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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:
Nov. 09, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);

Inventor:

Christopher K. Walker, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/16 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 19/15 (2006.01); G01S 3/42 (2006.01); H01Q 13/28 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/08 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/16 (2013.01); G01S 3/42 (2013.01); H01Q 3/245 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2605 (2013.01); H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); H01Q 13/28 (2013.01); H01Q 19/15 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0006 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0037 (2013.01); H01Q 21/061 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); H01Q 1/081 (2013.01);
Abstract

A spherical reflector antenna, including a sphere with a reflective surface opposite a transparent surface, a feed system that receives electromagnetic waves that (pass through the transparent surface at a beam angle) and are reflected off the reflective surface at a beam angle and outputs electromagnetic waves that are reflected off the reflective surface (and pass through the transparent surface at a beam angle), and beam steering electronics that identify a position of the spherical reflector antenna, identify an orientation of the sphere, and adjust the beam angle of the feed system based on angle from the position of spherical reflector antenna to the target relative to the orientation of the sphere.


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