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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2018
Searete Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Matthew S. Reynolds, Seattle, WA (US);
Guy Lipworth, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joseph Hagerty, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Arnitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Yaroslav Aleksandrovich Urzhumov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Searete LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of an antenna configured to form a high-power beam, such as a battery-charging beam, includes a transmission structure, signal couplers, amplifiers, and antenna elements. The transmission structure (e.g., a waveguide) is configured to carry a reference signal (e.g., a traveling reference wave), and each of the signal couplers is configured to generate a respective intermediate signal in response to the reference signal at a respective location along the transmission structure. Each of the amplifiers is configured to amplify, selectively, an intermediate signal from a respective one of the couplers, and each of the antenna elements (e.g., conductive patches) is configured to radiate a respective elemental signal in response to an amplified intermediate signal from a respective one of the amplifiers. In operation, the elemental signals interfere with one another to form a transmission beam, such as a battery-charging, or other high-power, transmission beam.