公开(公告)号：US20240183937A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18529675

申请日：2023-12-05

Applicant: Echodyne Corp.

Inventor： Nicholas K. Brune ,  Muhammad Rameez Chatni ,  Tom Driscoll ,  Jonathan R. Hull ,  John Desmond Hunt ,  Christopher L. Lambrecht ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Milton Perque ,  Charles A. Renneberg ,  Benjamin Sikes ,  Tarron Teeslink ,  Ioannis Tzanidis ,  Robert Tilman Worl ,  Adam Bily

IPC: G01S7/03 ,  G01S13/42 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  H01Q3/34

CPC classification number: G01S7/032 ,  G01S13/426 ,  H01Q1/3233 ,  H01Q3/34

Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of electronically steerable receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength, has an aperture, and is configured to generate a receive beam pattern. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength, has an aperture that is significantly smaller than the aperture of the sparse receive antenna, and is configured to filter, spatially, the receive beam pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20200350665A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16402872

申请日：2019-05-03

Applicant: Echodyne Corp.

Inventor： Tom Driscoll ,  William F. Graves, JR. ,  Jason E. Jerauld ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Charles A. Renneberg ,  Benjamin Sikes ,  Yianni Tzanidis ,  Felix D. Yuen ,  Nicholas K. Brune

IPC: H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q3/34 ,  H01Q21/00 ,  H01Q25/00

Abstract: An embodiment an antenna unit of an antenna array includes a signal coupler, a phase-shifting modulator, and an antenna element. The signal coupler has a first input-output port, a second input-output port, and a coupled port. The phase-shifting modulator is coupled to the coupled port of the signal coupler, and the antenna element is coupled to the phase-shifting modulator via a connection remote from the signal coupler, or via an isolated port of the signal coupler. The phase-shifting modulator is configured for both relatively low signal loss and relatively low power consumption such that the antenna array can have significantly lower C-SWAP metrics than a conventional phased array while retaining the higher performance metrics of a conventional phased array.

公开(公告)号：US10396468B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15240980

申请日：2016-08-18

Applicant: Echodyne Corp

Inventor： Tom Driscoll ,  John Desmond Hunt ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Milton Perque ,  Charles A. Renneberg ,  Ioannis Tzanidis ,  Robert Tilman Worl ,  Felix D. Yuen

IPC: H01Q21/00 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  G01S13/93 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H01Q15/00 ,  H01Q3/44 ,  H01Q13/28 ,  H01Q1/32

Abstract: An embodiment of an antenna includes first and second transmission lines, first antenna elements, and second antenna elements. The first transmission line is configured to guide a first signal such that the first signal has a characteristic of a first value, and the second transmission line is configured to guide a second signal such that the second signal has the same characteristic but of a second value that is different than the first value. The first antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the first transmission line and are each configured to radiate the first signal in response to a respective first control signal, and the second antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the second transmission line and are each configured to radiate the second signal in response to a respective second control signal. Such an antenna can have better main-beam and side-lobe characteristics, and a better SIR, than prior antennas.

公开(公告)号：US20190115651A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-18

申请号：US16159567

申请日：2018-10-12

Applicant: Echodyne Corp

Inventor： Tom Driscoll ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Charles A. Renneberg ,  Ioannis Tzanidis ,  Robert Tilman Worl

IPC: H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q9/06 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  H01Q21/00

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an antenna includes a conductive antenna element, a voltage-bias conductor, and a polarization-compensation conductor. The conductive antenna element is configured to radiate a first signal having a first polarization, and the voltage-bias conductor is coupled to a side of the antenna element and is configured to radiate a second signal having a second polarization that is different from the first polarization. And the polarization-compensating conductor is coupled to an opposite side of the antenna element and is configured to radiate third a signal having a third polarization that is approximately the same as the second polarization and that destructively interferes with the second signal. Such an antenna can be configured to reduce cross-polarization of the signals that its antenna elements radiate.

公开(公告)号：US12298428B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18529675

申请日：2023-12-05

Applicant: Echodyne Corp.

Inventor： Nicholas K. Brune ,  Muhammad Rameez Chatni ,  Tom Driscoll ,  Jonathan R. Hull ,  John Desmond Hunt ,  Christopher L. Lambrecht ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Milton Perque ,  Charles A. Renneberg ,  Benjamin Sikes ,  Tarron Teeslink ,  Ioannis Tzanidis ,  Robert Tilman Worl ,  Adam Bily

IPC: G01S7/03 ,  G01S13/42 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  H01Q3/34

Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of electronically steerable receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength, has an aperture, and is configured to generate a receive beam pattern. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength, has an aperture that is significantly smaller than the aperture of the sparse receive antenna, and is configured to filter, spatially, the receive beam pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20200335859A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16389782

申请日：2019-04-19

Applicant: Echodyne Corp.

Inventor： Tom Driscoll ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Robert Tilman Worl ,  Felix D. Yuen ,  Charles A. Renneberg ,  Yianni Tzanidis

IPC: H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q23/00 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q21/00 ,  H01Q3/24 ,  H01Q1/32

Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna unit for an antenna array allows shifting the phase of a radiated or received signal without the need for a phase shifter, and includes an antenna element, switching devices, and signal couplers. The antenna element includes at least one section and signal ports each electrically isolated from each other and from each of the at least one section. The switching devices are each configured to couple a respective one of the signal ports to one of the at least one section in response to a respective control signal, and the signal couplers are each configured to couple a respective one of the signal ports to a respective location of a respective transmission medium.

公开(公告)号：US20200309900A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：US16903135

申请日：2020-06-16

Applicant: Echodyne Corp.

Inventor： Nicholas K. Brune ,  Muhammad Rameez Chatni ,  Tom Driscoll ,  Jonathan R. Hull ,  John Desmond Hunt ,  Christopher L. Lambrecht ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Milton Perque ,  Charles A. Renneberg ,  Benjamin Sikes ,  Tarron Teeslink ,  Ioannis Tzanidis ,  Robert Tilman Worl ,  Adam Bily

IPC: G01S7/03 ,  G01S13/42 ,  G01S13/931 ,  H01Q3/34 ,  H01Q1/32

Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of electronically steerable receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength. To reduce aliasing, such an antenna subsystem can be operated to filter, spatially, a receive beam pattern generated by the receive antenna with a transmit beam pattern generated by the transmit antenna.

公开(公告)号：US20190137601A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-09

申请号：US16182151

申请日：2018-11-06

Applicant: Echodyne Corp

Inventor： Tom Driscoll ,  John Desmond Hunt ,  Robert Tilman Worl ,  Muhammad Rameez Chatni ,  Aanand Esterberg ,  Kerem Karadayi ,  Christopher L. Lambrecht ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Skyler Martens ,  Dominic Chun Kit Wu

IPC: G01S7/03 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  G01S13/93

Abstract: An embodiment of a radar subsystem includes at least one antenna and a control circuit. The at least one antenna is configured to radiate at least one first transmit beam and to form at least one first receive beam. And the control circuit is configured to steer the at least one first transmit beam and the at least one first receive beam over a first field of regard during a first time period, and to steer the at least one first transmit beam and the at least one first receive beam over a second field of regard during a second time period.

公开(公告)号：US20180054004A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-22

申请号：US15240980

申请日：2016-08-18

Applicant: Echodyne Corp

Inventor： Tom Driscoll ,  John Desmond Hunt ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Milton Perque ,  Charles A. Renneberg ,  Ioannis Tzanidis ,  Robert Tilman Worl ,  Felix D. Yuen

IPC: H01Q21/00 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  G01S13/93 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: H01Q21/0037 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B60W2420/52 ,  B60W2550/10 ,  B60W2710/18 ,  B60W2710/20 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/00 ,  G01S13/9303 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G01S2013/9342 ,  G01S2013/9346 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0257 ,  H01Q1/3233 ,  H01Q3/2641 ,  H01Q3/443 ,  H01Q13/28 ,  H01Q15/0066 ,  H01Q21/0012 ,  H01Q21/005

Abstract: An embodiment of an antenna includes first and second transmission lines, first antenna elements, and second antenna elements. The first transmission line is configured to guide a first signal such that the first signal has a characteristic of a first value, and the second transmission line is configured to guide a second signal such that the second signal has the same characteristic but of a second value that is different than the first value. The first antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the first transmission line and are each configured to radiate the first signal in response to a respective first control signal, and the second antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the second transmission line and are each configured to radiate the second signal in response to a respective second control signal. Such an antenna can have better main-beam and side-lobe characteristics, and a better SIR, than prior antennas.

公开(公告)号：US20180026365A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15655505

申请日：2017-07-20

Applicant: Echodyne Corp

Inventor： Tom Driscoll ,  William F. Graves, Jr. ,  John Desmond Hunt ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Christopher L. Lambrecht ,  Milton Perque ,  Robert Tilman Worl

IPC: H01Q3/24 ,  H01Q25/00

CPC classification number: H01Q3/24 ,  G01S7/2813 ,  G01S13/4463 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q9/0442 ,  H01Q21/005 ,  H01Q21/065 ,  H01Q25/007

Abstract: An embodiment of an antenna comprises an array of antenna elements arranged in groups of antenna elements adjustably coupled to respective reference waves. A multiplicity of patterns of antenna coupling settings are defined, each of which gives rise to a main lobe which points the antenna in a particular direction, each pattern also giving rise to respective side lobes. First and second such patterns may point the antenna in the same direction but with non-identical side lobes. In this way the clutter level from the side lobes relative to the main lobe is much smaller than would be the case if one of the patterns were employed both for transmitting and receiving. Alternatively, the first and second patterns may be used in quick succession both for transmitting, or used in quick succession both for receiving. The antenna may also switch rapidly between patterns where the main lobe points in a different direction in each pattern, allowing dithering of the beam or rapid switching between scanning and tracking.