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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Larisa Angelique Natalya Stephan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
David O. Lahti, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
David W. Tang, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/16 (2015.01); H04B 17/17 (2015.01); H04B 17/19 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/16 (2015.01); H04B 17/17 (2015.01); H04B 17/19 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide built-in-test and/or fault isolation of individual array elements in assignment-based AESAs. BIT beam states for array element testing can be stored in AESA memory for rapid assignment sequencing of RF waveform generators and receive processing. Assignment-based selection can be used for AESA BIT beam states.