Patents by Inventor Francis Willwerth

Francis Willwerth 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: 20070210959
    Abstract: Described is a tile module for a phased array system. The tile module includes array elements configured in a two-dimensional array which is part of a larger subarray in the phased array system. A control module communicates with each array element to control a phase shift and an attenuation. In one embodiment a two-dimensional overlapped subarray manifold provides a weighted combination of RF signals received by the array elements of the tile module and array elements of other tile modules disposed in the same subarray of the phased array system. In another embodiment the two-dimensional overlapped subarray manifold distributes to the array elements weighted combinations of transmit RF signals applied to the tile module and other tile modules disposed in the same subarray. Advantageously, tile modules can be fabricated in large quantities, can be tested and calibrated independently, and can easily be installed or replaced in the phased array system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herd, Sean Duffy, Glenn Brigham, Larry Retherford, Francis Willwerth