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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
Douglas a Mccarville, Auburn, WA (US);
Gerald F Herndon, Redmond, WA (US);
Joseph a Marshall, Iv, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Robert G Vos, Auburn, WA (US);
Isaac R Bakker, Seattle, WA (US);
David L Banks, Bellevue, WA (US);
Douglas A McCarville, Auburn, WA (US);
Gerald F Herndon, Redmond, WA (US);
Joseph A Marshall, IV, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Robert G Vos, Auburn, WA (US);
Isaac R Bakker, Seattle, WA (US);
David L Banks, Bellevue, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A phased array antenna aperture able to form a structural, load bearing portion of another structure, for example, a portion of a mobile platform. The antenna aperture is formed with a plurality of radiating elements sandwiched between prepreg fabric plies to form independent wall sections having a plurality of electromagnetic radiating elements embedded therein. The wall sections are secured in a honeycomb arrangement to form an array of cells of radiating elements. The manufacturing methods described herein enable arrays of widely varying sizes and shapes to be created and used as structural, load bearing portions of a wing, fuselage, door panel or other area of a mobile platform. The antenna aperture is lightweight because it does not include the weight of parasitic support components typically required in the construction of phased array antenna apertures.