公开(公告)号：USD971192S1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US29693568

申请日：2019-06-03

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Designer： David Milroy ,  Duncan Edwin Adams ,  Anthony Sims ,  J Gabriel Rustia

公开(公告)号：US11489252B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US17367175

申请日：2021-07-02

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Ersin Yetisir

IPC: H04B7/12 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H04B17/12

Abstract: An antenna calibration system for a phased array antenna in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure generally includes: a beamformer lattice including at least first and second beamformers, each corresponding to a subset of antenna cells, and each including a calibration section for comparing a reference signal to a non-reference signal; and a calibration antenna within the subset of antenna cells corresponding with the first beamformer, wherein the calibration antenna is configured to deliver a first reference signal (mTx) from the first beamformer to be received by a first operating antenna for comparison with a first non-reference signal (Rx) in the first beamformer or in the second beamfomer, and/or wherein the calibration antenna is configured to deliver a second non-reference signal (Tx) from a second operating antenna for comparison with a second reference signal (mRx) in the first beamformer or in the second beamformer.

公开(公告)号：USD962206S1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US29720091

申请日：2020-01-09

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Designer： Jackson Shaffner ,  Anthony Sims ,  Michael J. Conte ,  Victor Q. Dang ,  David Milroy ,  Duncan Edwin Adams

公开(公告)号：US11431092B1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US15931531

申请日：2020-05-13

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： David Francois Jacquet ,  Marc Gens ,  Paul Lee Pearson ,  Pascal Triaire

IPC: H04B1/00 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q3/42 ,  H01Q3/38 ,  H04B17/19 ,  H04B17/12

Abstract: In an embodiment, a communications system includes a transmitter including a digital beamforming baseband section including a digital mixer, the digital beamforming section configured to receive an input signal to be transmitted, the input signal at a baseband frequency; and a modulation section electrically coupled to the digital beamforming baseband section, the modulation section including an up converter configured to receive a local oscillator signal at a local oscillator frequency. The digital mixer is configured to apply a baseband frequency shift to the input signal to generate a baseband frequency shifted input signal at a different frequency from the baseband frequency. The up converter is configured to up convert the baseband frequency shifted input signal based on the local oscillator signal to generate a modulated signal at a carrier frequency, wherein the local oscillator frequency is different from the carrier frequency.

公开(公告)号：US11309638B1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-19

申请号：US16858691

申请日：2020-04-26

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Javier Rodriguez De Luis ,  Nil Apaydin ,  Ersin Yetisir ,  Alireza Mahanfar ,  Siamak Ebadi

IPC: H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q21/00 ,  H01Q3/26

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of conductive structures having first sides and second sides opposite the first sides, wherein the second sides of the plurality of conductive structures are configured to be physically coupleable with a printed circuit board (PCB) of a receiver or a transmitter, and wherein the first sides of the plurality of conductive structures are configured to be spaced from the PCB; and an antenna having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side comprises a radiating side of the antenna and the second side of the antenna is disposed closer to the plurality of conductive structures than the first side of the antenna, wherein the second side of the antenna is configured to be spaced from the PCB by a second distance different from the first distance when the plurality of conductive structures is physically coupled with the PCB.

公开(公告)号：USD948491S1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US29733961

申请日：2020-05-07

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Designer： Anthony Sims ,  Bhaskar S. Vadathavoor ,  Young Jun Song ,  Javier Verdura ,  Remy D. Labesque

公开(公告)号：US20220011395A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US16927833

申请日：2020-07-13

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： James Alexander Morris Tuchel ,  Andrew Louis Burks

IPC: G01S5/02 ,  H04B7/185 ,  G01S5/00

Abstract: An example system can include a first antenna having a first orientation, a second antenna having a second orientation and a control system communicating with the first antenna and the second antenna. The control system performs operations which can include determining a pathway of a satellite, comparing the pathway to a first radiation pattern of the first antenna and a second radiation pattern of the second antenna, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are each positioned such that a first keyhole of the first antenna does not overlap a second keyhole of the second antenna, to yield a comparison and selecting, based on the comparison, one of the first antenna or the second antenna to communicate with the satellite along the pathway.

公开(公告)号：US11146323B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US16276278

申请日：2019-02-14

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Nil Apaydin ,  Chiara Pelletti ,  Souren Shamsinejad ,  Alireza Mahanfar

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q21/22

Abstract: In embodiments, an apparatus includes a beamformer including a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, a plurality of input vias, and a plurality of output vias. Each input of the plurality of inputs electrically couples to a respective input via of the plurality of input vias. Each output of the plurality of outputs electrically couples to a respective output via of the plurality of output vias. The beamformer is included in a first layer, wherein the plurality of input vias are configured to electrically couple to termination trace ends of a plurality of hierarchical networks provided on at least second and third layers, and wherein the plurality of hierarchical networks comprises at least three hierarchical networks.

公开(公告)号：US20200382206A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16892223

申请日：2020-06-03

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Duncan E. Adams ,  David Milroy ,  Jonathan François Cornelis Herman ,  Jessica D. Johnson

IPC: H04B7/185

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a satellite communication system includes a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous orbit (non-GEO), wherein at least some of the plurality of satellites travel in a first orbital path at a first inclination, and an end point terminal having an earth-based geographic location, the end point terminal having an antenna system defining a field of regard for communicating with the satellite constellation, wherein the field of regard is a limited field of regard, wherein the field of regard is tilted from a non-tilted position to a tilted position, and wherein the tilt angle of the tilted position is a function of the latitude of the geographic location.

公开(公告)号：US20190252800A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16276317

申请日：2019-02-14

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Ersin Yetisir ,  Alireza Mahanfar

IPC: H01Q21/22 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q19/10 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q1/38

CPC classification number: H01Q21/22 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/521 ,  H01Q1/526 ,  H01Q5/50 ,  H01Q19/10 ,  H01Q21/065

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a self-multiplexing antenna includes a substrate, a first antenna element carried by the substrate, the first antenna element including a first antenna patch, and a first antenna reflector, a first signal feed connected with the first antenna patch, a second antenna element carried by the substrate, wherein the second antenna element is at least partially vertically aligned with the first antenna element, the second antenna element including a second antenna patch, and a second antenna reflector, a second signal feed connected with the second antenna patch, and a first isolator cavity between the second antenna reflector and the first antenna patch.