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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
System and method for wireless communications using an adaptable diamond phased array antenna system
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
David A. Whelan, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Ying J. Feria, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Parthasarathy Ramanujam, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 3/01 (2006.01); H01Q 3/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/01 (2013.01); H01Q 1/27 (2013.01); H01Q 3/04 (2013.01); H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H04B 7/1851 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna system includes an array of radiating elements forming a diamond shape. The diamond shape includes a first axis and a second axis. The diamond shape is oriented with the first axis aligned with a reference plane shared by a plurality of airborne communications relay platforms. The diamond shape is reoriented to maintain the first axis aligned with the reference plane in response to a change in position of the reference plane relative to the array.