US 12,316,016 B2
Multi-band lens antenna system
Jeremiah P. Turpin, Linthicum, MD (US); Clinton P. Scarborough, Darlington, MD (US); Daniel F. DiFonzo, Rockville, MD (US); and Brian Murphy Billman, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to All.Space Networks Limited, Reading (GB)
Filed by All.Space Networks Limited, Reading (GB)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,409.
Application 18/084,409 is a continuation of application No. 16/576,408, filed on Sep. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,605,905.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,448, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0231324 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 25/00 (2006.01); H01Q 5/42 (2015.01); H01Q 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 25/008 (2013.01) [H01Q 5/42 (2015.01); H01Q 19/062 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A satellite communication system, comprising:
a support;
a two-dimensional first antenna array of lens sets to communicate to or from a satellite and supported by the support, each of the lens sets including a lens and one or more feed elements configured to transmit or receive electromagnetic signals that pass through the lens, wherein the lens of each of one or more of the lens sets is a non-spherical lens; and
a two-dimensional second antenna array comprising antenna elements interspersed among the lens sets of the two-dimensional first antenna array, the two-dimensional second antenna array supported by the support,
wherein the lens of each of the one or more of the lens sets has a phase center, and wherein the phase centers are not uniformly distributed.