Patent ID: 11888223
Assignee: SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. The steerable beam antenna of claim 7, wherein the array of semiconductor switches is a first array of semiconductor switches and the array of conductive scatterers is a first array of conductive scatterers, the antenna further comprising:
a second array of semiconductor switches and a second array of conductive scattering elements, wherein the second array of semiconductor switches is in mirror-symmetry with the first array of semiconductor switches with the respect to a plane of symmetry, and the second array of conductive scattering elements is in mirror-symmetry with the first array of conductive scattering elements with respect to the plane of symmetry, wherein the plane of symmetry is orthogonal to the upper surface of the antenna chip and comprises the longitudinal axis X.