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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven J. Franson, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
VIASAT, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna apparatus includes a first component layer having a plurality of antenna elements forming an antenna array. A second component layer includes: (i) a plurality of RFICs coupled to the antenna elements, where each RFIC has active beamforming circuitry to adjust signals communicated with one or more of the antenna elements, and a portion of a first stage of a beamforming network (BFN); and (ii) an additional stage and a further stage of the BFN, each disposed externally of the RFICs. At least some of the RFICs include an intermediate amplifier coupled between the additional and further stages of the BFN.