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US 11,145,977 B2Granted
Interlocking modular beamformer
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsKevin Wilder, Jonathan E. Nufio-Molina, Phillip W. Thiessen, Thomas V. Sikina, James E. Benedict, Andrew R. Southworth, Erika Klek
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Abstract
An array includes a support structure configured to support columns of beamformer assemblies, and a plurality of beamformer assemblies supported by the support structure. Each beamformer assembly includes at least one beamformer having at least one first beamformer segment and at least one second beamformer segment configured to interconnect with the first beamformer segment.
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An array comprising:
- a support structure configured to support columns of beamformer assemblies;
- and
- a plurality of beamformer assemblies supported by the support structure, each beamformer assembly including at least one beamformer having at least one first beamformer segment and at least one second beamformer segment configured to interconnect with the first beamformer segment,
- wherein each beamformer segment of the first beamformer segment and the second beamformer segment is secured to one another by an RF connector or by a SNAP-RF edge interface, and
- wherein, for each beamformer segment of the first beamformer segment and the second beamformer segment, the edge interface is provided along each side edge of the segment to enable adjacently placed segments to be snap-fit connected to one another.
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A beamformer comprising:
- at least one first beamformer segment;
- and
- at least one second beamformer segment configured to interconnect with the first beamformer segment,
- wherein each beamformer segment of the first beamformer segment and the second beamformer segment is secured to one another by an RF connector or a SNAP-RF edge interface, and
- wherein, for each beamformer segment of the first beamformer segment and the second beamformer segment, the edge interface is provided along each side edge of the segment to enable adjacently placed segments to be snap-fit connected to one another.
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