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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
John A. Crockett, Jr., Anaheim, CA (US);
James A. Carr, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Larry C. Martin, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/0087 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract
An array antenna. In some embodiments, the array antenna includes a base plate having a surface including a plurality of grooves, a plurality of circulator carriers on the base plate, a plurality of cover strips on the circulator carriers, a plurality of circulators, and a plurality of threaded fasteners. The circulator carriers and the cover strips may be secured to the base plate by the threaded fasteners. Each of the circulators may be coplanar with the base plate. Materials in the array antenna may be selected to avoid galvanic corrosion.