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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. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Daniel Voss, Cumming, GA (US);
Donald Lawson Runyon, Duluth, GA (US);
Assignee:
ViaSat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H01Q 1/28 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and device relating to a broad-band fragmented aperture tile and antenna system are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, an aperture tile comprises a plurality of unit cells. The plurality of unit cells individually comprise a driven radiating element layer, a module layer having a printed circuit board, wherein the module layer comprises one or more of a time delay module, a radio frequency distribution module, a radio frequency module, or a digital signal processor. Furthermore the aperture tile is coupled to a cold plate configured for heat transfer.