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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Severson, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan Kundtz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
KYMETA CORPORATION, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/064 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0012 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for a direct drive mechanism for driving cells (e.g., liquid crystal (LC) cells, RF MEMS cells, etc.). In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an antenna element array having a plurality of antenna elements with each antenna element having one or more cells (e.g., liquid crystal (LC) cell, RF MEMS cell, etc.); drive circuitry coupled to cells in the antenna element array to provide a voltage to each of the cells; and memory to store a data value for each cell to determine whether the cell is on or off.