Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.

Disclosed are patch antennas, systems and methods for embedding a patch antenna between two layers, such as two layers of glass. The glass layers may be a vehicle windshield. An embedded portion of an antenna substrate supporting the patch antenna may be embedded between the two layers, and an exposed portion of the antenna substrate may extend outward from the two layers. The embedded portion of the antenna substrate may support the patch antenna, and the exposed portion of the antenna substrate may support a coplanar waveguide and a connector.

An antenna array has wideband high gain characteristics and includes: a dielectric; a loop provided on a first surface of the dielectric and that has a first slot and a second slot; a first feed pin provided at a position corresponding to the first slot on a second surface of the dielectric; a second feed pin provided at a position corresponding to the second slot on the second surface of the dielectric; and a divider provided between the first feed pin and the second feed pin, and electrically connected to the loop.

An integrated antenna array device includes a circuitry component layer having bounds defining a circuitry zone. The circuitry component layer includes beam steering circuitry. the integrated antenna array device also includes an antenna component layer affixed to the circuitry component layer in the circuitry zone. The antenna component layer includes a radiating region and an interconnecting region. The radiating region is outside the circuitry zone and includes one or more antenna arrays having radiating antenna elements. The interconnecting region is substantially defined within the circuitry zone and interconnects the beam steering circuitry with the one or more radiating elements.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include a system configured for receiving sensing data from a orientation detector coupled to an antenna, determining, according to the sensing data, that an aperture of the antenna has shifted from a first orientation to a second orientation, and configuring a transmitter to generate an adjusted electromagnetic wave that is supplied to a feed point of the antenna for offsetting the shift in orientation of the antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.

An antenna array and a communications device are provided. The antenna array includes a feeding waveguide and a waveguide cover. A waveguide port is disposed on the feeding waveguide, and an array of radiation slots are arranged along the length of the waveguide cover. The slots are configured to transmit signals fed from the waveguide port, and are classified into a first subarray and a second subarray. At a center frequency of the antenna array, the difference between a beam angle of the first subarray and a required beam angle, and a difference between a beam angle of the second subarray and the required beam angle, is each less than a specified threshold. With a frequency change of the antenna array, the beam angle of the first subarray and the beam angle of the second subarray change in opposing directions. Therefore, when the first and second subarray beams are combined, the combined beam angle has reduced frequency dependence.

Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.

Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.

An interleaved array of electronically steerable antennas is capable of simultaneously operating and/or independently beam scanning at different frequencies from a single aperture. An antenna system may comprise a plurality of electronically steerable antennas configured to be operable at different frequencies, each of the antennas comprising a feed launching a surface wave and surface-wave waveguides connected to the feed. The surface-wave waveguides of the antennas operable at different frequencies may be interleaved with each other.