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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Stevenson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Ken Harp, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven Linn, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Mike Severson, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
KYMETA CORPORATION, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/16 (2006.01); G01K 7/34 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/0294 (2013.01); G01K 7/16 (2013.01); G01K 7/34 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0012 (2013.01); H01Q 21/064 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H05B 2203/002 (2013.01); H05B 2203/035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heater for a radio frequency (RF) antenna and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, an antenna comprises a physical antenna aperture having an array of RF antenna elements; and a plurality of heating elements, each heating element being between pairs of RF elements of the array of RF elements.