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Phased array antenna control

  • US 4,119,972 A
  • Filed: 02/03/1977
  • Issued: 10/10/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a phased-angle antenna having a relatively small number of elements for radiating signals at one frequency and receiving signals at another frequency, an improvement for effective operation of the antenna at both frequencies comprising said antenna elements being arranged in a two-dimensional planar matrix of elements spaced in first and second directions with respect to a center point of the array and having the spacing in one of said directions a distance of approximately one-half wavelength of the average of said frequencies and in the other of said directions by a distance equalling the product of one and a fraction times the distance in said one of said directions, and a four bit digital control circuit for changing the phase angle of the elements wherein a phase angle increment of π

  • /6 radians and proportional to the radiating frequency and the receiving frequency is available for steering the antenna, said control circuit including least significant digital control means to control the phase angle in one phase angle increment, next significant digital control means to control the phase angle in two phase angle increments, next most significant digital control means to control the phase angle in four phase angle increments, and most significant digital control means to control the phase angle in seven phase angle increments.

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