Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular and stackable antenna array
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Application No.: US16573954Application Date: 2019-09-17
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Publication No.: US11437732B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Craig H. Mccordic , Joseph R. Ellsworth , Douglas J. Moriondo , Joseph Angelo DelGenio , Christopher Robert White , Adam Carl Rickis , Caroline Margaret Manteiga
- Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q21/00
- IPC: H01Q21/00 ; H01Q1/02 ; H01Q1/40 ; H01Q21/22

Abstract:
A modular phased array antenna that includes a plurality of modular antenna array blocks assembled together as a single antenna array and an array face having an array plate and a radiator and radome assembly for each modular block interlocked and aligned to create a single monolithic array face. Each modular antenna array block includes: a plurality of transmit/receive integrated multichannel module (TRIMM) cards, each TRIMM card including power and beamforming signals, where power and beamforming signals are connected in parallel to each modular antenna array block, a plurality of radiators for radiating antenna signals having a radiator face, a radome integrated with the plurality of radiators and interfacing directly to the radiator face, where the radome does not extend beyond the radiator face, and a frame for supporting the TRIMM cards.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210083399A1 MODULAR AND STACKABLE ANTENNA ARRAY Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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