Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamically allocated broadband multi-tap antenna
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Application No.: US15135002Application Date: 2016-04-21
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Publication No.: US09985352B2Publication Date: 2018-05-29
- Inventor: Margaret A. Mead Gill , Matthew G. Rivett
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Gates & Cooper LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q1/50
- IPC: H01Q1/50 ; H01Q5/50 ; H01P5/16

Abstract:
A dynamically allocated broadband multi-tap antenna comprises a plurality of sub-wavelength conductors used for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency (RF) signals; a plurality of antenna taps, each of which is connected to one or more of the conductors; a plurality of RF switches, each of which is connected to one of the antenna taps; and a plurality of combiners (which also function as splitters), each of which is connected to one or more of the RF switches. The RF switches are controlled to dynamically allocate and interconnect the antenna taps with a selected combiner, to communicate the RF signals between the conductors connected to the antenna taps and the selected combiner. The RF signals received by the conductors are combined into an output signal at the selected combiner, while an input signal at the selected combiner is split for transmission as the RF signals by the conductors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170310010A1 DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATED BROADBAND MULTI-TAP ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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