Patents by Inventor Luis Astorga

Luis Astorga 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: 11611146
    Abstract: An antenna array may include shielding elements that provide a degree of radiation shielding to other components of the antenna array, such as a substrate of the antenna array. In some examples, the shielding elements may be positioned to overlap with one or more gaps between antenna elements, or one or more gaps between ground elements (e.g., when viewed from a radiation source, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a substrate). Thus, shielding elements of an antenna array may reflect, absorb, or otherwise dissipate radiation that passes through such gaps before the radiation is incident on the other components of the antenna array, such as the substrate of the antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Viasat Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Luna, Luis Astorga, Thomas Stutting
  • Publication number: 20210328340
    Abstract: An antenna array may include shielding elements that provide a degree of radiation shielding to other components of the antenna array, such as a substrate of the antenna array. In some examples, the shielding elements may be positioned to overlap with one or more gaps between antenna elements, or one or more gaps between ground elements (e.g., when viewed from a radiation source, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a substrate). Thus, shielding elements of an antenna array may reflect, absorb, or otherwise dissipate radiation that passes through such gaps before the radiation is incident on the other components of the antenna array, such as the substrate of the antenna array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Luna, Luis Astorga, Thomas Stutting
  • Patent number: 11081787
    Abstract: An antenna array may include shielding elements that provide a degree of radiation shielding to other components of the antenna array, such as a substrate of the antenna array. In some examples, the shielding elements may be positioned to overlap with one or more gaps between antenna elements, or one or more gaps between ground elements (e.g., when viewed from a radiation source, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a substrate). Thus, shielding elements of an antenna array may reflect, absorb, or otherwise dissipate radiation that passes through such gaps before the radiation is incident on the other components of the antenna array, such as the substrate of the antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Luna, Luis Astorga, Thomas Stutting
  • Publication number: 20200176863
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for supporting radiation shielding of an antenna array. For example, an antenna array in accordance with the present disclosure may include shielding elements that provide a degree of radiation shielding to other components of the antenna array, such as a substrate of the antenna array. In some examples, the shielding elements may be positioned to overlap with one or more gaps between antenna elements, or one or more gaps between ground elements (e.g., when viewed from a radiation source, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a substrate). Thus, shielding elements of an antenna array in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure may reflect, absorb, or otherwise dissipate radiation that passes through such gaps before the radiation is incident on the other components of the antenna array, such as the substrate of the antenna array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Luna, Luis Astorga, Thomas Slutting