Leonardo S.p.a.

Selex Es S.p.a.

Leopoldo Infante

Mario Teglia

Stefano Pacetti

Emanuele Tiribelli

Flavio Troiani

Armando Ciattaglia

Disclosed herein is a method for applying a conformal coating to one or more radio frequency elements of an antenna or antenna array. Said method is characterized in that the conformal coating is based on a thermoplastic material produced from a mixture comprising a thermoplastic polymer and an olive pomace.

Eco-friendly thermoplastic conformal coating for antenna array systems

The invention concerns a device in the domain of AESA ('Active Electronically Scanned Array') systems required for e.g. radar multifunctional systems with communication capabilities and electronic/analysis countermeasures, providing a constructive element for the realization of modular active radiating panels, which are economic and scalable depending on the system needs, to be used on multi-roles and multi-domains platforms. The architecture according to the invention presents a so-called 'tile' architecture and uses a multilayer configuration incorporating the radiating elements, the control and supply controls, the transmitting/receiving (T/R) modules, the cooling system by using vertical interconnections, having a low cost and high integration.

Modular active radiating device for electronically scanned array antennas

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