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US 12,003,011 B2Granted
Integrated tracking antenna array
AssigneeOptisys, Inc.
InventorsMichael Hollenbeck, Robert Smith
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Abstract
A combiner network is provided. A combiner network may include a corporate combiner. The corporate combiner may include a first plurality of radiation elements. The corporate combiner may include a first H-plane combiner connected to the first plurality of radiation elements and connected by a U-bend to a first E-plane combiner. The corporate combiner may include a second H-plane combiner connected to the first E-plane combiner. The corporate combiner may further include a first port. A plurality of corporate combiners may be assembled together as a combiner network.
Claims15
An antenna array comprising:
- a plurality of radiating elements;
- a plurality of septum polarizers, wherein at least one of the plurality of radiating elements is in electromagnetic communication with one of the plurality of septum polarizers;
- a first waveguide combiner network comprising:
- a first H-plane combiner;
- and
- a first E-plane combiner in electromagnetic communication with the first H-plane combiner;
- and
- a mounting interface for mounting the antenna array, wherein the mounting interface comprises one or more of a mounting hole or a connector;
- wherein the plurality of radiating elements, the plurality of septum polarizers, the first waveguide combiner network, and the mounting interface are manufactured together as a single metal element by a three-dimensional printing process such that manufacturing the single metal element does not require a separate joining process for joining separate components.
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