Reconfigurable aperture with an optical backplane

Details Reconfigurable aperture with an optical backplane Reconfigurable aperture with an optical backplane

2006-01-10

2006-01-10

Nguyen, Hoang V. (Department: 2821)

Communications: radio wave antennas

Antennas

Microstrip

C343S754000, C343S770000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06985109

ABSTRACT:
A reconfigurable aperture with an optical backplane. In one embodiment a reconfigurable aperture antenna is disclosed. The reconfigurable aperture includes a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL) and a receiver for each VCSEL. Each receiver is adapted to reconfigure a portion of an aperture in response to an optical feed from an associated VCSEL.

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