US 12,322,867 B2
Shared transmit and receive aperture linear array
Junyu Shen, Germantown, MD (US)
Assigned to Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed by Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,764.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045792 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/08 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 19/10 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 7/19 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/08 (2013.01) [H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 19/10 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04B 7/18517 (2013.01); H04B 7/19 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transmit and receive shared-aperture array antenna system, comprising:
a cylindrical reflector mechanically adjustable in a single, first dimension;
an antenna, comprising:
a planar substrate;
a first row of a first plurality of transmit patches arranged on the planar substrate;
a second row of a plurality of receive patches arranged on the planar substrate; and
a third row of a second plurality of transmit patches arranged on the planar substrate, wherein:
the first row, second row, and third row are parallel;
the second row is between the first row and the third row; and
a phase shifter connected with the antenna such that a beam pattern is electronically steerable in a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension.