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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Izhak Baharav, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert C. Taber, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory S. Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Izhak Baharav, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert C. Taber, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory S. Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An antenna array for use within a microwave imaging system to capture a microwave image of a target is selectively programmed to optimize one or more parameters of the microwave imaging system. The array includes a plurality of antenna elements, each capable of being programmable with a respective phase shift to direct a beam of microwave radiation toward the target such that the microwave radiation from each of the plurality of antenna elements arrives at the target substantially in-phase. To optimize a parameter of the microwave imaging system, the phase shifts of selective ones of the antenna elements are altered, while still maintaining the substantially in-phase microwave radiation at the target.