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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2019
Anokiwave, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Vipul Jain, Irvine, CA (US);
Scott Humphreys, Greensboro, NC (US);
David W. Corman, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Robert Ian Gresham, San Diego, CA (US);
Kristian N. Madsen, Napa, CA (US);
Robert J. McMorrow, Concord, MA (US);
Jonathan P. Comeau, San Diego, CA (US);
Nitin Jain, San Diego, CA (US);
Gaurav Menon, San Marcos, CA (US);
Anokiwave, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A phased array system has a plurality of beam-forming elements, and a plurality of beam-forming integrated circuits in communication with the beam-forming elements. Each beam-forming integrated circuit has a corresponding register bank with a plurality of addressable and programmable register sets. In addition, each beam-forming integrated circuit has at least two different types of beam-forming ports. Specifically, each beam-forming element has a serial data port for receiving serial messages, and a parallel mode data port for receiving broadcast messages. Both the serial and broadcast messages manage the data in its register bank. The beam-forming integrated circuits receive the broadcast messages in parallel with the other beam-forming integrated circuits, while the beam-forming integrated circuits receive the serial messages serially—sequentially with regard to other beam-forming integrated circuits.