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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Brian Pluymers, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Marc T. Angelucci, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
John Fraschilla, Hainesport, NJ (US);
Stuart R. Ducker, Iv, Hainesport, NJ (US);
Thomas E. Mcguigan, Neptune City, NJ (US);
Robert B. Lewis, Hainesport, NJ (US);
Richard J. Heinrich, Marlton, NJ (US);
Daniel W. Harris, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Brian Pluymers, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Marc T. Angelucci, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
John Fraschilla, Hainesport, NJ (US);
Stuart R. Ducker, IV, Hainesport, NJ (US);
Thomas E. McGuigan, Neptune City, NJ (US);
Robert B. Lewis, Hainesport, NJ (US);
Richard J. Heinrich, Marlton, NJ (US);
Daniel W. Harris, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An element support and thermal control arrangement for an active array antenna, preferably modular, using line-replaceable units (LRUs), includes a radiating-side liquid-cooled cold plate lying parallel with a liquid-cooled TR coldplate. Antenna elements are supported and cooled by the radiating cold plate, and a beamformer lies between the radiating and TR coldplates. A plurality of column coldplates are attached to the rear of the TR coldplate and define bays or volumes in which power LRUs can be fitted in thermal communication with the TR coldplate, the column coldplates, or both.