US 11,750,305 B2
Empirically modulated antenna systems and related methods
Eric J. Black, Bothell, WA (US); Brian Mark Deutsch, Snoqualmie, WA (US); Alexander Remley Katko, Seattle, WA (US); Melroy Machado, Seattle, WA (US); Jay Howard Mccandless, Alpine, CA (US); and Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Issaquah, WA (US)
Assigned to THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Searete LLC, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,456.
Application 17/373,456 is a continuation of application No. 16/854,416, filed on Apr. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,075,702.
Application 16/854,416 is a continuation of application No. 16/059,572, filed on Aug. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,630,398, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Application 16/059,572 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/018348, filed on Feb. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/297,072, filed on Feb. 18, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/297,074, filed on Feb. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038191 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H01Q 13/20 (2006.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/14 (2015.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/391 (2015.01); H01Q 25/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/7113 (2011.01)
CPC H04B 17/12 (2015.01) [H01Q 13/20 (2013.01); H01Q 15/0086 (2013.01); H01Q 21/061 (2013.01); H01Q 25/00 (2013.01); H04B 1/7113 (2013.01); H04B 17/14 (2015.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/3913 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
controlling operation of a plurality of scattering elements in an empirically modulated antenna system to operate at discrete operational configurations and form an initial modulation pattern;
identifying a performance parameter of the empirically modulated antenna system to evaluate after each of the plurality of scattering elements is discretely modulated on a per-element basis; and
discretely modulating a corresponding operational configuration of the plurality of scattering elements on the per-element basis to evaluate the performance parameter on the per-element basis with respect to each of a plurality of different operational configurations.