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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Bowers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tom Driscoll, San Diego, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (US);
David R. Smith, Durham, NC (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for generating, forming and receiving electromagnetic transmissions according to a dynamically selectable electromagnetic pattern, beam pattern or beam form can use a selectably altered backplane structure. A spatially dependent pattern of amplitudes and/or phases can be formed by selecting a state of the selectably altered backplane structure from a set of states. The altered backplane structure can include a movable mechanical structure that causes a set of patterns of spatially dependent amplitudes of electromagnetic energy depending on a position of the structure. A beam pattern from a set of beam patterns can be selected by selecting a state (e.g., the position) of the backplane structure that creates a set of spatially dependent amplitudes of electromagnetic energy.