Patents by Inventor Lawrence J. Sikora

Lawrence J. Sikora 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: 5864322
    Abstract: An electronic scan antenna for generating an electrically scanned RF beam in response to an incident RF beam having at least one operating frequency band associated therewith includes a ground plane for reflecting the incident RF beam and a phasing arrangement of plasma structures operatively coupled to the ground plane. Each plasma structure includes gas containing areas which are reflective at the operating frequency range, when ionized, forming ionized plasma areas. Each ionized plasma area is disposed a first distance from the ground plane, a second distance from adjacent ionized plasma areas and each plasma ionized plasma area has a particular size associated therewith. In this manner, each ionized plasma area, in cooperation with the ground plane, provides a portion of a composite RF beam which has a phase shift associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Malibu Research Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald E. Pollon, Daniel G. Gonzalez, Joel F. Walker, Lawrence J. Sikora