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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Lisa M. Lust, Plymouth, MN (US);
Paul E. Bauhahn, Fridley, MN (US);
Inventors:
Lisa M. Lust, Plymouth, MN (US);
Paul E. Bauhahn, Fridley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reconfigurable aperture with an optical backplane. In one embodiment a reconfigurable aperture antenna is disclosed. The reconfigurable aperture includes a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL) and a receiver for each VCSEL. Each receiver is adapted to reconfigure a portion of an aperture in response to an optical feed from an associated VCSEL.