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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Cagdas Varel, Kirkland, WA (US);
Steven Howard Linn, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H05B 3/262 (2013.01); H05B 2203/007 (2013.01); H05B 2203/016 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna has radio-frequency (RF) antenna elements and two substrates. A heater structure is connected to at least one of the two substrates, for heating the RF antenna elements. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: a physical antenna aperture having an array of radio frequency (RF) antenna elements formed with patch and iris substrates, the iris substrate having a plurality of layers including an iris metal layer; and a heater structure coupled to one or more of the plurality of layers of the iris substrate for heating the RF antenna elements.