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- Patent Title: Electronically scanned array leaky wave phase shift network
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Application No.: US16547382Application Date: 2019-08-21
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Publication No.: US10707577B1Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Aimee M. Matland
- Applicant: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Agency: Suiter Swantz pc llo
- Main IPC: H01Q3/36
- IPC: H01Q3/36 ; G01S13/534 ; H04B7/0456 ; H04B7/0426

Abstract:
A communication system is disclosed. In embodiments, the communication system includes an electronically scanned array (ESA) including a plurality of antenna terminal elements, the ESA configured to transmit an output beam. In embodiments, the communication system may further include a phase shift network. The phase shift network may include: a first set of one or more tunable local oscillators; a first antenna array configured to generate a first intermediate phase shift signal; and a second antenna array configured to generate a second intermediate phase shift signal. In embodiments, the phase shift network further includes a first plurality of mixers configured to combine an intermediate transmit signal and at least one of the first intermediate phase shift signal or the second intermediate phase shift signal to generate ESA input signals, wherein the ESA is configured generate the output beam in response to the ESA input signals.
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