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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Julian A. Brown, Cambridge, MA (US);
Benjamin F. Lane, Sherborn, MA (US);
Hannah Clevenson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Lucas D. Benney, Brighton, MA (US);
Michael G. Moebius, Arlington, MA (US);
Robin M. A. Dawson, Waltham, MA (US);
Steven J. Spector, Lexington, MA (US);
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An antenna system has a two-dimensional field of view, yet can be implemented on a surface, such as on electronic or photonic integrated circuits. The antenna system includes an array of antennas disposed in a predetermined non-linear pattern and a two-dimensional beamforming network (BFN). The antenna system can be steered/selectively beamformed in two dimensions through beam port selection. The beamforming network is disposed entirely on a single first surface. The beamforming network has a one-dimensional array-side interface disposed on the first surface and a one-dimensional beam-side interface disposed on the first surface. The antennas of the array of antennas are individually communicably coupled to the array-side interface. Segments of the beam-side interface map to respective pixels in the two-dimensional field of view.