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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:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Applicant:
Scott J. Paynter, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Inventor:
Scott J. Paynter, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention, in its various aspects and embodiments, comprises a variety methods and apparatuses. The methods variously determine the delay (or phase shift) in each element of a phased array to simultaneously form, steer and/or combine a set of beam shapes. The apparatuses include apparatuses that implement the methods as well as apparatuses that employ such methods. The invention also includes a beam controlled by such methods.