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US 12,763,464 B2Granted
Glass assembly with radio-frequency lens
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsJorge Fabrega Sanchez, Allen Minh-Triet Tran
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Abstract
A window assembly includes a window and an array of lens elements disposed on or in the window. Each lens element of the array of lens elements is optically transparent and electrically conductive. The array of lens elements is configured to impart a plurality of phase shifts to an incident radio-frequency (RF) wave.
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A window assembly comprising:
- a window;
- and
- an array of lens elements disposed on or in the window, wherein each lens element of the array of lens elements is optically transparent and electrically conductive, the array of lens elements being configured to impart a plurality of phase shifts to an incident radio-frequency (RF) wave received at the window,
- wherein the array of lens elements comprises a first subset of lens elements configured to impart a plurality of first phase shifts to the incident radio-frequency (RF) wave to produce a first altered wavefront of the incident RF wave and a second subset of lens elements configured to impart a plurality of second phase shifts to the first altered wavefront of the incident RF wave to produce a second altered wavefront of the incident RF wave.
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A method of altering a wavefront, the method comprising:
- receiving an incident radio-frequency (RF) wave at a window;
- imparting, on or in the window, a plurality of first phase shifts to respective spatial portions of the incident RF wave to produce a first altered wavefront of the incident RF wave;
- and
- imparting, to the first altered wavefront of the incident RF wave, a plurality of second phase shifts to produce a second altered wavefront of the incident RF wave.
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A window assembly comprising:
- a window;
- means for imparting, on or in the window, a plurality of first phase shifts to respective spatial portions of an incident radio-frequency (RF) wave received at the window to produce a first altered wavefront of the incident RF wave;
- and
- means for imparting, to the first altered wavefront of the incident RF wave, a plurality of second phase shifts to produce a second altered wavefront of the incident RF wave.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.