Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronically scanned array
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Application No.: US15644544Application Date: 2017-07-07
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Publication No.: US10833408B2Publication Date: 2020-11-10
- Inventor: Lee M. Paulsen , Thomas B. Campbell , Bryan S. McCoy , Adrian A. Hill , Dana J. Jensen , Roger A. Dana
- 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 ; H01Q3/40 ; H01Q3/26

Abstract:
Systems and apparatuses include an electronically scanned array system including a power supply system, a radiating element subarray, a plurality of beamformer chips, and a plurality of control buses. The power supply system a first power converter structured to receive and condition mains power, a second power converter arranged in parallel with the first power converter, and a controller structured to monitor the first power converter and the second power converter and to operate one of a first switch or a second switch to provide conditioned power. The radiating element subarray includes active radiating elements, and between about one percent and about twenty percent reserve radiating elements distributed throughout the active radiating elements. Each control bus includes a plurality of primary control paths providing communication from the control bus to the beamformer chips, and a reserve control paths structured to be remapped to provide communication from the control bus to the beam former chips in the event that one of the plurality of primary control paths fails.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190013583A1 ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY Public/Granted day:2019-01-10
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