Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plasma radome with flexible density control
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Application No.: US15479889Application Date: 2017-04-05
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Publication No.: US10770785B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Gerard James Hayes , Koichiro Takamizawa , Donald L. Alcorn , James O. Legvold , Robert Michael Barts
- Applicant: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Morrisville
- Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
- Current Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Morrisville
- Agency: Burr & Forman, LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q1/42
- IPC: H01Q1/42 ; H01Q19/06 ; H01Q15/00 ; H01Q1/36 ; H01Q17/00

Abstract:
An antenna assembly may include an antenna element, a radome structure disposed proximate to the antenna element and including a plurality of plasma elements, a driver circuit operably coupled to the plasma elements to selectively ionize individual ones of the plasma elements, and a controller. The controller may be operably coupled to the driver circuit to provide control of plasma density of the individual ones of the plasma elements. The plasma elements may include respective enclosures. At least some of the enclosures may have at least two peripheral edge surfaces substantially fully contacted by corresponding peripheral edge surfaces of adjacent enclosures at at least one section along a longitudinal length thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180294561A1 PLASMA RADOME WITH FLEXIBLE DENSITY CONTROL Public/Granted day:2018-10-11
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