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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2019
Avl Technologies, Inc., Asheville, NC (US);
Bryan Keith Edenfield, Weaverville, NC (US);
Ian J. Timmins, Seminole, FL (US);
Bruce Barratt, Asheville, NC (US);
Adam Gropp, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alan E. Ellis, Candler, NC (US);
James L. Oliver, Asheville, NC (US);
AvL Technologies, Inc., Asheville, NC (US);
Abstract
An AESA for SATCOM includes a PCB; a plurality of ICs; an RF feed network for an array; a plurality of patch antennas; a SPI bus for controlling phase shifting of the ICs; phase shifters being operable for selectively introducing a phase shift internal to each of the plurality of ICs such that the radiation pattern resulting from the patch antennas connected to a single IC are steered; and wherein the plurality of ICs are operable to selectively provide either left hand circular polarization, right hand circular polarization, horizontal polarization or vertical polarization.