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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Sudhakar K. Rao, Torrance, CA (US);
Guy Goyette, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Cameron Massey, Hawthorne, CA (US);
George Voulelikas, El Segundo, CA (US);
Joel A. Fink, Torrance, CA (US);
Sudhakar K. Rao, Torrance, CA (US);
Guy Goyette, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Cameron Massey, Hawthorne, CA (US);
George Voulelikas, El Segundo, CA (US);
Joel A. Fink, Torrance, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for generating reconfigurable beams is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a stationary feed array having a plurality of selectably activatable feed array elements, the feed array having a feed array sensitive axis; a reflector, illuminated by the selectably activatable feed array elements; a first mechanism, coupled to the reflector, for varying a position of the reflector along the feed array axis; wherein a desired beam size of the antenna system is selected by varying the reflector position along the feed array sensitive axis and by selectably activating the feed array elements.