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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Kymeta, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Mohsen Sazegar, Kirkland, WA (US);
Nathan Kundtz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Steve Linn, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
KYMETA CORPORATION, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 3/34 (2006.01); H01P 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); H01Q 3/34 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0012 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0031 (2013.01); H01Q 21/064 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H01P 1/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for aperture segmentation are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an antenna feed to input a cylindrical feed wave and a physical antenna aperture coupled to the antenna feed and comprising a plurality of segments having antenna elements that form a plurality of closed concentric rings of antenna elements when combined, where the plurality of concentric rings are concentric with respect to the antenna feed.