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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2007
Kerrin A. Rummel, Richardson, TX (US);
Gregory Schaefer, McKinney, TX (US);
Kevin W. Chen, McKinney, TX (US);
Brandon H. Allen, Wylie, TX (US);
Daniel J. Weissman, Allen, TX (US);
Kerrin A. Rummel, Richardson, TX (US);
Gregory Schaefer, McKinney, TX (US);
Kevin W. Chen, McKinney, TX (US);
Brandon H. Allen, Wylie, TX (US);
Daniel J. Weissman, Allen, TX (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A self-contained cooling system for a phased array antenna includes a cooling structure, a heat exchanger, and a pump for circulating a fluid coolant around a coolant loop. The cooling system receives power from a remote power source. The cooling structure includes a plurality of coolant inlet pipes, a plurality of coolant outlet pipes, and a plurality of cooling platforms. Each of the cooling platforms has a coolant channel that begins at one of the plurality of coolant inlet pipes, terminates at one of the plurality of coolant outlet pipes, and provides a flow path for a fluid coolant. The cooling structure further includes at least one base plate releasably mounted to at least one of the plurality of cooling platforms. One or more antenna elements associated with the phased array antenna are mounted on the base plate releasably mounted to at least one of the plurality of cooling platforms. The flow of the fluid coolant through the coolant channel dissipates thermal energy produced by the one or more antenna elements.