IP Library Granted Patent US 12,401,111
Granted Patent B2
US 12,401,111 · App. 18/562,837 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Antenna

Inventors: Makoto Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Yukinobu Tarui (Tokyo, JP); Shunichi Abe (Tokyo, JP); Takumi Nagamine (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H01Q1/2283H01L23/367H01L25/105H01Q21/065H01L23/552H01L24/16H01L2224/16227
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Patent No.
US 12,401,111
App. No.
18/562,837
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A microwave module includes a plurality of microwave devices and a microwave module substrate. Each of the plurality of microwave devices exchanges a signal with a corresponding one of a plurality of antenna elements. The microwave module substrate includes a mounting surface on which the plurality of microwave devices are mounted. The microwave module substrate is electrically connected to each of the plurality of antenna elements. The mounting surface is perpendicular to a plane surface on which the plurality of antenna elements are arrayed.

Claims (17)

1. An antenna comprising:

a plurality of microwave modules;

a plurality of antenna elements; and

a cooling plate sandwiched between a first microwave module and a second microwave module that are the microwave modules facing each other among the plurality of microwave modules, wherein

each of the plurality of microwave modules includes:

a plurality of microwave devices each configured to exchange a signal with a corresponding one of the plurality of antenna elements; and

a microwave module substrate including a mounting surface on which the plurality of microwave devices are mounted, and being electrically connected to each of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein

the plurality of antenna elements of the plurality of microwave modules are arrayed on a common plane surface, and

the mounting surface of each of the plurality of microwave modules is perpendicular to the common plane surface, wherein

each of the plurality of microwave devices includes:

a multilayer substrate;

a semiconductor element mounted on the multilayer substrate;

a heat sink in contact with a surface of the semiconductor element on a side opposite to the multilayer substrate;

a mold resin covering peripheries of the semiconductor element and the heat sink;

an electromagnetic shield film that is in contact with the heat sink and is configured to cover a side surface of the multilayer substrate and the mold resin; and

a ground terminal electrically connected to the electromagnetic shield film, wherein

the cooling plate is provided between the plurality of microwave devices of the first microwave module and the plurality of microwave devices of the second microwave module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2023
From: KIMURA, MAKOTO; TARUI, YUKINOBU; ABE, SHUNICHI; NAGAMINE, TAKUMI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065631/0870 →
Continuity (1)
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