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Plasma switched array antenna

  • US 10,230,166 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2017
  • Issued: 03/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A reconfigurable antenna, comprising:

  • a plurality of antenna feed elements;

    a plurality of plasma switches respectively associated with the antenna feed elements,wherein each of the plasma switches comprises a volume of inert gas and a pair of electrodes spanning the respective inert gas volume; and

    control circuitry for independently operating the plasma switches to selectively activate and deactivate the antenna feed elements.

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