System and methods for reducing scattering, reflection or re-radiation of received RF energy
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- an array of RF antennas having configuration parameters that vary across the array; and
a non-linear RF receiver including non-linear components coupled to the array of RF antennas;
wherein the varied configuration parameters are selected to reduce an amount of RF energy that is scattered, reflected, or re-radiated by the array in response to incident RF energy.
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Abstract
According to various embodiments, a non-linear RF receiver including non-linear components is configured to receive RF energy. The non-linear RF receiver is coupled to an array of RF antennas having configuration parameters that vary across the array. The varied configuration parameters can be selected to reduce an amount of RF energy that is scatter, reflected, or re-radiated by the array in response to incident RF energy at the array of RF antennas. In various embodiments, the non-linear components of the non-linear RF receiver can have non-linear component configuration parameters that vary across the non-linear receiver. The varied non-linear component parameters can be selected to reduce an amount of RF energy that is re-radiated in response to incident RF energy.
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43 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an array of RF antennas having configuration parameters that vary across the array; and a non-linear RF receiver including non-linear components coupled to the array of RF antennas; wherein the varied configuration parameters are selected to reduce an amount of RF energy that is scattered, reflected, or re-radiated by the array in response to incident RF energy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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an array of RF antennas; and a non-linear RF receiver coupled to the array of RF antennas and having non-linear components with non-linear component configuration parameters that vary across the non-linear RF receiver; wherein the varied non-linear component configuration parameters of the non-linear components are selected to reduce an amount of RF energy that is re-radiated by the array in response to incident RF energy. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method comprising:
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receiving incident RF energy at an array of RF antennas having configuration parameters that vary across the array, wherein the varied configuration parameters are selected to reduce an amount of RF energy that is scattered, reflected, or re-radiated by the array in response to the incident RF energy; and processing the incident RF energy by a non-linear RF receiver including non-linear components coupled to the array of RF antennas. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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