Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conformal array, luneburg lens antenna system
- Patent Title (中): 保形阵列,luneburg镜头天线系统
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Application No.: US13657406Application Date: 2012-10-22
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Publication No.: US08854257B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Christopher A. Hamner , Robert A. Spencer
- Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Michael K. Gray
- Main IPC: H01Q19/06
- IPC: H01Q19/06 ; G01S13/72 ; G01S7/02 ; G01S7/03 ; G01S13/44 ; G01S13/66 ; H01Q19/00

Abstract:
A Luneburg lens is used in conjunction with a patch antenna array. The patch antenna array is conformed or adapted to cover a portion or backside of the Luneburg len's surface with the backplane of the conformed antenna array defining a field of regard (FOR) in which objects are detected and tracked. A processor is connected to a receiver/exciter module which connects to transmit/receive modules which are connected to the individual patch antennas through a network of MEMS switches. In a receive mode, selected subarrays of the conformed patch antenna array are scanned during selected time intervals with the sum and delta beams being formed coherently in amplitude and phase to realize amplitude monopulse sensing and angle tracking of an object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140139370A1 Conformal Array, Luneburg Lens Antenna System Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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