PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16092382
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["342", "039000"]

Abstract:
The present invention refers to a method for controlling transmission of an electronically steerable antenna system, wherein the electronically steerable antenna system comprises a signal generator configured to generate electromagnetic waveforms, and an antenna. The antenna comprises an even number of antenna columns symmetrically arranged about a centerline of the antenna and thereby forming two symmetrical antenna halves. Respective antenna column comprises at least one antenna element configured at least for transmitting electromagnetic waves. The electronically steerable antenna system is configured for transmitting at least interrogation signals and ISLS control signals, and the method comprises the method steps of, when transmitting the ISLS control signals: generating an electromagnetic waveform; applying a first transmission phase offset to the electromagnetic waveform, wherein the first transmission phase offset determines the phase offset between each antenna column pair; applying a second transmission phase offset to each antenna column of the second antenna half, wherein the second transmission phase offset of the second antenna half offset is 180 degrees in relation to the first antenna half; and transmitting the generated electromagnetic waveform whereto the first and the second phase offsets have been applied. The present invention also relates to an electronically steerable antenna system configured to execute the method.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for controlling transmission of an electronically steerable antenna system ( 10 ), the method comprising the steps of:\n providing the electronically steerable antenna system ( 10 ), comprising:\n (i) a signal generator ( 26 ) configured to generate electromagnetic waveforms, and \n (ii) an antenna, in turn comprising an even number of antenna columns ( 18 ) symmetrically arranged about a centerline of the antenna ( 28 ) and thereby forming two symmetrical antenna halves ( 1 AH,  2 AH), wherein respective antenna column ( 18 ) comprises at least one antenna element ( 20 ) configured at least for transmitting electromagnetic waves, wherein the electronically steerable antenna system ( 10 ) is configured for transmitting at least one interrogation signal and at least one ISLS control signal, \n when transmitting an ISLS control signal:\n (i) generating an electromagnetic waveform, and \n (ii) distributing the generated electromagnetic waveform to the antenna elements ( 20 ) of the antenna columns ( 18 ), wherein the antenna columns ( 18 ) form antenna column pairs ( 18 a - 18 d ,  18 b - 18 c ), wherein the antenna column pairs ( 18 a - 18 d ,  18 b - 18 c ) are formed by one antenna column ( 18 a ,  18 b ) from the first antenna half ( 1 AH) and one antenna column ( 18 c ,  18 d ) of the second antenna half ( 1 AH), wherein the antenna columns ( 18 ) of an antenna column pair ( 18 a - 18 d ,  18 b - 18 c ) are equally distanced from the centerline ( 28 ) of the antenna, \n during distribution of the electromagnetic waveform to the antenna elements ( 20 ):\n (i) applying a first transmission phase offset to the electromagnetic waveform distributed to the antenna elements ( 20 ) of each antenna column pair ( 18 a - 18 d ,  18 b - 18 c ), wherein the first transmission phase offset determines the phase offset between each antenna column pair ( 18 a - 18 d ,  18 b - 18 c ), and \n (ii) applying a second transmission phase offset to each antenna column ( 18 ) of the second antenna half ( 2 AH), wherein the second transmission phase offset of the second antenna half ( 2 AH) offset is 180 degrees in relation to the first antenna half ( 1 AH), and \n after the first and the second phase offsets have been applied to the electromagnetic waveform, transmitting the generated electromagnetic waveform by means of the antenna elements ( 20 ) of the electronically steerable antenna system ( 10 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.67073
- Patent Class: 342.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10648878', '14295920', '11024254', '15832568', '14568336']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4882696452146645
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4842437914981965
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4878670598430177
- Mean Citation Score: 190.383944
- Max Citation Score: 204.21207
- Similarity Product: 152.29924761934163

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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