1. A steered beam horn antenna system, the system comprising:
a steerable horn antenna comprising:
an adjustable flare component; and
a waveguide component having a rear port that opens to a waveguide interface and a frontal port that opens to the adjustable flare component;
wherein the adjustable flare component includes:
a first outer horn plate movably coupled to a first wall of the frontal port and configured to rotate about a first pivot line; and
a second outer horn plate movably coupled to a second wall of the frontal port opposite to the first wall and configured to rotate about a second pivot line;
at least one actuator coupled to the first outer horn panel and the second outer horn panel; and
a controller coupled to the at least one actuator, wherein the controller operates the at least one actuator to position the first outer horn plate and the second outer horn plate into asymmetrical positions with respect to a boresight axis of the steerable horn antenna in response to an input command.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
at least one radio electronics component coupled to the waveguide interface generating electromagnetic energy into the steerable horn antenna.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the first outer horn plate and the second outer horn plate direct the electromagnetic energy to emerge from the steerable horn antenna with a main lobe having a direction offset from the boresight axis of the steerable horn antenna by an angle determine from the input command.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the waveguide interface comprises multiple feed points for feeding into the waveguide component the electromagnetic energy from the at least one radio electronic radio component.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the multiple feed points define an electronic phased array;
wherein the first outer horn plate and the second outer horn plate direct the electromagnetic energy to emerge from the steerable horn antenna with a main lobe having a first direction offset from the boresight axis of the steerable horn antenna by an angle determined from the input command; and
the multiple feed points are configured to electronically steer the main lobe in a second direction offset from the boresight axis, the second direction having a component orthogonal to the first direction.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein one or both of first outer horn plate and the second outer horn plate are coupled to the frontal port of the waveguide component by at least one hinge.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein one or both of the first outer horn plate and the second outer horn plate are each coupled to the waveguide component by a flexible electrically conductive material.
8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a first electrical coupling device that electrically couples the first outer horn plate to the waveguide component; and
a second electrical coupling device that electrically couples the second outer horn plate to the waveguide component.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein one or both of the first electrical coupling device and the second electrical coupling device comprise Beryllium Copper fingers.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to steer an operating direction of the steerable horn antenna and adjust a horn antenna aperture of the steerable horn antenna based on parameters communicated by the input command.
11. A method for steering a horn antenna, the antenna having an antenna gain pattern that includes a main lobe, the method comprising:
generating at least one positioning signal to at least one actuator, wherein the at least one actuator is coupled to an adjustable flare component of the horn antenna; and
operating the at least one actuator based on the at least one positioning signal to steer the main lobe of the antenna gain pattern into a direction not aligned to a boresight axis of the horn antenna by rotating a first outer horn plate of the adjustable flare component and rotating a second outer horn plate of the adjustable flare component into asymmetrical positions with respect to the boresight axis.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
generating the at least one positioning signal using a controller coupled to the at least one actuator, wherein the controller operates the at least one actuator to position the first outer horn plate and the second outer horn plate into asymmetrical positions with respect to a boresight axis of the steerable horn antenna in response to an input command.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
positioning the first outer horn plate and the second outer horn plate to direct the electromagnetic energy signal in a direction offset from the boresight axis of the steerable horn antenna by an angle determined from the input command.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein operating the at least one actuator further comprises:
adjusting an operating direction of the horn antenna and adjust a horn antenna aperture of the horn antenna based on parameters communicated by the input command.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the horn antenna comprises:
the adjustable flare component; and
a waveguide component having a rear port that opens to a waveguide interface and a frontal port that opens to the adjustable flare component;
wherein the first outer horn plate is movably coupled to a first wall of the frontal port and configured to rotate about a first pivot line; and
wherein the second outer horn plate is movably coupled to a second wall of the frontal port opposite to the first wall and configured to rotate about a second pivot line.
16. The method of claim 15, the method further comprising:
using at least one radio electronics component coupled to the waveguide interface, transmitting an electromagnetic energy signal into the waveguide component while operating the at least one actuator to steer the main lobe of the antenna gain pattern.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein one or both of first outer horn plate and the second outer horn plate are coupled to the frontal port of the waveguide component by at least one hinge.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein one or both of the first outer horn plate and the second outer horn plate are each coupled to the waveguide component by a flexible electrically conductive material.
19. The method of claim 11, wherein the horn antenna comprises:
the adjustable flare component; and
a waveguide component having a rear port that opens to a waveguide interface and a frontal port that opens to the adjustable flare component;
wherein the waveguide interface comprises multiple feed points for feeding into the waveguide component electromagnetic energy from at least one radio electronic radio component.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the multiple feed points define an electronic phased array, the method further comprising:
adjusting a phase relationship between the multiple feed points to further steer the main lobe in a second direction.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A black curable composition for a solid-state imaging device, comprising:
(A) an inorganic pigment;
(B) a copolymer comprising (b-1) a monomer having at least one group selected from an amino group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, (b-2) a monomer having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a phosphate group and a sulfonate group and (b-3) a macromonomer having a weight average molecular weight from 1,000 to 50,000;
(C) a polymerization initiator;
(D) a polymerizable compound; and
(E) an alkali-soluble resin having an unsaturated double bond.
2. The black curable composition according to claim 1, wherein the (A) inorganic pigment comprises titanium black.
3. The black curable composition according to claim 1, wherein a mass ratio of the (B) copolymer to the (A) inorganic pigment is from 0.15 to 0.35.
4. The black curable composition according to claim 1, wherein a mass ratio of the (E) alkali-soluble resin to the (D) polymerizable compound is from 0.3 to 2.5.
5. The black curable composition according to claim 1, wherein the (b-2) monomer comprises at least acrylic acid or methacrylic acid.
6. The black curable composition according to claim 1, wherein the (C) polymerization initiator comprises an oxime ester compound or a hexaarylbiimidazole compound.
7. The black curable composition according to claim 2, wherein the titanium black has an average primary particle diameter of from 30 nm to 65 nm.
8. The black curable composition according to claim 1, further comprising an (F) organic pigment.
9. A method of producing a light-shielding color filter for a solid-state imaging device, the method comprising:
applying the black curable composition for a solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 onto a support;
subjecting a black curable composition layer formed by the applying to pattern light exposure; and
developing the black curable composition layer after the exposure to form a light-shielding pattern, in this order.
10. A light-shielding color filter for a solid-state imaging device, which is formed using the black curable composition for a solid-state imaging device according to claim 1.
11. A solid-state imaging device, comprising the light-shielding color filter for a solid-state imaging device according to claim 10.
12. A black curable composition for a wafer level lens, comprising:
(A) an inorganic pigment;
(B) a copolymer comprising (b-1) a monomer having at least one group selected from an amino group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, (b-2) a monomer having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a phosphate group and a sulfonate group and (b-3) a macromonomer having a weight average molecular weight from 1,000 to 50,000;
(C) a polymerization initiator;
(D) a polymerizable compound; and
(E) an alkali-soluble resin having an unsaturated double bond.
13. The black curable composition according to claim 12, wherein the (A) inorganic pigment comprises titanium black.
14. The black curable composition according to claim 12, wherein a mass ratio of the (B) copolymer to the (A) inorganic pigment is from 0.15 to 0.35.
15. The black curable composition according to claim 12, wherein a mass ratio of the (E) alkali-soluble resin to the (D) polymerizable compound is from 0.3 to 2.5.
16. The black curable composition according to claim 12, wherein the (b-2) monomer comprises at least acrylic acid or methacrylic acid.
17. The black curable composition according to claim 12, wherein the (C) polymerization initiator comprises an oxime ester compound or a hexaarylbiimidazole compound.
18. The black curable composition according to claim 13, wherein the titanium black has an average primary particle diameter of from 30 nm to 65 nm.
19. The black curable composition according to claim 12, further comprising an (F) organic pigment.
20. A wafer level lens, comprising a light-shielding film formed using the black curable composition according to claim 12, wherein the light-shielding film is formed around a lens arranged on a substrate of the wafer level lens.
21. A camera module, comprising the wafer level lens according to claim 20.