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- Patent Title: Antenna array system with disparate beam forming networks and non-linear filtering to mitigate interference
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Application No.: US17263261Application Date: 2019-07-31
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Publication No.: US12126091B2Publication Date: 2024-10-22
- Inventor: Peter S. Wyckoff
- Applicant: VIASAT, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
- Current Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agency: F. CHAU & ASSOCIATES, LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2019/044536 2019.07.31
- International Announcement: WO2020/028584A 2020.02.06
- Date entered country: 2021-01-26
- Main IPC: H01Q3/26
- IPC: H01Q3/26 ; H01Q21/00 ; H04B7/06 ; H04B7/08

Abstract:
Disclosed is an antenna array system including an antenna array of N≥2 antenna elements that output N antenna signals; an interferer-nulling beam forming network (IN-BFN) coupled to the antenna array, N non-linear filters coupled to the IN-BFN, and a desired signal BFN. The IN-BFN may include N “null BFNs” to generate N null signals, each null BFN applying a respective nulling beam weight set to the N antenna signals to generate a respective one of the N null signals. Each respective nulling beam weight set corresponds to a different respective set of (N−1) independent nulls. Each of the N non-linear filters may filter a respective one of the N null signals to provide a respective one of N filtered signals. The desired signal BFN may apply a desired signal beam weight set to the N filtered signals to generate an output signal.
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