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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2007
Applicants:
William E. Mckinzie, Fulton, MD (US);
Greg Mendolia, Nashua, NH (US);
Keith Manssen, Bull Valley, IL (US);
Inventors:
William E. McKinzie, Fulton, MD (US);
Greg Mendolia, Nashua, NH (US);
Keith Manssen, Bull Valley, IL (US);
Assignee:
Paratek Microwave, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention an apparatus, comprising an apparatus, comprising an adaptively-tuned antenna including a variable reactance network connected to the antenna, an RF field probe located near the antenna, an RF detector to sense voltage from the field probe, a controller that monitors the RF voltage and supplies control signals to a driver circuit and wherein the driver circuit converts the control signals to bias signals for the variable reactance network.