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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7839349 | Tunable substrate phase scanned reflector antenna In some embodiments, a reflector antenna may include one or more of the following features: (a) a reflector having a tunable reflective surface, (b) a reflector feed having tunable substrate materials, and (c) a sub-reflector. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7705796 | Dual offset reflector system utilizing at least one gimbal mechanism A dual offset reflector system is disclosed. The system comprises a main reflector, a subreflector, a first gimbal mechanism for positioning of the subreflector. The system includes at least two feeds for receiving beams from the main reflector and the subreflector.... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7471255 | Antenna with reduced interference The present invention relates generally to the field of reflector-type antennas based on the offset Gregorian design having a substantially paraboloidal-shaped primary reflector and a substantially ellipsoidal secondary reflector displaced from the optical axis of t... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7450079 | Gimbaled gregorian antenna In one embodiment, a gimbaled reflector antenna is provided that includes only four reflectors comprising: a first flat plate reflector, a second flat plate reflector, and an ellipsoidal reflector, and a parabolic reflector. By rotating some or all of the reflectors... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7443355 | Antenna feed-tube-to-amplifier coupling A first set of screws secures a Cassegrain-configuration microwave antenna's primary reflector to its low-noise block down-converter without additionally securing that reflector or the low-noise block down-converter to the antenna's feed tube, which a second set of ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7411561 | Gimbaled dragonian antenna In one embodiment, a gimbaled reflector antenna is provided that includes: a Dragonian antenna having a sub-reflector and a main reflector; a feed; a third reflector adapted to reflect a beam from the feed to the sub reflector; an azimuth gimbal adapted to rotate th... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408522 | Antenna-feeder device and antenna An antenna comprises: a main reflector being a body of revolution of parabolic shape; a sub-reflector being a body of the revolution of elliptic shape having a circle and a vertex oriented to the main reflector and being placed between the circle and the main reflec... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405708 | Low profiled antenna An antenna comprises: a main reflector being a body of revolution of arbitrary curve which axis diverges from axis of the revolution; a sub-reflector being a body of the revolution of arbitrary curve along the axis of revolution, having a circle and a vertex pointin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7362279 | Method and device for TV receiving and internet transreceiving on a satellite antenna A device for receiving satellite signals, associated to a parabolic dish (2) suitable for reflecting to a corresponding focus a first signal (25) at a first frequency and a second signal (35) at a second frequency. The device comprises a first f... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7324046 | Electronic beam steering for keyhole avoidance An airborne radio frequency (RF) antenna terminal system includes a two-axis gimbals control system and a phased array antenna. The phased array antenna electronically steers the receive and transmit beams using phase shifters. The electronically steered beams provi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7295170 | Waterproof mechanism for satellite antenna A waterproof mechanism for a satellite antenna is to separate a waterproof cover of the known technology into two components of a fixing cover and a thin wall cap used for compressing an O-ring, cause the thin wall cap and the O-ring to be combined closely and stabl... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283103 | Compact broadband antenna A compact broadband antenna. The antenna includes a first mechanism for receiving input electromagnetic energy. A second mechanism provides radiated electromagnetic energy upon receipt of the input electromagnetic energy. The radiated electromagnetic energy is provi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280081 | Parabolic reflector and antenna incorporating same A parabolic reflector for an antenna has a plurality of concentric annular sections arranged in series from a first annular section nearest a central axis of the reflector to a last annular section defining an outer perimeter of the reflector. Each section has a par... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7265727 | Top loaded disk monopole antenna In an exemplary aspect of the invention, an antenna is disclosed that includes a ground plane and a disk disposed adjacent to the ground plane. The disk has a perimeter. The antenna further includes a loading reflector having an underside. At least a portion of the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256749 | Compact, mechanically scanned cassegrain antenna system and method A mechanically scanned reflector antenna system that produces a compact swept diameter and overall height, which is ideally suited for use on the external surface of a high speed mobile platform where a low profile, lightweight antenna is needed. The antenna system ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245267 | Mobile radio antenna radome with integral reflector An improved radome comprises at least one conductive flat structure integrally incorporated in the material of the radome, which acts as a reflector for a mobile radio antenna at least partially enclosed within the radome. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242360 | High power dual band high gain antenna system and method of making the same A high power dual band high gain antenna system is provided. The antenna system employs one or more feedhorn clusters to distribute power associated with the transmission of high power signals. A first feedhorn cluster is associated with a first frequency band and a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233299 | Multiple-beam antenna with photonic bandgap material A system includes a device for focusing electromagnetic waves, and a multiple-beam antenna. The antenna includes: a photonic bandgap material (20) having at least one band gap, at least one periodicity defect (36) of the photonic bandgap material so as... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233217 | Microstrip phase shifter A phase shifter adjusts the phase between two segments of an RF feed line that are fed with the phase shifter. Specifically, the phase shifter adjusts the phase between two signals in RF feed line segments by changing the electrical path lengths that RF energy trave... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7205949 | Dual reflector antenna and associated methods An antenna system includes an antenna feed aligned with a subreflector and a main reflector. The subreflector has a concave surface defining a vertex. A main reflector having a concave surface is aligned with the subreflector to define an antenna focal area at the v... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196675 | High resolution orientation adjusting arrangement for feed assembly A receptacle with an adjusting slot is adapted to receive a mounting lip of the feed assembly. A means for positioning which may include a threaded shaft threaded into a first side of the receptacle that projects into a first side of the mounting lip, is operative t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187340 | Simultaneous multi-band ring focus reflector antenna-broadband feed Compact multi-band antenna system (500) includes a main reflector (502) having a shaped surface of revolution about a boresight axis of the antenna operable at a plurality of frequency bands spectrally offset from each other. A multi band feed system (... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183990 | Aperture illumination control membrane A device for modifying electromagnetic illumination of a reflector aperture defined by a reflector surface is mounted in front of the reflector aperture in a spaced apart relationship relative to the reflector surface. The device at least partially covers the reflec... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7161549 | Single-aperture antenna system for producing multiple beams A novel single-aperture antenna system for producing multiple closely spaced or overlapping beams. The antenna system has multiple feeds for radiating energy, and a hyperboloidal or ellipsoidal main reflector responsive to the radiated energy for forming multiple be... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7138953 | Method and apparatus for reducing the effects of collector blockage in a reflector antenna A method of reducing blockage in a reflector antenna includes disposing a feed mechanism in front of a first reflector and disposing a second reflector in front of the feed mechanism. The second reflector permits energy to pass that would otherwise have been blocked... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138958 | Reflector antenna radome with backlobe suppressor ring and method of manufacturing A radome adapted to reduce backlobes of an associated reflector antenna via application of a conductive ring with an inward facing edge about the periphery of the radome. The conductive ring may be applied extending around the radome periphery to an inside and or ou... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7129903 | Method and apparatus for mounting a rotating reflector antenna to minimize swept arc An apparatus and method for forming a cassegrain reflector antenna that allows an extended length feed horn to be employed without increasing an overall depth of the antenna. This enables the swept diameter of the antenna to be maintained at a minimum comparable to ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119755 | Wave antenna lens system An array of dielectric wave antennas is disclosed. Each wave antenna has a central dielectric portion and two dielectric tapered portions, disposed on opposite sides of the central dielectric portion. The array is deployed in a lens shape and allows variation of the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119754 | Receiving antenna for multibeam coverage The invention relates to a receiving antenna for satellite telecommunications. More specifically, the invention relates to an active antenna comprising a network of elementary sources which is positioned at the focal point of a focusing reflector. According to the i... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109935 | Combined optical and electromagnetic communication system and method An antenna system for communicating electromagnetic and optical signals using a common aperture is provided. The system includes at least one optical phased array terminal integrated with an optically transparent electromagnetic antenna such that the optically trans... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7098859 | Antenna unit In a variable power divider including a first 90° phase combiner (30), a second 90° phase combiner (40), and a phase-amplitude adjustment block (50), the phase-amplitude adjustment block (50) includes, correspondingly to two-channel pol... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095380 | Antenna device An antenna apparatus in which a combination of rectangular waveguides 9a and 10a and a combination of rectangular waveguides 9b and 10b are disposed bilateral symmetrically to each other, and a waveguide orthom... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081863 | Reflector antenna A reflector antenna device includes: an auxiliary reflector 1 that receives an electric wave radiated from an opening portion by a primary radiator 3 and reflects the electric wave; and a main reflector 2 that receives the electric wave that is ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075499 | Antenna system and method for manufacturing same An antenna system of the phased array type, with a carrier of electrically insulating material and at least two antenna units, which each comprise a receiving device for electromagnetic radiation and of which the receiving device is connected with a time- or phase-s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075492 | High performance reflector antenna system and feed structure A reflector-feed assembly for a reflector dish antenna system includes a feeding waveguide and a reflector plate. The feeding waveguide is operable to support the propagation of a signal therethrough, the feeding waveguide having a major axis along which the signal ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7058362 | Integrated micro-strip antenna apparatus and a system utilizing the same for wireless communications for sensing and actuation purposes A system utilizing a number of micro-strip antenna apparatus embedded in or mounted on the surface of a structure for enabling wireless communication of sensed and actuation signals. The micro-strip antenna apparatus may include smart materials or other substrates. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042407 | Dual radius twist lock radome and reflector antenna for radome A radome and a reflector antenna configured to mate with the radome. The radome has a central portion and a surrounding outer portion. The central portion having a radius selected to redirect a reflected component of the transmitted RF signal from the radome to the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042410 | Microwave antenna feed with integral bandpass filter An antenna feed with an integrated bandpass filter is disclosed. The antenna feed contains a reflector and a dipole antenna. A bandpass filter comprising one or more bandpass filter elements is placed between the reflector and the dipole antenna. The bandpass filter... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042420 | Multi-beam antenna A multi-beam antenna comprises at least one curved surface, at least one dielectric substrate, and a plurality of end-fire antenna feed elements on the dielectric substrate. The at least one curved surface may be either reflective, refractive or diffractive. |Electr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042409 | Method and apparatus for mounting a rotating reflector antenna to minimize swept arc An apparatus and method for mounting a rotatable reflector antenna system on an outer surface of an aircraft which minimizes a swept arc of a main reflector. This allows the effective frontal area of the main reflector to be reduced such that a radome with a smaller... | 05/09/2006 |
