Patents by Inventor Robert Hladek

Robert Hladek 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).

  • Phased array antenna architecture having digitally controlled centralized beam forming
    Patent number: 6972716
    Abstract: A phased array antenna includes a plurality of assemblies, each assembly including a plurality of elements and a plurality of digitally controlled centralized beam formers coupled to respective ones of the plurality of elements. The digitally controlled centralized beam formers may be disposed under the plurality of radiating elements and may be operable to provide a first signal to the respective ones of the plurality of radiating elements representative of a plurality of signals of a first polarization and a second signal representative of a plurality of signals of a second polarization. A method for distributing signals to a radiating element of a phased array antenna includes the steps of generating a first signal representative of a plurality of signals of a first polarization at a digitally controlled centralized beam former, and distributing the first signal to the radiating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Davis, Robert Hladek
  • Phased array antenna architecture having digitally controlled centralized beam forming
    Publication number: 20050093744
    Abstract: A phased array antenna includes a plurality of assemblies, each assembly including a plurality of elements and a plurality of digitally controlled centralized beam formers coupled to respective ones of the plurality of elements. The digitally controlled centralized beam formers may be disposed under the plurality of radiating elements and may be operable to provide a first signal to the respective ones of the plurality of radiating elements representative of a plurality of signals of a first polarization and a second signal representative of a plurality of signals of a second polarization. A method for distributing signals to a radiating element of a phased array antenna includes the steps of generating a first signal representative of a plurality of signals of a first polarization at a digitally controlled centralized beam former, and distributing the first signal to the radiating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Davis, Robert Hladek