Patent ID: 8085209

Claim:
An antenna subarray with an associated polarization quantization error, the antenna subarray comprising: a first radiating element configured with a first physical polarization orientation; and a second radiating element configured with a second physical polarization orientation; a third radiating element configured with a third physical polarization orientation; wherein each of said first radiating element, said second radiating element, and said third radiating element have electronic polarization control; wherein each of said first radiating element, said second radiating element, and said third radiating element are dual polarized; wherein said first physical polarization orientation is different than at least one of said second physical polarization orientation or said third physical polarization orientation; wherein said first radiating element, said second radiating element, and said third radiating element are configured to reduce the polarization quantization error to be less than half of a polarization quantization step size; and wherein said first radiating element, said second radiating element, and said third radiating element are evenly distributed about a common point.