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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:
Nov. 22, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dornier GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342368 ; 342372 ; 342375 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling an active antenna comprising a matrix of individual transmitting/receiving elements. Two optical frequencies are superposed to generate an optical beat signal in the microwave frequency range. After electrical/optical conversion the beat signal is fed with a defined phase and amplitude to the individual transmitting/receiving elements of the antenna.