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US 8,803,733 B2Granted
Terminal axial ratio optimization
AssigneeThe MITRE Corporation
InventorsFrank Kolak, Aleksandra Markina-Khusid
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Abstract
A method of optimizing an antenna system can include determining a desired angle to rotate an antenna based on an axial ratio of electromagnetic waves exiting a radome that surrounds the antenna. The desired angle can be determined by a computing device based on a set of axial ratio values.
Claims11
A method of optimizing an antenna system, comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, one or more tilt angle values each corresponding to a tilt angle of electromagnetic waves transmitted from the antenna and incident on a radome surrounding the antenna;
- receiving, by the computing device, one or more incident angle values each corresponding to an angle that the electromagnetic waves transmitted from the antenna are incident upon the radome;
- determining, by the computing device, one or more tilt angle incident angle pairs by uniquely combining the one or more tilt angle values and the one or more incident angle values;
- determining, by the computing device, a set of axial ratio values that has one axial ratio value for each of the one or more tilt angle incident angle pairs based on one or more physical characteristics of the radome, wherein the set of axial ratios are for electromagnetic waves after exiting the radome;
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- determining, by the computing device, a desired angle to rotate the antenna based on the set of axial ratio values.
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An antenna optimization system, comprising:
- means for receiving one or more tilt angle values each corresponding to a tilt angle of electromagnetic waves transmitted from the antenna and incident on a radome surrounding the antenna;
- means for receiving one or more incident angle values each corresponding to an angle that the electromagnetic waves transmitted from the antenna are incident upon the radome;
- means for determining one or more tilt angle incident angle pairs by uniquely combining the one or more tilt angle values and the one or more incident angle values;
- means for determining a set of axial ratio values for each of the one or more tilt angle incident angle pairs based on one or more physical characteristics of the radome, wherein the set of axial ratios are for electromagnetic waves after exiting the radome;
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- means for determining a desired angle to rotate the antenna based on the set of axial ratio values.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.