Method and apparatus for transmitting signals via an active sampler antenna

US6518923B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lockheed Martin Corporation · US

Inventors

• William Sven Barquist, Jr. · Lakeport, US
• William Anderson · Edenton, US
• George Allan Whittaker · Alpharetta, US
• Thomas Rohrer · Marietta, US
• John Jesse Soderberg · Acworth, US
• John McGinnis · Dunwoody, US
• Michael G. Abernathy · Ellijay, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2003
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01Q9/0407
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An active sampler antenna capable of transmitting signals is disclosed. The active sampler antenna includes a first set of conducting surfaces, a second set of conducting surfaces, a power source, and multiple switches. The second set of conducting surfaces is located substantially parallel to the first set of conducting surfaces. The power source has two terminals, namely, a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the power source is connected to the second set of conducting surfaces. Each of the switches is connected between a respective one of the first set of conducting surfaces and the second terminal of the power source. The switches allows a defined amount and timing of charges to be delivered from the power source to the first set of conducting surface for signal transmissions.