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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald H Archer, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343754 ; 343854 ;
Abstract
A radio frequency multibeam array antenna is disclosed wherein a beam forming network includes a first set of vertically disposed parallel plate lenses coupled between a matrix of radiating elements and a second set of horizontally disposed parallel plate lenses. With such a beam forming network a plurality of narrow pencil-shaped beams of radiation may be formed over a relatively large solid angle.