Phased array antenna
US4123759A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 1977 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q3/40
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An antenna system for producing from a fixed array of active antenna elements which are each omnidirectional in a plane, a sensitivity pattern that is directional in said plane and which pattern can be rotated around the array. The system consists of at least three antenna elements located at the corners of a regular polygon and are excited with substantially equal magnitudes of current that are in the same phase at two adjacent corners and different in phase by substantially 90 electrical degrees at the third corner. The antenna system further includes an electrical power dividing and phasing network as well as electrical switching means to effect proper rotation.
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