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Patent No.:

US 10862196 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2017

Antenna array

Applicant:

Sofant Technologies Ltd., Edinburgh, GB;

Inventors:

Nakul Raghavanand Haridas, Edinburgh, GB;

David Michael Wither, Malmo, SE;

Victor Steel, Driggs, ID (US);

Wei Zhou, Edinburgh, GB;

Tonio Idda, Edinburgh, GB;

Admed Osman El-Rayis, Edinburgh, GB;

Assignee:

SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Edinburgh, GB;

Attorney:

Haynes and Boone, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Md K Talukder

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2694 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention provides an antenna array comprising: a plurality of antenna modules, each of the antenna modules comprising an antenna, a signal conductor and one or more microelectromechanical (MEMS) switches, the antenna being conductively connected to the signal conductor, the MEMS switches and at least a portion of the signal conductor being supported by a MEMS substrate; and one or more integrated circuits comprising MEMS control circuitry configured to control the said one or more MEMS switches and/or signal processing circuitry configured to process signals received and/or to be transmitted by the antennas of the antenna modules, wherein the antenna modules and integrated circuits are supported by a common carrier substrate comprising the antennas of the antenna modules, the MEMS switches; or the said one or more integrated circuits. A hierarchy of MEMS controllers includes a master MEMS controller and local MEMS controllers which send control signals to a plurality of MEMS switches.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Haridas, Nakul. (2020). Antenna array (U.S. Patent No. 10862196). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10862196

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