Patent ID: 11870149
Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. An antenna assembly comprising:
a plurality of antenna elements disposed in a circular pattern and equidistant from each other in angular separation relative to a common reference point at a center of the circular pattern; and
a ground plane at which the antenna elements are mounted such that the antenna elements each extend substantially perpendicularly away from the ground plane and parallel to each other,
wherein the antenna assembly includes or is operably coupled to a phase control module configured to apply selected phase fronts to each of the antenna elements to generate constructive and destructive interference patterns to define a directive beam in a desired direction,
wherein the selected phase fronts include no phase adjustment, a positive phase adjustment value and a negative phase adjustment value, the positive and negative phase adjustment values each having a same magnitude, and
wherein the ground plane is formed at a physical interface to an aircraft wing or fuselage.