Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-beam passively-switched patch antenna array
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Application No.: US17014151Application Date: 2020-09-08
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Publication No.: US11929556B2Publication Date: 2024-03-12
- Inventor: Andrew D. Gamalski , Andrew K. Brown
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Tewksbury
- Main IPC: H01Q21/06
- IPC: H01Q21/06 ; H01Q1/38 ; H01Q3/36 ; H01Q9/04 ; H01Q21/24 ; H01Q21/00

Abstract:
An apparatus includes multiple patch antenna elements configured to transmit multiple electromagnetic beams in multiple beam directions. The apparatus also includes multiple inputs each configured to receive one of multiple input signals, where each input signal is associated with one of the electromagnetic beams. The apparatus further includes multiple phase-tapered splitters each configured to receive one of the input signals, divide the received input signal into a set of sub-signals, and provide a phase taper that adjusts phases of at least some of the sub-signals in the set of sub-signals. Different phase tapers are associated with different ones of the beam directions. In addition, the apparatus includes multiple 90° hybrid transformers each configured to receive sub-signals associated with different ones of the input signals, isolate the received sub-signals from each other, and provide the isolated sub-signals to one of the patch antenna elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220077594A1 MULTI-BEAM PASSIVELY-SWITCHED PATCH ANTENNA ARRAY Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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