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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:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vladimir A Manasson, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lev S Sadovnik, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
WaveBand Corporation, Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385-9 ; 385 14 ; 385-2 ; 385-3 ;
Abstract
Systems and methods for optical control of radar antenna beam steering are described. An apparatus includes: a feeder waveguide; and a waveguide array electromagnetically coupled to said feeder waveguide, said waveguide array including: a plurality arms, each of said plurality of arms including: a plasma induced modulator having a transmission coefficient that is .ltoreq.1, said plasma induced modulator including: a rib waveguide electromagnetically coupled to said feeder waveguide. The systems and methods provide advatages in that optical beam steering is achieved with a lightweight inexpensive apparatus.