Patents by Inventor Duke Buckner

Duke Buckner 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).

  • Predictive beamforming antenna and method of controlling same
    Patent number: 12732259
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a beamforming antenna is provided. The apparatus may include a predictive calculator processing unit to receive position information of one or more airborne receivers, determine future position information of the one or more airborne receivers as a function of time based on the received position information, and determine beamforming antenna parameters. The apparatus may include an antenna instruction processing unit to receive the beamforming antenna parameters and generate beamforming instructions based on the beamforming antenna parameters, a beamforming antenna to receive the beamforming instructions, and to generate a beam at a specified time based on the beamforming instructions to enable communication with at least one of the one or more airborne receivers, and a receiver processing unit to receive airborne receiver data from the at least one of the one or more airborne receivers, and generate output data based on the airborne receiver data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventor: Duke Buckner
  • PREDICTIVE BEAMFORMING ANTENNA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
    Publication number: 20250132806
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a beamforming antenna is provided. The apparatus may include a predictive calculator processing unit to receive position information of one or more airborne receivers, determine future position information of the one or more airborne receivers as a function of time based on the received position information, and determine beamforming antenna parameters. The apparatus may include an antenna instruction processing unit to receive the beamforming antenna parameters and generate beamforming instructions based on the beamforming antenna parameters, a beamforming antenna to receive the beamforming instructions, and to generate a beam at a specified time based on the beamforming instructions to enable communication with at least one of the one or more airborne receivers, and a receiver processing unit to receive airborne receiver data from the at least one of the one or more airborne receivers, and generate output data based on the airborne receiver data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventor: Duke Buckner