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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:
Jan. 04, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Steven Linn, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Cagdas Varel, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

KYMETA CORPORATION, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 3/28 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); G01R 29/10 (2006.01); H01Q 17/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/34 (2006.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H03D 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 29/08 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/28 (2013.01); G01R 29/10 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 3/005 (2013.01); H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); H01Q 3/247 (2013.01); H01Q 3/34 (2013.01); H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); H01Q 13/103 (2013.01); H01Q 17/001 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0012 (2013.01); H01Q 21/064 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H03D 3/008 (2013.01); G01R 29/0892 (2013.01); G01R 31/2822 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for DC offset correction in an antenna aperture are described. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: an array of antenna elements having liquid crystal (LC); drive circuitry coupled to the array and having a plurality of drivers, each driver of the plurality of drivers coupled to an antenna element of the array and operable to apply a drive voltage to the antenna element; and voltage correction logic coupled to the drive circuitry adjust drive voltages to compensate for an offset between a first magnitude of a first voltage applied to the LC of each antenna element during a first interval of drive polarity and a second magnitude of a second voltage applied to the LC of said each antenna element during a second interval of drive polarity opposite the drive polarity of the first interval.


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