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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
David Paul Maunder, Gainesville, VA (US);
Charles H. Cox, Iii, Carlisle, MA (US);
David Morgan Kettner, Stow, MA (US);
Kevin M. Cuomo, Carlisle, MA (US);
David Paul Maunder, Gainesville, VA (US);
Charles H. Cox, III, Carlisle, MA (US);
David Morgan Kettner, Stow, MA (US);
Kevin M. Cuomo, Carlisle, MA (US);
Photonic Systems, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
An electromagnetic reflector includes an antenna that receives an incoming signal and that transmits an outgoing signal. A three-port device, such as a circulator, has a first port electromagnetically coupled to the antenna. An RF circuit has an input that is electromagnetically coupled to the second port of the three-port device and an output that is electromagnetically coupled to the third port of the three-port device. The RF circuit changes at least one of a gain and a phase of the incoming signal to generate a desired outgoing signal that passes through the three-port device to the antenna.