Patents by Inventor Bryan S. Costello

Bryan S. Costello has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5666124
    Abstract: A high gain Cassegrain reflector antenna system is disclosed for use in a RF signal receiving application. In one embodiment of the invention the antenna is a single parabolic reflector antenna having a plurality of feeds, while in another embodiment the RF signal is received by a number of parabolic reflector antennas. Each received RF signal component is separately amplified to produce corresponding individual amplified signals which are then summed to produce a summation signal. A phase difference between the summation signal and each individual amplified signal is determined, and each individual amplified signal is then phase adjusted until it is in a substantially coherent phase relationship with the summation signal. The phase adjustment compensates for phase displacement errors occurring due to, by example, an effective sector displacement error of a primary reflector of the Cassegrain antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Loral Aerospace Corp.
    Inventors: Frank Chethik, Bryan S. Costello