Patents by Inventor Aimee M. Matland

Aimee M. Matland 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).

  • Publication number: 20210194148
    Abstract: An antenna array system includes a feed antenna and circuit boards. Each circuit board has pickup antenna elements disposed on a curved edge portion of a first edge of the circuit board, radiating elements disposed on a second edge portion of the circuit board, and transmit receive modules disposed between the pickup elements and the radiating elements on the circuit board. The antenna array can be part of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: James B. West, Jeremiah D. Wolf, Aimee M. Matland
  • Patent number: 10950952
    Abstract: An antenna array system includes a feed antenna and circuit boards. Each circuit board has pickup antenna elements disposed on a curved edge portion of a first edge of the circuit board, radiating elements disposed on a second edge portion of the circuit board, and transmit receive modules disposed between the pickup elements and the radiating elements on the circuit board. The antenna array can be part of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: James B. West, Jeremiah D. Wolf, Aimee M. Matland
  • Patent number: 10811787
    Abstract: An electronically scanned antenna array (ESA) includes a first band including first antennas and a second band including second antennas. Each first antenna operates over a first frequency bandwidth from a first frequency to a second frequency. At least two adjacent first antennas are spaced from one another by a first value of a wavelength scale parameter that corresponds to the second frequency. Each second antenna operates over a second frequency bandwidth from the first frequency to a third frequency greater than the first and less than the second frequency. At least two adjacent second antennas are spaced from one another by a second value of the wavelength scale parameter that corresponds to the third frequency. A second subset of the plurality of second antennas is adjacent to a first subset of the plurality of first antennas and spaced from the first subset based on the wavelength scale parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: James B. West, Aimee M. Matland
  • Patent number: 10707577
    Abstract: A communication system is disclosed. In embodiments, the communication system includes an electronically scanned array (ESA) including a plurality of antenna terminal elements, the ESA configured to transmit an output beam. In embodiments, the communication system may further include a phase shift network. The phase shift network may include: a first set of one or more tunable local oscillators; a first antenna array configured to generate a first intermediate phase shift signal; and a second antenna array configured to generate a second intermediate phase shift signal. In embodiments, the phase shift network further includes a first plurality of mixers configured to combine an intermediate transmit signal and at least one of the first intermediate phase shift signal or the second intermediate phase shift signal to generate ESA input signals, wherein the ESA is configured generate the output beam in response to the ESA input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Aimee M. Matland
  • Patent number: 10541476
    Abstract: An antenna array system includes a feed antenna and circuit boards. Each circuit board has pickup antenna elements disposed on a curved edge portion of a first edge of the circuit board, radiating elements disposed on a second edge portion of the circuit board, and transmit receive modules disposed between the pickup elements and the radiating elements on the circuit board. The antenna array can be part of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: James B. West, Jeremiah D. Wolf, Aimee M. Matland