US 12,289,147 B2
Array shape reconstruction for distributed systems
Seyed Ali Hajimiri, La Canada, CA (US); Oren Mizrahi, Pasadena, CA (US); and Austin C. Fikes, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US)
Filed by California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/057,052.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/296,217, filed on Jan. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,943, filed on Nov. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0155649 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/29 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/0608 (2013.01) [H01Q 21/29 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reconfigurable phased array comprising:
a constellation of antennas configured to receive a received radiation and transmit a transmitted radiation, wherein each of the antennas senses incidental power from the transmitted radiation from the other antennas of the constellation of antennas; and
a computer system configured to:
measure the incidental power sensed by the each of the antennas;
perform a physical constraint mapping of the constellation of antennas; and
perform an array shape construction to determine a current position of each of the antennas based on the physical constraint mapping and the incidental power sensed by each of the antennas.