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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2019
Smartsky Networks Llc, Morrisville, NC (US);
Gerard James Hayes, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Koichiro Takamizawa, Silver Spring, MD (US);
James O. Legvold, Willow Park, TX (US);
Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr., Chapel Hil, NC (US);
Mike Barts, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Swartz, Durham, NC (US);
SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC, Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
An antenna assembly includes a driven element, a first set of antenna elements disposed a first distance from the driven element such that each element of the first set of antenna elements is equidistant from adjacent elements of the first set of antenna elements, and a second set of antenna elements disposed a second distance from the driven element such that each element of the second set of antenna elements is equidistant from adjacent elements of the second set of antenna elements, the second distance being larger than the first distance. The antenna assembly includes or is operably coupled to a selector module configured to select one element of the first set of antenna elements as a selected director, and select one element of the second set of antenna elements as a selected reflector by effectively shortening a length of the selected director and effectively lengthening the selected reflector.