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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2004
Applicant:
Jacqueline C. Chen, La Canada, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jacqueline C. Chen, La Canada, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for redistributing power radiated by an antenna comprised of a plurality of antenna elements. An antenna directivity estimator function is performed to screen out inappropriate antenna directivity profiles from a plurality of antenna directivity profiles, thereby determining one or more remaining, appropriate antenna directivity profiles. An optimizer function is performed on the remaining, appropriate antenna element directivities to determine a phase distribution for the antenna elements based on a desired power distribution for the antenna.