Low-profile lens method and apparatus for mechanical steering of aperture antennas
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1. A method of directing a beam, comprising:
- receiving a beam having a first direction of travel at a first rotatable lens element;
delaying a first discrete portion of the beam by a first amount; and
delaying of a second discrete portion of the beam by a second amount, wherein the second amount is different from the first amount.
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Abstract
A low-profile lens element for steering a beam is provided. Specifically, the low-profile lens element is mechanically rotatable such that a beam can be steered in any direction within three-dimensional space. The lens element may include a number of discrete portions for differentially delaying adjacent discrete portions of a beam in order to effect beam steering.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of directing a beam, comprising:
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receiving a beam having a first direction of travel at a first rotatable lens element; delaying a first discrete portion of the beam by a first amount; and delaying of a second discrete portion of the beam by a second amount, wherein the second amount is different from the first amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A beam steering device, comprising:
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a first rotatable lens element, comprising; at least a first area operable to receive a first discrete portion of a beam traveling in a first direction and further operable to delay the first portion of the beam by a first amount and then transmit the first portion of the beam; and at least a second area operable to receive a second discrete portion of the beam and further operable to delay the second portion of the beam by a second amount and then transmit the second section of the beam; and wherein the first amount of phase change is different from the second amount of phase change. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A beam steering device, comprising:
a first means for altering a direction of travel of a radio frequency beam having a first side and a second side and including; means for delaying a portion of the beam received at a first area of the first side by a first amount; and means for delaying a portion of the beam received at a second area of the first side by a second amount, wherein the first and second amounts are different. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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