Patent ID: 9568590
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01S,H01Q

Claim:
1. A method of dynamically thinning the aperture of a phased array antenna, comprising: applying a first taper to antenna elements included in the phased array antenna; while the first taper is applied, determining whether a signal strength of a first received signal is acceptable; in response to determining that the strength of the first received signal is not acceptable, selecting a first thinning pattern; modifying the first taper by applying the first thinning pattern, wherein a first set of the antenna elements included in the phased array antenna is active while the first taper is applied before the first taper is modified by applying the first thinning pattern, and wherein a second set of the antenna elements included in the phased array antenna is active while the first taper is applied after the first taper is modified by applying the first thinning pattern.