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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Kazuko Fuchi, Dayton, OH (US);
Steven R. Seiler, Carlisle, PA (US);
Giorgio Bazzan, Oakwood, OH (US);
Philip R. Buskohl, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Gregory W. Reich, Bellbrook, OH (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Abstract
An antenna array including a foldable substrate having a plurality of fold lines arranged in a Miura-ori folding pattern, and a plurality of antenna elements interconnected by an electrical trace and disposed on the substrate, wherein the substrate containing the plurality of antenna elements is to fold according to a one-step Miura-ori folding pattern sequence, and wherein the plurality of antenna elements directs an antenna beam with a range of directivities caused by a folding of the substrate according to the one-step Miura-ori folding pattern sequence. The plurality of antenna elements may be non-overlapping prior to the folding of the substrate. The antenna beam may include a tunable radiation pattern that changes based on various stages of folding of the substrate containing the plurality of antenna elements.