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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Spawar Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ralph David Hooper, Lemon Grove, CA (US);
Christopher Joseph Meagher, San Diego, CA (US);
Jia-Chi Chieh, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A constrained diameter phased array antenna system involving at least one dielectric superstrate, a generally cylindrical arrangement of antennas in a generally circular array, the arrangement proximate to the at least one dielectric superstrate, and at least one phase shifter coupled with the arrangement in an orientation corresponding to at least one scanning plane, whereby a communication range is increasable.