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US 11,749,898 B2Granted
Antenna
AssigneeTendeg LLC
InventorsGregg E. Freebury, Matthew Phillip Mitchell
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Abstract
An antenna having a reflector mounted on a rigid boom uses a line feed or phased array feed to operate in the Ka band with frequencies up to 36 gigahertz while maintaining the ability to operate at frequencies down to L-Band of 1-2 GHz.
Claims30
An antenna, comprising:
- a main reflector assembly, including:
- a boom disposed between a boom first end and a boom second end;
- a plurality of bulkheads including a terminal bulkhead coupled to said boom second end and a plurality of intermediate bulkheads slidably disposed in spaced apart adjacent relation along said boom between said boom first end and said boom second end;
- and
- a reflector supported by said plurality of bulkheads.
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A method of making an antenna, comprising:
- assembling a main reflector, including:
- disposing a boom between a boom first end and a boom second end;
- slidably disposing a plurality of bulkheads in spaced apart adjacent relation along said boom between said boom first end and said boom second end;
- and
- supporting a reflector with said plurality of bulkheads.
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The method of 16, further comprising coupling a first net to said plurality of bulkheads on bulkhead first sides to support said reflector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.