US 12,306,230 B2
Reflectometry sensing
Antonio Javier Marti Canales, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Divirod, Inc., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by Divirod, Inc., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/336,977.
Application 18/336,977 is a division of application No. 17/872,915, filed on Jul. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,719,732.
Prior Publication US 2024/0027505 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G01R 29/08 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 15/24 (2006.01); H04B 17/15 (2015.01)
CPC G01R 29/0814 (2013.01) [H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 15/244 (2013.01); H04B 17/15 (2015.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for logging data comprising:
receiving direct right hand and reflected left hand circularly polarized components at an antenna, the direct right hand and reflected left hand circularly polarized components originating from a satellite;
converting, with the antenna, the direct right hand and reflected left hand circularly polarized components into a first linearly polarized signal and a second linearly polarized signal, the first linearly polarized signal and the second linearly polarized signal each comprising a set of direct and reflected components, and the second linearly polarized signal is orthogonal to the first linearly polarized signal;
obtaining a first power value for the first linearly polarized signal at a precision of at least 1/10 dB;
obtaining a second power value for the second linearly polarized signal at a precision of at least 1/10 dB; and
packetizing the first and second power values for storage or transmission.