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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2010
Larry Allan Nelson, Seattle, WA (US);
Ali Squalli, Seattle, WA (US);
Larry Allan Nelson, Seattle, WA (US);
Ali Squalli, Seattle, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A scan alignment system and method for calibrating a scan path for a directional antenna system is presented. The scan alignment system calibrates the scan path by generating a scan path, scanning the directional antenna through the scan path, receiving a signal signature responsive to the scanning, comparing the signal signature with a reference signature, and determining a corrective calibration to apply to the scan path that minimizes the difference between the signal signature and the reference signature. In an embodiment, the reference signature is modeled based on the directional antenna and the intended scan path.