ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,834, issued on June 2, was assigned to VIASAT INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Phased array antenna system" was invented by Konrad Miehle (Queen Creek, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for implementing a phased array antenna having a boresight direction. A scan angle within a defined range of scan angles is selected for the phased array antenna such that the selected scan angle is different from a scan angle associated with the boresight direction. An antenna port impedance associated with each of a plurality of antenna elements comprising the phased array antenna varies with the scan angle of the phased ...