Patent ID: 11916631
Assignee: VIASAT INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 27:
28. The multi-beam phased array antenna system of claim 1, wherein the subarray beamforming circuitry of each subarray of the plurality of subarrays is receive subarray beamforming circuitry, and each subarray of the plurality of subarrays further comprises:
transmit subarray beamforming circuitry responsive to respective beam weights to adjust RF signals communicated with the plurality of radiating elements, and convert one respective subarray signal of the plurality of subarray signals into the adjusted RF signals, wherein the respective subarray signal corresponds to a particular transmit beam of the plurality of beams;
wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine two or more transmit beams of the plurality of beams; and
assign disjoint subsets of subarrays of the plurality of subarrays to each of the determined two or more transmit beams.