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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2019
Smartsky Networks Llc, Morrisville, NC (US);
Gerard James Hayes, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Koichiro Takamizawa, Silver Spring, MD (US);
James O. Legvold, Willow Park, TX (US);
Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr., Chapel Hil, NC (US);
Mike Barts, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Swartz, Durham, NC (US);
SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC, Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
An antenna assembly includes a plurality of antenna elements disposed in a circular pattern and equidistant from each other in angular separation relative to a common reference point at a center of the circular pattern. The antenna assembly may include or be operably coupled to a phase control module configured to apply selected phase fronts to each of the antenna elements to generate constructive and destructive interference patterns to define a directive beam in a desired direction. The selected phase fronts may include no phase adjustment, a positive phase adjustment value and a negative phase adjustment value, the positive and negative phase adjustment values each having a same magnitude.