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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 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 active antenna elements disposed in a first linear array along a reference line and equidistant from each adjacent antenna element by a first linear distance, and a plurality of passive antenna elements disposed in a second linear array extending parallel to the reference line such that each passive antenna element is a second linear distance away from a corresponding one of the active antenna elements. The antenna assembly includes or is operably coupled to a phase control module configured to apply selected phase fronts to selected ones of the antenna elements to generate constructive and destructive interference patterns to define a directive beam in a desired direction in a range between about 0 and 180 degrees relative to the reference line.