US 12,080,954 B2
System and method for a multi-channel antenna system
Matthew Robertson Morin, Provo, UT (US); Brandon Robert Hicks, Saratoga Springs, UT (US); James David Mackie, Provo, UT (US); and Bryan Alan Davis, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Fortem Technologies, Inc., Pleasant Grove, UT (US)
Filed by Fortem Technologies, Inc.
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/064,505.
Application 18/064,505 is a continuation of application No. 16/520,093, filed on Jul. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,527,825.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137080 A1, May 4, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 3/38 (2006.01); G01S 7/03 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 3/38 (2013.01) [G01S 7/03 (2013.01); H01Q 1/247 (2013.01); H01Q 21/22 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
based on a steered analog signal pattern generated based on a respective channel from a plurality of channels defined by a plurality of groups of antenna elements, generating, using digital steering, one or more steered digital signal patterns, the one or more steered digital signal patterns being confined within the steered analog signal pattern such that each of the one or more steered digital signal patterns, when combined with others of the one or more steered digital signal patterns, contributes to a combination of signal patterns having a similar shape as the steered analog signal pattern, wherein having more signals patterns in the combination of signal patterns relative to less signal patterns in the combination of signal patterns increases how similar the similar shape of the combination of signals patterns is to the steered analog signal pattern; and
transmitting, via a transmitter, one or more transmit signals according to the one or more steered digital signal patterns.