US 11,942,682 B2
Electrically adjustable stencil for controlling antenna pattern for beamforming
Stephen Joseph Kovacic, Newport Beach, CA (US); and Guillaume Alexandre Blin, Carlisle, MA (US)
Assigned to Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,083.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/201,267, filed on Apr. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344801 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 3/30 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/36 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0617 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication system comprising:
a plurality of radio frequency signal conditioning circuits;
an antenna array including a plurality of electrically-adjustable stencils each connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of radio frequency signal conditioning circuits, the plurality of electrically-adjustable stencils including a conductive ink; and
a control circuit configured to control the plurality of electrically-adjustable stencils to control an antenna pattern of the antenna array, the control circuit configured to guide the conductive ink to achieve the antenna pattern.