Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Configurable horn antenna
- Patent Title (中): 可配置的喇叭天线
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Application No.: US14574998Application Date: 2014-12-18
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Publication No.: US09478865B1Publication Date: 2016-10-25
- Inventor: Bryan Willis , Neil K. Harker , Timothy G. Riggs , Brandon G. Walsh
- Applicant: L-3 Communications Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: L-3 Communications Corp.
- Current Assignee: L-3 Communications Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Main IPC: H01Q13/02
- IPC: H01Q13/02 ; H01Q21/00 ; H01Q13/06

Abstract:
A configurable antenna may include a circular horn array comprising a plurality of horn antennas, a configurable waveguide in a center of the circular horn array, and a plurality of actuators. The configurable waveguide includes a plurality of retractable triangular wedges, with one side of each wedge oriented to one of the plurality of horn antenna and a corner oriented toward a center of the waveguide, wherein a circle defined by each of the corners oriented toward the center of the waveguide defines a first circumference. The configurable waveguide further includes a plurality of movable tuning rods arranged in a circle defining a second circumference, the second circumference being smaller than the first circumference, said movable tuning rods further arranged such that the movable tuning rods are between the corners the corners oriented toward the center of the waveguide.
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