The Boeing Company

Rodney D Cameron

Jimmy Susumu Takeuchi

Ming Chen

Peter Timothy Heisen

Michael S Foster

Mark Richard Davis

Dan R Miller

Isaac Ron Bekker

Randal L Ternes

Jimmy S Takeuchi

A switchable transmit and receive phased array antenna ('STRPAA') is disclosed. The STRPAA includes a housing, a plurality of radiating elements, and a plurality of transmit and receive ('T/R') modules. The STRPAA may also include either a first multilayer printed wiring board (&#x201c;MLPWB&#x201d;) configured to produce a first elliptical polarization or a second MLPWB configured to produce a second elliptical polarization within the housing.

Switchable transmit and receive phased array antenna with high power and compact size

Disclosed is a switchable transmit and receive phased array antenna ('STRPAA'). As an example, the STRPAA may include a housing, a multilayer printed wiring board ('MLPWB') within the housing having a top surface and a bottom surface, a plurality of radiating elements located on the top surface of the MLPWB, and a plurality of transmit and receive (&#x201c;T/R&#x201d;) modules attached to the bottom surface of the MLPWB. The STRPAA may also include a plurality of vias, wherein each via, of the plurality of vias, passes through the MLPWB and is configured as a signal path between a T/R module, of the plurality of T/R modules, on the bottom surface of the MLPWB and a radiating element, of the plurality of radiating elements, located on the top surface of the MLPWB opposite the T/R module.

Switchable transmit and receive phased array antenna

A method includes coupling a printed circuit board (PCB) and a first conductive sheet to a pressure plate to form an antenna sub-assembly. The first conductive sheet defines a first plurality of openings and includes a first plurality of bumps. At least one opening of the first plurality of openings is surrounded by a set of bumps of the first plurality of bumps. The method includes coupling the antenna sub-assembly to a cover to form an antenna assembly.

Radio frequency grounding sheet for a phased array antenna

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Renton, WA, United States of America

Rodney D Cameron