Electrical addressing for a metamaterial radio-frequency (rf) antenna
AssigneeKymeta Corporation
InventorsCagdas Varel, Steven Howard Linn
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for electrical addressing for an antenna (e.g., a metamaterial radio-frequency (RF) antenna are described. In one embodiment antenna comprising: a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements located in a plurality of rings; and matrix drive circuitry coupled to the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements to drive the antenna elements, wherein the matrix drive circuitry to uniquely address each of the antenna elements using a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns with a non-grid-based addressing structure.
Claims11
An antenna comprising:
- an antenna aperture having a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements located in a plurality of rings;
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- matrix drive circuitry coupled to the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements to drive the antenna elements, wherein the matrix drive circuitry to uniquely address each of the antenna elements using a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and further wherein at least a majority of the plurality of rows is coupled to a first number of antenna elements of the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements and at least a majority of the plurality of columns is coupled to a second number of antenna elements of the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements, where the first and second numbers are different.
A method for laying out matrix drive circuitry for use in an antenna having a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements located in a plurality of rings, the matrix drive circuitry to uniquely address each of the antenna elements using a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, the method comprising:
- determining a number of rows in the plurality of rows and a number of columns in the plurality of columns;
- determining a number of antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements to be coupled to each column in the plurality of columns;
- determining antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements to be coupled to each column in the plurality of columns;
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- determining antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements to be coupled to each row in the plurality of rows.
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