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US 12,381,304 B2Granted
Integrated tracking antenna array
AssigneeOptisys, Inc.
InventorsMichael Hollenbeck, Robert Smith
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Abstract
An antenna array is provided that includes a plurality of radiating elements and one or more combiners. The plurality of radiating elements and the combiners are formed as a single indivisible metal element by use of additive manufacturing processes.
Claims19
A device comprising:
- a single first port for a first polarization;
- a first waveguide combiner network that combines electromagnetic energy into the single first port for the first polarization;
- a single second port for a second polarization;
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- a second waveguide combiner network that combines electromagnetic energy into the single second port for the second polarization;
- wherein the first waveguide combiner network and the second waveguide combiner network each comprises a single 2-to-1 H-plane combiner located nearest a plurality of radiating elements that combines electromagnetic energy from a pair of radiating elements;
- wherein the single 2-to-1 H-plane combiner combines electromagnetic energy from only two waveguides per pair of radiating elements per polarization in the plurality of radiating elements;
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- wherein the first waveguide combiner network, the single first port, the second waveguide combiner network, and the single second port 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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