Reconfigurable aperture with an optical backplane
US6985109B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q3/26
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A reconfigurable aperture with an optical backplane. In one embodiment a reconfigurable aperture antenna is disclosed. The reconfigurable aperture includes a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL) and a receiver for each VCSEL. Each receiver is adapted to reconfigure a portion of an aperture in response to an optical feed from an associated VCSEL.
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