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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Naoki Adachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Sotoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/20 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 7/19 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/20 (2013.01); H01Q 1/523 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/18508 (2013.01); H04B 7/18517 (2013.01); H04B 7/19 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes: an antenna including a base having a dome shape, a first antenna element disposed in a first region including a zenith of the base, and one or more second antenna elements disposed in a second region surrounding the first region; and beam forming circuitry that controls, based on position information of a target satellite to communicate with, a beam formation of the first antenna element and the one or more second antenna elements.