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Patent No.:

US 11211716 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2019

Antenna having increased side-lobe suppression and improved side-lobe level

Applicant:

Echodyne Corp., Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Tom Driscoll, Bellevue, WA (US);

John Desmond Hunt, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan Ingle Landy, Seattle, WA (US);

Milton Perque, Kirkland, WA (US);

Charles A. Renneberg, Seattle, WA (US);

Ioannis Tzanidis, Woodinvile, WA (US);

Robert Tilman Worl, Issaquah, WA (US);

Felix D. Yuen, Newcastle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Echodyne Corp., Kirkland, WA (US);

Attorney:

Fogg & Powers LLC

Primary Examiner:

Timothy A Brainard

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B64C 1/36 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); H01Q 3/44 (2006.01); H01Q 13/28 (2006.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/933 (2020.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/0037 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B64C 1/36 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 13/933 (2020.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2641 (2013.01); H01Q 3/443 (2013.01); H01Q 13/28 (2013.01); H01Q 15/0066 (2013.01); H01Q 21/005 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0012 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); B64C 2201/00 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9318 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93185 (2020.01); H01Q 1/3233 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment of an antenna includes first and second transmission lines, first antenna elements, and second antenna elements. The first transmission line is configured to guide a first signal such that the first signal has a characteristic of a first value, and the second transmission line is configured to guide a second signal such that the second signal has the same characteristic but of a second value that is different than the first value. The first antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the first transmission line and are each configured to radiate the first signal in response to a respective first control signal, and the second antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the second transmission line and are each configured to radiate the second signal in response to a respective second control signal. Such an antenna can have better main-beam and side-lobe characteristics, and a better SIR, than prior antennas.

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