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- Patent Title: Dual polarization RF antenna feed module and photonic integrated circuit (PIC)
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Application No.: US16415821Application Date: 2019-05-17
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Publication No.: US11183770B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Benn Gleason , Sean D. Keller , Gerald P. Uyeno , John P. Gianvittorio , 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: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H01Q3/26
- IPC: H01Q3/26 ; H01Q21/00 ; G02F1/01 ; H01Q9/04

Abstract:
An RF antenna feed module uses an optical feed network and photo-detectors to generate RF feed signals to drive a dual polarization RF antenna to produce an RF beam with a variable polarization state. The optical feed network and suitably the photo-detectors are monolithically fabricated PIC. Multiple modules may be configured to drive a dual polarization RF phased array. A single feed module can produce RF feed signals over a frequency range of at least 300 GHz.
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