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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew G. Salem, Westminster, CO (US);
Clifford E. Kintner, Thornton, CO (US);
Louis A. DelVecchio, Lakewood, CO (US);
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a high gain antenna are disclosed. The antenna can include an array of active antenna elements disposed on a first side of a first circuit board. The active antenna elements are grouped into a number of super elements. Each super element occupies at least a portion of an outside edge of an area containing the active antenna elements. Passive antenna elements can be disposed so as to surround the area containing the active antenna elements. Passive circuit components can be disposed on a second side or on an intermediate layer of the first circuit board. Active circuit components can be disposed on a second circuit board. The active components can be supplied with power and control signals. The first and second circuit boards can be held together by a housing. The antenna can be configured as conformal array antennas.