Paul A Porter

US Patent:

20210288415, Sep 16, 2021

Filed:

Oct 30, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/086045

Inventors:

- Bethesda MD, US
Alan CHERRETTE - Littleton CO, US
Andrew H. KWON - Upland CA, US
Mark Adam PATRICK - Littleton CO, US
Paul A PORTER - Castle Pines CO, US
Gregory Eric EDLUND - Littleton CO, US
Robert Mark CLARK - Littleton CO, US

International Classification:

H01Q 21/20
H04W 16/28

Abstract:

A Reconfigurable, Flexible Multi-User (RFMU) electronically steered antenna (ESA) includes a top panel and a number of side panels that enable many contacts simultaneously with varying gain requirements from a single, in situ, installation. The top panel includes multiple subarrays and can communicate with flyover satellites, and the side panels can communicate with satellites flying past a side of the ESA. The top panel and the side panels can achieve a beam steering that covers a full or partial, variable gain, hemispheric field-of-view (FoV). The RFMU ESA terminal top and side panels are scalable using flexible modular building blocks. This enables increased contacts, increased gain or a combination thereof sized to meet desired performance.