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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Loon Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sharath Ananth, Cupertino, CA (US);

Cyrus Behroozi, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Sergey Vichik, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:

LOON LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01); H01Q 21/20 (2006.01); H01Q 25/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H01Q 1/286 (2013.01); H01Q 3/242 (2013.01); H01Q 21/205 (2013.01); H01Q 25/002 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide an antenna system for a high-altitude platform (HAP). The antenna system may include a central panel including a first set of antenna elements. The antenna system may also include a plurality of auxiliary panels arranged around the central panel and at an angular offset from the central panel. Each auxiliary panel of the set of auxiliary panels may include a second plurality of antenna elements. The first plurality of antenna elements may be configured to provide network coverage within a first area having a first radius and each of the second sets of antenna elements are configured to provide network coverage within a second area beyond the first radius.


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