Digital beam stabilization techniques for wide-bandwidth electronically scanned antennas
US6693589B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q3/38
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for maintaining beam pointing for an Electronically Scanned Antenna (ESA) as its frequency is varied over a wide frequency bandwidth. A technique uses discrete phase shifters, a number of stored states, and a control methodology for rapidly switching among the states.
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