US 11,742,583 B2
Antenna testing
Taylor Stokes, Monroe, WA (US); JT Repp, Monroe, WA (US); Ron Radko, Kirkland, WA (US); Jonas Nicholson, Preston, WA (US); and Alexander L. Bautista, Jr., Renton, WA (US)
Assigned to Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,056.
Application 17/495,056 is a continuation of application No. 16/425,645, filed on May 29, 2019, granted, now 11,165,160.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,040, filed on Oct. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,829, filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173518 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 13/10 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 17/18 (2015.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 13/106 (2013.01) [H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0006 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable antenna comprising:
a memory;
an antenna aperture with a plurality of electronically controlled radio frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements;
a controller having one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to
perform a self-optimization process that includes verifying tunable bandwidth of the antenna, the self-optimization process including
generating a plurality of patterns to apply to the antenna aperture during testing to cause the antenna to generate a beam in response to each pattern of the plurality of patterns while pointing at a satellite;
generating one or more satellite signal metrics based on received satellite signals; and
selecting one or more parameters associated with beamforming based on satellite signal metrics indicating antenna performance reached a predetermined level, wherein selected parameters are stored in the memory; and
accessing the stored parameters and generating a beam with the antenna aperture when performing data communication.