Transmit/receive module for electronically steered weather radar

A transmit/receive module for use with an electronically steered weather radar system, the transmit/receive module comprising:

• a transmit amplifier configured to amplify a transmit signal to be transmitted by an antenna to output a beam that forms a portion of a system beam;
• a receive amplifier configured to amplify a receive signal generated by the antenna;
• a phase shifter configured to adjust the phase of the transmit signal and the receive signal;
• a data storage component configured to store configuration settings for the phase shifter;
• and
• a controller in communication with the transmit amplifier, phase shifter, data storage component, attenuator and controllers of at least two other transmit/receive modules and configured to direct the phase shifter to adjust the phase of the transmit signal and the receive signal to change the direction of the system beam based on configuration information received from a data source, the controller including
• a scan input configured to receive data from a scan output of another transmit/receive module and store the received data in the data storage component,
• a scan output configured to send data stored in the data storage component to a scan input of another transmit/receive module, and
• a scan clock configured to control the rate at which data is received and sent;
• a frequency conversion module configured to convert the received signal to a lower frequency baseband signal;
• wherein the baseband signal is communicated to a system signal processor to detect a meteorological formation present within a range of azimuth and elevation angles for the system beam.