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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2020
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Lee M. Paulsen, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Thomas B. Campbell, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Bryan S. McCoy, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Adrian A. Hill, Vinton, IA (US);
Dana J. Jensen, Marion, IA (US);
Roger A. Dana, Marion, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
Systems and apparatuses include an electronically scanned array system including a power supply system, a radiating element subarray, a plurality of beamformer chips, and a plurality of control buses. The radiating element subarray includes active radiating elements, and between about one percent and about twenty percent reserve radiating elements distributed throughout the active radiating elements. Each control bus includes a plurality of primary control paths providing communication from the control bus to the beamformer chips, and a reserve control paths structured to be remapped to provide communication from the control bus to the beam former chips in the event that one of the plurality of primary control paths fails.