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US 10,651,531 B2Granted
Compactable RF membrane antenna
AssigneeL'Garde, Inc.
InventorsArthur Libornio Palisoc, Linden Bolisay
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments are described herein for compactable antennas. Exemplary compactable antennas include a support structure and a reflector surface. The support structure may directly or indirectly define the reflector shape. Exemplary embodiments comprise deployable support structures to permit the compactable antenna to have a smaller volume stowed configuration and a larger volume deployed configuration.
Claims15
A deployable antenna, comprising:
- a collector;
- a support structure comprising a shape memory composite that is flexible and deformable along a length when a force is applied and has a remembered configuration when the force is removed;
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- a reflector configured to direct radio frequency waves received at the reflector to the collector,
- wherein the deployable antenna comprises a stowed configuration in which the support structure is dynamically deformed and a deployed configuration in which the support structure is in the remembered configuration.
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