Method to assemble aperture segments of a cylindrical feed antenna
AssigneeKymeta Corporation
InventorsSteven Linn, Robert Morey, Stephen Olfert, Andrew Turner, Matthew Riley, Jonathan Mallari, Colin Stuart Short
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Abstract
A method of assembling an antenna aperture from a plurality of antenna aperture segments is described. The method may include placing a first aperture segment relative to a second aperture segment to partially form the antenna aperture. Furthermore, an overlap of the first aperture segment overlaps a complementary underlap of the second aperture segment at a seam. The method may also include joining the overlap of the first aperture segment to the underlap of the second aperture segment to partially form the antenna aperture.
Claims22
A method of assembling an antenna aperture from a plurality of antenna aperture segments, comprising:
- providing the plurality of antenna aperture segments, each of the plurality of antenna aperture segments comprising an overlap and an underlap wherein the overlap of each of the antenna aperture segments is complementary to the underlap of another of the antenna aperture segments;
- placing a first aperture segment adjacent to a second aperture segment on a fixture assembly to partially form the antenna aperture, wherein the overlap of the first aperture segment overlaps the complementary underlap of the second aperture segment at a seam;
- joining the overlap of the first aperture segment to the underlap of the second aperture segment to partially form the antenna aperture;
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- placing and joining the rest of the plurality of antenna aperture segments to the partially formed antenna aperture to form the antenna aperture.
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