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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Eric J. Black, Bothell, WA (US);

Brian Mark Deutsch, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Alexander Remley Katko, Bellevue, WA (US);

Melroy Machado, Seattle, WA (US);

Jay Howard McCandless, Alpine, CA (US);

Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 5/10 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/2605 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0006 (2013.01); H01Q 5/10 (2015.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and methods for mitigating, or reducing, the intermodulation of an adaptive antenna array's radiating elements. A tunable element or tunable material, such as a phase change material or a state change material, may be used to increase linearity of the RF transmission properties. These phase or state change materials may modify a radiating element's electromagnetic response. In some embodiments, variable couplers may further be added to a system to reduce intermodulation. An adaptive antenna array using the techniques described herein may have all or some of the elements co-located.


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