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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Michael Zatman, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Trevor Owen, Vienna, VA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Zatman, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Trevor Owen, Vienna, VA (US);
Assignee:
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/04 (2006.01); H03C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Array amplitude modulation which includes mapping a data symbol to a phase modulation signal and an amplitude modulation signal for transmission from antenna elements; applying the phase modulation signal to the antenna element amplifiers; and generating a pattern of enabling/disabling the antenna element amplifiers as a function of the amplitude modulation to produce a phase and amplitude modulated transmission from the antenna elements.