Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wideband frequency selective armored radome
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Application No.: US16659985Application Date: 2019-10-22
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Publication No.: US11075452B2Publication Date: 2021-07-27
- Inventor: David D. Crouch , Larry C. Martin
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q1/42
- IPC: H01Q1/42 ; H01Q1/48 ; H01Q15/00 ; H01Q21/06

Abstract:
An armored radome includes an electrically-conductive ground plane that provides load bearing and/or ballistic protection to a shielded sensor, and a pair of radiator structures on opposing surfaces of the ground plane. The radiator structures each include an antenna, and the ground plane includes one or more coaxial feedthroughs that couple the antennas for reradiation of signals. One or both of the radiator structures may include a frequency-selective surface (FSS) according to a desired operating frequency range or to shape a frequency response of the radome. The disclosed radome is both mechanically strong, and electromagnetically transparent, or nearly so, across a wide range of frequencies and transmit/receive angles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210119330A1 WIDEBAND FREQUENCY SELECTIVE ARMORED RADOME Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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