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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas B. Campbell, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Lee M. Paulsen, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/287 (2013.01); H01Q 1/288 (2013.01); H01Q 21/22 (2013.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A satellite communication system for an aircraft communicates with multiple satellite constellations. The communication system includes a phased array antenna system and a transceiver. The transceiver is configured to communicate with a number of satellite constellations and configured to support simultaneously links to two or more constellations via the phased array antenna system. The satellite constellations can be micro-satellite, MEO, LEO, and GEO constellations.