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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2024
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Frank Lucchesi, Burnsville, MN (US);
Timothy Patrick Wink, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Nathan Jastram, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are various enhancements for aperture antenna arrays and electronically steered arrays (ESAs). A modular subarray is provided that includes horn apertures coupled to corresponding waveguide polarizers coupled to transmit waveguide filters and receive waveguide filters that establish transmit ports and receive ports. The transmit ports and the receive ports are coupled through a waveguide adapter plate to individual isolation cavities each formed in a body of an amplifier-filter module that houses amplifier/filter elements and couple transmit radio frequency signaling and receive radio frequency signaling to coaxial connections penetrating the isolation cavities. The subarray also includes a circuit card assembly comprising the coaxial connections coupled to stripline links formed by a printed circuit board, wherein the stripline links couple to beamforming circuitry, and a high-density digital connector mounted to the circuit card assembly and configured to carry input/output radio frequency signaling for the subarray to/from the beamforming circuitry.