Patent ID: 9653801
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. An antenna array employing continuous transverse stubs as radiating elements, comprising: a feed network for transmitting or receiving a signal to or from the first conductive plate; a first conductive plate structure including a first set of continuous transverse stub radiators arranged on a first region of a first surface of the first conductive plate structure, and a second set of continuous transverse stub radiators arranged on a second region of the first surface, wherein i) an area occupied by the first region is larger than an area occupied by the second region, ii) the first region is located between the feed network and the second region, and iii) a geometry of the first set of continuous transverse stub radiators is different from a geometry of the second set of continuous transverse stub radiators; a second conductive plate structure disposed in a spaced relationship relative to the first conductive plate structure, the second conductive plate structure having a surface parallel to the first surface; and a relative rotation apparatus operative to impart relative rotational movement between the first conductive plate structure and the second conductive plate structure.