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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1991
Charles E Konig, Staten Island, NY (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A plurality of acoustic charge transport (ACT) tapped delay lines are coupled to respective antenna elements of a phased array antenna assembly to control the beam steering of either a transmitted or received electromagnetic wave in the megahertz (MHz) range. Each delay line, moreover, is comprised of an ACT channel region which operates as a delay line and further includes multiple signal output taps which can be selectively addressed from an address bus coupled to a digital controller for providing a predetermined delay. With each delay line being individually controlled, an improved technique for beam steering is provided.