Bandwidth adjustable euclidean modulation
AssigneeKymeta Corporation
InventorsSeyed Mohamad Amin Momeni Hasan Abadi, Mohsen Sazegar
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for using Euclidean modulation in an antenna are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for controlling an antenna comprises mapping a desired modulation to achievable modulation states, mapping modulation values associated with the achievable modulation states to one or more control parameters, and controlling radio frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements using the one or more control parameters to perform beam forming.
Claims15
A method for controlling an antenna having a plurality of radio frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements, the method comprising:
- performing modulation for a frequency range that includes multiple frequency values, including determining a first set of modulation values for achievable modulation states associated with the frequency range;
- mapping modulation values associated with the achievable modulation states to one or more control parameters, including mapping a desired modulation to the achievable modulation states based on Euclidian distance between required and achievable polarizabilities, and each of the achievable modulation states corresponds to voltages applied to the antenna elements of the antenna to induce magnetic dipole moments with achievable polarizabilities;
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- controlling the radiating antenna elements using the one or more control parameters to perform beam forming.
An antenna comprising:
- an antenna aperture having a plurality of RF radiating antenna elements;
- a controller coupled to the antenna aperture and having modulation logic to perform modulation for a frequency range that includes multiple frequency values, the modulation logic operable to determine a first set of modulation values for achievable modulation states associated with the frequency range and map modulation values associated with the achievable modulation states to one or more control parameters, wherein the modulation logic is further operable to map a desired modulation to the achievable modulation states based on Euclidian distance between required and achievable polarizabilities, and each of the achievable modulation states corresponds to voltages applied to the antenna elements of the antenna to induce magnetic dipole moments with achievable polarizabilities;
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- drive circuitry coupled to the antenna aperture and the controller to control the RF radiating antenna elements using the one or more control parameters to perform beam forming.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by an antenna having at least a processor and a memory therein, cause antenna to perform operations comprising:
- performing modulation for a frequency range that includes multiple frequency values, including determining a first set of modulation values for achievable modulation states associated with the frequency range;
- mapping modulation values associated with the achievable modulation states to one or more control parameters, including mapping a desired modulation to the achievable modulation states based on Euclidian distance between required and achievable polarizabilities, and each of the achievable modulation states corresponds to voltages applied to the antenna elements of the antenna to induce magnetic dipole moments with achievable polarizabilities;
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- controlling the radiating antenna elements using the one or more control parameters to perform beam forming.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.