Antenna apparatus for creating a 2D image

An apparatus for transmitting or receiving MEWs capable of sensing a 2 D image in a field of view, and creating an orthogonally distributed power beam, comprising

• (a) a flexibly resilient slot array antenna having a metallized layer on a surface of a dielectric substrate;
• (b) a tapered feed line configured on said metallized layer comprising a transformer horn portion and a resonant cavity;
• said flexibly resilient slot antenna affixed to an armature adjacent the resonant cavity;
• (c) a solenoid for periodically pushing said armature to impart a vibratory motion to said flexibly resilient tapered slot antenna;
• (d) a 2 D amplitude modulator affixed to the leading edge of the flexibly resilient tapered slot antenna normal to the path of transceived MEWs and having affixed thereto an array of metal strips geometrically placed so that the arrays of metal strips are functionally orthogonal to one another;
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• (e) a control circuit comprising a MEW generator and a signal processor for matching the sensed MEWs with a predetermined template of orthogonally distributed power beams.

A slot array antenna for transceiving MEWs comprising

• (a) a flexibly resilient dielectric substrate having a metallized layer deposited on one surface;
• (b) a feed line formed in the metallized layer including a resonant cavity and transformer horn;
• (c) a microchip signal processor for processing the transceived signal;
• (d) a microchip MEW transceiver that transmits and receives MEW energy, said microchips affixed to the metallized layer;
• (e) modulating means for modulating the transceived signal in accordance with an orthogonal basis function, said modulator being affixed to the lead end of said substrate;
• (f) means for imparting a vibratory motion to the substrate;
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• (g) an evacuated enclosure for enclosing the vibrating seat array antenna therein.