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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Michael Boyarsky, Durham, NC (US);
Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Tempe, AZ (US);
David R. Smith, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/0037 (2013.01); H01Q 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to various embodiments, systems and methods for suppressing grating lobes in a traveling-wave antenna system are disclosed. An apparatus can include a traveling-wave antenna array comprising a plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas. The apparatus also can include a phase diversity feed coupled to the traveling-wave antenna array. The phase diversity feed can be configured to provide phase diverse input to two or more of the plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas.