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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew C. Thomas, Carpinteria, CA (US);
John J. Drab, Arroyo Grande, CA (US);
Theodore Mark Kellum, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/80 (2013.01); G02F 1/295 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/80 (2013.01); G02F 1/2955 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication system includes an antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes an optical communication layer including a plurality of electro-optical (EO) antennas for communicating via an EO signal and a radio-frequency communication layer including a plurality of radio frequency (RF) antennas for communicating via an RF signal. A processor operates the antenna assembly to communicate via one or both of the EO signal and the RF signal.