Phase diversity input for an array of traveling-wave antennas

    公开(公告)号:US11990681B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-21

    申请号:US18142408

    申请日:2023-05-02

    申请人: DUKE UNIVERSITY

    IPC分类号: H01Q21/00 H01Q13/20

    CPC分类号: H01Q21/0037 H01Q13/20

    摘要: An apparatus includes a traveling-wave antenna array comprising a plurality of adjacent metamaterial surface antennas comprising a waveguide or a cavity, each adjacent metamaterial surface antenna comprising an array of metamaterial radiators coupled to a surface of the waveguide or the cavity, each metamaterial radiator comprising an individually addressable tunable component that can be tuned over a spectral bandwidth to generate different radiation patterns. The apparatus further includes a phase diversity feed coupled to the traveling-wave antenna array and configured to provide adjustable phase diverse input to two or more of the plurality of adjacent metamaterial surface antennas, the phase diverse input comprising a first phase for a first traveling-wave antenna and a second phase for a second traveling-wave antenna, the first phase being different from the second phase, wherein the phase diverse input is-selected to suppress grating lobes for a directed beam pattern selected for transmission.

    Nyquist sampled traveling-wave antennas

    公开(公告)号:US11916291B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US18206522

    申请日:2023-06-06

    申请人: DUKE UNIVERSITY

    摘要: According to various embodiments, systems and methods for spatial sampling in proximity to the Nyquist limit in traveling-wave antenna systems are disclosed. An apparatus can include a traveling-wave antenna array comprising a plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas that each include a plurality of tunable elements that are spaced at, near, or above a Nyquist limit spacing to form an array of tunable elements. The apparatus also includes a phase diversity feed coupled to the traveling-wave antenna array that is configured to provide input to the traveling-wave antenna array including phase diverse input to two or more of the plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas. Further, the apparatus includes a plurality of grayscale tuning elements configured to tune the plurality of tunable elements along one or more ranges of one or more tuning variables to form one or more specific output radiation patterns through the traveling-wave antenna array based on the input.

    IMAGING THROUGH MEDIA USING ARTIFICIALLY-STRUCTURED MATERIALS

    公开(公告)号:US20190094408A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16138798

    申请日:2018-09-21

    申请人: Duke University

    IPC分类号: G01V5/00 G06T5/00

    摘要: According to various embodiments, systems and methods for through imaging a medium are disclosed. An apparatus can include one or more radiating elements comprising one or more artificially-structured materials. The one or more radiating elements can be configured to transmit a radiation pattern of electromagnetic energy into a medium. The apparatus also can include one or more receiving elements configured to receive backscattered energy from the radiation pattern of electromagnetic energy transmitted into the medium. The backscattered energy received by the one or more receiving elements can be used to generate one or more through images of the medium.