IP Library Granted Patent US 11,821,074
Granted Patent B2
US 11,821,074 · App. 17/312,222 · Granted Nov 21, 2023

High-frequency-transparent component and method for producing the same

Inventor: Jonathan Fischer (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
C23C14/081C23C14/0015C23C14/205C23C14/34H01Q1/3233H01Q1/42
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Patent No.
US 11,821,074
App. No.
17/312,222
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a high-frequency-transparent component comprising: a main body ( 2 ) and a coating ( 3 ) consisting of metal-doped Al2O3 sputtered thereon, and to a method for producing said component.

Claims (16)

1. A high-frequency-transparent component comprising:

a main element; and

a layer comprising Al 2 O 3 with metal doping, wherein the layer is sputtered on the main element,

wherein the layer is doped such that a transmission attenuation of the component in a frequency range from 60 GHz to 90 GHz is altered by less than 0.1 dB by the layer.

2. The component according to claim 1 , wherein:

doping is carried out with a concentration in a range from a lower doping concentration to an upper doping concentration, and

the upper doping concentration is selected such that a surface resistance of the layer is at least 10 MOhm.

3. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the metal doping is doping with at least one of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, Pt or Ti.

4. The component according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the layer is in a range from 25 nm to 100 nm.

5. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the main element comprises a polymer.

6. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a vehicle component.

7. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a radar cover.

8. A process for producing a high-frequency-transparent component, the method comprising:

providing a main element; and

sputtering a metal-doped Al 2 O 3 layer onto the main element,

wherein the layer is doped such that a transmission attenuation of the component in a frequency range from 60 GHz to 90 GHz is altered by less than 0.1 dB by the layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2021
From: FISCHER, JONATHAN
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 056530/0641 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 102 657.1 · Feb 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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