Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Narrow band antenna harmonics for guidance in multiple frequency bands
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Application No.: US17112012Application Date: 2020-12-04
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Publication No.: US11435165B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Brian J. Smith , Matthew F. Chrobak , Peter Dusaitis , Paul D. Zemany
- Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NH Nashua
- Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Current Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Nashua
- Agency: KPIP Law, PLLC
- Agent Gary McFaline
- Main IPC: F41G7/22
- IPC: F41G7/22 ; G08C17/02 ; G01S13/42 ; G01S13/58

Abstract:
A narrow band antenna is configured to guide a munition toward a target location during a flight of the munition from a launch location toward the target location. The antenna has a first mode of operation operable during a first portion of the flight at a first bandwidth, and a second mode of operation operable during a second portion of the flight at a second bandwidth, the second bandwidth being a harmonic of the first bandwidth, and may be a third harmonic of the first bandwidth. The method includes transmitting a target location information to the munition in the first bandwidth during the first portion of the flight and then transmitting the target location information to the munition in the second bandwidth during the second portion of the flight. The first band may be X-band and the second band may be Ka-band.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220178659A1 NARROW BAND ANTENNA HARMONICS FOR GUIDANCE IN MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDS Public/Granted day:2022-06-09
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