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Application US20190252801
Published 2019-08-15
Antenna Aperture In Phased Array Antenna Systems
Embodiments of present disclosure are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods relating to antenna apertures in phased array antenna systems directed to configuring antenna lattices in a space tapered configuration and mapping from the antenna lattices, interspersing of antenna elements in an antenna aperture, and rotation of antenna element in the antenna aperture for purity polarization.
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- 1. A phased array antenna system, comprising:
a first portion carrying an antenna lattice including a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are arranged in a first configuration, wherein the first configuration is a space tapered configuration; and a second portion carrying a beamformer lattice including a plurality of beamformer elements, wherein the plurality of beamformer elements are arranged in a second configuration different from the first configuration, wherein each of the plurality of antenna elements are electrically coupled by mapping to one of the plurality of beamformer elements.
- 25. A phased array antenna system, comprising:
a carrier; an antenna lattice including a plurality of antenna elements supported by the carrier, the antenna lattice having a space tapered configuration; a beamformer lattice including a plurality of beamformer elements supported by the carrier having a configuration different from the antenna lattice configuration, wherein at least one of the beamformer elements is laterally displaced from at least one of the antenna elements; and mapping for electrically coupling the antenna lattice to the beamformer lattice.
- 26. An antenna lattice for a phased array antenna system, the antenna lattice comprising:
a plurality of antenna elements configured in a space tapered configuration; and mapping from each of the plurality of antenna elements to one of a plurality of other elements, wherein the plurality of other elements are in a configuration different from the space tapered configuration of the antenna lattice.
- 27. A phased array antenna system, comprising:
a first portion carrying an antenna lattice including a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are arranged in a first configuration wherein the first configuration is a space tapered configuration; and a second portion carrying a beamformer lattice including a plurality of beamformer elements, wherein the plurality of beamformer elements are arranged in a second configuration different from the first configuration, wherein at least one of the plurality of antenna elements is laterally spaced from a corresponding one of the plurality of beamformer elements, wherein each of the plurality of antenna elements are electrically coupled to one of the plurality of beamformer elements.
- 28. A phased array antenna, comprising:
a carrier; a first plurality of antenna elements carried by the carrier and configured to transmit and/or receive signals at a first value of a parameter; and a second plurality of antenna elements carried by the carrier and configured to transmit and/or receive signals at a second value of the parameter different from the first value of the parameter, wherein individual antenna elements of the first plurality of antenna elements are interspersed with individual antenna elements of the second plurality of antenna elements.
- 29-55. (canceled)
- 56. A phased array antenna, comprising:
an antenna lattice disposed on a carrier, the antenna lattice including a plurality of antenna elements arranged in an antenna lattice configuration, wherein at least some antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements are physically rotated relative to other antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements.
- 57-64. (canceled)
