Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nonreciprocal and reconfigurable phased-array antennas
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Application No.: US16931281Application Date: 2020-07-16
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Publication No.: US11545749B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Juan Sebastián Gómez-Diaz , Alejandro Álvarez-Melcón , Jiawei Zang
- Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
- Applicant Address: US CA Oakland
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Oakland
- Agency: Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q3/36
- IPC: H01Q3/36

Abstract:
A nonreciprocal phased-array antenna includes an array of resonant antennas a1, . . . , an. During transmission, an outbound signal having a frequency f0 and a phase shift φdi caused by propagation through a data network feeds into each resonant antenna ai. Each resonant antenna ai upconverts the outbound signal using a modulation signal having a frequency fm and a phase shift φmi caused by propagation through a modulation network to produce an upconverted radiated signal having a frequency f0+fm and a phase proportionate to φdi+φmi. During reception, an inbound signal of frequency f0+fm is received at each resonant antenna ai and is downconverted using the modulation signal to produce a downconverted signal having a frequency f0 and a phase proportionate to −φmi. After passing through the data network to the inbound port, the downconverted signal has a phase proportionate to φdi−φmi.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210021032A1 NONRECIPROCAL AND RECONFIGURABLE PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNAS Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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