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Patch antenna array for transmission of Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre Gaussian beams

  • US 9,793,615 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2017
  • Issued: 10/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multi-level antenna array, comprising:

  • a plurality of patch antennas;

    a plurality of layers, each of the plurality of layers separated from each other by a distance, each of the plurality of layers further supporting a portion of the plurality of patch antennas;

    a plurality of connectors, each of the plurality of connectors associated with one of the plurality of layers, for supplying a signal for transmission by the associated layer;

    a feed network on each of the plurality of layers for providing a connection between a connector of the plurality of connectors associated with the layer and the portion of the plurality of patch antennas located on the layer;

    wherein each layer of the plurality of layers transmits the signal having a different orthogonal function applied thereto that multiplexes each of the signals having the different orthogonal function applied thereto onto a single transmission beam; and

    a parabolic reflector for reflecting the single transmission beam from the plurality of layers of the multi-level antenna array.

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