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US3174150A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Self-focusing antenna system

Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1962-06-29
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Granted: 1965-03-16
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Expires: 1982-06-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Peter J Sferrazza
  • 👤 Richard L Smedes

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 19:41
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q3/00; H01Q3/26; H01Q3/30; H01Q3/34; H01Q3/42; H04; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/02; H04B7/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 163 words
A HIGH GAIN ANTENNA SYSTEM COMPRISING A SOURCE OF INDEPENDENTLY GENERATED INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY REFERENCE VOLTAGE, A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLED ANTENNA ELEMENTS, A PHASE LOCKED LOOP COUPLED TO EACH CONTROLLED ANTENNA ELEMENT, SAID LOOPS EACH CONTAINING SYNCHRONIZING MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE A SIGNAL DIRECTLY FROM THE ASSOCIATED ANTENNA ELEMENT, HETERODYNING MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE A SIGNAL FROM SAID SYNCHRONIZING MEANS FOR PRODUCING A SIGNAL IN A PORTION OF SAID LOOP WITH A FREQUENCY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE, COMPARISON MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SOURCE OF REFERENCE VOLTAGE FOR PRODUCING AN ERROR VOLTAGE WHENEVER THE SIGNAL IN SAID LOOP DEPARTS FROM SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE, CONTROL MEANS COUPLED TO RECEIVE THE OUTPUT OF SAID COMPARISON MEANS, SAID SYNCHRONIZING MEANS BEING COUPLED TO SAID CONTROL MEANS FOR CORRECTING THE SIGNAL IN SAID LOOP WHENEVER SUCH SIGNAL DEPARTS FROM THE REFERENCE, AND SIGNAL OUTPUT MEANS FOR EXTRACTING A COHERENT SIGNAL FROM EACH LOOP UPON THE RECEPTION OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BY SAID ANTENNA ELEMENTS.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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