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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Milroy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Duncan E. Adams, Redmond, WA (US);
Ersin Yetisir, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 23/00 (2006.01); H01Q 15/14 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/10 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/428 (2013.01); H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1207 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1228 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H01Q 1/422 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0414 (2013.01); H01Q 15/144 (2013.01); H01Q 21/00 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H01Q 21/10 (2013.01); H01Q 23/00 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna assembly includes a patch antenna array including an upper patch antenna layer, a lower patch antenna layer, and a spacer therebetween, wherein the spacer includes a plurality of apertures defined by cell walls, wherein the each aperture aligns with an upper patch antenna element and a lower patent antenna element from the patch antenna array.