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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2006
Robert C. Becker, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
David W. Meyers, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Kelly P. Muldoon, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Douglas R. Carlson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jerome P. Drexler, Wyoming, MN (US);
Robert C. Becker, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
David W. Meyers, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Kelly P. Muldoon, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Douglas R. Carlson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jerome P. Drexler, Wyoming, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of testing the electrical functionality of an optically controlled switch in a reconfigurable antenna is provided. The method includes configuring one or more conductive paths between one or more feed points and one or more test point with switches in the reconfigurable antenna. Applying one or more test signals to the one or more feed points. Monitoring the one or more test points in response to the one or more test signals and determining the functionality of the switch based upon the monitoring of the one or more test points.