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Programmable image antenna

  • US 6,396,450 B1
  • Filed: 05/11/2001
  • Issued: 05/28/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A programmable image antenna, comprising:

  • an enclosed structure with a face plate and having a substrate affixed to an inner surface of said faceplate, said substrate reconfigurable as one or more antenna elements, wherein said substrate is responsive to impingement of one or more energy beams, and wherein said antenna elements are formed in a selected portion of said substrate in response to impingement of said energy beams;

    an energy beam source for generating said energy beams; and

    an energy beam deflection mechanism for steering said energy beams.

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