Patent 11462837 was granted and assigned to NEC on October, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A waveguide branch circuit includes a waveguide, and branches a signal input from an external port into two or more signals. A microstrip line branch circuit includes a microstrip line, and further branches the signal branched by the waveguide branch circuit into two or more signals. A converter converts a signal between the waveguide and the microstrip line. The signals branched by the microstrip line are respectively input to a plurality of antenna elements.