Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antenna-to-beamformer assignment and mapping in phased array antenna systems
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Application No.: US16276347Application Date: 2019-02-14
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Publication No.: US10971817B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Javier Rodriguez De Luis , Robert Baummer, Jr. , Nil Apaydin , Alireza Mahanfar
- Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Applicant Address: US CA Hawthorne
- Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Current Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Hawthorne
- Agency: Polsinelli P.C.
- Main IPC: H01Q3/30
- IPC: H01Q3/30 ; H01Q1/38 ; H01Q3/26

Abstract:
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a phased array antenna system includes a first portion carrying an antenna lattice including a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are arranged in a first configuration, a second portion carrying a beamformer lattice including a plurality of beamformer elements, wherein the plurality of beamformer elements are arranged in a second configuration different from the first configuration, and a third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion carrying at least a portion of a mapping including a first plurality of mapping traces on a first surface providing at least a portion of the electrical connection between the plurality of antenna elements and the plurality of beamformer elements, wherein each of the plurality of antenna elements are electrically coupled to one of the plurality of beamformer elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190252774A1 ANTENNA-TO-BEAMFORMER ASSIGNMENT AND MAPPING IN PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2019-08-15
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