Phased array antenna providing rapid beam shaping and related methods
First Claim
1. A phased array antenna comprising:
- a substrate and a plurality of phased array antenna elements carried by said substrate;
a central controller for providing beam steering commands and beam shaping commands; and
a plurality of element controllers connected to said phased array antenna elements and said central controller, each element controller storing at least one position related value based upon physical positioning of the associated phased array antenna element on said substrate, determining a beam shaping offset based upon the stored at least one position related value and a received beam shaping command from said central controller, and determining at least one phased array antenna element control value based upon a received beam steering command and the beam shaping offset.
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Abstract
A phased array antenna may include a substrate, a plurality of phased array antenna elements carried by the substrate, and a central controller for providing beam steering commands and beam shaping commands. Furthermore, the phased array antenna may also include a plurality of element controllers connected to the phased array antenna elements and the central controller. Each element controller may store at least one position related value based upon physical positioning of the associated phased array antenna element on the substrate, and determine a beam shaping offset based upon the stored at least one position related value and a received beam shaping command from the central controller. Each element controller may also determine at least one phased array antenna element control value based upon a received beam steering command and the beam shaping offset.
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34 Claims
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1. A phased array antenna comprising:
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a substrate and a plurality of phased array antenna elements carried by said substrate;
a central controller for providing beam steering commands and beam shaping commands; and
a plurality of element controllers connected to said phased array antenna elements and said central controller, each element controller storing at least one position related value based upon physical positioning of the associated phased array antenna element on said substrate, determining a beam shaping offset based upon the stored at least one position related value and a received beam shaping command from said central controller, and determining at least one phased array antenna element control value based upon a received beam steering command and the beam shaping offset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A phased array antenna comprising:
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a substrate and a plurality of phased array antenna elements carried by said substrate;
a central controller for providing beam steering commands and common beam shaping commands, each common beam shaping command comprising a plurality of common beam shaping coefficients; and
a plurality of element controllers connected to said phased array antenna elements and said central controller, each element controller storing a plurality of position related coefficients based upon physical positioning of the associated phased array antenna element on said substrate, determining a beam shaping offset based upon multiplication of the position related coefficients and received common beam shaping coefficients from said central controller, and determining at least one phased array antenna element control value based upon a received beam steering command and the beam shaping offset. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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18. A phased array antenna comprising:
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a substrate and a plurality of phased array antenna elements carried by said substrate;
a central controller for providing beam steering commands and beam shaping commands; and
a plurality of element controllers connected to said phased array antenna elements and said central controller, each element controller storing a plurality of beam shaping offsets for respective different beam shapes and based upon physical positioning of the associated phased array antenna element on said substrate, determining a selected beam shaping offset based upon the stored plurality of beam shaping offsets and a received beam shaping command from said central controller, and determining at least one phased array antenna element control value based upon a received beam steering command and the selected beam shaping offset.
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25. A method for operating a phased array antenna of a type comprising a substrate and a plurality of phased array antenna elements carried by the substrate, a central controller for providing beam steering commands and beam shaping commands, and a plurality of element controllers connected to the phased array antenna elements and the central controller, the method comprising:
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storing, at each element controller, at least one position related value based upon physical positioning of the associated phased array antenna element on the substrate;
determining, at each element controller, a beam shaping offset based upon the stored at least one position related value and a received beam shaping command from the central controller; and
determining, at each element controller, at least one phased array antenna element control value based upon a received beam steering command and the beam shaping offset. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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