US 12,438,269 B2
Scanning true time delay array antenna
William Henderson, Lomita, CA (US)
Assigned to THINKOM SOLUTIONS, INC., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed by ThinKom Solutions, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/597,187.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/450,253, filed on Mar. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0304986 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 15/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 3/2682 (2013.01) [H01Q 15/24 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scanning true time delay antenna, comprising:
a first layer including at least one first corporate feed having a first port and a plurality of second ports communicatively coupled to the first port;
a second layer disposed over the first layer and rotatable relative to the first layer, the second layer including
a plurality of second corporate feeds each having a third port and a plurality of fourth ports communicatively coupled to the respective third port, and
a plurality of radiators, wherein each of the plurality of radiators is communicatively coupled to a respective one of the plurality of fourth ports; and
a plurality of first variable time delay lines arranged at least partially in at least one of the first layer or the second layer,
wherein each of the plurality of second ports is communicatively coupled to a respective one of the plurality of first variable time delay lines, and each third port is communicatively coupled to a respective one of the plurality of first variable time delay lines,
wherein rotation of the second layer relative to the first layer creates a linear progressive length change from the first port to each of the radiators.