A deployable reflectarray antenna stowable in a 6U CubeSat volume is deployed through tape deployers and quartz cables. The telescoping waveguide is attached to the horn with a threaded insert. The reflectarray antenna has, at 37.75 GHz, a directivity of 48.5 dBi, a gain of 47.8 dBi, and an aperture efficiency of 42%. Hinges with a ball-end screw enable precise control of deployment angle of adjacent panels in the reflectarray antenna.

An electronic package includes a circuit structure having a first metal layer, a packaging layer formed on the circuit structure, and a second metal layer formed on the packaging layer and separated from the first metal layer at a distance. The first metal layer and the second metal layer constitute an antenna structure. Since the second metal layer is formed on a portion of a surface of the packaging layer, a propagating wave emitted by the first metal layer cannot pass through the second metal layer, but a surface of the packaging layer not covered by the second metal layer. Therefore, the propagating wave can be transmitted to a predetermined target, and the electronic package performs the function of an antenna.

Apparatus for Manufacture and In-Space Assembly of Antennas comprising: a prefabricated primary reflector center section; a trusselator truss assembler; a phased feed array; wherein said prefabricated reflector center section, trusselator, and phased feed array are fixedly connected to one another; a self-positioning and orienting tool; a truss extending from said trusselator; a secondary reflector attached to said truss; robotic arms; a nibbler end effector mounted on one of said robotic arms; a grapple end effector mounted on one of said robotic arms; a mold for casting a piece of a primary reflector; a power cube; a solar array providing power to said power cube; refabricator plus; and an ESPA ring

This disclosure provides an antenna and a base station device. The antenna includes: a plurality of first frequency band antenna groups; a plurality of second frequency band radiating elements; and a reflection plate on which a reflection plate through hole is provided. Each first frequency band radiating element includes: a first balun structure and a first signal transmission structure, which pass through the reflection plate through hole. A phase shifter includes a first phase shifter cavity, a choke cavity, and a first feed network signal transmission structure located in the first phase shifter cavity. A part that is of the first balun structure and that is located on a second side of the reflection plate is located in the choke cavity.

This disclosure provides a feed network, an antenna apparatus, and a communication device. A main portion is disposed with a first electric-conductor and a second electric-conductor. In addition, two branch portions are disposed, one end of a first branch portion is electrically connected to the first electric-conductor, and one end of a second branch portion is electrically connected to the second electric-conductor. In this way, when two radiation parts in a same polarization direction of a radiating element are electrically connected to the first branch portion and the second branch portion respectively, a transmission structure of the feed network may feed two radio frequency signals, for example, two equi-amplitude phase-inverted radio frequency signals, into the two radiation parts of the radiating element respectively. The feed network in this embodiment of this application has a simple line, so that space occupied by the feed network in the antenna apparatus is reduced.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a reradiation repeater may comprise a dielectric substrate, a ground conductor provided on a surface of the dielectric substrate, and a plurality of unit cells provided on another surface of the dielectric substrate, wherein the unit cells reradiate radio waves in the same direction by directing the radio waves which are incident onto the unit cells at different angles to a same direction. The reradiation repeater may facilitate to select, e.g., an installation location and secure a good reradiation capability even when the installation environment is changed (e.g., a variation in the installation location of base station facility), contributing to coverage of a shadow zone. The reradiation repeater may be implemented in various manners according to embodiments of the present invention.

A low-frequency filtering unit includes a vibrator arm, a balun base, a balun feeder line and a balun chamber tube for arranging the balun feeder line; the vibrator arm includes two radiation arms, one end of the radiation arm is vertically connected to one end of the other radiation arm to form an integral L-shaped right-angle structure, the balun chamber tube is arranged at the connection between the two radiation arms, and the wave-trap structures on the transverse radiation arm and the longitudinal radiation arm are symmetrically arranged with a 45? angular bisector of the L-shaped right-angle structure as a center line; the low-frequency filtering unit is provided with four vibrator arms which are symmetrically arranged in pairs around the periphery of the balun base along a diagonal line and form an integral cross orthogonal structure, and the vibrator arms.

A spatial modulator for RF beams (microwave (uW), millimeter wave (MMW), and sub-millimeter wave (sub-MMW)) using dynamically-writable highly-reflective regions, with sub-wavelength diffractive pattern spatial definition that is finer than the wavelength of the incident RF beam.

An alignment tool and a method are disclosed for alignment of a reflector arrangement. The reflector arrangement comprises a flat reflective surface which is configured to reflect an electromagnetic wave signal between a first antenna site and a second antenna site. The alignment tool comprises a camera circuit for capturing images of a field-of-view, an input circuit configured to receive a user input comprising the field-of-view coordinates of the first antenna site, a processing circuit configured to compute alignment information from the user input, and a display circuit configured to display the field-of-view and the alignment information.

A deployable reflectarray antenna stowable in a 6U CubeSat volume is deployed through tape deployers and quartz cables. The telescoping waveguide is attached to the horn with a threaded insert. The reflectarray antenna has, at 37.75 GHz, a directivity of 48.5 dBi, a gain of 47.8 dBi, and an aperture efficiency of 42%. Hinges with a ball-end screw enable precise control of deployment angle of adjacent panels in the reflectarray antenna.