Granted Patent B2

US 12,725,927 · App. 19/009,677 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace (Albuquerque, NM); David Gregory Baur (Sandia Park, NM); Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy (Albuquerque, NM); William Kennedy (Quincy, MA); Jeffrey Gerard Micono (Albuquerque, NM); William Louis Walker (Albuquerque, NM); Garrett James Newell (Albuquerque, NM)

Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC

H01Q5/48G01S3/043G01S3/046G01S3/38G01S3/40G01S3/42H01Q1/02H01Q3/08H01Q3/20H01Q3/22H01Q3/2605H01Q3/2658H01Q3/2682H01Q3/34H01Q3/38H01Q5/28H01Q15/16H01Q19/108H01Q19/13H01Q21/0068H01Q21/062H04B7/0408H04B7/0617H04B7/0639H04B7/086H04B7/0865H04B17/23

Abstract

Claims (21)

1 . A method of transmitting radio signals from a multi-band software defined antenna array tile mounted on a moving vehicle, the method comprising:

a. receiving, at a first beamformer, a first partial beam of a first beam of a plurality of beams via a data transport bus, wherein the first beamformer and the data transport bus are mounted on the moving vehicle;

b. receiving, at a second beamformer, a second partial beam of the first beam of the plurality of beams via the data transport bus, wherein the second beamformer is mounted on the moving vehicle;

c. applying, by the first beamformer, a first weighting factor to the first partial beam to form first transmit digital data associated with the first partial beam;

d. applying, by the first beamformer, a second weighting factor to the second partial beam to form second transmit digital data associated with the second partial beam;

e. converting, by a first digital to analog converter operatively connected to the first beamformer, the first transmit digital data to a first analog signal having a first intermediate frequency, wherein the first digital to analog converter is mounted on the moving vehicle;

f. converting, by a second digital to analog converter operatively connected to the second beamformer, the second transmit digital data to a second analog signal having the first intermediate frequency, wherein the second digital to analog converter is mounted on the moving vehicle;

g. converting, by a first principal polarization frequency converter of a first pair of frequency converters of a plurality of pairs of frequency converters operably connected to the first digital to analog converter and the second digital to analog converter, a first modulated signal associated with the first analog signal into a second modulated signal associated with a first radio frequency, wherein the first pair of frequency converters is mounted on the moving vehicle;

h. converting, by a first orthogonal polarization frequency converter of the first pair of frequency converters, a third modulated signal associated with the second analog signal into a fourth modulated signal associated with the first radio frequency;

i. transmitting, from the first principal polarization frequency converter to a first principal polarization component oriented in a first direction of a respective coupled dipole array antenna element of a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements, the second modulated signal, wherein the respective coupled dipole array antenna element is mounted on the moving vehicle;

j. transmitting, from the first orthogonal polarization frequency converter to a first orthogonal polarization component oriented in a second direction of the respective coupled dipole array antenna element of the plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements, the fourth modulated signal;

k. transmitting, by the first principal polarization component antenna element, the second modulated signal away from the moving vehicle; and

l. transmitting, by the respective coupled dipole array antenna element, the fourth modulated signal away from the moving vehicle.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements are tightly coupled relative to a wavelength of operation.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements are spaced at less than half a wavelength of operation.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first intermediate frequency is between 50 MHz and 1250 MHz.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first radio frequency is between 900 MHz and 6000 MHz.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first radio frequency is between 2000 MHz and 12000 MHz.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first radio frequency is between 10000 MHZ and 50000 MHz.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first weighting factor is the same as the second weighting factor.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first weighting factor is different from the second weighting factor.

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