Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waveguide aperture design for geo satellites
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Application No.: US16049700Application Date: 2018-07-30
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Publication No.: US10665931B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Erik Lier , Jason Stewart Wrigley , Arun Kumar Bhattacharyya , Timothy Patrick Wink , James F. Mulvey
- Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MD Bethesda
- Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Bethesda
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q13/00
- IPC: H01Q13/00 ; H01Q1/28 ; H01Q13/02 ; H01Q5/50 ; H01Q1/38 ; H01Q21/22 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q21/00 ; H01P1/213 ; H01Q5/55 ; H01P1/17

Abstract:
An antenna array includes multiple array modules. Each array module includes at least on antenna element including a horn antenna coupled to a polarizer, and a two-piece waveguide filter. The two-piece waveguide filter includes a folded-back waveguide coupled to the horn antenna at one end and to a circuit layer at the other end. The horn antenna includes a multi-mode horn antenna. The two-piece waveguide filter includes a first piece and a second piece that are separately molded. A footprint of the two-piece waveguide filter is within a footprint of an aperture of the horn antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190044223A1 WAVEGUIDE APERTURE DESIGN FOR GEO SATELLITES Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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