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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2023
Satixfy Uk Limited, Farnborough, GB;
Doron Rainish, Farnborough, GB;
SatixFy UK Limited, Farnborough, GB;
Abstract
A digital beamforming circuit that includes a plurality of channels, each having an input port configured to receive a digital input signal and an output port configured to feed an antenna element with an analog signal, wherein the plurality of channels forms an electronically steerable antenna (ESA). Each channel includes: a comparator configured to compare the digital input signal with one of a plurality of thresholds that linearly span the digital input signal; a multi-level digital-to-analog converter (DAC) connected at an output of the comparator; and a delay line circuitry configured to apply a time delay to the channel, wherein the delay line circuitry of each channel is separately controlled to apply a respective time delay, collectively enabling to steer a beam of the PPA, wherein the digital beamforming circuit further includes a threshold permutation circuitry configured to periodically permutate the plurality of thresholds between the plurality of channels.