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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2022
Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven Howard Linn, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Cagdas Varel, Seattle, WA (US);
Felix Chen, Kirkland, WA (US);
KYMETA CORPORATION, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for exchanging liquid crystal (LC) between two areas of an antenna array and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an antenna element array having a plurality of radiating radio-frequency (RF) antenna elements formed using portions of first and second substrates with a liquid crystal (LC) therebetween, and a structure between the first and second substrates and outside the area of the RF antenna elements to collect LC from an area between the first and second substrates forming the RF antenna elements due to LC expansion.