Patent attributes
An apparatus, system, and method for a steerable phased array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements disposed in a predetermined number of rows, M, and a predetermined number of columns, N, wherein M and N are positive integers; a M number of first beamformer components including phase tapers, wherein each first beamformer component corresponds to a row of antenna elements, and wherein each first beamformer component is operatively connected to the N number of antenna elements in the corresponding row; and a N number of second beamformer components including phase tapers, wherein each second beamformer component corresponds to a column of antenna elements, and wherein each second beamformer component is operatively connected to the M number of antenna elements in the corresponding column.
