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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Cagdas Varel, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven Howard Linn, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/08 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/0086 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0056 (2013.01); H01Q 21/061 (2013.01); H01Q 21/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for electrical addressing for an antenna (e.g., a metamaterial radio-frequency (RF) antenna are described. In one embodiment antenna comprising: a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements located in a plurality of rings; and matrix drive circuitry coupled to the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements to drive the antenna elements, wherein the matrix drive circuitry to uniquely address each of the antenna elements using a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns with a non-grid-based addressing structure.