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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：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：US20230335911A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-19
申请号：US18212138
申请日：2023-06-20
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Cagdas Varel , Steven Howard Linn
CPC classification number: H01Q15/0086 , H01Q21/08 , H01Q21/061 , H01Q21/0056
Abstract: A method and apparatus for electrical addressing for an antenna (e.g., a metamaterial radio-frequency (RF) antenna are described. In one embodiment antenna comprising: a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements located in a plurality of rings; and matrix drive circuitry coupled to the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements to drive the antenna elements, wherein the matrix drive circuitry to uniquely address each of the antenna elements using a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns with a non-grid-based addressing structure.
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公开(公告)号：US20230238697A1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-27
申请号：US18098598
申请日：2023-01-18
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Cagdas Varel , Steven Howard Linn
Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) antenna and method for using the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, an antenna includes an array of RF radiating antenna elements, a plurality of RF antenna element driving circuits coupled to the array of RF radiating antenna elements to supply tuning voltages to the RF radiating antenna elements, and one or more metal power planes, each of the one or more metal power planes coupled to supply a common voltage to two or more of the plurality of RF antenna driving circuits.
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公开(公告)号：US11637370B2
公开(公告)日：2023-04-25
申请号：US17312089
申请日：2019-12-02
Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha , KYMETA CORPORATION
Inventor： Kenichi Kitoh , Takeshi Hara , Susumu Nakano , Yoshinori Tanaka , Ryan A. Stevenson , Steve Linn , Cagdas Varel , Colin Short , Felix Chen
Abstract: A scanning antenna includes a transmission and/or reception region including a plurality of antenna units and a non-transmission and/or reception region other than the transmission and/or reception region. The scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate, a slot substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate, a seal portion provided in the non-transmission and/or reception region and surrounding the liquid crystal layer, and a reflective conductive plate disposed opposing a second main surface of a second dielectric substrate with a dielectric layer interposed between the reflective conductive plate and the second main surface. The slot electrode includes an opening or a recessed portion formed in the non-transmission and/or reception region and in the region surrounded by the seal portion.
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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：US20210351512A1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-11
申请号：US17219745
申请日：2021-03-31
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Cagdas Varel , Steven Howard Linn
Abstract: Routing and layout for an antenna are described. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an aperture having a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements, wherein each antenna element of the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements comprises an iris slot opening and an electrode over the iris slot opening; a plurality of drive transistors coupled to the plurality of antenna elements; and a plurality of storage capacitors, each storage capacitor coupled to the electrode of one antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements. The aperture also comprises at least one of: the drive transistor for the one antenna element is located under the electrode of the antenna element, the storage capacitor for the one antenna element is located under the electrode of the antenna element, and the metal routing to the one antenna element for a first voltage overlaps, in an overlap region, a common voltage routing that routes the common voltage to the one antenna element to form a storage capacitance.
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公开(公告)号：US10965027B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-30
申请号：US16134197
申请日：2018-09-18
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Cagdas Varel , Ryan Stevenson , Michael Severson
IPC: H01Q3/28 , H01Q3/36 , G01R29/10 , H01Q17/00 , H01Q3/00 , H01Q3/24 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q3/34 , H01Q13/10 , H01Q21/00 , H01Q21/06 , H03D3/00 , G01R29/08 , G01R31/28
Abstract: A method and apparatus for RF ripple correction in an antenna aperture are described. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: an array of antenna elements having liquid crystal (LC); drive circuitry coupled to the array and having a plurality of drivers, each driver of the plurality of drivers coupled to an antenna element of the array and operable to apply a drive voltage to the antenna element; and radio-frequency (RF) ripple correction logic coupled to the drive circuitry to adjust drive voltages to compensate for ripple.
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公开(公告)号：US10948528B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-16
申请号：US16681681
申请日：2019-11-12
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Cagdas Varel , Ryan Stevenson , Steven Linn , Michael Severson , Colin Stuart Short , Mohsen Sazegar
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：US20250149793A1
公开(公告)日：2025-05-08
申请号：US18902441
申请日：2024-09-30
Applicant: Kymeta Corporation
Inventor： Cagdas Varel , Steven Howard Linn
Abstract: Routing and layout for an antenna are described. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an aperture having a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements, wherein each antenna element of the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements comprises an iris slot opening and an electrode over the iris slot opening; a plurality of drive transistors coupled to the plurality of antenna elements; and a plurality of storage capacitors, each storage capacitor coupled to the electrode of one antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements. The aperture also comprises at least one of: the drive transistor for the one antenna element is located under the electrode of the antenna element, the storage capacitor for the one antenna element is located under the electrode of the antenna element, and the metal routing to the one antenna element for a first voltage overlaps, in an overlap region, a common voltage routing that routes the common voltage to the one antenna element to form a storage capacitance.
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