coupled to a radio frequency circuit.

8. The communication apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first segment and the second segment are connected in a straight line, and both of the first segment and the second segment are orthogonal to the feeding side.

9. The communication apparatus of claim 6 , wherein angle between a feeding direction of the feeding segment and a normal direction of the diametric side is 50 degrees.

10. The communication apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the angle between a feeding direction of the feeding segment and a normal direction of the diametric side is less than 60 degrees.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
To: WNC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072255/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2009
From: HUANG, CHANG-HSIU; HSU, CHIEH-SHENG
To: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023372/0878 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 97143091 A · Nov 7, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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