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公开(公告)号：US20190219623A1
公开(公告)日：2019-07-18
申请号：US16247879
申请日：2019-01-15
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Cadgas Varel , Ryan Stevenson , Steven Linn , Michael Severson , Colin Stuart Short , Mohsen Sazegar
CPC classification number: G01R29/0871 , G01R29/0878 , H04B17/12 , H04B17/17 , H04B17/21
Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing radio-frequency antenna elements are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: a frame having a platform to support an array of radio-frequency (RF) antenna elements of a flat panel antenna having antenna elements; a first antenna to transmit microwave energy to subsets of RF antenna elements of the segment and to receive reflected microwave energy from the subsets of RF antenna elements; a filter between the segment and the first antenna, the filter comprising an opening positioned over each of the subsets of RF antenna elements at different times to expose said each of the subsets of RF antenna elements to microwave energy transmitted by the first antenna; a second antenna to receive microwave energy transmitted though the subsets of RF antenna elements at the different times; a controller coupled to the subsets of RF antenna elements and to provide at least one stimulus or condition to the subsets of RF antenna elements; and an analyzer to provide stimulus to the subsets of RF antenna elements and to measure a characteristic of the array using one or both of the first antenna and second antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US10224620B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-05
申请号：US15600514
申请日：2017-05-19
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Philip A. Sullivan , W. Brenden Carlson , Gregory D. Phelan , Ryan Stevenson , Nathan Kundtz , Mohsen Sazegar
Abstract: A device containing a radio-frequency (RF) liquid crystal (RFLC) mixture with improved performance is disclosed. In one embodiment, the improved performance includes high RF tuning, broad thermal operating ranges and low viscosity. In one embodiment, the device comprises an antenna comprising: an antenna element array having a plurality of antenna elements and each antenna element having a liquid crystal (LC) structure, wherein the LC structure comprises a mixture of one or more of the following: laterally functionalized with one or more of at least a proton, a hydrogen (H), or a heteroatom.
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公开(公告)号：US20180076521A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-15
申请号：US15701328
申请日：2017-09-11
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Aidin Mehdipour , Mohsen Sazegar , Anthony Guenterberg , Robert Thomas Hower , Chris Eylander , Varada Rajan Komanduri , Ryan Stevenson , Nathan Kundtz
Abstract: A method and apparatus for impedance matching for an antenna aperture are described. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an antenna aperture having at least one array of antenna elements operable to radiate radio frequency (RF) energy and an integrated composite stack structure coupled to the antenna aperture. The integrated composite stack structure includes a wide angle impedance matching network to provide impedance matching between the antenna aperture and free space and also puts dipole loading on antenna elements.
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公开(公告)号：US20170301475A1
公开(公告)日：2017-10-19
申请号：US15485072
申请日：2017-04-11
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Ryan Stevenson , Kianoush Naeli , Mohsen Sazegar , Benjamin Sikes , Timothy Mason , Erik Shipton , Nathan Kundtz
Abstract: An antenna having radio-frequency (RF) resonators with tunable capacitors. In one embodiment, the tunable capacitor for tuning an RF resonator comprises: a first substrate with a first electrode attached thereto; a second substrate with a second electrode attached thereto; and a membrane between the first and second electrodes, the membrane being movable between the first and second electrodes in order to change capacitance.
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公开(公告)号：US12040550B2
公开(公告)日：2024-07-16
申请号：US17713042
申请日：2022-04-04
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Abstract: Antennas having iris and/or cell rotation and/or with frequency compensation in solid state device (e.g., diode) designs and methods of using the same are described. In some embodiments, the antenna comprises: an antenna aperture having a plurality of RF radiating antenna elements that each include an iris and a solid state device coupled across the iris, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are located in rings with orientation of each of the irises of the antenna elements in at least a portion of each ring rotated with respect to adjacent irises in the portion of each ring while orientation of corresponding solid state devices is uniform; and a controller coupled to control the array of RF radiating antenna elements to tune RF radiating antenna elements to generate one or more beams using the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements.
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公开(公告)号：US11855347B2
公开(公告)日：2023-12-26
申请号：US17124061
申请日：2020-12-16
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Chris Eylander , Bradley Eylander , Mohsen Sazegar
CPC classification number: H01Q15/0086 , H01P3/023 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q21/0012 , H01P3/06
Abstract: An antenna having a wedge plate-based waveguide with feed segmentation and a method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an aperture having an array of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements and a segmented wedge plate radial waveguide comprises a plurality of wedge plates that form a plurality of sub-apertures, wherein each sub-aperture includes one wedge plate and a distinct subset of RF radiating antenna elements in the array, wherein each wedge plate of the plurality of wedge plates has a feed point to provide a feed wave for propagation through said each wedge plate for interaction with its distinct subset of RF radiating antenna elements in the array.
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公开(公告)号：US11837786B2
公开(公告)日：2023-12-05
申请号：US17131133
申请日：2020-12-22
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Mohsen Sazegar , Chris Eylander , Aidin Mehdipour , Ibrahim Nassar , Bradley Eylander
CPC classification number: H01Q21/0037 , H01Q5/55 , H01Q15/0086 , H01Q15/04
Abstract: Multiband guiding structures for antennas and methods for using the same are described. In one embodiment, an antenna comprises: an antenna aperture with radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements; and a center-fed, multi-band wave guiding structure coupled to the antenna aperture to receive a feed wave in two different frequency bands and propagate the feed wave to the RF radiating antenna elements of the antenna aperture.
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公开(公告)号：US20230358795A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-09
申请号：US17736795
申请日：2022-05-04
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Cagdas Varel , Steven H. Linn , Seyed Mohamad Amin Momeni Hasan Abadi , Hussein Esfahlani , Mohsen Sazegar , Ryan Stevenson
CPC classification number: G01R29/0814 , H04B17/11 , H04B17/21
Abstract: Processes and apparatuses for antenna frequency matching are disclosed. In one embodiment, a calibration process for an antenna having radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements comprises: determining resonance frequencies of RF radiating antenna elements in a group of RF radiating antenna elements; selecting voltages to apply to the RF radiating antenna elements to cause resonance frequencies to match between the RF radiating antenna elements in the group of RF radiating antenna elements when the voltages are applied; and storing, in memory of the antenna, voltage information indicative of the voltages for driving the RF radiating antenna elements in the group.
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公开(公告)号：US20220320753A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-06
申请号：US17713042
申请日：2022-04-04
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Abstract: Antennas having iris and/or cell rotation and/or with frequency compensation in solid state device (e.g., diode) designs and methods of using the same are described. In some embodiments, the antenna comprises: an antenna aperture having a plurality of RF radiating antenna elements that each include an iris and a solid state device coupled across the iris, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are located in rings with orientation of each of the irises of the antenna elements in at least a portion of each ring rotated with respect to adjacent irises in the portion of each ring while orientation of corresponding solid state devices is uniform; and a controller coupled to control the array of RF radiating antenna elements to tune RF radiating antenna elements to generate one or more beams using the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements.
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公开(公告)号：US20210384968A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-09
申请号：US17344393
申请日：2021-06-10
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Bruce Rothaar , Tim Mason , Turner Noel , Luis Glass , Abdolreza Shafie , Mohsen Sazegar
IPC: H04B7/185
Abstract: A beam splitting hand off systems architecture and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: generating a first beam with a single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a first satellite; generating a second beam with the single electronically steered flat-panel antenna to track a second satellite simultaneously while generating the first beam to track the first satellite; and handing off traffic from the first satellite to the second satellite.
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