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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
Mark Hauhe, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Clifton Quan, Arcadia, CA (US);
Gregg M. Tanakaya, Torrance, CA (US);
Rohn Sauer, Encino, CA (US);
Fangchou Yang, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mark Hauhe, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Clifton Quan, Arcadia, CA (US);
Gregg M. Tanakaya, Torrance, CA (US);
Rohn Sauer, Encino, CA (US);
Fangchou Yang, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A light weight stowable antenna lens array assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a stowable lens antenna array including at least one antenna pair including a transmit antenna on a first layered composite, a receive antenna on a second layered composite, a ground plane on a third layered composite, the ground plane being between and spaced apart from the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, and a balanced transmission line coupling the transmit antenna to the receive antenna, and an articulating structure attached to at least one of the first layered composite, the second layered composite and the third layered composite, the articulating structure having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein at least one of the first layered composite, the second layered composite and the third layered composite includes a polymeric film.