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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2005
Dana J. Jensen, Marion, IA (US);
Fatma A. Sakarya, Marion, IA (US);
Scott J. F. Zogg, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Dana J. Jensen, Marion, IA (US);
Fatma A. Sakarya, Marion, IA (US);
Scott J. F. Zogg, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An antenna array is formed by a network of transceivers that includes unit radios and a command radio. The command radio configures the antenna array and communicates with the unit radios to send and receive signals. The unit radios may form an antenna array with greater than half-wavelength spacing and the command radio receives signals from another radio through a unit radio receiving a best signal or from combined signals from several unit radios received from the other radio. The unit radios may form an antenna array having half wavelength or less spacing that forms a digital beam forming antenna with an antenna grid to which the unit radios are connected.