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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. 11, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Ming Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark A. Curry, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Kenneth G. Voyce, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Ming Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark A. Curry, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Kenneth G. Voyce, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01); G01S 3/16 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for using a phased array antenna to concurrently receive an RF signal transmitted by a remote transmitter, to determine the angular location of the remote transmitter using the transmitted signal, and to use that angular location to direct a transmit antenna to transmit information in the direction of the transmitter is disclosed.