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AssigneeBAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc.
InventorsGary Alexander James Raney, Raymond Lloyd Lovestead
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Phased array antenna systems and methods implemented in connection with a beam former enabling multiple signals to be transmitted from a single phased array antenna are provided. The beam former includes at least one beam former unit for each element of the phased array antenna. In a two beam implementation, each beam former unit includes a first input terminal, a first amplifier, a second input terminal, a second amplifier, and an asymmetric combiner having a first input connected to an output of the first amplifier, a second input connected to an output of the second amplifier, and an output connected to the antenna element. An amount of loss imparted to a first signal passed from the first input to the output is less than an amount of loss imparted to a second signal passed from the second input to the output.
A method for transmitting multiple beams from a single phased array antenna, comprising:
A system, comprising:
A communication system, comprising:
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