US 11,705,638 B2
Lens-enhanced communication device
Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Newport Beach, CA (US); Alfred Grau Besoli, Irvine, CA (US); Seunghwan Yoon, Irvine, CA (US); Farid Shirinfar, Granada Hills, CA (US); Sam Gharavi, Irvine, CA (US); Michael Boers, South Turramurra (AU); Maryam Rofougaran, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Enver Adas, Newport Beach, CA (US); and Kartik Sridharan, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Movandi Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Movandi Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,398.
Application 17/382,398 is a continuation of application No. 16/233,044, filed on Dec. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,145,986.
Prior Publication US 2021/0351516 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 15/02 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 19/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 15/02 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/36 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2658 (2013.01); H01Q 19/062 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
24. A method, comprising:
in a communication device that comprises a first lens having a defined distribution of dielectric constant:
receiving, by a feeder array of the communication device, a first lens-guided beam of input radio frequency (RF) signals through the first lens, wherein the feeder array comprises a plurality of antenna elements positioned in proximity to the first lens; and
modifying, by control circuitry of the communication device, a dielectric constant of the first lens to equalize a distribution of a gain of input RF signals across the feeder array of the plurality of antenna elements.