Active Fixed Beam Antenna Array

A fixed beam high gain antenna for generating high gain for satellite communication ground terminals, the antenna comprising:

• a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) having a top surface forming a rear surface of the antenna and a bottom layer forming a front surface of the antenna;
• a plurality of TX patches and a plurality of RX patches on the front surface of the antenna;
• a plurality of TX application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and a plurality of RX ASICs on the antenna rear surface;
• an antenna array including a plurality of TX patches and a plurality of RX patches on the front surface of the antenna and a plurality of TX application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and a plurality of RX ASICs on the rear surface of the antenna;
• wherein the antenna array comprises at least one TX unit cell each including one of the plurality of TX ASICs in connection with a corresponding four of the plurality of TX patches and an RX unit cell each including one of the plurality of RX ASICs in connection with a corresponding four of the plurality of RX patches;
• wherein each one of the plurality of TX ASICs is centrally positioned and surrounded by the corresponding four TX patches and each one of the plurality of RX ASICs is centrally positioned and surrounded by the corresponding four RX patches;
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• wherein a reduced length of the connection between each of the plurality of TX ASICs and the corresponding plurality of TX patches and between each of the plurality of RX ASICs and the corresponding plurality of RX patches minimizes RF transmission loss.

A fixed beam high gain antenna for generating high gain for satellite communication ground terminals, the antenna comprising:

• a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) having a top surface forming a rear surface of the antenna and a bottom layer forming a front surface of the antenna;
• a hybrid antenna array including a plurality of TX patches and a plurality of RX patches on the front surface of the antenna and a plurality of TX application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and a plurality of RX ASICs located on the rear surface of the antenna;
• wherein each of the plurality of RX patches on the front surface of the antenna is centrally positioned and surrounded by four TX patches on the front surface of the antenna;
• wherein each of the plurality of TX ASICs on the rear surface of the antenna is surrounded by and in connection with a corresponding four TX patches of the plurality of TX patches on the front surface of the antenna;
• wherein each of the plurality of RX ASICs on the rear surface of the antenna is surrounded by and in connection with a corresponding four RX patches of the plurality of RX patches on the front surface of the antenna;
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• where in a first reduced length of the connection between each one of the plurality of TX ASIC and the corresponding four TX patches and a second reduced length of the connection between each one of the plurality of RX ASIC and the corresponding four RX patches minimizes RF transmission loss.