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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Lee M. Paulsen, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Dana J. Jensen, Marion, IA (US);
Joel T. Gillett, Solon, IA (US);
Adrian A. Hill, Vinton, IA (US);
Connor C. McBryde, Marion, IA (US);
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
Methods and Systems for testing phased antenna arrays include positioning a phased antenna array and a probe antenna at relative positions with respect to each other where one of them can operate as the transmitter and the other as the receiver. The transmitter can radiate a plurality of electromagnetic waves sequentially while the phased antenna array is steered or configured differently for each radiated electromagnetic. The receiver can receive, responsive to each radiated electromagnetic wave, a corresponding receive radio frequency (RF) signal. A processor can determine one or more performance parameters of the phased antenna array using the receive RF signals.