ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,965, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hughes Network Systems (Germantown, Md.).
"Hybrid scanning antenna" was invented by Lin-Nan Lee (Potomac, Md.), Peter Hou (North Potomac, Md.) and Victor Liau (Germantown, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid scanning antenna including: a reflector having a focal line; a first mechanical movement to move the reflector about a first axis; a second mechanical movement to move the reflector about a second axis; a linear array fixedly disposed along the focal line to electronically scan at a scan angle about a third axis; and a controller to control the first mechanical movement, the second ...